Dr. Abre - Rehmat Qurat - ul - Ann
Designation : Assistant Professor
Specialization : Oklahoma State University
Specialization : Oklahoma State University
Email : [email protected]
Dr. Abre Rehmat Qurat-ul-Ann has her expertise in energy poverty research. She has completed her PhD in Economics from University of Gujrat in 2021. Her PhD dissertation encompassed household multidimensional energy poverty in developing economies and Pakistan, its measurement and determinants. She has been a Fulbright Scholar from 2010-2012 for her MS Economics at Oklahoma state university, Stillwater, USA. She has worked on the impact evaluation of interventions for improvement of Child health outcomes in the African region. Dr. Abre Rehmat has a vast experience of more than a decade in academics and research. She has been an active leader in acquiring and promoting research excellence among students and fellow young researchers. She has been involved in various research projects at the national and international level. She has a deep understanding of the environmental economic issues, development economic issues, and public sector economic issues. She has multiple research publications on her credit along with various conference papers and talks across Pakistan. Moreover, she is also part of Editorial team of Pakistan Journal of Social Issues as Assistant Editor.
Dr. Abre-Rehmat's areas of specialization are Energy Economics and Development Economics. Her research interests focus on energy poverty, environmental issues, Water poverty, climate change, and human welfare. She has worked on various research projects and has impact factor research work on her credit.
She has a strong research interest in issues encompassing energy access, environment, development, and sustainability.
- PhD Economics,University of Gujrat
- MS/MPhil,Oklahoma State University, Stillwater,Oklahoma,USA
- MSc Economics,International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI)
- BS Hons ,International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI)
- Intermediate/HSSC,Gujranwala Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education
- Matriculation,Gujranwala Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education
- Student Scholarship Award for Annual NABE conference 2011, held at Dallas, Texas, USA
- Fulbright Scholarship 2010-2012 To obtain MS/MPhil Economics from USA
- Gold medal Highest CGPA in BS Economics
- HEC Talent Farming Scheme Scholarship winner MSc Economics, IIUI
- Best Student Award 2003-04, 2004-05 BS Economics, IIUI
- Best Paper Award Second International Conference, FJWU, 2022
| Student Name | Degree | Title | Status / Completed Year |
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| Maryam Bibi | MS | Impact of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Poverty on Child Health in Pakistan: Evidence from Micro Data This study analyzes the conditions of water, sanitation and hygiene facilities at the household level and their impact on health of children under age five in Pakistan employing household survey data of Pakistan Social Living and Standard Measurement, 2018-2019. For estimation purposes zero inflated poisson regression model was used. Water conditions were assessed through water poverty index whereas sanitation and hygiene facilities were evaluated by sanitation poverty index and hygiene poverty index. This study also describes the situation of water, sanitation and hygiene conditions at the regional as well as at the provincial level. Forty percent of sample households were multidimensional water poor, 66.4 percent of sample households were multidimensionally poor in sanitation facilities and 54.6 percent of sample households were multidimensional poor in hygiene facilities. Rural areas are more multidimensional; water poor with 41.7 percent, poor in sanitation with 61.9 percent and poor in hygiene facilities with 37.3 of sample households. The situation of water poverty is high in Balochistan as 13.8 percent of sample households are multidimensional water poor. Multidimensional sanitation poverty and hygiene poverty are also high in Balochistan with 58.8 percent of sample households. Results revealed that if the percentage of water poverty decreases by one unit the number of children with diarrhoea will increase by 0.0395 times. Sanitation poverty has a significant positive impact on number of children with diarrhoea under age five and percentage of one unit increase in sanitation poverty increases the number of children with diarrhoea by 1.462 times whereas hygiene poverty showed insignificant relation with number of children with diarrhoea under age five. The study concluded that number of children with diarrhoea increases due to sanitation poverty and households’ characteristics. Water poverty significant negative impact on number of children with diarrhoea can be high in term of access and use dimensions. Place of residence also contributes significant role in child health as number of children with diarrhoea disease are high in Balochistan. | 2021 |
