Submissions from 2020
Spontaneous splenic rupture - An uncommon complication of chronic myelomonocytic leukemia, Abdul Muqtadir Abbasi, Salman Adil, and Bushra Moiz
SMARCA4-deficient sinonasal carcinoma: A series of 10 cases expanding the genetic spectrum of SWI/SNF-driven sinonasal malignancies, Abbas Agaimy, Deepali Jain, Nasir Ud Din, Lisa M. Rooper, and Justin A. Bishop
Non-tuberculous mycobacterial infections-A neglected and emerging problem, Imran Ahmed, Simon Tiberi, Joveria Farooqi, Kauser Jabeen, Dorothy Yeboah-Manu, Giovanni Battista Migliori, and Rumina Hasan
Challenges amid COVID-19 times - Review of the changing practices in a clinical chemistry laboratory from a developing country, Sibtain Ahmed, Lena Jafri, Hafsa Majid, Aysha Habib, Farooq Ghani, and Imran Siddiqui
Oral cancer: Clinicopathological features and associated risk factors in a high risk population presenting to a major tertiary care center in Pakistan, Namrah Anwar, Shahid Pervez, Qurratulain Chundriger, Mohammad Sohail Awan, Tariq Moatter, and Tazeen Saeed Ali
Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis - A rare cause of chronic anemia, Ayesha Butt, Rashida Ahmed, Muhammad Dawood Amir Sheikh, Omar Khan, Nousheen Iqbal, Arshalooz Rahman, and Javaid Khan
IQ driving QI: The Asia pacific consortium on osteoporosis (APCO): An innovative and collaborative initiative to improve osteoporosis care in the Asia Pacific, M Chandran, S K. Bhadada, P R. Ebeling, N L. Gilchrist, Aysha Habib Khan, P Halbout, S Lekamwasam, G Lyubomirsky, P J. Mitchell, T V. Nguyen, K L. Tiu, and Asia Pacific Consortium on Osteoporosis
The diversity of lipopolysaccharide (O) and capsular polysaccharide (K) antigens of invasive klebsiella pneumoniae in a multi-country collection, Myeongjin Choi, Nicolas Hegerle, Joseph Nkeze, Shaichi Sen, Sanchita Jamindar, Shamima Nasrin, Sunil Sen, Jasnehta Permala-Booth, James Sinclair, and Sadia Shakoor
Histopathology of endocrine system, Saira Fatima, Sabeehuddin Siddique, and Shahid Pervez
Investigation of japanese encephalitis virus as a cause of acute encephalitis in southern Pakistan, april 2015-january 2018, Tazeen Fatima, Abida Rais, Erum Khan, Susan L. Hills, Trudy V. Chambers, Aneeta Hotwani, Shahida Qureshi, Saad Shafqat, Saima Malik, Farah Qamar, Fatima Mir, Anthony A. Marfin, Anita K. M. Zaidi, Asif Raza Khowaja, and Sadia Shakoor
Unique aspects of graft-versus-host-disease management in the eastern Mediterranean region: Report from the eastern Mediterranean blood and marrow transplantation group: Special report, Shahrukh Hashmi, Marwan Shaheen, Salman Adil, Parvez Ahmed, Syed Ahmed, Ben Abdeljelil, Amal Alabdulwahab, Amal Albeihany, Saad Aldaama, and Murtadha Al-Khabori
Post tuberculosis treatment infectious complications, Desmond Hsu, Muhammad Irfan, Kauser Jabeen, Nousheen Iqbal, Rumina Hasan, Giovanni Battista Migliori, Alimuddin Zumla, Dina Visca, Rosella Centis, and Simon Tiberi
CLABSI reduction using evidence based interventions and nurse empowerment: A quality improvement initiative from a tertiary care NICU in Pakistan, Ali Shabbir Hussain, Anjum Mohyuddin Ahmed, Saba Arbab, Shabina Ariff, Syed Rehan Ali, Simon Demas, Jehan Zeb, Arjumand Rizvi, Ali Faisal Saleem Dr, and Joveria Farooqi
Clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with H1N1 influenza pneumonia admitted at a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, Mujahid Hussain, Nosheen Nasir, Muhammad Irfan, and Zahra Hasan
Snail fever of the bladder in a non-endemic area, Romana Idress, Zehra Jamil, Muhammad Areeb Ashfaq, Daniya Umer, Romana Idress, and Hammad Ather
