The Principal, Faculty, Staff and Students of AJK Medical College , and Chairman Organizing Committee of the PPS-16 Welcome the participants to the Heaven on Earth, Kashmir!

Thank you for keeping the good traditions of the PPS alive!

Friday, June 21, 2019 Registration: 8:00 AM onwards at Registration Desk in main lobby of AJKMC Inaugural Ceremony (Venue: Auditorium) Guests to be Seated 09:00 AM Arrival of the Chief Guest 09:15 AM Recitation from Holy Qura’an 09:20 AM National Anthems 09:25 AM Welcome Note by Chairman Organizing Committee 09:30 AM Annual Report by the President, Physiological Society 09:35 AM Address of the Chief Guest 09:45 AM Presentation of Souvenirs 09:55 AM Vote of Thanks by General Secretary of the PPS 10:05 AM Refreshments 10:10 AM

Scientific Session I: (Venue: Auditorium) Chairperson: Prof. Muhammad Aslam Co-chairperson: Prof. Zubia Atif Secretary: Prof. Zulfiqar Ali Laghari 11:00 AM Plenary Lecture In the memory of late Professor Dr. M. H. Qazi Sleep Debt: A mysterious human behaviour Saadat Ali Khan Department of Physiology, Multan Medical & Dental College, Ibn-e-Siena Medical Research Centre Multan, Pakistan 11:20 AM Correlation of serum anti-mullerian hormone with ovarian follicular output rate in infertile females after clomiphene citrate challenge test Abeer Fatima, Muniza Saeed Ameer ud Din Medical College/PGMI, Lahore 11:30 AM Physical activity and apnoea-hypopnoea index in obstructive sleep apnoea Ambreen Qamar, Masood Anwar Qureshi, Shazia Nazar, Wajiha Iffat, Muhammad Owais Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi 11:40 AM Age related changes in ulnar and median nerve conduction parameters Syed Hamid Habib, Maria Shafiq, Muhammad Omar Malik Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Khyber Medical University, Peshawar, Pakistan 11:50 AM Effect of duration of exposure on airways of tannery workers depending upon HIC status Zunairah Hamayun, Muniza Saeed Multan Medical & Dental College, Multan, Pakistan 12:00 PM Serum ferritin and serum leptin levels in nafld patients and healthy controls Mehwish Qamar, Muneeza Saeed Department of Physiology, CMH Lahore Medical College and Institute of Dentistry, *Ameer ud Din Medical College/PGMI, Lahore 12:10 PM Prevalence of metabolic syndrome among apparently healthy workforce: a systematic review Mudassar Ali Roomi, Masoud Mohammadnezhad Department of Physiology, Amna Inayat Medical College, Sheikhupura, Pakistan, *School of Public Health and Primary Care, Fiji National University, Fiji 12:20 PM Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and thyroid functions Mumtaz Ali Memon, Kavita Bai Department of Physiology, Indus Medical College, Tando Muhammad Khan 12:30 PM Relationship of APOC3 with beta cell function, insulin resistance, and triglycerides to HDL ratio in healthy young individuals with and without family history of diabetes mellitus Sara Sajjad, Muhammad Omar Malik Khyber Medical University, Peshawar, Pakistan 12:40 PM Association of haematological parameters with menstrual dysfunctions in young healthy adults in district Hyderabad, Pakistan Nimra Masood Baig, Zulfiqar Ali Laghari, Jamshed Warsi, Naeem Tariq Narejo Department of Physiology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan

(Juma Prayers and Lunch from 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM) Scientific Session II: (Venue: Lecture Hall No. 1) Chairperson: Prof. Arif Siddiqui Co-Chairperson: Prof. Farmanullah Wazir Secretary: Prof. GR Lakho 2:30 PM Plenary Lecture Environmental physiology: noise as a pollutant Rashid Mahmood Department of Physiology, Rehman Medical College, Peshawar, Pakistan 2:50 PM Liver function tests in smokers and non-smokers Ashfaque Ahmed Buriro, Jamshed Warsi, Zulfiqar Ali Laghari Department of Physiology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan 3:00 PM Does FOXO3A gene affect life span in Pakistani population? Fazal A, Kabir A, Sear MJ, Ahmed A, Lone KP, Sheikh R Akhtar Saeed Medical & Dental College, Lahore, WAPDA Teaching Hospital, Rahbar Medical & Dental College, Lahore, College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan, University of Health Sciences, Lahore 3:10 PM Increased risk of cardiovascular disease in women exposed to biomass fuel during cooking Nabiha Saeed, Muneeza Saeed, Najla Shore Department of Physiology, Services Institute of Medical Sciences, Lahore, Postgraduate Medical Institute, Lahore, Pakistan 3:20 PM Surveillance of skin infections and treatment in Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan Nazir Ahmed Brohi, Agha Asad Noor, Haroon Bakari, Sanam Dehraj Institute of Microbiology University of Sindh, Jamshoro 3:30 PM Prevalence of malnutrition in the children under five year of age in Tharparker, Pakistan Bhanwrio Mal Menghwar, Nimra Masood Baig, Jamshed Warsi, Zulfiqar Ali Laghari Department of Physiology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan 3:40 PM PTC gene phenotype and academic performance of medical students Usman Aslam, Syed Asif Shah, Tehseen Iqbal Department of Physiology, Ghazi Khan Medical College, Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan 3:50 PM Antimicrobial susceptibility profile of multi drug resistant acinetobacter and pseudomonas against polymyxine and tigecycline Zuhair Ali Rizvi, Rabbia Khurshid, Maira Zafar, Hajra Khan, Saira Khan, Ali Hassan Malik, Muhammad Khurram Medical Students, Medical University, Medical Unit II, Holy Family Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan 4:00 PM Studies on egg laying and egg parameters of Anas platyrhynchos of District Dadu Sindh, Pakistan Quratulain Altaf Memon, Sanam Memon, Tahira Pechuho Department of Zoology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan

Scientific Session III (Venue: Lecture Hall No. 2) Chairperson: Prof. Saadat Ali Khan Co-Chairperson: Prof. Hamayun Ikram Secretary: Prof. Najla Shore 2:30 PM Plenary Lecture To pay homage to Dr. Anam Najam, the Brave Girl! Investigating the therapeutic effects of mesenchymal stem cells transplants in spinal cord injury model Syed Hamid Habib Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Khyber Medical University, Peshawar, Pakistan 2:50 PM Effect of exercise on electrocardiographic variations and cardiovascular parameters in smoker and non-smoker medical students Ambreen Tauseef, Tehreem Fatima, Alveera Akmal, Abdul Ahad, Shahid Hasan Department of Physiology, CMH Lahore Medical College & Institute of Dentistry, Lahore 3:00 PM Effects of high intensity exercise to exhaustion on the concentrations of endostatin and VEGF in plasma Inayat Shah, Ronald H Baxendale Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Khyber Medical University, Peshawar, Pakistan, Institutes of Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK 3:10 PM Rap1A GTPase in insulin secretion in vivo and in vitro Sadaf Baqai, Abdul Hameed, M. Hafizur Rahman, Maqsood A. Chotani Molecular Signaling Laboratory, Center for Bioequivalence Studies and Clinical Research, Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi-75270, Pakistan 3:20 PM Age-specific effect of Rap1A gtpase in the regulation of blood pressure in C57Bl/6 mice Shafaq Javaid, Hina Hazrat, Maqsood A. Chotani Molecular Signalling Laboratory, Centre for Bioequivalence Studies and Clinical Research, Dr. Panjwani Centre for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research, International Centre for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Pakistan 3:30 PM Subclinical cardiac autonomic neuropathy in type II diabetics Tallat Naz, Masood A. Qureshi, Khalid Mahmood Jinnah Sindh Medical University, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan 3:40 PM Assessment of gender differences in autonomic nervous control of the cardiovascular system Umema Zafar, Shafiq-Ur-Rahman, Naila Hamid, Henna Salman Department of Physiology, Khyber Medical College, Peshawar, Pakistan 3:50 PM Comparison of pulmonary function in controlled and uncontrolled type 2 diabetes mellitus patients Zunaira Azher, Najla Shore Department of Physiology, Services Institute of Medical Sciences, Lahore 4:10 PM Anaemia and its association with oxidized tea drinking in affluent Pakistani female university students Jamshed Warsi, Benazir Faheem, Zulfiqar Ali Laghari, Mumtaz Ali Memon Department of Physiology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan

Optional Trip for Non-Members to Pir Chinasi/Madina Market/Kunhar River Reservoir

4:30 PM: GENERAL BODY MEETING in Auditorium (Members Only) Saturday, June 22, 2019