| Sana Noreen | MS | Impact of path dependence in energy system on ecological footprint of Pakistan: Evidence from time series data Path dependence refers to the consumption of fossil fuels in energy production system. This study empirically examines the effect of path dependence in energy systems on ecological footprint of Pakistan from 1981-2014. Unit root test determines the integrated order of variables, while Auto-Regressive Distributed Lag model investigates the existence of a long-run association between variables. The negative and significant speed of adjustment coefficient ensures the adjustment of the model used in long run after unexpected shocks. Fossil fuel consumption significantly increases ecological footprint in Pakistan. If fossil fuel consumption increases by 1 percent, ecological footprint rises by 2.07 percent. Increase in biocapacity increases ecological footprint by 1.1 percent. Urbanization and population density significantly decrease ecological footprint as 1 percent increase in population density decreases ecological footprint by 0.96 percent and one percent rise in urbanization reduces ecological footprint by 3.28 percent. Foreign direct investment does not show any significant association with the ecological footprint. Standard diagnostic tests support the empirical results of the study and confirm that no heteroscedasticity and serial correlation exists. The policy implication is to implement measures to diminish the usage of fossil fuels in energy systems and increased usage of alternative and renewable energy sources. This can abate the burden on environment and biocapacity of Pakistan making it feasible to reduce ecological footprint levels in Pakistan. | 2020 |
| Naghmeen Shahbaz | MS | Renewable Energy Paradox and Role of Governance: Evidence from Selected Asian Economies From last few decades, an unprecedented challenge from GHG most importantly CO2 (global pollutant) has received great attention from scholars, economists and environmentalists. In order to deal with this global issue, investment in renewables with the assistance of institutions has increased globally. This study investigates the paradoxical relationship among renewable energy consumption and carbon emissions and incorporates the role of governance for selected Asian economies for the period of 2002-2014. Cross-sectional dependence and second generation unit root tests are employed for determination of true integrated order of variables. Pedroni panel cointegration test is used to confirm the cointegration among variables in the long-run and the speed of adjustment after unexpected shocks is examined using VECM. To investigate the long-run elasticities among underlying variables FMOLS is used. Negative relationship exists among renewable energy consumption and carbon emissions and results support the hypothesis of renewable energy paradox and presence of EKC with carbon emissions (kiloton). While with CO2mtpc, the U-shaped EKC curve is observed instead of inverted U-shape. Governance index is negatively related with carbon emissions and interaction term explains that governance will help in preventing from this paradox in selected Asian economies. In the short-run, renewable energy Granger cause carbon emissions. On the basis of empirical findings, it is suggested that renewable energy should be distributed from the renewable energy rich economies toward energy poor economies, regions or sectors. Governments should take measures to establish good governance to enhance environmental quality. Policymakers should allow for subsidizing the institutions for energy production and play a vital role to reduce the cost of renewables and help to achieve global emissions target. | 2018 |
| Syeda Tahira Batool | MS | Effect of demographic dynamics on environmental degradation: An empirical analysis of SAARC countries effect of population dynamics on environment using STIRPAT Model, SAARC countries from 2000-2014. Two stage least squares random effect model. | 2016 |
| Saira Mushtaq | MS | Evaluating impact of Gender Disparity in access to education, health and employment: Evidence from Household Data impact of gender disparity on access to education, health and employment. HIES data 2010-11. Logistic regression model. | 2016 |
| Zakia Naseer Hashmi | MS | Efficiency Measurement of Container Ports and Terminals in South Asia Efficiency Analysis of major container ports and terminals in South Asia using Data Envelopment analysis. | 2016 |
- Member HEC MPhil/PhD Review Preparation Committee, Department of Economics
- BS Economics Coordinator
- Co-opted Member DRRC, Department of Sociology
- Member Faculty Board- Social Sciences
- Member Tobbaco and Drug Abuse Prevention Committee, UOG
- BIC focal person, Economics Department
- Member Board of Studies Economics Department
- Assistant Editor, Pakistan Journal of Social Issues
- Departmental Course Registration/academic coordinator
- Organizer of departmental events
- Organizer of fulbright scholarship orientation seminars at UOG
- Organizer of GRE mock test of 100 plus students at UOG in collaboration with USEF, Pakistan
- Organizer of GRE test preparation workshop at University of Gujrat
- Organizer of Conference, seminars and workshops at Department - Stage Secretary
- Focal Person (Economics), FYDP-affiliated colleges
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1. Abre-Rehmat Qurat-ul-Ann, Faisal Mehmood Mirza “Multidimensional Energy Poverty in Pakistan: Empirical Evidence from Household Level Micro Data” Social Indicators Research, January 2021 DOI:
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2. Meta analysis of 30 studies and 103 estimates found 71.1 percent of sample population in developing economies as energy poor “Meta-analysis of empirical evidence on energy poverty: The case of developing economies” Energy Policy, April 2020