Nisar Ahmad
Biographic Data
| ID | 3933416 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nisar Ahmad |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nisar |
| FAMILY NAME | Ahmad |
| SIGNATURE | AHMAD N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Sargodha |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3299-3409 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 17 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Prospects for connectivity and integration between Pakistan and Asean + 3 + 3 countries through the lens of optimal currency area theory
Regional insights into poverty among women-headed households in Pakistan
This study explores the poverty driven factors in the case of women-headed households at regional level in Pakistan using a binary logit model. The data for the study were collected from the district Bhakkar (Pakistan) and grounded on a self-structured and self-administrative questionnaire. The results of the study explain that education, job experience, family size, and health expenditures have negative and significant impacts on the likelihood …
How do information and communication technologies (ICTs) empower women
Impact of urbanization and income inequality on life expectancy of male and female in South Asian countries
Urbanization, income inequality and health expenditures are important factors of life expectancy. Urbanization and income inequalities are avoidable occurrences to tackle the health penalties. The objective of this study is to estimate the impact of urbanization and income inequality on the life expectancy male and female in six selected South Asian countries. To investigate the impact of urbanization and income inequality on life expectancy, eig…
Disaggregating the impact of oil prices on European industrial equity indices
This study investigates the relationship between daily returns of oil and ten European industrial equity indices for the period 2008-2017 using the spatial econometric technique. In our settings, the historical co-movements of sectoral returns are incorporated while modelling the contemporaneous relationships between oil and European sectoral returns. After controlling for regional and global equity risk factors, we find that oil returns pose a s…
Islamic Work Ethics and Employees’ Turnover Intention
The rationale behind this study is to examine the impact of Islamic work ethics (IWE) on turnover intention (TI) among employees of commercial banks across Pakistan. Further, this research also explores the mediating role of IM on the association between IWE and TI. Survey design opted was crosssectional, in order to gather data through a convenience sampling technique. Two hundred and eighty-seven employees of commercial banks participated in th…
Impact of Lean Manufacturing on the Operational Performance
Purpose of the study: Lean manufacturing is perceived to be a significant competitive advantage of firms as it removes waste from manufacturing operations with innovations in products and processes. This research aims to know the impact of lean manufacturing practices of textile firms on their operational efficiency. Methodology: For this study, questionnaires were electronically sent to operation/ production managers of 122 textile firms using l…
The impact of foreign aid on economic development
The effectiveness of foreign aid in stimulating economic development is a topic of intense debate in the scientific community and among policy analysts. Numerous empirical studies are devoted to investigating the impact of foreign aid on the economic growth/development of recipient countries. This study reviews the literature relevant to this debate using the bibliometric data of scholarly papers in the Scopus database. Our intention is to identi…
Health Risks in Different Age Group of Nitrate in Spring Water Used for Drinking in Harnai, Balochistan, Pakistan
This study aims to determine the nitrate exposure and their health assessment in spring water used for drinking in Harnai. Total 24 water samples were collected from four springs used for drinking. Three samples from starting point and three from the end point of each spring were collected. DR/890 multi-parameter portable calorimeter was used for the measurement of nitrate. The concentration of nitrate was ranged from 0.1 to 1.1 mg/l with an aver…
Do Immigrants Catch‐up with the Natives in Terms of Earnings? Evidence from Individual Level Data of Canada
This article analyses differences in dynamic transitions into and out of any of the five hourly wage quintiles and quintile zero (unemployed and non‐employed people) between immigrants and natives for the period 1993‐2004. Using Longitudinal Level data from Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics ( SLID ) for men aged 25 to 55, we investigate how unobserved heterogeneity factors and initial conditions may affect individuals’ propensity to stay in or…
Monitoring of Pesticide Residues in Commonly Used Fruits and Vegetables in Kuwait
The presence of pesticide residues in primary and derived agricultural products raises serious health concerns for consumers. The aim of this study was to assess the level of pesticide residues in commonly consumed fruits and vegetables in Kuwait. A total of 150 samples of different fresh vegetables and fruits were analyzed for the presence of 34 pesticides using the quick easy cheap effective rugged and safe (QuEChERS) multi-residue extraction, …
Technology Spillovers and International Borders
