Vol. 4 No. 1 (2026): Policy Research Journal

Articles

• EXPLORING THE RISKS FACTORS AMONG JUSTICE-INVOLVED YOUTH IN PAKISTAN: A CASE STUDY OF RAWALPINDI

  Muhammad Samiullah

  10-21

  • PDF

• NATIONAL FINANCE COMMISSION (NFC) AND INCLUSIVE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT: A CRITICAL REVIEW OF EFFECTIVENESS OF NFC IN THE POST 18TH AMENDMENT ERA

  Hidayat Ullah Khan, Muhammad Tufail, Muhammad Zaib

  22-38

  • PDF

• REAL AND FAKE FACE CLASSIFICATION USING AN ENHANCED MOBILEVIT ARCHITECTURE

  Hafza Eman, Nayab Khalid, Seemab Karim, Anum Aleem, Amna Shakeel

  39-53

  • PDF

• BEYOND MATERIALIST HEGEMONY: TOWARD A THEORY OF TRANSCENDENTAL STATECRAFT AND ONTOLOGICAL RESISTANCE IN IRANIAN FOREIGN POLICY

  Muhammad Jawad Shigri

  54-61

  • PDF

• ELECTRO CONDUCTIVITY OF WATER IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS OF DISTRICT HYDERABAD, SINDH PAKISTAN

  Muhammad Najam Shaikh, Bakhtawar Soomro, Asghar Ali, Dhani Bux Mashori, Mukhtiar Ahmed Mahar, Shakeel Ahmed Memon, Sharmeen Muhammad Kaleem, Muhammad Hunain

  62-65

  • PDF

• STRUCTURAL CONSTRAINTS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: AN INSTITUTIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON DEVELOPING ECONOMIES

  Mirza Nouman Ali Talib, Awais Aslam Malik, Farah Aslam Malik

  66-83

  • PDF

• SATELLITE-BASED EVIDENCE FOR URBAN AIR QUALITY POLICY: SPATIOTEMPORAL ASSESSMENT OF NITROGEN DIOXIDE USING COPERNICUS SENTINEL-5P

  Muhammad Irfan, Zainab, Shaista Mahmud, Humaira Altaf Khan, Ayesha Rizvi

  93-102

  • PDF

• THERAPEUTIC DIET: THE ROLE OF WHOLE-FOODS AND PLANT-BASED DIET IN AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES MODULATION

  Ayesha Karamat, Khadija Mushtaq, Rimsha Nazir, Rimsha Imran

  84-92

  • PDF

• PREDICTING CONCRETE COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH USING LONG SHORT-TERM MEMORY DEEP LEARNING: A DATA-DRIVEN APPROACH FOR ROBUST AND GENERALIZABLE STRENGTH ESTIMATION

  Dr. M. Adil Khan, Shah Fahad, Abdul Wahab, Akram Ullah Khan

  103-115

  • PDF

• RESEARCH TRENDS AND GENDER DISPARITIES IN FINANCIAL LITERACY: A GLOBAL BIBLIOMETRIC REVIEW

  Muhammad Shahzad Gul, Fouzia Hadi Ali, Sabra Munir

  130-142

  • PDF

• SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS OF THE 2022 FLOODS IN BALOCHISTAN: A REVIEW-BASED PERSPECTIVE

  Sabiha Mengal, Tehmoor Rehman, Romana Ambreen

  143-154

  • PDF

• INDIA’S INTERNATIONAL ISOLATION AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR PAKISTAN’S INDUSTRIAL AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES IN SOUTH ASIA

  Muhammad Ammar Masood Cheema

  155-170

  • PDF

• INVISIBLE ATHLETES: EXAMINING THE ROLE OF SPORTS INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE SOCIAL EXCLUSION OF WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES IN KOHAT DIVISION-PAKISTAN

  Dr. Qudrat Ullah, Farooq Ahmad Khan, Mehak Sana, Dr. Muhammad Imtiaz

  171-180

  • PDF

• PAKISTAN’S MARITIME LEGAL REGIME UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW OF THE SEA: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF COMPLIANCE WITH UNCLOS

  Abida Mumtaz, Dr. Khurram Baig, Ali Raza Laghari

  181-196

  • PDF

• TRACING WOMEN’S STRUGGLES ACROSS BORDERS: A FEMINIST STUDY OF ASIAN AND AMERICAN SOCIETIES

  Muhammad Imran, Aimen Mehmood Butt, Ali Naqi, Basat Karim, Zaryab Khan

  197-204

  • PDF

• POCKETPAL: AI-POWERED FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK

  Mavra Sehrish, Zia Ur Rehman Zia, Zohaib Ahmad, Tooba Amir, Muhammad Nasir Siddiqui

  205-220

  • PDF

• DIGITAL LITERACY AS A POWER SKILL: HOW SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS SELF-REGULATE THEMSELVES IN A DIGITAL AGE

  Shumaila Shafi, Dr. Sabiha Iqbal

  221-230

  • PDF

• CIVIL–MILITARY BARGAINS AND THE PERSISTENCE OF HYBRID REGIMES: EVIDENCE FROM PAKISTAN

  Wajid Khan, Dr. Abeeda Qureshi, Abbas Rashid Butt

  231-248

  • PDF

• “BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU”: A FOUCAULDIAN STUDY OF PANOPTIC SURVEILLANCE IN ORWELL’S 1984

  Ayesha Shabbir

  249-259

  • PDF

• FLOOD DISASTERS GOVERNANCE IN PAKISTAN AND THEIR SOCIO- ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS: EVIDENCE FROM 2022 AND 2025 FLOODS.

