Sajjad Hussain
Biographic Data
| ID | 4159977 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sajjad Hussain |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sajjad |
| FAMILY NAME | Hussain |
| SIGNATURE | HUSSAIN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Islamia University of Bahawalpur |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0635-1461 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Student engagement in transnational engineering higher education
Student engagement in Transnational Higher Education (TNE) engineering programmes can be constrained by the demands of English-medium Instruction (EMI) and barriers to participation, creating a need to deploy pedagogical interventions that support engagement. This mixed-methods study explored cohort-level participation patterns across four active learning approaches: Collaborative pedagogy, Critical pedagogy, Inquiry-based Learning (IBL), and Pro…
Women’s Political Participation in Pakistan
This research investigates women's involvement in Pakistan's political sphere, offering a comparative analysis of their participation, the barriers they face, the challenges encountered, and the opportunities available during the general elections of 2018 and 2024. The study underscores the changing dynamics of female political engagement, critically examining the structural impediments that hinder their participation while exploring avenues for …
The intention to adopt photovoltaic systems
D-MoS2 and WS2-Based Chemical Gas Sensor
On Campus Violence and Youth
This study aims to find the sociological realities of on campus violence in the public sector universities of Islamabad. The study tends to understand the reasons behind violent behavior among students. Universities are expected to provide exposure and political education to their graduates with peaceful means. However, the Pakistani universities are experiencing violent behavior among students. Student unions were functioning illegally in univer…
Evaluating the student experience at UK-China joint institutes
Joint Institutions are created from two different universities joining together to create a collaborative research and education effort. Compared to traditional universities, several unique challenges present themselves from this arrangement. We are especially interested in the student experience at UK-China Joint Institutes. We therefore organized a conference with the UK-China Joint Institute Alliance to aggregate knowledge on this issue. This …
Gender disparities in universal primary education
This article analysed gender disparities in Pakistan focusing on access to primary education and women's education in light of National Education policies from 1947 to 2017 to achieve universal primary education. This study aimed to trace the evolution of National Education policies (1947–2017) in the attainment of universal primary education and gender disparities in Primary education in Pakistan. A qualitative document analysis technique was em…
Challenges and Opportunities to the Profession of Social Work in Pakistan
Social work education at the postgraduate level is faced with various academic and non-academic issues. Despite the compatibility of these methods with our culture, the paucity of local research and knowledge related to our community which are necessary for the uplift of the profession is impacting its progress. So far, Pakistan has no national and provincial council of social workers that could link them with the international social workers’ Fe…
Environmental Injustice in Small Settlements Near Elite Societies
Small settlements in Lahore such as Chungi Amar Sidho, are extremely polluted compared to societies like Bahria Town, DHA, and, other elite societies. These areas have soil, water, air, and even noise pollution. These small settlements have caused severe diseases and infections among the inhabitants of the area. The objective of the paper is to identify the reason behind this injustice. A mixed methodology e.g. qualitative and quantitative approa…
Metaverse for education – Virtual or real
Metaverse is considered an extension of the Internet that is expected to revolutionize our social and economic lives by offering seamless interactions in the virtual worlds. Some believe that the Metaverse is one of those technologies that are destined to fail while others envisage Metaverse as part and parcel of future life, same as the Internet in today’s world. While the jury is still out on whether the Metaverse would eventually be materializ…
Role of Media in Hybrid Warfare in Pakistan
In the defense community, the use of hybrid warfare has expanded. It is generally labeled as contemporary warfare. The term is usually adopted in strategic documents such as the national government of Pakistan, developing regions, as well as developed nation central such as NATO, and EU, based on which various articles have been presented. However, hybrid warfare has not yet been understood with social media and the opportunities it opens for Pak…
Green Transformational Leadership
Based on the Resource-Based View theory, this study explores the impact of Green Human Resource Management on Environmental Performance. Additionally, this study assesses the mediating effect of Psychological Green Climate between Green Human Resource Management and Environmental Performance. Furthermore, it examines how Green Human Resource Management and Green Transformational Leadership combinely affect Psychological Green Climate. Data were c…
The Role of Images in the Teaching and Learning of English
