VU Virtual University of Pakistan
Federal Government University

Economics department also holds a research group named “VU Economist” for the capacity building of faculty members. The aim of this initiative is to provide a platform for members of the group to explore and analyze the latest knowledge in economics for the purpose of sharing and self-growth. Members of Economics department having vast experience in research work and total number of publications are 102 in different National and International Journals. Members of Economics department are also working as a reviewer of International Research Journals like Nature communication, Environmental science and pollution research etc.

Sr. No. Title Author(s) Journal Category Year Volume & Issue
1 Tax-Spend or Spend-Tax Hypotheses: A Case Study of Pakistan using Threshold Cointegration with Asymmetric Adjustment Ayesha Naz, Muhammad Zamir Journal of Economic Sciences y 2024
2 An estimation of macroeconomic energy rebound, intensity, and output effect: An evidence from Pakistan Shafqut Ullah, Tahir Mahmood, Muhammad Zamir Khan Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments w 2022
3 Energy efficiency and energy rebound, intensity, and output effects in transport sector of Pakistan Shafqut Ullah, Tahir Mahmood, Muhammad Zamir Khan Environmental Science and Pollution Research w 2022 29(50)
8 Determining Factors of Household Willingness to Pay for Drinking Water Services Rabia Zafar, Asghar Ali and Muhammad Maleeq-Ul-Islam Zafar Pakistan Journal of Social Research Y 2022 4(2)
9 Impact of External Debt on Economic Growth Rate: An Empirical Evidence from Pakistan Rabia Zafar and Muhammad Maleeq-Ul-Islam Zafar Technium Social Sciences Journal Indexed 2022 27(1)
4 Analysing Energy Efficiency of Rail and Road Transport in Pakistan Through Data Envelopment Analysis Muhammad Zamir Khan Railway Transportation in South Asia: Infrastructure Planning, Regional Development and Economic Impacts y 2021
5 Analyzing Road Transport (Passenger and Freight) Demand in Pakistan with Auto-Regressive Distributed Lag Co-Integration Approach Muhammad Zamir Khan Transportation Research Record w 2021 2675(4)
6 A dynamic analysis of rail travel demand in Pakistan Muhammad Zamir Khan, Farzana Naheed Khan Case Studies on Transport Policy w 2021 9(2)
7 Estimating the demand for rail freight transport in Pakistan: A time series analysis Muhammad Zamir Khan, Farzana Naheed Khan Journal of Rail Transport Planning & Management w 2020 14
10 Household Perceptions about Drinking Water Quality and Human Health: A Comparative Analysis of Urban and Rural Areas in Pakistan. Rabia Zafar, Asghar Ali, Sarfraz Hassan, Khalid Mushtaq NICE Research Journal Y 2020 13(4)
11 The moderating role of per capita income in energy consumption-poverty nexus, empirical evidence from Pakistan". Maida Amjad Articles published by refereed journals IF,W
12 Nawaz, A., & Shakeel, M. (2023). Tourism Development and Environmental Sustainability in the European Union: Moderating Role of Institutional Governance. Green and Low-Carbon Economy. https://doi.org/10.47852/bonviewGLCE32021749 Dr. Muhammad Shakeel Articles published by refereed journals w
13 Nadeem, M., Wang, Z., & Shakeel, M. (2023). Real output, fossil fuels, clean fuels and trade dynamics: New insights from structural break models in China. Applied Energy, 350, 121746. IF = 11.2 Dr. Muhammad Shakeel Articles published by refereed journals w
14 Tariq B., Shakeel M., Bano S. ' The Impact of Health on Economic Growth: A Panel Data Investigation of Asia'. IUB Journal of social sciences (2020) Vol 2 (2) Dr. Muhammad Shakeel Articles published by refereed journals Y
15 Nawaz A., Shakeel M., Mushtaq S. " Unemployment, Governance and Migration Flows in Pakistan. Bulletin of Business and Economics (2022) Vol 11(2) Dr. Muhammad Shakeel Articles published by refereed journals Y
16 Ahmed A., Shakeel M., Khan A.H. “Tracing Institutional Role of Technical and Vocational Education and Training Skills for Socio-economic Development of Women in Baluchistan. Pakistan Journal of Education (2021) vol 38(1) Dr. Muhammad Shakeel Articles published by refereed journals y
17 Dilshad A, Shakeel M, Bilal T, Tariq M Socio-economic assessments of Hepatitis C Virus infection: Evidence from Vehari district of Pakistan. Archives of Hepatitis Research (2021) vol 7 Dr. Muhammad Shakeel Articles published by refereed journals N.A.
