Vol. 4 No. 5 (2026): Policy Research Journal

Articles

• POSTMODERN CRISIS OF METANARRATIVES IN WHITE NOISE: A LYOTARDIAN READING THROUGH BELSEY’S TEXTUAL ANALYSIS

  Syed Arif Ullah, Dr. Iesar Ahmad

  01-09

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• FORMULATION AND FUNCTIONAL EVALUATION OF PROTEIN ENRICHED HERBAL ANTIDIABETIC BAR FOR GLYCEMIC CONTROL

  Almeena Fazal, Hafiz Danish Butt, Zainab Hira, Usman Mazhar, Atika Ashraf, Husna Mushtaq, Anum Urooj

  10-27

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• JUSTICE, TRANSPARENCY AND CARBON REDUCTION: A MEDIATED GLOBAL INSIGHT

  Nawab Khan, Faryal Bibi

  28-44

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• CLIMATE RESILIENT TOMATO PRODUCTION USING PROTECTED CULTIVATION AND SMART GREENHOUSE TECHNOLOGIES

  Ameer Jan, Tahir Yab Khan, Muhammad Abbas Khan, Muhammad Sufyan, Muhammad Sufhan Tahir

  45-55

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• ECONOMIC AND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT UNDER THE BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE: A LOCAL STAKEHOLDER PERSPECTIVE FROM GILGIT-BALTISTAN, PAKISTAN

  Dilshad Bano, Faqeer Muhamamd, Kifayat Ullah

  56-66

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• INTEGRATED IMPACT OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, NUTRITION AND MENTAL HEALTH ON ATHLETE PERFORMANCE:

  Shanza Hareem, Muhammad Ikram, Dr. Abida Naseer

  67-81

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• THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EMPLOYEE COMMITMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE: A MODERATED MEDIATION ANALYSIS OF EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE AND INNOVATIVE BEHAVIOR

  Shafique Ahmed Memon, Prof. Dr. Aisha Bashir Shah

  82-109

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• VISUAL SENSATIONALISATION IN SOCIAL MEDIA THUMBNAILS: A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF FAKE NEWS PROLIFERATION

  Maiha Kamal, Dr. Ashraf Iqbal

  110-124

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• COLLABORATIVE PROFESSIONALISM: THE ROLE OF PROFESSIONAL LEARNING COMMUNITIES IN TRANSFORMING TEACHING QUALITY

  Nazir Ahmed Tunio, Muhammad Naeem, Sajid Hussain Rind, Gul-Afshan

  125-131

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• EMPOWERING RURAL WOMEN THROUGH INTEREST-FREE MICROLOANS: A QUALITATIVE STUDY USING THE CAPABILITY AND EMPOWERMENT THEORY

  Muhammad Anis Danish, Sahar Rameez, Rahila Rahim, Noor Muhammad, Asif Raza Sheikh, Parkash Malhi

  132-141

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• STRATEGIES AND PROGRESS IN STABILIZING INORGANIC PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS FOR LONG-TERM OPERATION

  Shah Nawaz Phulpoto, Zubeda Bhatti, Gada Hussain, Shahid Raza, Ashique Hussain Jatoi

  142-159

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• SOIL–PLANT–MICROBE INTERACTIONS IN LEGUME CROPS (CHICKPEA AND LENTIL): A REVIEW OF RHIZOSPHERE DYNAMICS AND NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY

  Nadia Jabeen, Muhammad Taimur Maqbool, Abdus Samad, Gul Muhammad Shah, Bai-Bureh O'Bai Kamara, Ameer Jan

  160-177

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• GUAVA CULTIVATION UNDER CHANGING CLIMATE: NUTRITIONAL AND STRESS ADAPTATION APPROACHES

  Bilal Ahmed Awan, Muhammad Usman, Bilquees Fatima, Muhammad Atif Manzoor, Bushra Rashid, Hasham Feroz Ghuman, Faisal Saeed Awan

  178-190

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• CLIMATE CHANGE–DRIVEN SHIFTS IN WILDLIFE DISTRIBUTION AND GENETIC ADAPTATION: A GIS AND MOLECULAR ECOLOGY STUDY OF ENDANGERED MAMMALIAN SPECIES IN NORTHERN PAKISTAN

  Zubair Khan, Sawera Afzal, Shamshad Ali Talpur

  191-207

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• THE EVOLUTION OF THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS FRAMEWORK: FROM CHARTER PRINCIPLES TO CONTEMPORARY MECHANISMS