Audio-visual aids have been one of the most influential sources, especially, in teaching and learning an unknown language. The use of images found in textbooks has great implications for teaching and learning the English language to non-natives. The current study aimed to explore the use of images in textbooks to teach the English language in primary schools in a Pakistani urban setting. The researchers, following the norms of qualitative researc…
Awareness of Chronic Kidney Disease, Medication, and Laboratory Investigation among Nephrology and Urology Patients of Quetta, Pakistan
Patients’ awareness is critical in medical care, as it can serve as an input into the adjustment of interventions. The aim of study was to explore the level of awareness regarding chronic kidney disease (CKD), its medications, and laboratory investigations among nephrology and urology patients of Quetta. The cross-sectional study was used by adopting and culturally modifying a questionnaire. By convenient sampling technique, a total of 500 questi…
Chronic Inter-play of Identity and Choice
The issues of globalization and economic and social dependency have penetrated into modern postcolonial literature, especially in the literature of expatriate Pakistani writers. Home Fire explicitly covers the issue of zero-sum competition between the immigrants and the locals. The attitude of the Americans and the Britishersin the perspective of post 9\11 era highlighted this issue. The Zero-sum competition is situational and chronic. The major …
Looking Back
This paper takes a retrospective view of the year 2020, with a focus on how Higher Education policy development was undertaken on a Transnational Education (TNE) program between the University of Glasgow (UofG) and the University of Electronics, Science and Technology in Chengdu (UESTC), China in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It explores the approach to policy development under normal circumstances, contrasting this with the approach taken d…
Sectarian War in the Middle East
Purpose: This paper aims to explore the current chaotic condition of the Middle East that was fueled by the traditional competition between Saudi Arabia and Iran. s state and society in every field of life. Principal Findings: The paper argues that the Saudi-Iran’s sectarian proxy warfare in the Middle East is a means to counter each other’s regional influence that has adverse implications for the internal security of Pakistan that can destroy it…
Identity and interests
This study discusses Islam as a “strategic entity” in Pakistan’s quest for identity and interests, in its formative years, 1947 to 1956. The end of the post-colonial era not only re-defines the geography of the world but equally redistributes the power structures between the retired empires and the new states. The new players in the pursuits of identity and interests restarted the old game of gain according to their political paradigms. In subseq…
Employing Industrial Quality Management Systems for Quality Assurance in Outcome-Based Engineering Education
With the world becoming flat with fluid boundaries, engineers have to be global in their outlook and their pedigree. Due to the need for international acceptance of engineering qualification, the incorporation of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) has become common and global accreditation treaties such as the Washington Accord have been ratified. Further, it becomes important, especially for an engineering university with a global outlook preparing i…
Religious Nationalization of Identity
Zia ul-Haq, President of Pakistan (1977-1988), introduced Islam into the public and political realms. Once he grabbed power in Pakistan after ousting the elected government of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Islam became his strategic choice to provide legitimacy to his military coup and to expand his role in the Muslim world. Since the independence of Pakistan, the state had used Islam on many occasions to serve its interests. The encouraging results in th…
Childless Women
This article documents the experiences of childless Pakhtun women of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as narrated by them. These narratives present primary data on the most significant issue about which research studies are relatively scarce. This exploratory study drawing upon in-depth interviews of 45 childless women and 20 men in the 3 districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa through convenient purposive sampling techniques, presents a narrative of the physical and …
Health Risk Assessment of Different Heavy Metals Dissolved in Drinking Water
Water pollution is a major threat to public health worldwide. The health risks of ingesting trace elements in drinking water were assessed in the provinces of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Eight trace elements were measured in drinking water, using Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS), and compared with permissible limits established by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Pakistan Environmental Protection Agenc…
The impact of the Indian movie, Three Idiots (2009) on attitudes to education
Developments in technology can support the generation of tools to enhance teaching and learning. In a digital world, teaching without technology is now considered incomplete. Film is one of the mos
Perception of Local Community and Biradari on Panchayati
The rural areas of Pakistan are well woven in the Biradari system which is also a social status carrier and an ethic attachment. The Biradari system is very much operational and playing a well participatory role in almost all kinds of community and local matters and issues ranging from very minor conflicts to big social disputes. The prime focus of the study was to explore the role of Biradari and community opinion regarding its respective role a…