18 Shakeel M., Sharif S. & Salim Q. Impact of gas conservation on aggregate economy and trade of Pakistan, Journal: South Asian Studies, (2021) vol 35(2) Dr. Muhammad Shakeel Articles published by refereed journals y
19 Shakeel, M. Analyses of Energy-GDP-Exports Nexus: The way forward. Energy,(2021) vol 216, impact 7.04 Dr. Muhammad Shakeel Articles published by refereed journals w
20 Shakeel, M.. Economic output, export, fossil fuel, non-fossil fuels and energy conservation: evidence from structural break models with VECMs in South Asia. Environmental Science and Pollution Research (2021) vol 28, IMPACT: 4.2 Dr. Muhammad Shakeel Articles published by refereed journals w
21 Zeshan, M. Shakeel, M. Mitigation and adaptations policies of climate change in South Asia, Journal: Singapore Economic Review (online on September 22, 2020) Impact 1.18 Dr. Muhammad Shakeel Articles published by refereed journals w
22 Shakeel, M. Salam, A. Energy-GDP-Export nexus and Energy Conservation: Evidence from Pakistan and South Asia. Environmental Sciences and Pollution Research, Vol 27(22) (2020) I.F: 4.22 Dr. Muhammad Shakeel Articles published by refereed journals w
23 Shakeel, M. Ahmed, A. Economic growth, export and energy conservation: Evidence from panel co-integration based causality models in south Asia, journal: Energy and Environment vol 31(2), (2021) Impact Factor (I.F.) 2.94 Dr. Muhammad Shakeel Articles published by refereed journals w
24 Zeshan M., Shakeel M. Water Crisis in Pakistan: A Dynamic CGE-Water Model. Water Economics and Policy (2021) Dr. Muhammad Shakeel Manuscripts submitted for publishing. (include where and when submitted) w
25 Hus A.M., Shakeel M., Nagina, G. A note on wages and remuneration amid pandemic in Pakistan. JAES, (2020), vol 1 Dr. Muhammad Shakeel Articles published by refereed journals y
26 Aziz A. Nagina G., and Shakeel, M. Least-Square Models with Structural Breaks for Price-Demand Relationship of Prevention -Commodities to Covid -19 Disease: Evidence from Pooled Weekly Data of Hand Sanitizers, Face -Masks and Vitamin -C, GER 5(3)2020 Dr. Muhammad Shakeel Articles published by refereed journals y
27 Shakeel, M. Ahmed, A. Sharif, S. Linkages of corruption with income, inflation and income inequality in Pakistan, Journal of the Research society of Pakistan Vol no. 57 issue no. 1 (2020) Dr. Muhammad Shakeel Articles published by refereed journals x
28 Shakeel, M. Iqbal, M.M. Majeed, M.T. Energy consumption, trade and GDP: A case study of south Asian countries, Pakistan Development Review (PDR, 2014) vol no. 53(4) I.F: 1.26 Dr. Muhammad Shakeel Articles published by refereed journals x
29 Research Paper "Impact of Culture on Female Labor Force Participation: Role of Religion & Religiosity" was Presented in International Conference AERC, 2019 Fatima Subhani Papers and extended abstracts published in conference proceedings. (refereed on the basis of abstract) X
30 Productivity and Externality Effects of Exports: An Application of FEDER Model in Pakistan and India, Pakistan Journal of Humanities and Social SciencesJan –June 2017, Volume 5, No. 1, Pages 36–60 Fatima Subhani Articles published by refereed journals Y
31 Alamdar, A., Ahmed, M. and Jadoon, K.A. (2022),"Do Migrant Remittances Promote Corruption in Pakistan?", iRASD Journal of Economics, Vol. 4 No. 1, pp. 88-97. Anam Alamdar Articles published by refereed journals Political Economy
32 Ahmed, M. and Alamdar, A. (2018), “Effects of corruption and budget deficit on private investment: Evidences from Pakistan”, International Journal of Development and Sustainability, Vol. 7 No. 6, pp. 1898-1913. Anam Alamdar Articles published by refereed journals Political Economy
33 Dynamic relationship between financial development, energy consumption, trade and greenhouse gas: Comparison of upper middle income countries from Asia, Europe, Africa and America. Journal of Cleaner Production. (IF= 9.297) Dr. Qamar Ali Articles published by refereed journals W