The borders of the EU are open for the movement of resources but still there can be some strong negative effects of international borders on productivity and knowledge spillovers compared to the internal regional borders. These negative effects could be due to language barriers, cultural differences, local rules and regulation, legal issues, property rights, etc. These effects of international borders have an economic significance that need to be…
Heterogeneity of coronary heart disease risk factors in Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, and European origin populations
OBJECTIVE: To compare coronary risk factors and disease prevalence among Indians, Pakistanis, and Bangladeshis, and in all South Asians (these three groups together) with Europeans. DESIGN: Cross sectional survey. SETTING: Newcastle upon Tyne. PARTICIPANTS: 259 Indian, 305 Pakistani, 120 Bangladeshi, and 825 European men and women aged 25-74 years. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Social and economic circumstances, lifestyle, self reported symptoms and dis…
Impact of health service provision on mothers and infants in a rural village in North West Frontier Province, Pakistan
Objective: The objective of this paper is to examine the impact of the Health Service Research Project of the Pakistan Medical Research Council (PMRC) on mothers and infants in Budhni village, North West Frontier Province (NWFP), Pakistan. Methods: Information from the PMRC records on the socioeconomic and demographic situation over the last 10 years and anthropometric measurements made on all infants from 1986–96 were collected and analysed. Res…
Scope for fly control as a diarrhoea intervention in Pakistan
Assam-Bengal Trade in the Medieval Period
Assam-Bengal Trade in the Medieval Period
Assam, in the beginning of the medieval period, extended between 24-28 and 88-96 degrees latitude north and longitude east of Greenwich respectively. It was bounded by the Himalayan mountains of Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh in the north, and the hills of Nagaland and Manipur in the east, Mizoram and Tripura in the south and the river Karatoya in the east. The river Brahmaputra flowing, from north-east to south-west, through the heart of Assam sep…
How do information and communication technologies (ICTs) empower women
Do Immigrants Catch‐up with the Natives in Terms of Earnings? Evidence from Individual Level Data of Canada
This article analyses differences in dynamic transitions into and out of any of the five hourly wage quintiles and quintile zero (unemployed and non‐employed people) between immigrants and natives for the period 1993‐2004. Using Longitudinal Level data from Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics ( SLID ) for men aged 25 to 55, we investigate how unobserved heterogeneity factors and initial conditions may affect individuals’ propensity to stay in or…
Technology Spillovers and International Borders
The borders of the EU are open for the movement of resources but still there can be some strong negative effects of international borders on productivity and knowledge spillovers compared to the internal regional borders. These negative effects could be due to language barriers, cultural differences, local rules and regulation, legal issues, property rights, etc. These effects of international borders have an economic significance that need to be…
Scope for fly control as a diarrhoea intervention in Pakistan
Assam-Bengal Trade in the Medieval Period
Assam-Bengal Trade in the Medieval Period
Assam, in the beginning of the medieval period, extended between 24-28 and 88-96 degrees latitude north and longitude east of Greenwich respectively. It was bounded by the Himalayan mountains of Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh in the north, and the hills of Nagaland and Manipur in the east, Mizoram and Tripura in the south and the river Karatoya in the east. The river Brahmaputra flowing, from north-east to south-west, through the heart of Assam sep…
Scope for fly control as a diarrhoea intervention in Pakistan
Impact of health service provision on mothers and infants in a rural village in North West Frontier Province, Pakistan
Objective: The objective of this paper is to examine the impact of the Health Service Research Project of the Pakistan Medical Research Council (PMRC) on mothers and infants in Budhni village, North West Frontier Province (NWFP), Pakistan. Methods: Information from the PMRC records on the socioeconomic and demographic situation over the last 10 years and anthropometric measurements made on all infants from 1986–96 were collected and analysed. Res…
Heterogeneity of coronary heart disease risk factors in Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, and European origin populations
OBJECTIVE: To compare coronary risk factors and disease prevalence among Indians, Pakistanis, and Bangladeshis, and in all South Asians (these three groups together) with Europeans. DESIGN: Cross sectional survey. SETTING: Newcastle upon Tyne. PARTICIPANTS: 259 Indian, 305 Pakistani, 120 Bangladeshi, and 825 European men and women aged 25-74 years. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Social and economic circumstances, lifestyle, self reported symptoms and dis…
Technology Spillovers and International Borders