  Dr. Tahira Mumtaz, Jawairia Khalid, Ramisha

  208-222

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• INTEGRATING AUGMENTED REALITY WITH TRADITIONAL PAKISTANI TEXTILE DESIGNS FOR IMMERSIVE CULTURAL EXPERIENCES

  Anum Mahmood, Muhammad Husnain, Eman

  223-237

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• GUAVA CULTIVATION UNDER CHANGING CLIMATE: NUTRITIONAL AND STRESS ADAPTATION APPROACHES

  Bilal Ahmed Awan, Muhammad Usman, Bilquees Fatima, Muhammad Atif Manzoor, Bushra Rashid, Hasham Feroz Ghuman, Faisal Saeed Awan

  238-250

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• COMPUTER VISION-BASED SURFACE CRACK DETECTION IN CONCRETE PAVEMENTS: KEY METHODS, ARCHITECTURES, AND CHALLENGES

  Dr. M. Adil Khan, Tabish Qureshi, Tariq Shah, Saad Hanif, Shumaila Hussain

  251-263

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• THE CIVILISED CENTRE AND ITS UNCIVILISED FRONTIER: HETEROGENEOUS DISCOURSE, POWER, AND THE CONTESTED FORMATION OF BALOCH IDENTITY FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE POSTCOLONIAL PRESENT

  Dr. Muhammad Altaf Tahir, Muhammad Rafaqat Baig

  264-275

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• CRISPR-BASED CROP ENHANCEMENT FOR CLIMATE-RESILIENT WHEAT PRODUCTION IN PAKISTAN

  Muhmmad Waqas, Pir Arshad Ahmed Jan Sirhandi

  276-291

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• MACHINE LEARNING–BASED CLIMATE-SMART SOIL HEALTH PREDICTION AND CROP YIELD OPTIMIZATION IN ARID AGRO-ECOSYSTEMS OF PAKISTAN

  Rabail Urooj, Muhammad Husnain Ashfaq, Mehwish

  292-306

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• SUSTAINABLE INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT USING RECYCLED CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS

  Dr. Shimza Jamil, Fatima Mehvish, Aalia Faiz

  307-330

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• IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION THROUGH CODE-MIXING IN PAKISTANI YOUTUBE VLOGS: A CASE STUDY

  Maryam Arshad, Nazia Anwar, Tooba Batool

  331-340

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• DIALECTAL VARIATIONS IN INSTAGRAM COMMENT SECTIONS: A STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF MALE AND FEMALE LANGUAGE CHOICES

  Mehnaz Ashraf, Nazia Anwar, Afifa Saleem

  341-351

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• A QUALITATIVE STRUCTURALIST ANALYSIS OF THE PROMOTIONAL DISCOURSE OF MERA BRAND PAKISTAN

  Hajab Fatima, Nazia Anwar, Ansa Aziz

  352-360

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• EVALUATING THE EFFECTS OF ECOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF COAL-FIRED POWER PLANTS ON MARINE, TERRESTRIAL AND HUMAN ENVIRONMENTS AT GWADAR AND HUB, BALOCHISTAN

  Hafsa Hanif, Dr. Rukhsana Nazeer, Abdul Qayoom, Irshad Ali Jakhrani

  361-370

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• AFGHANISTAN’S STRATEGIC CULTURE IN THE POST-9/11 ERA: CONTINUITY, ADAPTATION, AND STRATEGIC BEHAVIOUR

  Shah Pasand Khan, Ameer Abdullah Khan

  371-383

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• FROM HACKING DEVICES TO HACKING MINDS: PEGASUS AND THE RISE OF CYBER-PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE

  Dr. Zeeshan Zaighum, Dr. Muhammad Jawed Aslam

  384-397

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• INVESTIGATING COGNITIVE AND READING COMPREHENSION CHALLENGES IN DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING CHILDREN: IMPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATIONAL STRATEGIES

  Faiza Ramzan, Dr. Fariha Gul, Dr. Tanzela Bashir, Syed Zaheer Abbas

  398-415

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• SYNERGISTIC HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AND HEPATOPROTECTIVE EFFECTS OF COMBINED CHIA (SALVIA HISPANICA) AND BASIL (OCIMUM BASILICUM) SEED POWDER IN A POLOXAMER-407 INDUCED HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIC RAT MODEL