Histopathology of breast, Romana Idress, Muhammad Usman Tariq, and Naila Kayani
Underlying conditions and clinical spectrum of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (CPA): An experience from a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, Nousheen Iqbal, Muhammad Irfan, Ammar Mushtaq, and Kauser Jabeen
Spectrum of fungal pathogens in burn wound specimens: Data from a tertiary care hospital laboratory in Pakistan, Kauser Jabeen, Muneeb Khan, Seema Umar, Najma Shaheen, and Joveria Farooqi
Persistence of candida auris on latex and nitrile gloves with transmission to sterile urinary catheters, Kauser Jabeen, Pushpa Bhawan Mal, Areeba Tharwani, Mariam Hashmi, and Joveria Farooqi
The clinical features of co-circulating dengue viruses and the absence of dengue hemorrhagic fever in Pakistan, Erum Khan, Dhani Prakoso, Kehkashan Imtiaz, Faisal Malik, Joveria Farooqi, Maureen T. Long, and Kelli L. Barr
What are the barriers to implementing national antimicrobial resistance action plans? A novel mixed-methods policy analysis in Pakistan, Mishal S. Khan, Anna Durrance-Bagale, Ana Mateus, Zia Sultana, Rumina Hasan, and Johanna Hanefeld
Draft genome sequences of two extensively drug-resistant strains of acinetobacter baumannii isolated from clinical samples in Pakistan, Sara Lomonaco, Matthew A. Crawford, Christine Lascols, Debra J. Fisher, Kevin Anderson, David R. Hodge, Segaran P. Pillai, Stephen A. Morse, Erum Khan, Molly A. Hughes, Marc W. Allard, and Shashi K. Sharma
A mosaic tetracycline resistance gene tet(S/M) detected in an MDR pneumococcal CC230 lineage that underwent capsular switching in south Africa, Stephanie W. Lo, Rebecca A. Gladstone, Andries J. van Tonder, Mignon Du Plessis, Jennifer E. Cornick, Paulina A. Hawkins, Shabir A. Madhi, Susan A. Nzenze, Rama Kandasamy, and Sadia Shakoor
Expression of HER-2/neu in oral squamous cell carcinoma, Sana Mirza, Naila Hadi, Shahid Pervez, Sultan Zeb Khan, Sameer A. Mokeem, Tariq Abduljabbar, Nawwaf Al-Hamoudi, and Fahim Vohra
Screening for triazole resistance in clinically significant aspergillus species; report from Pakistan, Safia Moin, Joveria Farooqi, Kausar Jabeen, Sidra Laiq, and Afia Zafar
Acute mesenteric thrombosis: A hematologist perspective, Bushra Moiz, Zaid Muslim, Zahraa Farrukh Siddiqui, and Hasnain Zafar
Documentation errors in transfusion chain: Challenges and interventions, Bushra Moiz, Arsalan Kabir Siddiqui, Nazish Sana, Muhammed Wahhaab Sadiq, Farheen Karim, and Natasha Ali
Compliance of hand written transfusion requisition form and improvement after online request - A clinical audit, Nadia Nasir, Usman Shaikh, Natasha Ali, and Shabneez Hussain
COVID-19 associated pulmonary aspergillosis (CAPA) in patients admitted with severe COVID-19 pneumonia: An observational study from Pakistan, Nosheen Nasir, Joveria Farooqi, Syed Faisal Mahmood, and Kauser Jabeen
Atlas of diagnostic and predictive histopathology, Shahid Pervez
Basic pathology, Shahid Pervez
IL10RA modulates crizotinib sensitivity in NPM1-ALK-positive anaplastic large cell lymphoma, Nina Prokoph, Nicola Anna Probst, Liam Changwoo Lee, Jack Michael Monahan, Jamie David Matthews, Huan-Chang Liang, Klaas Bahnsen, Ivonne A. Montes-Mojarro, Elif Karaca Atabay, and Shahid Pervez
Lack of androgen receptor expression selects for basal-like phenotype and is a predictor of poor clinical outcome in non-metastatic triple negative breast cancer, Nazia Riaz, Romana Idress, Sadia Habib, and El Nasir Lalani