  Imaam Bibi, Zeeshan Khan, Kashif Zaheer

  260-269

  • PDF

• PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS FOR HIGH-VALUE CUSTOMER SEGMENTATION IN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

  Muhammad Ghazanfar Ullah Khan, Khalid Bin Muhammad, Khaliq Ahmed, Muhammad Khalid, Abdul Khaliq, Shilpa Kumari

  270-277

  • PDF

• FRAMING AND APPRAISAL OF POLITICAL ACTIVISM IN MEDIA DISCOURSE

  Dr. Sadia Siddiq, Shahid kamal, Abdul Basit

  278-291

  • PDF

• EFFECT OF SODIUM BENZOATE AND POTASSIUM METABISULPHITE COMBINATIONS ON THE QUALITY AND SHELF STABILITY OF APPLE-PEAR JUICE BLENDS

  Aqil ur Rehman, Saboor Khalid, Nouman Siddique, Salman Khurshid, Amer Mumtaz, Shahid Yousaf, Faiqa Atiq, Abdul Ahad Kolachi, Muhmmad Waseem Kalroo, Behari Lal Meghwar, Abdul Karim Khan, Usama bin Khalid, Tehreem Sarwar, Ujala Tahir

  292-300

  • PDF

• RECENT PROGRESS IN NUCLEAR FUSION REACTORS: PLASMA PHYSICS, MATERIALS, AND ENERGY POTENTIAL

  Nizam Ahmed, Maria Yaseen, Fatima Nadeem, Imran Hussain

  301-313

  • PDF

• THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON YOUTH POLITICAL PARTICIPATION AND VOTER TURNOUT

  Shahbaz Ahmed, Rana Jamshad Asghar

  314-337

  • PDF

• THE CRISIS OF FORENSIC RELIABILITY IN PAKISTAN: AN ANALYSIS OF WEAK CHAIN-OF-CUSTODY PRACTICES AND THEIR IMPACT ON CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS

  Ghulam Shah, Taswar Ali, Zahid Ali

  338-350

  • PDF

• THEME OF DISINTEGRATION IN AFGHANS IN THE LIGHT OF KHALED HOSSEINI'S NOVEL “A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS’’

  Majid Ali Khan, Hakim Ullah, Hajar Kamal, Said Badshah, Muhammad Anwar, Murad Ali, Hammad Hussain

  351-367

  • PDF

• INFLUENCE OF AIRBORNE CONTAMINANTS AND SMOG ON ASTHMATIC PATIENTS IN SARGODHA

  Tasawer Iqbal, Mumtaz Akhter, Muhammad Iqbal Ch, Khurram Javed Abbas, Koukab Imran Haidar, Farah Laraib

  368-379

  • PDF

• AN ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE DETERMINANTS AND CONSEQUENCES OF LAND FRAGMENTATION ON CROP PRODUCTIVITY: EVIDENCE FROM DISTRICT CHARSADDA, KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA

  Absar Ul Hassan, Waseem Ur Rahman, Dr. Muhammad Ashfaq, Muhammad Kashif, Shah Saud

  380-391

  • PDF

• LEGAL AND REGULATORY READINESS FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN SAUDI ARABIA’S ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION SYSTEM: CHALLENGES, AND POLICY PATHWAYS

  Ibrahim Syed

  392-401

  • PDF

• AN ANALYSIS OF THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA AS THE FOUNDATIONAL INSTRUMENT CONFERRING JURISDICTION UPON THE INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE LAW OF THE SEA

  Waqas Ahmad

  402-416

  • PDF

• MACHINE LEARNING FORECASTS OF BILATERAL TRADE FLOWS: OUT-OF-TIME EVIDENCE FROM A GLOBAL DYAD PANEL (1991–2021)

  Waqar Hassan Shahab, Muhammad Farooq Hassan, Fahad Hassan Farooqi, Abdul Ahad Hassan Farroqi

  417-435

  • PDF

• TOXICITY OF BOTANICALS AND SYNTHETIC INSECTICIDES AGAINST COTTON BOLLWORMS UNDER DIFFERENT IRRIGATION REGIMES

  Asad Ali, Habib Ur Rehman, Mazhar Hussain Ranjha, Qurban Ali, Muhammad Usman, Ali Raza, Talha Mushtaq, Asim Javed, Shamikh Tehsein, Hafiz Jahanzaib Ahmad

  436-449

  • PDF

• COMPARISON OF APHID INCIDENCE ON TWO POTATO VARIETIES AND APPRAISAL OF CROP WATER PRODUCTIVITY UNDER TWO IRRIGATION TECHNIQUES

  Habib-ur-Rehman, Qurban Ali, Shafiq ur Rehman, Muhammad Usman, Muhammad Mohsan, Mazhar Hussain Ranjha, Faizan Amjad, Hafiz Muhammad Bilal, Mujahid Ali

  450-456

  • PDF

• LANDSCAPE PLANNING AND DESIGN APPROACHES FOR ENHANCING URBAN GREEN SPACES: THE CASE OF NARYAL PARK, GULSHAN-EIQBAL, KARACHI

  Syed Irtaza Ali, Syed Muneeb Hassan, Syed Saad Ali, Ambreen Adil, Mazhar Noushad

  457-474

  • PDF

• WORKPLACE BURNOUT OR MORAL INJURY? CONCEPTUAL CLARIFICATION AND IMPLICATIONS FOR ORGANIZATIONAL INTERVENTIONS

  Maqsood Haider, Anwar Khan, Muhammad Anwar

  475-481

  • PDF