34 Ali, Q., M. Ashfaq and M.T.I. Khan (2017). An Economic analysis of off-season tomato production in Punjab. Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences. (IF=0.481) Dr. Qamar Ali Articles published by refereed journals W
35 Ali, Q., M.T.I. Khan and M. Ashfaq (2017). Greenhouse Gas Reduction in Off-Season Cucumber Production by Improving Energy Efficiency: A Case Study from Punjab, Pakistan. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies. (IF= 1.186) Dr. Qamar Ali Articles published by refereed journals W
36 Role of Knowledge, Behavior, Norms, And E-Guidelines in Controlling the Spread of Covid-19: Evidence from Pakistan. Environmental Science and pollution research (IF= 4.223) Dr. Qamar Ali Articles published by refereed journals W
37 Ali, Q., M.R. Yaseen and M.T.I. Khan (2019) Road traffic fatalities and its determinants in high-income countries: A continent-wise comparison. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. ( IF=3.056) Dr. Qamar Ali Articles published by refereed journals W
38 Naseer, M.A.R., M. Ashfaq, A. Razzaq and Q. Ali (2019) Economics of irrigation water used for growing paddy crop varieties in Punjab Pakistan. Paddy and Water Environment (IF=1.262) Dr. Qamar Ali Articles published by refereed journals W
39 Khan, M.T.I., M.R. Yaseen and Q. Ali (2019) Nexus between financial development, tourism, renewable energy, and greenhouse gas emission in high-income countries: a continent-wise analysis. Energy Economics (IF=7.042) Dr. Qamar Ali Articles published by refereed journals W
40 Ali, Q., A. Raza, S. Narjis, S. Saeed and M.T.I. Khan (2020) Potential of renewable energy, agriculture, and financial sector for the economic growth: evidence from politically free, partly free and not free countries. Renewable Energy (IF=8.001 ). Dr. Qamar Ali Articles published by refereed journals W
41 Ali, Q., M.R. Yaseen and M.T.I. Khan (2020) The impact of temperature, rainfall, and health worker density index on road traffic fatalities in Pakistan. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. (IF=4.223) Dr. Qamar Ali Articles published by refereed journals W
42 Impact of wind speed and air pollution on COVID 19 transmission in Pakistan, International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology ( IF=2.860) Dr. Qamar Ali Articles published by refereed journals w
43 The dependency analysis between energy consumption, sanitation, forest area, financial development and greenhouse gas: a continent-wise comparison of lower middle income countries. Environmental Science and Pollution Research (IF= 4.223) Dr. Qamar Ali Articles published by refereed journals W
44 Ali, Q., M.R. Yaseen and M.T.I. Khan (2018). The causality between road traffic fatalities and its determinants in lower middle income countries. Ciencia e Tecnica. (IF= 0.850) Dr. Qamar Ali Articles published by refereed journals W
45 Yaseen, M.R., Q. Ali and M.T.I. Khan (2018) General dependencies and causality analysis of road traffic fatalities in OECD countries. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. (IF=3.056) Dr. Qamar Ali Articles published by refereed journals W
46 Khan, M.T.I., Q. Ali and M. Ashfaq (2018). The Nexus between Greenhouse gas emission, Electricity Production, Renewable Energy. (6.274) Dr. Qamar Ali Articles published by refereed journals W
47 Ali, Q., M.T.I. Khan and M.N.I. Khan (2018) Dynamics between financial development, tourism, sanitation, renewable energy, trade and total reserves in 19 Asia Cooperation Dialogue members. Journal of Cleaner Production. (IF=9.297) Dr. Qamar Ali Articles published by refereed journals W
48 Ali, Q., M.T.I. Khan and M. Ashfaq (2018) Efficiency analysis of off-season capsicum/bell pepper production in Punjab-Pakistan: A DEA Approach. Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences. (IF=0.481) Dr. Qamar Ali Articles published by refereed journals W