Recurrent loss of SMARCA4 in sinonasal teratocarcinosarcoma, Lisa M. Rooper, Nasir Ud Din, Jeffrey Gagan, Lodewijk A A. Brosens, Kelly R. Magliocca, Mark A. Edgar, Lester D R. Thompson, Abbas Agaimy, and Justin A. Bishop
Clinical significance of repeat testing of critical results in a hematology laboratory, Nazish Sana, Bushra Moiz, and Ahmed Raheem Buksh
Lifestyle changes and glycemic control in type 1 diabetes mellitus: A trial protocol with factorial design approach, Sobia Sawani, amna siddiqui, Iqbal Azam Syed, Khadija N Humayun, Asma Ahmed, Aysha Habib, Sabahat Naz, Mayera Tufail, and Romaina Iqbal
Efforts to improve diagnosis of bacteraemia by reducing blood culture contamination in an emergency department: Strategies and outcome, Najma Shaheen, Mohammad Zeeshan, Naima Fasih, Joveria Farooqi, Kausar Jabeen, and Seema Irfan
Comparison of clinical presentation and out-comes of chikungunya and dengue virus infections in patients with acute undifferentiated febrile illness from the Sindh region of Pakistan, Uzma Shahid, Joveria Farooqi, Kelli L. Barr, Syed Faisal Mahmood, Bushra Jamil, Kehkashan Imtiaz, Zahida Azizullah, Faisal Malik, Dhani Prakoso, Maureen T. Long, and E. Khan
Antibiotic-resistant enteric infections, Sadia Shakoor, James A. Platts-Mills, and Rumina Hasan
Fine needle aspiration, David F. Sigmon and Saira Fatima
Histopathology of cardiovascular system, Muhammad Usman Tariq and Sheema H Hasan
Solid papillary carcinoma of breast; a detailed clinicopathological study of 65 cases of an uncommon breast neoplasm with literature review, Muhammad Usman Tariq, Romana Idress, Madiha Bilal Qureshi, and Naila Kayani
Dedifferentiated liposarcoma with meningothelial-like whorls: Five additional cases and review of the literature, Muhammad Usman Tariq, Naila Kayani, Tariq Moatter, and Nasir Ud Din
Calcification and ossification in conventional schwannoma: A clinicopathologic study of 32 cases, Nasir Ud Din, Karen Fritchie, Mohammad Usman Tariq, Arsalan Ahmed, and Zubair Ahmad
Histopathology of bone and soft tissue, Nasir Ud Din, Muhammad Usman Tariq, and Shahid Pervez
Histomorphometric analysis of pre- and post-denosumab-treated giant cell tumor of bone, Nasir Ud Din, Masood Umer, and Yong-Koo Park
Submissions from 2019
Synchronous well-differentiated endometrioid adenocarcinoma and leiomyosarcoma of the uterus with pulmonary metastasis in a 50-yr-old woman: A case report and review of literature, Alizeh Abbas, Nasir Ud Din, and Naila Kayani
Expression of cyclin D1 in clear cell sarcoma of kidney. Is it useful in differentiating it from its histological mimics?, Nasir Uddin Ahmed, Khurram Minhas, Jamshid Abdul Ghafar, Arsalan Ahmed, and Zubair Ahmad
Performance evaluation of cardiac troponin I assay: A comparison between the point-of-care testing radiometer AQT90 FLEX and the central laboratory siemens advia centaur analyzer, Sibtain Ahmed, Lena Jafri, Ahmed Raheem Buksh, Shahid Shakeel, and Imran Siddiqui
Retrospective study of patients with hyperphenylalaninemia: Experience from a tertiary care center in Pakistan, Sibtain Ahmed, Hafsa Majid, Lena Jafri, Aysha Habib Khan, Zeba Zulfiqar Ali, and Bushra Afroze
Establishment of reference intervals for alkaline phosphatase in Pakistani children using a data mining approach, Sibtain Ahmed, Jakob Zierk, and Aysha Habib
Characteristics of BCR-ABL rearrangement variants in Pakistani patients with chronic myeloid leukemia and acute lymphocytic leukemia, Zeeshan Ansar Ahmed, Amna Nasir, Muhammad Shariq Shaikh, A. Q. Rizvi, and Tariq Moatter
