A Zaman
Biographic Data
| ID | 419481 |
|---|---|
| NAME | A Zaman |
| GIVEN NAMES | A |
| FAMILY NAME | Zaman |
| SIGNATURE | ZAMAN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Pakistan Institute of Development Economics |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5710-0323 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Technocratic Dreams, Political Realities
This paper critically examines a recent proposal advocating full-reserve banking in Pakistan, inspired by modern revivals of the Chicago Plan. While such proposals are motivated by legitimate concerns about financial instability, excessive debt creation, and the social consequences of private money creation, the paper argues that they are best understood as institutional power-sharing arrangements rather than purely technical reforms. Using a his…
Incidence of multidrug resistance and extended spectrum beta-lactamase expression in community-acquired urinary tract infection among different age groups of patients
Background and Aim: Escherichia coli was the most prevalent cause for urinary tract infections (UTIs). These bacteria also generate extended spectrum b-lactamases (ESBL), which inactivate penicillins and cephalosporins. The purpose of the current study is to determine the incidence of multidrug resistance and extended beta-lactamase expression in community-acquired urinary tract infection (UTIs) among patients of different age groups. Patients an…
Legislative Processes and Practices in Pakistan
Purpose: The present study intends to analyze the Pakistan People’s Party government period from 2008 to 2013 after the demise of its leader Benazir Bhutto. The study is about the PPPP government on the issue of legislation in the parliament so a qualitative method is used for this purpose. Method: The topic is related to legislation, so the primary and secondary sources used with the complete lists of legislation from 2008-2013 from the parliame…
Reclaiming our lives and our planet
The looming environmental catastrophe, as well as human crises on multiple fronts, is results of corruption of our human hearts. This arises from a toxic educational process designed to turn us into human resources, with stunted spirituality. Purifying the planet requires purifying ourselves as a first step. Stepping outside the streams of our culture and history to examine our lives from an external perspective provides insights not available in…
Monetary Paradoxes of Baby-Sitting Cooperatives
Many authors have described and modelled Keynesian effects in a Baby-sitting Cooperative (BSC), which has the underlying structure of a single good barter economy. We construct a simple model of the BSC economy to explore this issue, and find very surprising results. Outcomes depend on agents beliefs about the decision making process of others, as in the Keynesian beauty contest. For some structures of beliefs, money is neutral, while for others,…
Islam's Gift
According to the standard narrative, economics is an objective and scientific study of universal laws applicable to economic affairs of modern societies. After a brief introduction, the second section of the article presents a counter-narrative that disputes this claim, and provides an alternative point of view that situates modern economics within its European historical, political, and social context. We briefly discuss why the conventional met…
Failures of the “Invisible Hand”
Despite many failures of the invisible hand both empirically and theoretically, it continues to be vigorously asserted and widely believed. We document the failures and explain why it continues to be asserted despite these failures
Logical Positivism and Islamic Economics
We provide a detailed discussion of current methodology of economics and its emergence from secular roots in Europe. The foundational principles of this methodology, which is based on logical positivism, are in conflict with Islam. We then sketch some alternative methodologies which would be more suitable for Islamic economics
Islamic Economics
Islamic Economics
A central thesis of this paper is that social science is the study of human experience, and hence is strongly conditioned by history. Modern Western political, economic and social structures have emerged as a consequence of the repudiation of religion associated with the Enlightenment and are based on secular principles. Many of these are discordant with Islamic principles and cannot be adapted to an Islamic society. Around the middle of the twen…
Islamic Economics
The Origins of Western Social Sciences
M. Umer Chapra . The Future of Economics
Integrated rural development
Islam's Gift
According to the standard narrative, economics is an objective and scientific study of universal laws applicable to economic affairs of modern societies. After a brief introduction, the second section of the article presents a counter-narrative that disputes this claim, and provides an alternative point of view that situates modern economics within its European historical, political, and social context. We briefly discuss why the conventional met…
Failures of the “Invisible Hand”
Despite many failures of the invisible hand both empirically and theoretically, it continues to be vigorously asserted and widely believed. We document the failures and explain why it continues to be asserted despite these failures
Integrated rural development
M. Umer Chapra . The Future of Economics
Islamic Economics
A central thesis of this paper is that social science is the study of human experience, and hence is strongly conditioned by history. Modern Western political, economic and social structures have emerged as a consequence of the repudiation of religion associated with the Enlightenment and are based on secular principles. Many of these are discordant with Islamic principles and cannot be adapted to an Islamic society. Around the middle of the twen…
Islamic Economics
The Origins of Western Social Sciences
Islamic Economics
Logical Positivism and Islamic Economics
We provide a detailed discussion of current methodology of economics and its emergence from secular roots in Europe. The foundational principles of this methodology, which is based on logical positivism, are in conflict with Islam. We then sketch some alternative methodologies which would be more suitable for Islamic economics
Failures of the “Invisible Hand”
Despite many failures of the invisible hand both empirically and theoretically, it continues to be vigorously asserted and widely believed. We document the failures and explain why it continues to be asserted despite these failures
Islam's Gift
According to the standard narrative, economics is an objective and scientific study of universal laws applicable to economic affairs of modern societies. After a brief introduction, the second section of the article presents a counter-narrative that disputes this claim, and provides an alternative point of view that situates modern economics within its European historical, political, and social context. We briefly discuss why the conventional met…
Legislative Processes and Practices in Pakistan
Purpose: The present study intends to analyze the Pakistan People’s Party government period from 2008 to 2013 after the demise of its leader Benazir Bhutto. The study is about the PPPP government on the issue of legislation in the parliament so a qualitative method is used for this purpose. Method: The topic is related to legislation, so the primary and secondary sources used with the complete lists of legislation from 2008-2013 from the parliame…
Reclaiming our lives and our planet
The looming environmental catastrophe, as well as human crises on multiple fronts, is results of corruption of our human hearts. This arises from a toxic educational process designed to turn us into human resources, with stunted spirituality. Purifying the planet requires purifying ourselves as a first step. Stepping outside the streams of our culture and history to examine our lives from an external perspective provides insights not available in…
Monetary Paradoxes of Baby-Sitting Cooperatives
Many authors have described and modelled Keynesian effects in a Baby-sitting Cooperative (BSC), which has the underlying structure of a single good barter economy. We construct a simple model of the BSC economy to explore this issue, and find very surprising results. Outcomes depend on agents beliefs about the decision making process of others, as in the Keynesian beauty contest. For some structures of beliefs, money is neutral, while for others,…
Incidence of multidrug resistance and extended spectrum beta-lactamase expression in community-acquired urinary tract infection among different age groups of patients
Background and Aim: Escherichia coli was the most prevalent cause for urinary tract infections (UTIs). These bacteria also generate extended spectrum b-lactamases (ESBL), which inactivate penicillins and cephalosporins. The purpose of the current study is to determine the incidence of multidrug resistance and extended beta-lactamase expression in community-acquired urinary tract infection (UTIs) among patients of different age groups. Patients an…
Technocratic Dreams, Political Realities
This paper critically examines a recent proposal advocating full-reserve banking in Pakistan, inspired by modern revivals of the Chicago Plan. While such proposals are motivated by legitimate concerns about financial instability, excessive debt creation, and the social consequences of private money creation, the paper argues that they are best understood as institutional power-sharing arrangements rather than purely technical reforms. Using a his…
Political science (9 works) · Economics (7 works) · Islam (7 works) · Islamic Finance and Banking Studies (7 works) · Islamic economics (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Education and Islamic Studies (4 works) · Theology (4 works) · Development economics (3 works)