  Bareera Ghaffar, Aliha Rifat Awan, Umrah Zafar, Dua Ayesha, Ayman Latif, Rana Maira Majid, Warda Mahmood, Hafsa Ahmad, Arfa Mahmood, Abeeha Tareen, Muahammad Faisal, Muazammil Qazi

  416-442

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• BARRIERS TO INCLUSIVE EDUCATION IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS: A CASE STUDY OF SUPPORTING STUDENTS WITH SEND AND DIVERSE LEARNING NEEDS

  Shamsa Kanwal, Shahana Mumtaz, Hifza Sehar, Ayesha Ahmad, Ayesha Shahzad

  443-458

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• THE US FACTOR IN SINO-PAKISTAN RELATIONS (2013-2024): A STRATEGIC TRIANGLE ANALYSIS

  Nizam Ul Haq

  459-472

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• HAMSTRING TIGHTNESS AND LOWER LIMB DISABILITY IN INDIVIDUALS WITH ROUNDED SHOULDER

  Dr. Sania Naz, Nida Ilahi, Muhammad Ahsan, Ali Gohar, Muzammil Shahzad, Hamza Mushtaq, Muhammad Rehan, Muhammad Faizan Ashraf, Moeez Amjad

  473-490

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• SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ADVANCED POLYMER-BASED DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS FOR TARGETED THERAPEUTICS

  Rizwan Nasir Paracha, Hafsa Inam Paracha, Yasmeen Gull

  491-500

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• HEART ECG SIGNAL CLASSIFICATION USING DEEP LEARNIG CNN MODEL AND MIT BIH DATASET ON REALIME DATA CAPTURED

  Ahmad Farooq, Muhammad Sajid Maqbool, Dr. Naeem Aslam, Mulika Fatima, Hira Saleem

  501-520

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• PERCEIVED STRESS, SLEEP AND COGNITIVE FAILURE IN WORKING MOTHERS: A CROSS-SECTIONAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL STUDY

  Qurat ul Ain, Zartashia Kynat Javaid, Faiz Mohiuddin, Fatima Jameel

  521-540

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• GEOPOLITICS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE: ASSESSING PAKISTAN’S STRATEGIC AUTONOMY IN THE EMERGING GLOBAL AI POWER COMPETITION

  Kainat Iqbal, Haya Batool, Kiran Raheel

  541-550

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• BOOSTING ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE THROUGH FINTECH INTEGRATION AND CIRCULAR ECONOMY PRACTICES IN PAKISTAN

  Roma Ishaq, Kubra Batool Kiran, Arfan Ali

  551-565

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• EXPLORING GENDER DISPARITIES IN DIGITAL EQUITY AND ITS IMPACT ON TECHNO-LITERACY AMONG VOCATIONAL LEARNERS IN LARKANA, SINDH.

  Rehana Asif, Yasmin Shafi, Asif Ali Abro, Abdul Basit Soomro

  566-581

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• DEVELOPING AND SUSTAINING INFORMATION LITERACY INITIATIVES: A CASE STUDY IN SAUDI ARABIAN UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

  Muhammad Kabir Khan, Tahira Yasmin, Arshad Mahmood

  582-595

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• GREEN SYNTHESIS OF METAL-ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS (MOFS) FOR INDUSTRIAL WASTEWATER REMEDIATION IN PAKISTAN

  Sehrish Khan, Saiqa Naseem, Areeba Amjad, Bushra Faiz

  596-607

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• THE INTERPLAY OF SOCIAL POLICY, GOVERNANCE, AND SOCIAL INNOVATION IN ADDRESSING CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES

  Dr. Faisal Majeed, Moniba Abid, Dr. Amer Hussain, Ms. Mahtab Jamil Akhtar

  608-619

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• A MULTI-DOMAIN INVESTIGATION OF CVE-2025-59287: TECHNICAL REVERSE ENGINEERING, ADVERSARIAL INTELLIGENCE, AND ZERO TRUST–DRIVEN SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS

  Sundas Israr, Azhar Ali Khan, Muhammad Hammad Wasim, Muhammad Sajid Maqbool

  620-636

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• FROM POLICY TO PRACTICE: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF IMPLEMENTATION GAPS IN EDUCATIONAL REFORMS IN SINDH