Scientific Session IV (Venue: Lecture Hall No. 1) Chairperson: Prof. Rashid Mahmood Co-Chairperson: Prof. Muhammad Alamgir Khan Secretary: Dr. Muhammad Shoaib 9:00 AM Plenary lecture Solid waste management or mafia, at Surjani, Karachi? Seema Mumtaz, Aley Hasan Zaidi Department of Community Health Sciences, KIMS-CMH Malir Cantt., College of Physicians & Surgeons, Pakistan, Karachi 9:20 AM Epidemiology of hepatitis b and c infections in Mirpurkhas Ayaz Ali Samo, Misbah Aslam, Zulfiqar Ali Laghari, Nimra Baig University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan 9:30 AM Validation of replacement of transient elastography (Fibro Scan) with combination of cheap and readily available biomarkers and development of novel fibrosis index (NFI) Azhar Hussain, Muhammad Asif Gull Department of Gastroenterology, Ameer Ud Din Medical College/Lahore General Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan 9:40 AM Effect of vitamin D supplementation on serum lipid profile, inflammatory biomarker TNF-α, and thyroxine levels in mice taking high fat diet Chaman Arif, Hamid Javaid Qureshi Akhtar Saeed Medical College, Lahore 9:50 AM Association of hygiene practices and diarrhea prevalence in children: A comparative study among children of educated and uneducated mothers Fatima Ehsan, Ayesha Ehsan, Shazia Saeed Islamic International Dental College, Riphah International University, CMH Attock, PEMH Rawalpindi 10:00 AM Impact of counselling about fasting on insulin and ghrelin hormones, and mood and cognition scores in fasting state Mohsin Habib, Muhammad Omar Malik Khyber Medical University Peshawar 10:10 AM Prevalence and clinicopathological correlation of spinal tumours in a tertiary care hospital of Pakistan Taimoor Ashraf Khan, Saleh Khurshied, Muhammad Asad Qureshi General Duty Medical Officer, Army Medical Corps, Student, Army Medical College Rawalpindi, Department Spinal Surgery, Combined Military Hospital, Rawalpindi 10:20 AM Determination of arsenic in different dairy products manufactured in Pakistan Faizullah, Shahid Ali, Waqar Hussain, Iqra Akram, Noreen Rasool, Nimra Masood Baig Department of Physiology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan

Scientific Session V: (Venue: Lecture Hall No. 2) Chairperson: Prof. M. Abdul Azeem Co-Chairperson: Prof. Waqas Hameed Secretary: Dr. Ambreen Tauseef 9:00 AM Test item analysis of one best MCQS Abdul Rehman Khokhar Department of Physiology Ghazi Khan Medical College DG Khan 9:10 AM Teaching renal physiology —Interactive strategies Madiha Ahmad, Sadaf Jabbar, Sadia Javed, Zainab Imran, Rashid Hassan Department of Physiology, Al-Aleem Medical College, Gulab Devi Educational Complex, Lahore, Pakistan 9:20 AM Insight of IMC students towards PBL classes in comparison to TBL classes Mumtaz Ali Memon, G. Nabi Pathan, Kavita Bai, Ghulam Murtaza Kaka, Ghulam Sarwer Indus Medical College, Tando Muhammad Khan 9:30 AM Effectiveness of work motivation, through communication skills training program: a study of medical universities’ teachers at Karachi Ambreen Qamar, Muhammad Owais Department of Physiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi, Pakistan 9:40 AM Usefulness of feedback on knowledge based assessment, and using the results to develop a future design Riffat Shafi, Ayesha Rauf, Valerie Wass Department of Physiology, Basic Health Sciences, Shifa College of Medicine, Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University Islamabad. Department of Health Professions Education, National University of Medical Sciences. Rawalpindi, Emeritus Professor of Medical Education, Faculty of Health, Keele University, Staffordshire ST5 5BG 9:50 AM Attitude of medical students towards patient safety—a comparison between annual and module system Zuhair Ali Rizvi, Farwa Rauf, Ramsha Kainaat, Muhammad Idrees Anwar, Abdul Samad, Faiz Muhammad, Tahreem Ali Students, Dean of Surgery, Rawalpindi Medical University, Pakistan 10:00 AM Emotional intelligence versus stress, anxiety and depression among medical undergraduate students: an indispensable yet ignored aspect in medical education Saqib Javaid, Nabiha Saeed, Rida Fatima, Najla Shore Department of Physiology, Services Institute of Medical Sciences (SIMS) Lahore, Pakistan 10:10 AM Patients’ attitude towards the participation of medical students during clinical examination in selected hospitals of Hyderabad, Pakistan Imam Bux Buriro, Nimra Masood Baig, Zulfiqar Ali Laghari Department of Physiology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan 10:20 AM Acquired hypernatremia in ICU settings: A potential killer Qasim Zaheer, Tariq Bashir Tareen, Taimoor Ashraf Khan Trainee Internal Medicine, CMH , Classified Medical Specialist, CMH, General Duty Medical Officer, Army Medical Corps