MLPA analyses reveal a spectrum of dystrophin gene deletions/duplications in Pakistani patients suspected of having duchenne/becker muscular dystrophy: A retrospective study, Zeeshan Ansar Ahmed, Asghar Nasir, Tariq Moatter, Sara Khan, Salman Kirmani, S. H. Ibrahim, Kahkashan Imam, Anif Ather, Azra Samreen, and Zahra Hasan
Vitamin D status and risk of incident tuberculosis disease: A nested case-control study, systematic review, and individual-participant data meta-analysis, Omowunmi Aibana, Chuan-Chin Huang, Said Aboud, Alberto Arnedo-Pena, Mercedes C. Becerra, Juan Bautista Bellido-Blasco, Ramesh Bhosale, Roger Calderon, Rabia Hussain, and Najeeha Talat Iqbal
Chimeric antigen T cell receptor treatment in hematological malignancies, Natasha Ali
Better get moving on laboratory quality assurance, Sidra Asad Ali and Muhammad Shariq Shaikh
Worldwide network for blood and marrow transplantation recommendations for establishing a hematopoietic stem cell transplantation program in countries with limited resources, part II: Clinical, technical, and socioeconomic considerations, Mahmoud Aljurf, Daniel Weisdorf, Shahrukh Hashmi, Amr Nassar, Eliane Gluckman, Mohamad Mohty, Doug Rizzo, Marcelo Pasquini, Mehdi Hamadani, and Salman Adil
Prevalence of malaria reported during summer and winter at a tertiary care hospital in Karachi, Pakistan, Fazal M. Arain, Aisha Memon, Roohi Jamal, Ahmed Raheem Buksh, and Mohammad Asim Beg
Assessing nutritional status of critically Ill patients using serum prealbumin levels, Khushbakht Arbab, Hafsa Majid, Lena Jafri, Aysha Habib, Ahmed Raheem, Bushra Jamil, Bushra Akram, and Madiha Hashmi
Narrowing the gap for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in the east-Mediterranean/African region: comparison with global HSCT indications and trends, Helen Baldomero, Mahmoud Aljurf, Syed Z A Zaidi, Shahrukh K. Hashmi, Ardeshir Ghavamzadeh, Alaa Elhaddad, Rose-Marie Hamladji, Parvez Ahmed, Lamia Torjemane, and Salman Adil
Essential in vitro diagnostics for advanced HIV and serious fungal diseases: International experts' consensus recommendations, Felix Bongomin, Nelesh P. Govender, Arunaloke Chakrabarti, Florence Robert-Gangneux, David R. Boulware, Afia Zafar, Rita O. Oladele, Malcolm D. Richardson, Jean-Pierre Gangneux, and Ana Alastruey-Izquierdo
Factors leading to meconium aspiration syndrome in term- and post-term neonates, Saroop Chand, Aamna Salman, Razia Mustafa Abbassi, Abdul Rehman Siyal, Fayaz Ahmed Memon, Abdul Lateef Leghari, Ashmal Sami Kabani, and Sajid Ali
Perceptions of health professionals regarding minimally invasive tissue sampling (MITS) to identify the cause of death in stillbirths and neonates: Results from a qualitative study, Anam Feroz, Anum Shiraz Ali, Mohsina Noor Ibrahim, Elizabeth M. McClure, Shiyam Sunder Tikmani, Sayyeda Reza, Zahid Abbasi, Afia Zafar, Sameen Siddiqi, and Sarah Saleem
Perceptions of parents and religious leaders regarding minimal invasive tissue sampling to identify the cause of death in stillbirths and neonates: Results from a qualitative study, Anam Feroz, Mohsina Noor Ibrahim, Elizabeth M. McClure, Anum Shiraz Ali, Shiyam Sunder Tikmani, Sayyeda Reza, Zahid Abbasi, Jamal Raza, Haleema Yasmin, Khadija Bano, Afia Zafar, Sameen Siddiqi, Robert L. Goldenberg, and Sarah Saleem
Hematological profile and gametocyte carriage in malaria patients from southern Pakistan, Najia Karim Ghanchi, Mohammad Hassaan Khan, Muhammad Abdullah Arain, Mustafa Bin Ali Zubairi, Ahmed Raheem Buksh, Muhammad A. Khan, and Mohammad A. Beg
Polymorphisms in the GC gene for vitamin D binding protein and their association with vitamin D and bone mass in young adults, Aysha Habib, Lena Jafri, Siddiqui Siddiqui, Ghazala Naureen, Howard Morris, and tariq moatter