  Abdul Karim Semajo, Prof. Dr. Stephen John

  637-645

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• EFFECT OF NANO-METAKAOLIN ON THE FRESH AND HARDENED PROPERTIES OF CONCRETE

  Mashood Rehman, Shafique Ahmed, Faiz Muhammad, Nazeer Hussain, Rameez Ali Abbasi

  646-651

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• CRISPR-CAS9–MEDIATED DEVELOPMENT OF CLIMATE-RESILIENT WHEAT GENOTYPES UNDER HEAT AND DROUGHT STRESS CONDITIONS IN PAKISTAN

  Humaira Naz, Rohail Ahmad

  652-662

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• STUDY OF SCULPTURES CONSTRUCTED FOR WALL SURFACES IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS AT HYDERABAD SINDH

  Mr. Nadir Ali Jamali, Prof. Dr. Abdul Fatah Daudpoto

  663-680

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• BOOSTING ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE THROUGH FINTECH INTEGRATION AND CIRCULAR ECONOMY PRACTICES IN PAKISTAN

  Roma Ishaq, Kubra Batool Kiran, Arfan Ali

  681-694

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• IMPACT OF SILICON NANOPARTICLES ON PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND STRESS TOLERANCE IN MAIZE

  Nadia Jabeen, Kinza Imtiaz, Bai-Bureh O'Bai Kamara, Sagar Ali Joyo, Ameer Jan

  695-709

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• THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN PAKISTAN

  Dr. Sana Younas, Kashif Akbar, Faraz Ahmed Awan, Talha

  710-717

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• LASER ABLATION ICP-MS TRACE ELEMENT MAPPING OF HEAVY METAL DISTRIBUTION IN MINING-IMPACTED SEDIMENTARY ROCKS

  Syed Mohammad Sufyan, Muhammad Zain Zahoor, Muhammad Imran, Talha

  718-729

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• A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF VERB MORPHOLOGY IN URDU AND PUNJABI: AGREEMENT AND AUXILIARY SYSTEMS

  Zarina Safdar, Raza-E- Mustafa, Rida Zainab

  730-738

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• EVALUATION OF ANTI MULLERIAN HORMONE, FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE AND LUTEINIZING HORMONE LEVELS IN WOMEN WITH INFERTILITY

  Amina Sajjad, Ayman Tanveer, Dr. Tahira Batool, Noreen Manzoor, Maryam Rashid, Syed Solat Raza Rizvi

  739-746

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• POST-PANDEMIC NORMALIZATION OR STRUCTURAL CONGESTION IN GLOBAL PORT LOGISTICS

  Shahid Ahmed, Syed Waqar Hasan Zaidi

  747-762

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• ROLE OF STATISTICS AND MACHINE LEARNING IN SPORTS PERFORMANCE AND PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS

  Muhammad Irfan, Faisal Afzal Siddiqui, Jahangir Baig, Dr Arzoo Kanwal, Zeeshan Ali

  763-778

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• ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED SUPERVISED LEARNING APPROACHES FOR DERMATOPHYTOSIS PREDICTION

  Shahida Qayoom Bhutto, Dr. Sehreen Moorat, Sasuee Khatoon, Syeda Komal Shah, Kashaf Khanzada

  779-790

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• MACHINE LEARNING MODEL FOR CLASSIFICATION OF RICE VARIETIES USING HYBRID FEATURE SELECTION SCHEME

  Sheraz Gul, Ayesha Akmal, Taiba Ameen

  791-836

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• NARRATIVE FRAGMENTATION AND TRAUMA: A STRUCTURALIST ANALYSIS OF JAVED’S RANI

  Humaira Tabassum, Nazia Anwar

  837-846

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• POVERTY AS AN OUTCOME OF INCOMPLIANCE WITH ZAKAT IN MULTIVARIANT STATES

  Dr. Samra Zubair Lodhi

  847-857

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• AN ASSESSMENT OF LIBRARY SERVICE QUALITY DETERMINANTS IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES OF PAKISTAN: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF LIBRARIANS’ PERCEPTIONS

  Habib-Ur-Rehman, Rahim Jan, Tahir Jan, Mir Bahader, Muhammad Hussain

  858-866

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• THE SOCIAL MEDIA PARADOX: FACEBOOK INTENSITY AND ITS INTERPLAY WITH LONELINESS AND SELF-ESTEEM AMONG UNDERGRADUATES

