There are two main trends distinguishable amongst Muslim reformists - revivalists and modernists. This book charts and analyses the main trends of Muslim reformist political thought in Bukhara. It is the first to utilize original sources preserved in Soviet archives that were previously inaccessible to western scholars. The author has translated numerous original documents from Tajiki and Russian into English. This book thus serves as a useful resource for students of Islam, Central Asia, the former Soviet Union, and of law, politics and philosophy.

Revisiting Migration Issues in Pakistan is a collection of articles, based on the primary research conducted by the different scholars across Pakistan. It mainly addresses the international migration related issues in Pakistan. Few of the articles are addressing the general patterns of international migration and its impact on the local communities in Pakistan while there are some articles on the issues of utilization patterns of international remittances. Subsequently, this book also focuses on the brain drain issues and how the internationalization of the job market has increased the...

Present study was conducted in District Gujrat to investigate the impact of the microcredit scheme of Punjab Rural Support Program (PRSP) on womens empowerment. Researches throughout the developing world have highlighted the impact of microcredit programs on womens empowerment. This research was divided into three main sections. First section deals with the status of women at housed level before taking microcredit while second and third sections deal with the impact of microcredit in raising womens awareness and womens empowerment after taking microcredit. In the second section information...

The present study intends to analyze the impact of womens education on maternal health care utilization in rural areas of District Gujrat. A survey was conducted in one Union Council (Kunjah) of Tehsil Gujrat. A sample of 139 female respondents (delivered a baby having the age group of 6 weeks to 8 months) was drawn with the help of simple random sampling technique. List of females was collected from Union Council Office. Interview schedule was developed to collect relevant information from the respondents. Univariat tables were constructed to show frequency distribution and percentages....

Fighting against poverty is one of the core objectives of United Nation Development Programme (UNDP) under the project the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The potential to gain economic opportunities depends on the scale of access to monetary services. Micro finance made possible the access of the poor to the economic opportunities and enhanced their income in order to come out of the poverty cycle. The main objective of the study was to explore the impact of micro credit provided by NRSP on poverty alleviation in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. A survey with the help of purposive sampling was...

The present study intends to analyze womens autonomy and its relationship with maternal health care utilization in rural Gujrat, Pakistan. A survey was conducted in three Union Councils (Doga, Kernana & Malka) of Tehsil Kharian, District Gujrat. A sample size of 104 female respondents (delivered a baby having the age group of 6 weeks to 8 months) was drawn with the help of multi-stage random sampling technique by collecting sampling frame from the concerned Union Council Offices. Interview schedule was developed to collect relevant information from the respondents. Univeriat tables were...

This book deals with the nature and extent of the disaster management among the rural inhabitants of District Barkhan in Balochistan. This work tries to understand the different types of indigenous early warning mechanisms in the locale i.e. wind based early warning system, animals based early warning system, and indigenous astronomy. This study also addresses the relationship between indigenous knowledge and early warning system.

There are two main trends distinguishable amongst Muslim reformists - revivalists and modernists. This book charts and analyses the main trends of Muslim reformist political thought in Bukhara. It is the first to utilize original sources preserved in Soviet archives that were previously inaccessible to western scholars. The author has translated numerous original documents from Tajiki and Russian into English. This book thus serves as a useful resource for students of Islam, Central Asia, the former Soviet Union, and of law, politics and philosophy.