380 research outputs found
Pakistan: Breaking out of stagflation into sustained growth
No full textThis paper proposes that the underlying cause of the macroeconomic problems facing Pakistan today are a series of supply shocks which have constrained output growth. It is argued that while the current debate has solely focused on government expenditures and revenues, it is critical to also address the acute energy shortages which is constraining supply. The paper goes on to present four recommendations for breaking out of the present stagflation: (i) prudent macroeconomic management, (ii) reviving the role of the government in development while restoring fiscal balance, (iii) loosening monetary policy in order to spur the private sector, and (iv) improving social safety nets.Economic Growth, Supply Shock, Pakistan
Density of Dengue Vector in Hodeidah, Yemen 2017
No full textBackground: Dengue fever is a significant vector-borne disease in tropical and subtropical regions, with Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus being the primary vectors. Hodeidah, Yemen, has witnessed increasing dengue cases, necessitated an in-depth analysis of vector density. Objective: This report aimed to investigate the density of dengue vector (Aedes aegypti) in Hodeidah in 2017. Methods: The entomological survey was conducted in Hodeidah Governorate, Yemen in 2017. Data were collected across four seasons—winter, spring, summer, and autumn—through field inspections of mosquito breeding sites. Standard indices, including the House Index (HI), Container Index (CI), and Breteau Index (BI), were calculated based on larval and pupal presence. Environmental parameters such as temperature, humidity, and rainfall were also recorded to assess their correlation with vector density. Results: The entomological survey revealed notable differences in the density of Aedes aegypti between urban and rural districts in Hodeidah Governorate. In urban districts, including Al Hali, Al Hawak, and Al Mina, the mean House Index (HI) was 33.3%, the Container Index (CI) was 17.2%, and the Breteau Index (BI) was 57.23. These levels, while concerning, were significantly lower than those observed in rural districts. In contrast, rural areas showed a higher risk of dengue transmission, with a mean HI of 52.3%, CI of 23.4%, and an alarming BI of 139.9. Several districts such as As Salif, Az Zaydiyah, and Al Qanawis reported BI values exceeding the World Health Organization (WHO) epidemic threshold of 50, reaching up to 330.0 in As Salif. Conclusion : The study revealed a seasonally dynamic trend, with peak infestation observed particularly in autumn and spring. These high values suggest intense but uneven breeding activity across rural settings. The variation in vector indices across districts indicates that while urban areas face persistent risk due to population density and poor sanitation, rural districts may act as hotspots for outbreak initiation due to weak surveillance and inadequate vector control. Coordinated public health action, tailored to local epidemiological and environmental conditions, remains essential to curbing dengue transmission
Why Pakistan must break-into the knowledge economy
No full textThe author emphasizes in this paper that this was the moment in Pakistan’s economic trajectory for it to learn to leap frog technologically from a labor intensive economy, by passing the intermediate stages of resource based and scale based activities, to a knowledge based economy. A knowledge based economy is one that bases its growth not on increasing capital or land or labor inputs, but on knowledge. The transition required is considerable, the author points out.Knowledge Economy, Economics of Education, Technical Efficiency, Pakistan
The Legacy of the 'misfit' Poet: Repositioning Majid Amjad in the Modern Urdu
No full textThe author calls into question why the Urdu poet Majīd Amjad is not ranked with the likes of Rāshid, Mīrāji and Faiz. She argues that Amjad’s poetry did not correspond with the current trends of Western literature that were reflected in the other three poets and that literary canons represent a closed topography, a stage filled with “stars”, a club in the form of a list whose members are chosen by lesser mortals, influenced by political correctness, ideology, public opinion, the economics of publishing and the public profile of the “star”
جدید اُردو افسانے کی تنقید کا ایک معتبر نام: صبا اکرام: A Renowned personality of Modern Short Story: Saba Ikram
No full textThe story attracts the reader of every era and age, due to this the importance of fiction has increased with each passing era. In modern fiction, one can see the glimpse of contemporary issues. Along with Urdu fiction, its criticism has also adapted itself to the demands of the changing times. Saba Ikram is not only a fiction writer, but he has given enough space to the theoretical and practical discussions of criticism in his works. This article actually determines the place and rank of Saba Ikram in the criticism of modern Urdu fiction. While reading it, new aspects of fiction criticism knock on the windows of possibilities
Kala Pani. Across the black water - ACE329.3
