Dignity Statements of Urdu Naat

Naat is a beautiful way to appreciate the Prophet of Islam Hazrat Muhammad (ﷺ). Writing a Naat is an honor for every Muslim poet. Many non-Muslim poets wrote beautiful Naats. The actual theme of writing a naat is to dignify the Holy Prophet above worldly designations. Every poet of Naat shows his love towards him. The dignity of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) is above the worldly wisdom and positions

Analysis of performance management system in the provincial governments in Pakistan

Thesis(Master) -- KDI School: Master of Public Management, 2022Performance management system of civil servants is one of the key areas of human resource management (HRM) doctrine. This thesis examines the current status of the performance management system of civil servants in the provincial governments in Pakistan; the causes of delays in implementation; identify best performance management system of civil servants practices in the world and suggest recommendations to the policy makers. This is exploratory research and uses both secondary and primary data. The findings are analyzed through the lens of Galbraith’s Star model and the two-factor motivation theory. This study is qualitative in nature and validates secondary data by relying on in-depth interviews of civil servants belonging to ten vital government departments and two directorates of the provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. This study finds out that performance management system of civil servants is weak due to political interference; lack of internal accountability; absence of vigorous human resource policy; weak performance evaluation of employees; lack of written job descriptions and performance indicators; cultural biases; and non-linkage of performance management system of civil servants to performance based promotion and reward system; and lack of e-governance initiatives. To strengthen the performance management system of civil servants, measures such as goal identification, de politicization of civil service system, 360 degree evaluation system, and performance based promotions and rewards and e-governance initiatives are required. These policies need to be implemented keeping in view four evaluation criteria including, social and political viability; technical possibility; administrative operability and financial feasibility.Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Literature Review Chapter 3 Research Questions and Theoretical Framework Chapter 4 Research Methodology Chapter 5 Findings and DiscussionmasterpublishedTariq MEHMOO

The role of human heart-type Fatty Acid Binding Protein in the early detection of myocardial injury in Acute Coronary Syndrome

Objectives: To evaluate the use of H-FABP as a novel marker in early detection of cardiac damage (MI) in patients presenting with symptoms of the acute coronary syndrome (ACS).Methods: This cross-sectional study included 250 subjects; 125 patients of ACS presenting within four hours of the onset of chest pain and/dyspnea and 125 age and sex-matched healthy controls. An initial blood sample was taken from patients at presentation. Blood samples of healthy control subjects were also taken. The blood samples of both groups were centrifuged and stored at -200 C for H-FABP analysis. All the patients and control subjects were thoroughly examined and detailed history was taken. The diagnostic test was troponin-T.H-FABP concentrations of all samples were measured by ELISA-kit. The results were analyzed statistically. A p-value≤0.05 was considered statistically significant.Results: In 125 patients of ACS, H-FABP showed a sensitivity of 85% and specificity of 83.3% for acute MI diagnosis at a cut-off level of 16 ng/ml. Positive predictive values and negative predictive values were 96.8% and 48.4% respectively. The accuracy was 84.4%and the area under the ROC curve was 0.842.Conclusion: Evaluation of heart-type fatty acid-binding Protein (H-FABP) within four hours of onset ACS symptoms may be a valuable tool in the diagnosis of AMI

Role of Quality Management in Pharmaceutical Development: Evidence from Islamabad and Lahore

The aim of this paper is to investigate the employee’s perceptions of the impact, of Total Quality Management (TQM), on their roles within the organization and how they perceived the effectiveness of the quality processes in Pakistan Pharmaceutical industry. The universe of this study was the employees of Pharmaceutical industry in Islamabad and Lahore. For this purpose survey method was used by using questionnaire as a tool for data collection. The results have shown that Employee Training and Development, Employee Performance, Quality Process and Team Work are significant factors with the Total Quality Management and correlated with each others. The result shows the application of TQM principles addresses some of the key challenges facing the organization. The study was faced by certain limitations and included time constraints and resources constraints which limited this research to only Islamabad and Lahore offices, of the Pharmaceutical companies. The present study found support that pharmaceutical companies faced the same difficulties with TQM implementations as experienced in other industries. These include achieving a culture of continuous improvement, overcoming a lack of trust and understanding the TQM process itself, and what they were, as a company, trying to achieve. These problems are not new and many companies have difficulties in implementing TQM. Pharmaceutical companies also followed the path of achieving a quality certification; namely, ISO 9000 accreditation, in the pursuit of excellence.Quality Management; pharmaceutical Development; Pakistan; Employee’s Perceptions

Identifying Factors Playing Important Role in the Increasing Employees’ Turnover Rate: A Case of Telecom Industry in Pakistan Patterns in Neighboring Areas