49 Ali, Q., M.R. Yaseen and M.T.I. Khan (2019). Energy budgeting and greenhouse gas emission in cucumber under tunnel farming in Punjab, Pakistan. Scientia Horticulturae. (IF=3.463) Dr. Qamar Ali Articles published by refereed journals W
50 Ali, Q., M.R. Yaseen and M.T.I. Khan (2019) The causality of road traffic fatalities with its determinants in upper middle income countries: A continent wide comparison. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice. (IF=5.594) Dr. Qamar Ali Articles published by refereed journals W
51 Jadoon, A. K., Sarwar, A., Qasim, H. M., Javaid, M. F., Liaqat, S., & Ahmed, M. (2022). Some Methodological Considerations for the relationship between Environmental Degradation, Economic Growth and Energy Consumption for South Asian Countries. Munazza Ahmed Articles published by refereed journals Environmental Economics
52 Ahmed, N., Ahmad, M. & Ahmed, M. Combined role of industrialization and urbanization in determining carbon neutrality: empirical story of Pakistan. Environ Sci Pollut Res (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-16868-x Munazza Ahmed Articles published by refereed journals Environmental Economics
53 Ahmed, M. and Alamdar, A. (2018), “Effects of corruption and budget deficit on private investment: Evidences from Pakistan”, International Journal of Development and Sustainability, Vol. 7 No. 6, pp. 1898-1913. Munazza Ahmed Articles published by refereed journals Political Economics
54 Samina Saghir, Kanwal Zahid, Amina Tabassum, Zafar Iqbal, Munazza Ahmed and Hira Liaquat (2016), “CHALLENGES IN THE ONLINE LEARNING OF ECONOMICS”, ASEAN Journal of Open Distance Learning, 8(2),55-66. Munazza Ahmed Articles published by refereed journals Online and Distance learning
55 Mumtaz Anwar, Munazza Ahmed (2012).”Political Determinants of Budget Deficit in Pakistan: An Empirical Investigation”. Pakistan Journal of Social Science (PJSS) , Vol. 33, No. 1 (2013). Munazza Ahmed Articles published by refereed journals Development Economics
56 REMITTANCES AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: A CASE STUDY OF PAKISTAN Farooq Ahmed Articles published by refereed journals http://www.cwzpress.com/index.php/applied-economic-review Applied Economic Review 1(2) 71-89, 2020
57 GOVERNMENT BORROWING AND FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT: A CASE FOR PAKISTAN Farooq Ahmed Articles published by refereed journals http://www.cwzpress.com/index.php/applied-economic-review Applied Economic Review 1(1) 12-20, 2020
58 Zahid, K., Ali, Q., Iqbal, Z., Saghir, S., & Khan, M. T. I. (2023). Dynamics between economic activities, eco-friendly energy and ecological footprints: a fresh evidence from BRICS countries. Kybernetes. (IF=2.5) Zafar Iqbal Articles published by refereed journals Environmental Economics
59 Amina Tabassum and Zafar Iqbal (2017) "CAUSES OF LATE MARRIAGES IN PAKISTAN: A SURVEY BASED ANALYSIS", Journal of Social Sciences & Interdisciplinary Research, 6(1). Zafar Iqbal Articles published by refereed journals Social Issues
60 Samina Saghir, Kanwal Zahid, Amina Tabassum, Zafar Iqbal, Munazza Ahmed and Hira Liaquat (2016), “CHALLENGES IN THE ONLINE LEARNING OF ECONOMICS”, ASEAN Journal of Open Distance Learning, 8(2),55-66. Zafar Iqbal Articles published by refereed journals Online Learning of Economics
61 Batool, S. A., Tabassum, A., & Saghir, S. (2019). Dynamics of Female Labor Force Participation in Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences, 39(3), 751-762. Amina Tabassum Articles published by refereed journals Labor Economics
62 Amina Tabassum and Zafar Iqbal (2017) "Causes of Late Marriages in Pakistan: A Survey Based Analysis", Journal of Social Sciences & Interdisciplinary Research, 6(1). Amina Tabassum Articles published by refereed journals Social Issues