No full textRazia Ahmed talking about entertaining her children’s friends. Saba Amjad dancing to Punjabi music in her living room. Jamieson talking about the Pakistani children in the classes she taught and saying that in retrospect, she realises that the white population could have learned a lot from the Pakistanis. Children playing round the Callanish standing stones. Omer Ahmed’s VO saying he regrets not having learned Punjabi properly and how few people speak it on Lewis. A loom. People singing in Gaelic, with accordion accompaniment, on a bus trip. Omer Ahmed says that his parents are happy about his being a doctor but sad that he practices near Glasgow and isn’t on Lewis where there is not enough work. Wedding. His VO says that the island population is declining. Saba Amjad doesn’t want to leave her home on Lewis. Singing on the bus. Saba singing the same song. Her mother sews a tartan. Nazir Ahmed says that he didn’t like being a door-to-door salesman. Now he several shops. Woman trying on hats in Nazir Brothers. Nazir says there’s "no colour bar" on Lewis and he’s proud to be part of the community. Razia Ahmed praying. Her VO says she’d like to be buried in Pakistan but perhaps should be buried on Lewis as this is where her children are. Headstones with Scottish and Pakistani names. The sea. Credits
Replication of Daily and Monthly Freeway Demand Variations for Travel Time Reliability Procedures
No full textThe sixth edition of theHighway Capacity Manual(HCM) incorporates a travel time reliability assessment procedure for freeways and urban streets. Several demand adjustment factors, referred to by demand multipliers, are used to capture traffic demand variation across different days and months. These factors are currently produced by referencing the average daily traffic volume of each day-month combination to a base daily volume. However, practitioners usually perform traffic analyses during specific times of the day, for example, peak periods, off-peak periods, or even peak hours, demand multipliers may therefore replicate demand variation more accurately if they are based on traffic volumes concurred in time intervals narrower than a day. This paper investigates six criteria or periods to derive demand multipliers: full-day, pre AM-peak, AM peak-period, midday, PM peak-period, and post PM-peak. The study explores how these periods affect the scale of demand multipliers and the travel time reliability assessment. It was found that the main statistics of demand multipliers, that is, the mean, range, and standard deviation, greatly differ across the different multiplying periods. If analyzing peak periods on oversaturated corridors, the adoption of daily-volume multipliers was found to significantly overestimate the mean travel time index and planning time index during both the AM and PM peak periods, the accuracy of the travel time reliability estimation was considerably influenced. The study concludes with major findings and recommendations for possible enhancements to the HCM travel time reliability procedure.Dehman, A (corresponding author), Hasselt Univ, Transportat Res Inst IMOB, Diepenbeek, Belgium.
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Rashid Amjad (ed.) The Pakistani Diaspora: Corridors of Opportunity and Uncertainty. Lahore, Pakistan: Lahore School of Economics. 2017. 337 pages.
No full textThe book “The Pakistani Diaspora, Corridors of Opportunity and
Uncertainty”, which is edited by Rashid Amjad, is a collection of 17
academic essays on Pakistani migrants and Pakistani diaspora in
different countries. This book presents diverse viewpoints in the study
of diaspora. This book does not just analyse the size of the diaspora in
a chronological manner, but it also provides important understanding of
the cost and benefits associated with migration and assimilation of the
migrants’ families in new environments. In the first paper, the author
tries to capture the salient features and dynamics of Pakistan’s “age of
migration” across home and host countries. By 2017, the estimated
diaspora was at 9.1 million – almost 5 per cent of Pakistan’s
population. The labour class started to migrate to the UK in 1950s while
highly skilled professionals started moving to the US and Canada in
1960s. The unskilled and semiskilled workers began to move to the Middle
East in 1970s and due to easing off their visa policies in 1990s,
migrants began moving to Europe, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and
Australia from Pakistan. According to the author “A large number of
people face losses in the struggle to migrate to foreign countries. A
majority of illegal migrants are imprisoned in different countries while
trying to reach Europe while dozens are killed on their way to
Greece.
مجید امجد کی نظم میں ڈرامائی عناصر کا رجحان
No full textMajeed Amjad's poetry shows an amazing breadth of content ranging from personal love to the special problems facing an emerging Pakistan . His poems are colorful canvases portraying his age and his unique views of the people and places he lived. His first collection of poetry Shab e Rafta was published in 1958. His second collection of poetry "Shab e Rafta kay baad" published after his death. A sense of melancholy pervades Amjad ,s poetry . He seems to be intensely lonely , perhaps his poems were his constant companions because he likes to work and rework his compositions , never ready to let go of them, part with them
Parution : Al-ʿAllāmah al-Ḥillī (éd), "Foundations of Jurisprudence: An Introduction to Imāmī Shīʿī Legal Theory", Brill, 2016.
No full textParution : al-ʿAllāmah al-Ḥillī (éd.), Foundations of Jurisprudence - An Introduction to Imāmī Shīʿī Legal Theory, 2016. by al-ʿAllāmah al-Ḥillī. Introduction, Translation and Arabic Edition by Sayyid Amjad H. Shah Naqavi Foundations of Jurisprudence: An Introduction to Imāmī Shīʿī Legal Theory is a critical edition of Mabādiʾ al-wuṣūl ilā ʿilm al-uṣūl by al-ʿAllāmah al-Ḥillī, based upon six manuscripts, four of which date from the lifetime of the author. Sayyid Amjad H. Shah N..
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