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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Islamabad"”.
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The Impact of Food Insecurity on Child Development in London and Islamabad
… area with robust welfare infrastructure, and Islamabad, a low-to middle-income area characterised by structural poverty and a weak institutional framework. A critical appraisal and synthesis of 20 studies published between 2018 and 2025 was conducted using a systematic review methodology. The …
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The journey from New Delhi to Islamabad : dependence and subversion in the ambivalent expression of nationhood
… of Imperial British India, and post-colonial Islamabad - "The City of Islam" - as the capital city of the nation-state the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. The paper identifies a colonial legacy in Islamabad, and establishes the dialogic persistence of socio-spatial structures congruent in both …
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The influence of madrasa education on the social life of ulamā : a case study of Islamabad, Pakistan
… education on the social lives of Ulamā in Islamabad, Pakistan. Evolving from a qualitative research approach, the study will assess how the madrasa system affects the social life engagements of the students, particularly Ulamā with educational backgrounds from madrasa units. The research …
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The people in the city of the nation : re-viewing Islamabad's fifth function
This thesis is about Islamabad's center. Islamabad is a city built from scratch. It was the "dream" of Ayub Khan-Pakistan's gregarious and globe-trotting general-cum-president-and the product of its chief master planner, Constantinos Doxiadis-the gregarious and globe-trotting architect-cum-global …
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The world is established through the work of existence : the performance of Gham-Khadi among Pukhtun Bibiane in Northern Pakistan.
… Ethnographic fieldwork, conducted in Islamabad and the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP or "Frontier") regions of Swat and Mardan between 1996-1998 and 1999-2001, suggests the extent to which Bibiane's sense of their gham-khadi obligations underpins their understanding of their …
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Growth and expansion in post-war urban design strategies: C. A. Doxiadis and the first strategic plan for Riyadh Saudi Arabia (1968-1972)
… approximately eight years after he completed the Islamabad master plan, his most renowned project. Most Post-War architects focused on the socio-spatial components of urban life, elaborating architectural projects that intertwined transportation, infrastructure, and concentrated on mass housing …
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In Search of Resilience: A Case Study of Leadership in Challenging Times in an International School Setting
… The study was conducted at a private school in Islamabad, Pakistan, often referred to locally as The American School.</p> <p>The study paid particular attention to the development of resilience in the leader and in the follower group during and after periods of crisis. Initially designed as a …
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Understanding factors affecting utilization of Long-Term Reversible Contraception in rural Pakistan
… and social norms on use of LARC in rural Islamabad. The first study used a cross sectional survey of 800 married women and men to examine influence of social networks and other explanatory variables of use of LARC. The multivariable models, by gender, show differences of the effects of kin …
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Tourism Development and Women in Under Crises Destinations: A Case Study of Chilas, Pakistan.
… the opening of the Babusar pass- that connects Islamabad the capital city of Pakistan to Chilas the valley has become less isolated. With the opening of the Babusar pass and efforts by the local authorities in terms of promoting tourism for example opening tourist resorts named Pakistan Tourism …
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Enhancing the Understanding of Corruption through System Dynamics Modelling: A Case Study Analysis of Pakistan
… analysis comes from 30 interviews conducted in (Islamabad) Pakistan. The specific aim of this research is to investigate how our understanding of corruption can be extended by using a system dynamics approach. This is achieved by the use of simulation modelling to explore how the social system of …
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"If We Are Nothing Without Them, Then They Are Also Nothing Without Us": Cross-Class Political Mobilisation in Urban Pakistan
… identifying individuals and the urban poor in Islamabad who collaborate as part of an organised cross-class political party. These groups work together to challenge the threat of eviction and address deficiencies in public infrastructure and service provision. The thesis argues that different …
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DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING FRAMEWORK FOR LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS IN PAKISTAN
… 2016; Shaikh, 2017; Hasan and Arif, 2018; Islamabad, 2018; Zameen.com, 2019). Consequently, a substantial proportion of population lives in sub-standard and low-quality houses or slums near the town centres of major cities or go homeless. All the housing finance organizations including …
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Influence of trust on sharing of knowledge in a cross-cultural working environment
… conducted at three Health services institutes in Islamabad, Pakistan, through 75 semi-structured qualitative interviews and was analyzed through thematic analysis. This was underpinned by a constructivist ontology and interpretive epistemology, deemed appropriate in order to analyze and understand …
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mHealth for pneumonia prevention
… 1771 households in a rural community, Tarlai, in Islamabad (the federal capital). This study also included a pre- and post-intervention survey conducted across a randomly selected sample of 50 mothers. This showed that statistically significant changes were seen in the perception of pneumonia …