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Perception of Local Community and Biradari on Panchayati
The rural areas of Pakistan are well woven in the Biradari system which is also a social status carrier and an ethic attachment. The Biradari system is very much operational and playing a well participatory role in almost all kinds of community and local matters and issues ranging from very minor conflicts to big social disputes. The prime focus of the study was to explore the role of Biradari and community opinion regarding its respective role a…
The impact of the Indian movie, Three Idiots (2009) on attitudes to education
Developments in technology can support the generation of tools to enhance teaching and learning. In a digital world, teaching without technology is now considered incomplete. Film is one of the mos
Health Risk Assessment of Different Heavy Metals Dissolved in Drinking Water
Water pollution is a major threat to public health worldwide. The health risks of ingesting trace elements in drinking water were assessed in the provinces of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Eight trace elements were measured in drinking water, using Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS), and compared with permissible limits established by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Pakistan Environmental Protection Agenc…
Childless Women
This article documents the experiences of childless Pakhtun women of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as narrated by them. These narratives present primary data on the most significant issue about which research studies are relatively scarce. This exploratory study drawing upon in-depth interviews of 45 childless women and 20 men in the 3 districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa through convenient purposive sampling techniques, presents a narrative of the physical and …
Chronic Inter-play of Identity and Choice
The issues of globalization and economic and social dependency have penetrated into modern postcolonial literature, especially in the literature of expatriate Pakistani writers. Home Fire explicitly covers the issue of zero-sum competition between the immigrants and the locals. The attitude of the Americans and the Britishersin the perspective of post 9\11 era highlighted this issue. The Zero-sum competition is situational and chronic. The major …
Looking Back
This paper takes a retrospective view of the year 2020, with a focus on how Higher Education policy development was undertaken on a Transnational Education (TNE) program between the University of Glasgow (UofG) and the University of Electronics, Science and Technology in Chengdu (UESTC), China in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It explores the approach to policy development under normal circumstances, contrasting this with the approach taken d…
Sectarian War in the Middle East
Purpose: This paper aims to explore the current chaotic condition of the Middle East that was fueled by the traditional competition between Saudi Arabia and Iran. s state and society in every field of life. Principal Findings: The paper argues that the Saudi-Iran’s sectarian proxy warfare in the Middle East is a means to counter each other’s regional influence that has adverse implications for the internal security of Pakistan that can destroy it…
Identity and interests
This study discusses Islam as a “strategic entity” in Pakistan’s quest for identity and interests, in its formative years, 1947 to 1956. The end of the post-colonial era not only re-defines the geography of the world but equally redistributes the power structures between the retired empires and the new states. The new players in the pursuits of identity and interests restarted the old game of gain according to their political paradigms. In subseq…
Employing Industrial Quality Management Systems for Quality Assurance in Outcome-Based Engineering Education
With the world becoming flat with fluid boundaries, engineers have to be global in their outlook and their pedigree. Due to the need for international acceptance of engineering qualification, the incorporation of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) has become common and global accreditation treaties such as the Washington Accord have been ratified. Further, it becomes important, especially for an engineering university with a global outlook preparing i…
Religious Nationalization of Identity
Zia ul-Haq, President of Pakistan (1977-1988), introduced Islam into the public and political realms. Once he grabbed power in Pakistan after ousting the elected government of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Islam became his strategic choice to provide legitimacy to his military coup and to expand his role in the Muslim world. Since the independence of Pakistan, the state had used Islam on many occasions to serve its interests. The encouraging results in th…
The Role of Images in the Teaching and Learning of English
Audio-visual aids have been one of the most influential sources, especially, in teaching and learning an unknown language. The use of images found in textbooks has great implications for teaching and learning the English language to non-natives. The current study aimed to explore the use of images in textbooks to teach the English language in primary schools in a Pakistani urban setting. The researchers, following the norms of qualitative researc…