Best practices in the implementation of a point of care testing program: Experience from a tertiary care hospital in a developing country, Aysha Habib, Shahid Shakeel, Khairunnissa Hooda, Kashif Siddiqui, and Lena Jafri
Solitary brain metastasis: A rare initial presentation of prostate carcinoma, Asim Hafiz, Muneeb Uddin Karim, Bilal Mazhar Qureshi, Adnan Jabbar, and Zubair Ahmad
Determinants of campylobacter infection and association with growth and enteric inflammation in children under 2 years of age in low-resource settings, Md Ahshanul Haque, James A. Platts-Mills, Estomih Mduma, Ladaporn Bodhidatta, Pascal Bessong, Sadia Shakoor, Gagandeep Kang, Margaret N. Kosek, Aldo A M Lima, and Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta
Raised levels of IFN-gamma and IL-13 are associated with pre-diabetes amongst newly diagnosed patients with tuberculosis, Zahra Hasan, Muhammad Irfan, Qamar Masood, Owais Ahmed, Shoaib Rao, Umme Salama Moosajee, and Naseem Salahuddin
Global monitoring of antimicrobial resistance based on metagenomics analyses of urban sewage, Rene S. Hendriksen, Patrick Munk, Patrick Njage, Bram Van Bunnik, Luke McNally, Oksana Lukjancenko, Timo Röder, David Nieuwenhuijse, Rumina Hasan, and Sadia Shakoor
Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit, Seema Irfan, Imran Ahmed, Farida Lalani, Naureen Anjum, Nadia Mohammad, Maria Owais, and Afia Zafar
Antimicrobial sensitivity pattern, demographic findings and risk factors amongst meningitis and non-meningitis invasive streptococcus pneumoniae at aga khan university hospital clinical laboratory, Karachi, Pakistan, Seema Irfan, Joveria Farooqi, Afia Zafar, and Haresh Kumar
A case report on isolation of linezolid- and vancomycin-resistant enterococcus faecium species from cerebrospinal fluid of a patient suffering from ventriculoperitoneal shunt-associated meningitis, Seema Irfan and Salima Qamar
Utility of the microcolony method for evaluation of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis patients in Karachi, Pakistan, Seema Irfan, Nisar Rao, Muhammad Irfan, Irim Iftikhar, Zahida Azizullah, Kausar Jabeen, and Rumina Hasan
Antimicrobial susceptibility against metronidazole and carbapenem in clinical anaerobic isolates from Pakistan, Kauser Jabeen, Yusra Shafquat, Joveria Farooqi, Kiran Mehmood, Seema Irfan, Rumina Hasan, and Afia Zafar
Iodine deficiency in neonates: Where do we stand after a quarter century of initiating iodization programs?, Lena Jafri, Hafsa Majid, Sibtain Ahmed, Imran Siddiqui, and Farooq Ghani
Blended learning mediated fostering of students’ engagement in an undergraduate medical education module, Lena Jafri, Hafsa Majid, Salman Siddiqi, Najmul Islam, and Faraz Khurshid
Value of dedicated research time for IMGs in obtaining surgical residency training positions: A 10-year review of applicants from a medical college in Pakistan, Mohammad Raheel Jajja, Marvi Tariq, Salila Shoaib Hashmi, Thomas F. Dodson, and Rashida Ahmed
Thrombocytopenia and its outcome in a cohort of 350 pregnant women in a tertiary care setting, Farheen Karim and Bushra Moiz
Are serum leptin levels predicted by lipoproteins, vitamin D and body composition?, Aysha Habib Khan, Syeda Sadia Fatima, Ahmed Raheem, and Lena Jafri
Corrigendum: Human west nile virus disease outbreak in Pakistan, 2015–2016, Erum Khan, Joveria Qais Farooqi, Alizeh Abbas, Zain Yar Khan, Kehkashan Imtiaz, Shanze Ashi, Z Aziz, Faisal Malik, Kelli L. Barr, and Dhani Prakoso