  Rimsha Aftab, Tahira Fatima

  867-878

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• RIGHTS ON PAPER, CHILDHOODS AT RISK: A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF PAKISTAN’S CHILD PROTECTION LAWS UNDER INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS

  Muhammad Okasha Anwar

  879-886

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• PREVALENCE OF SACROILIAC JOINT DYSFUNCTION PAIN AND FEAR-RELATED BELIEFS IN PREGNANT FEMALES

  Sonia Yasmeen, Sumaira Yasmin, Amna Tahir, Mariyam Mushtaq, Sajal Baloch, Saima Rizwan, Javeria Nazeer, Laila Batool, Lariab Zahra, Adila Malik

  887-903

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• INNOVATIVE PEDAGOGIES ACROSS THE EDUCATION SPECTRUM: A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF PRACTICES, SYSTEMATIC CHALLENGES AND HEALTH IMPLICATIONS FROM EARLY CHILDHOOD TO HIGHER EDUCATION

  Aghosh Riaz, Bushra Anwar, Ulfat Hussain, Irfan Sajjad, Dr. Abid Ejaz

  904-923

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• INTERACTIVE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY ON HEAVY METAL SPECIATION, BIOAVAILABILITY, AND TROPHIC TRANSFER IN FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS

  Niaz Ali, Talha

  924-936

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• CLIMATE ANXIETY IN GEN Z: FROM PSYCHOLOGICAL PARALYSIS TO PRO-ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION IN EDUCATIONAL CONTEXTS

  Aghosh Riaz, Bushra Anwar, Saira Azeem Khan, Irfan Sajjad, Samina Yasmin, Ulfat Hussain, Dr. Abid Ejaz, Dr. Sajid Mahmood

  937-955

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• ASSESSING THE INFLUENCE OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION ON PERCEIVED SCHOOL QUALITY VIA A MIXED-METHODS APPROACH

  Kifayat Ullah Khan, Jehanzeb Ali, Farhan Ali, Mushtaq Ahmad

  956-969

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• WHITE-COLLAR CRIMES AND ECONOMIC HARM IN PAKISTAN: A CRITICAL LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS

  Adv. Aneel Meghani, Abdul Rauf Khaskheli, Adv. Iqra Khowaja

  970-982

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• ENHANCING ACADEMIC SUCCESS THROUGH TEACHER COMPETENCE: THE INFLUENCE OF STUDENT MENTAL WELL-BEING

  Abidah Riaz, Dr. Atif Saeed Qureshi, Dr. Faheem Khan

  983-990

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• YOUTH ACTIVISM, RELIGION, AND DEMOCRATISATION IN GILGIT-BALTISTAN, PAKISTAN: SECTARIAN CLEAVAGES AND CIVIC MOBILISATION

  Burhan Ali, Ibrahim Ahmed

  991-1004

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• STARTUP FAILURE AND SUSTAINABILITY IN PAKISTAN: A COMPARATIVE QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF ENTREPRENEURIAL ADAPTATIONIN EMERGING MARKETS

  Ayesha Usman Marfani, Dr. Tehmina Faisal

  1005-1034

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• UNDERSTANDING DIVORCE AMONG WOMEN: LINKING CAUSES WITH SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS

  Noshaba Razaq, Najia Zulfiqar

  1035-1042

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• IMPACT OF SCHOOL-BASED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PROGRAMS ON COGNITIVE FUNCTION, ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, AND MENTAL HEALTH OF ADOLESCENTS IN PAKISTAN

  Irfan Ahmed Mangnejo, Bilal Ahmad Qureshi, Dr. Muhammad Suliman Khan

  1043-1061

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• GENDER EQUALITY VS. GENDER JUSTICE: AN ISLAMIC ETHICAL PERSPECTIVE

  Dr Muhammad Ismail Aarifi, Muhammad Harris Suhaib

  1062-1068

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• TEACHERS’ AWARENESS AND ATTITUDES TOWARD COMMUNICATION DISORDERS AMONG CHILDREN IN GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN LAHORE

  Faiza, Sayyeda Rabia Basri, Muhammad Haroon Manj

  1069-1084

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• BORDERLESS CARE: NURSING CHALLENGES AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS IN REFUGEE AND STATELESS POPULATIONS

  Alishah Aziz Gulzar, Dr. Saleema Gulzar, Rabia Danish, Sameen Amir Ali Alwani

  1085-1102

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