Awareness of Chronic Kidney Disease, Medication, and Laboratory Investigation among Nephrology and Urology Patients of Quetta, Pakistan
Patients’ awareness is critical in medical care, as it can serve as an input into the adjustment of interventions. The aim of study was to explore the level of awareness regarding chronic kidney disease (CKD), its medications, and laboratory investigations among nephrology and urology patients of Quetta. The cross-sectional study was used by adopting and culturally modifying a questionnaire. By convenient sampling technique, a total of 500 questi…
Challenges and Opportunities to the Profession of Social Work in Pakistan
Social work education at the postgraduate level is faced with various academic and non-academic issues. Despite the compatibility of these methods with our culture, the paucity of local research and knowledge related to our community which are necessary for the uplift of the profession is impacting its progress. So far, Pakistan has no national and provincial council of social workers that could link them with the international social workers’ Fe…
Environmental Injustice in Small Settlements Near Elite Societies
Small settlements in Lahore such as Chungi Amar Sidho, are extremely polluted compared to societies like Bahria Town, DHA, and, other elite societies. These areas have soil, water, air, and even noise pollution. These small settlements have caused severe diseases and infections among the inhabitants of the area. The objective of the paper is to identify the reason behind this injustice. A mixed methodology e.g. qualitative and quantitative approa…
Metaverse for education – Virtual or real
Metaverse is considered an extension of the Internet that is expected to revolutionize our social and economic lives by offering seamless interactions in the virtual worlds. Some believe that the Metaverse is one of those technologies that are destined to fail while others envisage Metaverse as part and parcel of future life, same as the Internet in today’s world. While the jury is still out on whether the Metaverse would eventually be materializ…
Role of Media in Hybrid Warfare in Pakistan
In the defense community, the use of hybrid warfare has expanded. It is generally labeled as contemporary warfare. The term is usually adopted in strategic documents such as the national government of Pakistan, developing regions, as well as developed nation central such as NATO, and EU, based on which various articles have been presented. However, hybrid warfare has not yet been understood with social media and the opportunities it opens for Pak…
Green Transformational Leadership
Based on the Resource-Based View theory, this study explores the impact of Green Human Resource Management on Environmental Performance. Additionally, this study assesses the mediating effect of Psychological Green Climate between Green Human Resource Management and Environmental Performance. Furthermore, it examines how Green Human Resource Management and Green Transformational Leadership combinely affect Psychological Green Climate. Data were c…
D-MoS2 and WS2-Based Chemical Gas Sensor
On Campus Violence and Youth
This study aims to find the sociological realities of on campus violence in the public sector universities of Islamabad. The study tends to understand the reasons behind violent behavior among students. Universities are expected to provide exposure and political education to their graduates with peaceful means. However, the Pakistani universities are experiencing violent behavior among students. Student unions were functioning illegally in univer…
Evaluating the student experience at UK-China joint institutes
Joint Institutions are created from two different universities joining together to create a collaborative research and education effort. Compared to traditional universities, several unique challenges present themselves from this arrangement. We are especially interested in the student experience at UK-China Joint Institutes. We therefore organized a conference with the UK-China Joint Institute Alliance to aggregate knowledge on this issue. This …
Gender disparities in universal primary education
This article analysed gender disparities in Pakistan focusing on access to primary education and women's education in light of National Education policies from 1947 to 2017 to achieve universal primary education. This study aimed to trace the evolution of National Education policies (1947–2017) in the attainment of universal primary education and gender disparities in Primary education in Pakistan. A qualitative document analysis technique was em…
Women’s Political Participation in Pakistan
This research investigates women's involvement in Pakistan's political sphere, offering a comparative analysis of their participation, the barriers they face, the challenges encountered, and the opportunities available during the general elections of 2018 and 2024. The study underscores the changing dynamics of female political engagement, critically examining the structural impediments that hinder their participation while exploring avenues for …
The intention to adopt photovoltaic systems
Student engagement in transnational engineering higher education
Student engagement in Transnational Higher Education (TNE) engineering programmes can be constrained by the demands of English-medium Instruction (EMI) and barriers to participation, creating a need to deploy pedagogical interventions that support engagement. This mixed-methods study explored cohort-level participation patterns across four active learning approaches: Collaborative pedagogy, Critical pedagogy, Inquiry-based Learning (IBL), and Pro…
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