BACKGROUND Homicide is one ofthe oldest crimes in human civilization. For every person who dies as a result of homicide, many more are injured. A study of the patterns of homicide in a society is one of the first steps in developing strategies to prevent it. This study was conducted at the department of Forensic Medicine Khyber Medical College, Peshawar, to know the patterns of homicide, taking...

Muhammad Altaf Khan1, ∗, Abdul Wahid2, Saeed Islam3, Ilyas Khan4, Sharidan Shafie5, Taza Gul1 1Department of Mathematics, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, 23200, Mardan, Pakistan 2Department of Mathematics, Islamia College University Peshawar, KP, 25000, Peshawar, Pakistan 3Department of Mathematics, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, 23200, Mardan, Pakistan 4College of Engineering Majmaah Un...

The Hubbard Hamiltonian and its variants/generalizations continue to dominate the theoretical modelling of important problems such as high temperature superconductivity. In this note we identify the set of relevant operators for the Hubbard Hamiltonian with a magnetic field term. Permanent address: Department of Physics, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, NWFP, Pakistan. Institute of Applied Phy...

OBJECTIVES The objective of this research was to elucidate some of the major relation of thyroid dysfunctions, keeping in view the various selected demographic details of included patients. METHODS This study was approved by the ethical committee of Post Graduate Medical Institute (PGMI) Hayatabad Medical Complex Peshawar, and was conducted in the Institute of Radioactive Nuclear Medicine (IR...

BACKGROUND Haemophilus influenza type b (Hib) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in Pakistan. Hib vaccine was introduced in 2009 in EPI programme. The purpose of this study was to find out the coverage and factors associated with non-immunization of Hib in urban and rural areas of Peshawar. METHODS Data was collected through random sampling in Peshawar University, Peshawar Saddar, Ha...

BACKGROUND Increased body weight is a major risk factor for the metabolic syndrome which is a cluster of coronary heart disease risk factors, like: hypertension, diabetes mellitus and dyslipidaemia. This study was conducted to determine the frequency of abdominal obesity and diabetes mellitus in the population of Peshawar and association between them. METHODS This was a cross sectional study,...

BACKGROUND Medico legal autopsies can be valuable sources of information about the distribution of causes of reported deaths, particularly in homicidal cases. The present study provides information regarding the homicidal deaths due to firearm injuries in the district of Peshawar, NWFP, Pakistan. METHODOLOGY This descriptive study was conducted over the period of the year 2004. Data were coll...

At the commencement of this paper it was stated that the | Bara river crossed the Mahmaud tract obliquely towards the I north-east. In tlii3 course it flows about a mile to the south of the city, which, with cantonments, it will be remembered, occupies the north-eastern verge of that elevated tract. Its level at this part, however, is too low to admit of its water being drawn off for the use of...

Such in brief are the most important conditions of locality "which at Peshawar favour the production of marsh fever. Let us now glance at the conditions of life of those dwelling "Within its influences, and the effects it produces upon them. In this view the population consists of two great classes, viz., an urban, including the inhabitants of the largest villages, and a rural. Though the diffe...

Aim: To determine gender wise variation in femoral neck ante-version by anatomic method. Methods: This Descriptive Cross Sectional study was conducted in the Anatomy Departments of three medical institutions at Peshawar, namely, 1) Khyber Medical College, Peshawar. 2) Gandahara Medical College, Peshawar 3) Khyber Girls Medical College, Peshawar from 13 th August 2010 to 12th February 2011. Dry ...