Research

    Fertility, Mortality: Infant and child mortality and migration and reproductive health within the Socio-economic and Cultural Framework. Estimation of Different Demographic Indicators Through Direct and Indirect Techniques, Evaluation of Development Programmes such as Population Programme, Diffusion of Agricultural Innovations, Violence and Discrimination Against Women and its Social and Health Implications, Sex Preferences, Child Labor, Problems of Senior Citizens, Problems of Working Women, Women Contribution in Agriculture, Women Social Position, Women Education, Role of Different Development Programmes in Poverty Alleviation, Women Role in Livestock Care and Management, Social Implications of Mass Media, Drug Addiction and its Socio-economic Implications, Attitude of Rural

Women Towards Utilization of Health Facilities, Women Attitude To-

-wards Health Providers, Environment Health Hazards,  Crimes in Pakistani Society, Rural Life and Health, Performances of Basic Health Units. Social and Economic Implications of Deadly Diseases like Hepatitis, Cardio-Vascular Diseases and  Kidney Problems, Hospital Waste its Health Hazards and Sexually transmitted Diseases.    

Research Project:

Research Project entitled Socio-economic and health implications of women unpaid work in agriculture and livestock sector: A study of three cropping zones of Punjab; The project of  1.155 million approved by the           PARC, Islamabad.

Reseach Team:

Prof. Dr. Muhammad Iqbal Zafar          Principal Investigator

Mr. Saif-ur-Rehman Abbasi                  Co-PI

Ph.D. level Research Project:

    1.  Mrs. Khizra Aslam (Assistant Professor, Dept of Rural Sociology) 

        has Ph.D. research project entitled “Socio-cultural Values and

        their Effects on Development”.

2. Mr. Saif-ur-Rehman Saif Abbasi, working on research project entitled “Socio-economic, Cultural and Demographic Determinants of Marital Fertility in Punjab-Pakistan.

3. Mr. Mumtaz Ahmed Khan, Ph.D. student has prepared his research project entitled “Investigation of Women Reproductive Health Within Socio-cultural Framework: A Case Study of N.W.P.F.

4. Miss Zahra Batool, Ph.D. student & lecturer has prepared research project entitled “The Correlates of Infant Mortality Within the Socio-cultural and Demographic Framework”. A Case Study of Punjab-Pakistan.

5. Mr. Fawad Asif, Ph.D. student working on research project entitled “Domestic Violence Against Women and its Effect on their Health in Punjab”.

6. Mr. Shahbaz Ahmed,  Ph.D. student is working on the  project entitled  “Socioeconomic and Psychological Implications of HIV/AIDS on Society.

7. Mr Muhammad Farooque working on research Project entitled “The impact of migration on individuals and institutions in Punjab-Pakistan.