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

EXHIBITION-I (Friday, 21st June 2019) Supervisor: Prof. Mumtaz Memon Co-Supervisor: Prof. Brig (R) Ahmed Khan Coordinator: Dr. Ijaz Anwar FREQUENCY OF CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGES AMONG PARENTS OF THALASSEMIC PATIENTS COMING TO THALASSEMIA UNIT BVH Muhammad Ali Fayyaz, Sharfa Kanwal, Sibtain Ali Shah, Zukhruf Fatima, Zeeshan Iqbal, Sadia Khan, Jawad Mushtaq, Nabila Ashiq Students Quaid-i-Azam Medical College, Bahawalpur, Pakistan STRATIFICATION OF VARIATION OF PROTHROMBIN TIME (PT) AND ACTIVATED PARTIAL PROTHROMBIN TIME (APTT) WITH FIBROSCAN MEASURED LIVER STIFFNESS INDEX (LSI) IN DIFFERENT STAGES OF FIBROSIS HEPATITIS C Azhar Hussain Ameer ud Din Medical College/Postgraduate Medical Institute, Lahore CLADISTICS ANALYSIS OF SPECIES INFESTING (AMBLYCERA: MENOPONIDAE) FOWLS OF DISTRICT HYDERABAD, SINDH, PAKISTAN Farheen Shaikh, Saima Naz and Nadir Ali Birmani Department of Zoology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Sindh, Pakistan ENHANCED PRODUCTION OF VIRULENCE FACTOR ESXB PROTEIN AND TYPE VII SECRETION PROTEIN ESAB OF VANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS USING RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY Faryal Ashraf, Atia-tul-Wahab, Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary Dr. Panjwani Centre for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research, International Centre for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Pakistan ISOFORM-SPECIFIC ROLE OF MONOMERIC RAP1A GTP-BINDING PROTEIN IN REGULATION OF COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING Hina Hazrat, Shafaq Javaid, Ghulam Abbas, Maqsood A. Chotani Molecular Signalling Laboratory, Centre for Bioequivalence Studies and Clinical Research, Dr. Panjwani Centre for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research, International Centre for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), *HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry, University of Karachi, Pakistan RISK FACTORS IN CARDIAC PATIENTS OF NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES HYDERABAD PAKISTAN Iman Ansari, Sumera Ahad, Saher Sattar, Mushahid Malik, Deepak, Nimra Masood Baig Department of Department of Physiology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan TOTAL OXIDANT STATUS IN HEALTHY YOUNG NON OBESE MALES AND FEMALES Isma Meer Department of Physiology, Ameer ud Din Medical College/Postgraduate Medical Institute, Lahore ROLE OF PANAX GINSING AQUEOUS EXTRACT CONSUMPTION IN MODULATING CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE PHENOMENON IN EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL MODEL OF DIET INDUCED HYPERLIPIDEMIA Nadeem B, Shamim M, Khan NI, Yasmeen G, Naz L, Sohail S Pathophysiology Research Unit, Department of Physiology, University of Karachi. Karachi ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF SYZYGIUM AROMATICUM (CLOVE) OIL ADMINISTRATION IN MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION RAT MODEL OF ISCHEMIC STROKE Jawed H, Shamim M, Sohail S, Firdous U, Khan NI Pathophysiology Research Unit, Poultry Physiology Research Unit, Department of Physiology, University of Karachi, Karachi DIETARY PATTERN AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY STATUS OF WORKING WOMEN IN LOW INCOME GROUP FROM URBAN AREAS OF KARACHI Ashfaq S, Shamim M, Khan NI, Sohail S, Yasmeen G and Naz L Pathophysiology Research Unit, Department of Physiology, University of Karachi. Pakistan PREVALENCE, KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICES TOWARDS PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN ISLAMABAD AND ITS IMPACT ON THEIR DAILY LIFE Sadaf Majeed, Hira Moin, Riffat Shafi, Khurram Irshad, Ifra Ashraf, Kholood Janjua Department of Physiology, Shifa College of Medicine, Shifa Tameer-e-Millar University, Islamabad A SURVEY OF CHEWING LICE (PHTHIRAPTERA: AMBLYCERA: ISCHNOCERA) FOUND ON MIGRATORY BIRDS FROM SINDH, PAKISTAN Sajid Siyal, Saima Naz, Asma Kanwal Thebo, Nadir Ali Birmani Advanced Parasitology Research Laboratory (APR Lab), Department of Zoology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan

EXHIBITION-II (Saturday, 22nd June 2019) Supervisor: Prof. Shamun Razi Co-Supervisor: Prof. Muhammad Arif Coordinator: Dr. Fauzia Aitezaz ASSOCIATION OF DIET WITH CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE RISK FACTORS IN YOUNG ADULTS Seher Pechuho, Zulfiqar Ali Laghari University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan CLINICAL PROFILE OF PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS Shumaila Mumtaz, Darakhshaan Samar, Zuhair Ali Rizvi DHQ Hospital, Rawalpindi Medical University, Holy Family Hospital, Rawalpindi DENGUE FEVER OUTBREAK IN TWIN CITIES: A TERTIARY CARE CENTER EXPERIENCE Taimoor Ashraf Khan, Shazia Nisar, Muhammad Mahad, Muhammad Israr, Muhammad Sami Ullah, Bilal Ahmad General Duty Medical Officer, Army Medical Corps, Classified Medical Specialist & Head of Infectious Diseases Department, PEMH Rawalpindi, Student Army Medical College, Rawalpindi, Classified Medical Specialist, Army Medical Corps LIPID-LOWERING EFFICACY OF 20 MG SIMVASTATIN VERSUS 5 MG ROSUVASTATIN IN NEWLY DIAGNOSED TYPE 2 DIABETICS: A RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL Hafiz Muhammad Yasir Rehman, Abdul Latif Khattak, Taimoor Ashraf Khan, Abdul Moueed Tariq, Shahzeb Ahmed Satti, Rafi Ud Din PG Trainee, Department of General Medicine, CMH , Department of Medicine, National University of Medical Sciences, PEMH Rawalpindi, Classified Medical Specialist, Army Medical Corps LEAD IN SERUM OF FEMALE AGRICULTURAL FARM-WORKERS FROM BAHAWALPUR Muhammad Abdul Raziq, Khalid Parvez Lone Department of Physiology Quaid-e-Azam Medical College, Bahawalpur, University of Health Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan AGE- AND GENDER-WISE PREVALENCE OF PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS IN SELECTED HOSPITALS OF SINDH, PAKISTAN Pirbhoo Lohar, Sarfaraz Ali Awan, M. Siddique, M. Sharif, Irfan Ali, Nimra Masood Baig Department of Physiology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan BURDEN OF VARIOUS INFECTIONS IN PEOPLE LIVING IN RURAL AREAS OF SINDH, PAKISTAN Beena, Dureshahwar, Kalsoom, M. Sufiyan, Dewan, Nimra Masood Baig University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan ANAEMIA AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH ANTHROPOMETRIC INDICES IN AFFLUENT MALE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS Benazir Faheem, Jamshed Warsi, Tazeen Shah Department of Physiology, University of Sindh, Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro, Pakistan ASSOCIATION OF HAEMOGLOBIN CONCENTRATION WITH ELECTROLYTES IN PETROL PUMP WORKERS, AUTO MECHANICS AND TRANSPORTERS Afnan Mughal, Noor-e-Seher, Nayab Qaim Khani, Laraib Fatima, Mehar Ali, Nimra Masood Baig Department of Physiology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan HUMAN BLOOD LEAD LEVELS IN RELATION TO LEAD IN STREET DUST, DRINKING WATER, AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS IN HYDERABAD, PAKISTAN Fahmida Memon, S. Shah Department of Physiology University of Sindh Jamshoro, Department of Chemistry, Karakoram International University, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan IN VITRO STUDY OF SGPT CONCENTRATION AT DIFFERENT TIME POINTS IN SERUM OF NORMAL AND HEPATITIS PATIENTS Amanat Ali, M. Taha, M. Raza, Zeeshan Ahmed, Fayaz Hassan, Nimra Masood Baig Department of Physiology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan MALNUTRITION IN SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS IN DISTRICT HYDERABAD, SINDH, PAKISTAN Sobia Shaikh, Nimra Masood Baig, Zulfiqar Ali Laghari Department of Physiology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro, Pakistan

Closing Ceremony (Venue: Auditorium)

Guests to be Seated 10:30 AM Arrival of the Chief Guest 10:45 AM Recitation from Holy Qura’an 10:50 AM Introduction of PPS Office Bearers by President, PPS 10:55 AM Administration of Oath by Chief Guest 11:00 AM Distribution of Souvenirs/Shields 11:05 AM Address of the Chief Guest 11:30 AM Vote of Thanks by Secretary, Organizing Committee 11:40 AM Refreshments 11:45 AM