47 research outputs found
Ethnomedicinal Cichorium intybus Seed Extracts: An Impending Preparation against Multidrug Resistant Bacterial Pathogens
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Liquidity Risk of Conventional Banking: A Case of Pre- and Post-Financial Crisis-2008
No full textThe global financial crisis had an enormous impact on financial institutions the world over, and Pakistan was never an exemption. Hence this paper investigates the post-financial crisis liquidity risk of conventional banks in Pakistan in consortium with the pre-financial crisis-2008. Methodologically, 15 of 20 conventional banks were selected as a sample, while paired sample t-test was instrumentalized to measuring the pre- and post-financial crisis liquidity risk amongst the sampled banks. As part of the research objectives, the paper equally looks at the chances of the bankruptcy of these institutions through the Altman's Z-Score tool. The paper shows that liquidity risk in the pre and the immediate year following the financial crisis was marginal and insignificant; however, the liquidity risk bar rises and becomes pronounced in the following year. Though the allied demise in Pakistan financial market felt the ruthlessness of this collapse is not comprehensive enough to demolish the financial stability of Pakistan. In addition, despite the sounding performance of Pakistan banking system in the pre and post-financial crisis, the Altman's Z-Score tool is indicative of bankruptcy creeping up amongst the sampled banks in the near futur
Ethnobotanical assessment of plant resources of Banda Daud Shah, District Karak, Pakistan
No full textThe Mediating Role of Career Development in its Antecedents and Outcomes: Empirical Evidence from Pakistan
No full textThe impression of strengthening human capital to promote innovation and creation by planning the careers of organizational members in light of HRM practices and policies and to develop distinct mentalities, competencies and skills with the sole objective of providing a series of novel services and products has been getting importance. The current paper dig into the importance of career planning along with the career management as input for the career development and career commitment, and career satisfaction as the output of this relationship. A sample of 395 teaching staff of the colleges of Malakand Division of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan was randomly selected for the current research. To test the hypotheses of the study, structural equation modeling as a statistical technique for analysis of the empirical data was employed. Empirical results supported all the hypotheses of the study. These results illustrated that career planning along with the career management are very important roots of the career development which further engenders career commitment and career satisfaction. These results also validated the mediating role of career development in the relationship of career management and career planning on the one hand as antecedents and career commitment and career satisfaction as outcomes on the other hand. The study has uniqueness in the sense that the study is the first one that tests these hypotheses in colleges in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. And that is why the study has both academic and practical implications. At the end a few recommendations has been put forwarded for future research
Marble industry effluents cause an increased bioaccumulation of heavy metals in Mahaseer (Tor putitora) in Barandu River, district Buner, Pakistan
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Pesticide-induced oxidative stress and antioxidant responses in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) seedlings
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