The borders of the EU are open for the movement of resources but still there can be some strong negative effects of international borders on productivity and knowledge spillovers compared to the internal regional borders. These negative effects could be due to language barriers, cultural differences, local rules and regulation, legal issues, property rights, etc. These effects of international borders have an economic significance that need to be…
Monitoring of Pesticide Residues in Commonly Used Fruits and Vegetables in Kuwait
The presence of pesticide residues in primary and derived agricultural products raises serious health concerns for consumers. The aim of this study was to assess the level of pesticide residues in commonly consumed fruits and vegetables in Kuwait. A total of 150 samples of different fresh vegetables and fruits were analyzed for the presence of 34 pesticides using the quick easy cheap effective rugged and safe (QuEChERS) multi-residue extraction, …
Do Immigrants Catch‐up with the Natives in Terms of Earnings? Evidence from Individual Level Data of Canada
This article analyses differences in dynamic transitions into and out of any of the five hourly wage quintiles and quintile zero (unemployed and non‐employed people) between immigrants and natives for the period 1993‐2004. Using Longitudinal Level data from Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics ( SLID ) for men aged 25 to 55, we investigate how unobserved heterogeneity factors and initial conditions may affect individuals’ propensity to stay in or…
Health Risks in Different Age Group of Nitrate in Spring Water Used for Drinking in Harnai, Balochistan, Pakistan
This study aims to determine the nitrate exposure and their health assessment in spring water used for drinking in Harnai. Total 24 water samples were collected from four springs used for drinking. Three samples from starting point and three from the end point of each spring were collected. DR/890 multi-parameter portable calorimeter was used for the measurement of nitrate. The concentration of nitrate was ranged from 0.1 to 1.1 mg/l with an aver…
Islamic Work Ethics and Employees’ Turnover Intention
The rationale behind this study is to examine the impact of Islamic work ethics (IWE) on turnover intention (TI) among employees of commercial banks across Pakistan. Further, this research also explores the mediating role of IM on the association between IWE and TI. Survey design opted was crosssectional, in order to gather data through a convenience sampling technique. Two hundred and eighty-seven employees of commercial banks participated in th…
Impact of Lean Manufacturing on the Operational Performance
Purpose of the study: Lean manufacturing is perceived to be a significant competitive advantage of firms as it removes waste from manufacturing operations with innovations in products and processes. This research aims to know the impact of lean manufacturing practices of textile firms on their operational efficiency. Methodology: For this study, questionnaires were electronically sent to operation/ production managers of 122 textile firms using l…
The impact of foreign aid on economic development
The effectiveness of foreign aid in stimulating economic development is a topic of intense debate in the scientific community and among policy analysts. Numerous empirical studies are devoted to investigating the impact of foreign aid on the economic growth/development of recipient countries. This study reviews the literature relevant to this debate using the bibliometric data of scholarly papers in the Scopus database. Our intention is to identi…
Disaggregating the impact of oil prices on European industrial equity indices
This study investigates the relationship between daily returns of oil and ten European industrial equity indices for the period 2008-2017 using the spatial econometric technique. In our settings, the historical co-movements of sectoral returns are incorporated while modelling the contemporaneous relationships between oil and European sectoral returns. After controlling for regional and global equity risk factors, we find that oil returns pose a s…
Impact of urbanization and income inequality on life expectancy of male and female in South Asian countries
Urbanization, income inequality and health expenditures are important factors of life expectancy. Urbanization and income inequalities are avoidable occurrences to tackle the health penalties. The objective of this study is to estimate the impact of urbanization and income inequality on the life expectancy male and female in six selected South Asian countries. To investigate the impact of urbanization and income inequality on life expectancy, eig…
Prospects for connectivity and integration between Pakistan and Asean + 3 + 3 countries through the lens of optimal currency area theory
Regional insights into poverty among women-headed households in Pakistan
This study explores the poverty driven factors in the case of women-headed households at regional level in Pakistan using a binary logit model. The data for the study were collected from the district Bhakkar (Pakistan) and grounded on a self-structured and self-administrative questionnaire. The results of the study explain that education, job experience, family size, and health expenditures have negative and significant impacts on the likelihood …
How do information and communication technologies (ICTs) empower women
Economics (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Demography (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Econometrics (3 works) · Macroeconomics (3 works) · Population (3 works)