The objective of this study is to know about the practices of Telecom industry, regarding their employees and to know how they keep up with the intense competition in the industry. The study focuses on factors effecting employees’ turnover and those that factors play an important role in retaining the employees of Telecom industry. The universe of this study was all the employees of Telecom industry in Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore. For this purpose survey method was used by using questionnaire as a tool for data collection. The results have shown that Salary, Working environment and Benefits are three significant factors effecting employees’ turnover and correlated with each other. The study was faced by certain limitations, which include time constraints and resources constraints, which limit this research to only Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore offices of the organizations in telecom industry of Pakistan. The present study found support for an independent variable with Employees turnover. Significant negative correlations have been found for the Salary, Work environment and Benefits. Therefore, organizations need to focus on how to develop better Salary plan and reduce strain in the workplace. If staff voluntarily leaves, it is a great loss to the telecom industry. It is expensive to hire, train, and “bring up to speed” new replacements. It is, therefore, important to understand the antecedents of turnover intent of employees before they decide to quit.Employee’s Turnover, Telecom Industry; Pakistan; Factors.

Improvement of polypyrrole coating adhesion by radio frequency plasma

Tariq worked in the area of electronic textiles. He coated polyester fabric and PVDF films with polypyrrole. Plasma treatment was used to improve binding of coatings over the surface. He investigated in detail, the factors responsible for adhesion improvement using XPS, AFM, SEM, contact angle, abrasion tests and conductivity measurements. Different plasma gases, plasma power and plasma modes were investigated to get optimum bonding data. His investigations pointed towards improved surface oxygen functionalization and suitable surface morphology for improved bonding

Single dose Dexamethasone versus multi-dose Prednisolone in prevention of exacerbation and relapse in Asthmatic children; A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL

Introduction: Asthma is a common chronic inflammatory disease of the airways characterized by reversible airflow obstruction, and bronchospasm. The first line of treatment in the management of acute asthma is inhaled beta 2 agonists (salbutamol). This study is design to determine the effectiveness of i/v dexamethasone compared to oral prednisolone in asthmatic children in preventing exacerbation and relapse. It may be more helpful in improving the quality of life of asthmatic children being a better convenient treatment modality. Aim: to compare the frequency of relapse of asthma with dexamethasone and prednisolone in treatment of asthma exacerbations in children. Subject and Methods: this is a randomized controlled trial conducted atICU of Paediatric Department, Holy Family Hospital from 16th March 2016 to 15th September 2016.468 patients with an asthma exacerbation were selected in this study. Patients were randomly allocated into two groups. A total 234 patients in group A were treated with single IV dose Dexamethasone and 234 in group B was treated with oral prednisolone. Baseline characteristics of children were recorded in the structured proforma along with the signs and symptoms assessed through history, physical examination and PRAM Scoring. After treatment and assessment, the patients were discharged on day 5 and they were called back by the end of 2 weeks for final follow up visit. In case of any relapse they were clearly instructed to immediately return to hospital that was recorded. Results: The average age of the children 3.31±0.97 years. There were 173(37%) female and 295(63%) male. Rate of relapse was significantly low in group A as compare to group B (9.8% vs. 17.9% p=0.011). Conclusion: it is concluded that dexamethasone is an effective alternative to prednisone in the treatment of moderate acute asthma exacerbations in children, with the added benefits of improved compliance and cost

Major, Minor and Trace Elements Existence in Surface Sediments from Gwadar to Jiwani Coastal Areas of Pakistan

This study was carried out along the western coastal parts of Balochistan from Gwadar east Bay to Jiwani. The local anomaly of major, minor and trace elements were studied in this area. Zone-I (Gwadar east and west Bay) indicates that calcium oxide, potassium oxide and titanium dioxide have higher or average concentrations, while ZoneII indicates higher or average concentrations of calcium oxide, titanium dioxide and ferric oxide. Trace elements zirconium, chromium, europium, strontium, and copper are in higher or average concentrations in both zones. Gwadar west Bay and Jiwani are intermediate in carbonate, which show a high degree of maturity, suggesting the high rate of weathering in the source area. Sediment samples from Ganz, Jiwani, and Gwadar east Bay represent the quartz-rich fields in this region. Gwadar east Bay has a positive correlation between aluminium oxide and potassium oxide which suggests that abundance of potassium oxide is controlled by variation in K-feldspar contents. A positive correlation between strontium and calcium oxide suggests that strontium is associated with calcium oxide in biogenic carbonate material in Gwadar west Bay. The positive correlation between aluminium oxide, copper, and zinc in Pishukan indicates that the abundance of these elements is due to limited silt and clay fractions present in sediments. Enrichment factor shows that chromium and strontium are probably of anthropogenic origin in this region. Keyword