63 Samina Saghir, Kanwal Zahid, Amina Tabassum, Zafar Iqbal, Munazza Ahmed and Hira Liaquat (2016), “Challenges in the Online Learning of Economics”, ASEAN Journal of Open Distance Learning, 8(2),55-66. Amina Tabassum Articles published by refereed journals Online Learning of Economics
64 Amina Tabassum, Samina Saghir and Kanwal Zahid (2017), “Determinants of Labor Force Participation of Females in Pakistan” presented in SAICON (9th South Asian International Conference) held on August 23-25, 2017. Amina Tabassum Papers published in refereed conference proceedings Labor Economics
65 Amina Tabassum and M. Tariq Majeed (2008), “Economic Growth and Income Inequality Relationship:Role of Credit Market Imperfection”, Pakistan Development Review, 47:4, pp. 727–743. Amina Tabassum Papers published in refereed conference proceedings Macroeconomics
66 Liaquat, H. Gul, N. Irfan, A. and Sami, A. (2017). Pakistan’s Exports Efficiency: An Application of the Stochastic Frontier Gravity Model. Abasyn Journal of Social Sciences, Special Issue, AIC (2016), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. Naila Gul Articles published by refereed journals International Trade
67 Sheikh, M. R., Chaudhry, I. S., Gul, N. and Akhtar, M. H. (2018). Institutional Determinants of Bilateral Trade Flows: A Panel Data Analysis. Review of Economics and Development Studies, 4(2), 247-260. Naila Gul Articles published by refereed journals International Trade
68 Sheikh, M. R., Chaudhry, I. S., Gul, N. and Mushtaq, M. I. (2018). Economic Determinants and Trade Potential of Bilateral Trade Flows: A Panel Data Analysis. Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 38, No. 2 (2018), pp. 447-462. Naila Gul Articles published by refereed journals International Trade
69 Zahid, K., Ali, Q., Iqbal, Z., Saghir, S., & Khan, M. T. I. (2023). Dynamics between economic activities, eco-friendly energy and ecological footprints: a fresh evidence from BRICS countries. Kybernetes. (IF=2.5) Kanwal Zahid Articles published by refereed journals Environmental Economics
70 Amina Tabassum, Samina Saghir and Kanwal Zahid (2017), “Determinants of Labor Force Participation of Females in Pakistan” presented in SAICON (9th South Asian International Conference) held on August 23-25, 2017. Kanwal Zahid Papers published in refereed conference proceedings Labor Economics
71 Samina Saghir, Kanwal Zahid, Amina Tabassum, Zafar Iqbal, Munazza Ahmed and Hira Liaquat (2016), “CHALLENGES IN THE ONLINE LEARNING OF ECONOMICS”, ASEAN Journal of Open Distance Learning, 8(2),55-66. Kanwal Zahid Articles published by refereed journals Online and Distance learning
72 Impact of wind speed and air pollution on COVID-19 transmission in Pakistan”, International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology Samina Saghir Articles published by refereed journals Environmental Economics
73 Samina Saghir, Kanwal Zahid, Amina Tabassum, Zafar Iqbal, Munazza Ahmed and Hira Liaquat (2016), “CHALLENGES IN THE ONLINE LEARNING OF ECONOMICS”, ASEAN Journal of Open Distance Learning, 8(2),55-66. Samina Saghir Articles published by refereed journals Online and Distance learning
74 Samina Saghir,Bilal Mehmood,Syed Hassan Raza (2017) Productivity Analysis of Tertiary Care Hospitals in Punjab, Pakistan Samina Saghir Articles published by refereed journals Health Sector
75 Batool, S. A., Tabassum, A., & Saghir, S. (2019). Dynamics of Female Labor Force Participation in Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences, 39(3), 751-762. Samina Saghir Articles published by refereed journals Labor Economics
76 Amina Tabassum, Samina Saghir and Kanwal Zahid (2017), “Determinants of Labor Force Participation of Females in Pakistan” presented in SAICON (9th South Asian International Conference) held on August 23-25, 2017. Samina Saghir Papers published in refereed conference proceedings Labor Economics