LMICs as reservoirs of AMR: A comparative analysis of policy discourse on antimicrobial resistance with reference to Pakistan, Mishal S. Khan, Anna Durrance-Bagale, Helena Legido-Quigley, Ana Mateus, Rumina Hasan, Julia Spencer, and Johanna Hanefeld
Beyond sequencing: Re-visiting annotations for PJL as a test case, Waqasuddin Khan, Aisha Ghani, Muhammad Bilal Azmi, and Safina Abdul Razzak
The utility of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) as a marker of acute kidney injury (AKI) in critically Ill patients, Shabnum Khawaja, Lena Jafri, Imran Siddiqui, Madiha Hashmi, and Farooq Ghani
Pneumococcal lineages associated with serotype replacement and antibiotic resistance in childhood invasive pneumococcal disease in the post-PCV13 era: An international whole-genome sequencing study, Stephanie W. Lohanie, Rebecca A. Gladstone, Andries J. Van Tonder, John A. Lees, Mignon du Plessis, Rachel Benisty, Noga Givon-Lavi, Paulina A. Hawkins, Global Pneumococcal Sequencing Consortium, and Sadia Shakoor
Draft genome sequences of antimicrobial-resistant shigella clinical isolates from Pakistan, Sara Lomonaco, Christine Lascols, Matthew A Crawford A. Crawford, Kevin Anderson, David R. Hodge, Debra J. Fisher, Segaran Pillai, Stephen A. Morse, Erum Khan, and Molly A. Hughes
Intractable cough due to endobronchial chondroma, Talha Mahmud, Zanobia Nasim, Muhammad Saqib, and Saira Fatima
Unique classification of parathyroid dysfunction in patients with transfusion dependent thalassemia major using nomogram: A cross sectional study, Hafsa Majid, Lena Jafri, Jamsheer Jehangir Talati, Sibtain Ahmed, Bushra Moiz, and Aysha Habib Khan
Blood film says it all! Rare case of congenital TTP misdiagnosed as ITP, Ayesha Majeed Memon and Natasha Ali
Plasma cell leukemia mimicking hairy cell leukemia: Extended role of immunophenotyping in correct diagnosis, Ayesha Majeed Memon and Natasha Ali
Development and pilot testing of a novel tool for evaluating practical skills in hematopathology residents in Pakistan, Bushra Moiz, Syeda Kauser Ali, Anila Rashid, Muhammad Shariq Shaikh, and Farheen Karim
Safety and efficacy of bendamustine in the conditioning regimen for autologous stem cell transplantation in patients with relapsed/refractory lymphoma, Munira Moosajee, Samad Jehangir, Sobia Sawani, Tariq Muhammed, N. Ali, Usman Shaikh, and salman adil
High grade encapsulated papillary carcinoma of breast in a young female, Madiha Bilal Qureshi and Naila Kayani
Frequency of transducer-like enhancer of Split 1 immunohistochemical expression in synovial sarcoma: An institution-based cross-sectional study, Madiha Bilal Qureshi, Nasir Ud Din, Muhammad Usman Tariq, Ahmed Raheem Buksh, and Shahid Pervez
LMP1 expression in bone marrow trephines of patients with multiple myeloma confers a survival advantage, Sheerien Rajput, Khurram Minhas, Iqbal Azam Syed, Usman Shaikh, Azhar Hussain, and El Nasir Lalani
Is it T3 thyrotoxicosis? A case of falsely elevated tri-iodothyronine (T3) levels leading to a diagnosis of multiple myeloma, Nanik Ram, Saira Furqan, and Sibtain Ahmed
Impact of diabetes on mechanisms of immunity against mycobacterium tuberculosis, Shoaib Rao, Maryam Rahim, Kiran I. Masood, Fatima Haroon, and Zahra Hasan
Primitive myxoid mesenchymal tumor of infancy with brain metastasis: First reported case, Amna Afzal Saeed, Quratulain Riaz, Nasiruddin Ahmed, and Sadaf Altaf
Survival and treatment outcomes of metaplastic breast carcinoma: Single tertiary care center experience in Pakistan, Zarka Samoon, Madiha Beg, Romana Idress, and Adnan Jabbar