Browsing by Author "Supervisor By: Dr. Sardar Khan"

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    Bioremediation of Heavy Metals Present in Industrial Wastewater
    (DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES, 2009) Isha Shamshad; Supervisor By: Dr. Sardar Khan
    First and above All praises to Almighty Allah, and Peace of Allah be upon last Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be upon Him) who is an everlasting source of knowledge and guidance for the whole mankind in the world, for providing me capability and strength to complete my research work successfully. My pleasant thanks to my supervisor Dr. Sardar Khan Associate Professor in Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Peshawar who guide me to complete my research. I want to express my deep thanks to my sincere husband for the insightful discussion, offering valuable advice and especially for his patience and guidance during the writing process. I would like to thanks to Shahida Nasreen Zakir for her kind support to conduct my lab experiments on time for the availability of necessary laboratory instruments in limited financial resources. I would like to thank the research scientists, specially: Nadeem Ahmad, Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, University of Peshawar and Khushnood-Ur- Rehman, Department of Botany, Islamia College Peshawar, for excellent technical assistance, who helps us in every step, to provide better guidance in the laboratory work. I am further thankful to Gul Hussan, Laboratory technician, Department of Environmental sciences, University of Peshawar for his kind lab assistance.
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    Contamination of Food Plants with Heavy Metals and The Impact on Nutritional Values
    (DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES, 2010) Anwarzeb Khan; Supervisor By: Dr. Sardar Khan
    All praises be to Allah the most merciful and the most gracious, and Peace of Allah be upon the last Prophet Muhammad, the eternal source of knowledge, wisdom and guidance for the whole mankind, for granting me the aptitude for higher studies and enabling me to complete my research work successfully. Heart full thanks to my supervisor Dr. Sardar Khan Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Peshawar, for his guidance, fruitful recommendations and expert opinions. I am very thankful to my supervisor for all his support, help and guidance that he forwarded at each and every stage of my PhD studies. I want to thank Dr. Sajida Perveen, Chairperson Department of Soil and Environmental Sciences, The University of Agriculture, Peshawar, for providing axcess to laboratories. I am also thankful to Madam Shaheen, Laboratory Superintendent, Mr. Arif and Mr. Aurangzeb Lab Technicians for their support and cooperation during analytical work, also thanks to Mr. Jahangir Shah and Mr. Inayat ur Rehman from PCSIR laboratories complex for providing laboratory facilities. I extend my thanks to all my teachers and staff members of the Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Peshawar, for their nice and kind behavior during my whole study period.
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    Occurrence and Accumulation of HCHs and DDTs in Water, Sediments and Edible Fish Species of Kabul River Pakistan
    (DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES, 2015) Muhammad Aamir; Supervisor By: Dr. Sardar Khan
    All praises for Almighty Allah the most merciful and benevolent, without whose consent and consecration nothing would ever be imaginable. Praises be to Holy Prophetfor Heis a beaconas I pace on in mylife and work. First of all, I am highly indebted to my honorable supervisor Dr. Sardar Khan, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Peshawar, Pakistan for his dynamic supervision and able guidance, without whom I may have not been able to compile this research thesis. I would like to gratitude my foreign supervisor Prof. Dr. Weiping Liu, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, China for his help in completing Laboratory work for this research. I am very thankful to my lab fellows, especially Dr. Mengling Tang, Zahir Qamar, Lili Niu, Siyu Zhu, Saro, Shen Wang and Xuan Yefor their help and encouragement. I would like to acknowledge Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan for financially supporting this research work under Indigenous PhD Fellowships Program (No.112-25759-2PS1-417), and who provided me golden opportunity to visit China for PhD research under the International Research Support Initiative Program (IRSIP) (No. IRSP 26 BMS 44). I am very thankful to Prof. Weiping Liu Laboratory, IIRC-PTS, MOE Key Laboratory of Environmental Remediation & Ecosystem Health, College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, China for facilitating and mobilizing resources for this study.
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    Phytoremediation of Chromite Mining Contaminated Soils
    (Department of Environmental Sciences, 2014) Javed Nawab; Supervisor By: Dr. Sardar Khan
    I am thankful to Almighty Allah, most Gracious, who in His infinite mercy has guided me to complete this PhD work. May Peace and Blessings of Allah be upon His Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). I am highly indebted to all of family members specially my parents, brothers, sisters, cousins specially my uncle (Nawsherawan Khan family) and Asghar Khan for their continuous support that made every opportunity available to me throughout my life. I am thankful to my supervisor Dr. Sardar Khan Associate Professor Department of Environmental Sciences University of Peshawar who gave me the opportunity to work under his supervision and without whom I may have not been able to compile this research thesis. I would like to express my gratitude to my Co-supervisor Professor Dr Muhammad Tahir Shah (National Center for Excellence in Geology), Dr Roshan Khan, Shahid Khan and Farooq Khan (Agriculture Research Station Takhta Band Swat), Executive Director Environmental Protection Society (EPS) Mr. Akber Zeb Khan for their continuous guidance during the field and research work. This helped me to always think creatively and rationally
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    Vegetable and Soil Contaminations with Heavy Metals and Human Health Risks in the Southern Selected Districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
    (DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES, 2009) Zahir ur Rehman; Supervisor By: Dr. Sardar Khan
    All gratitude and praises to Almighty Allah, the most benevolent, gracious, beneficent, compassionate and ever merciful, without Whose consent and consecration nothing would ever be imaginable. I am absolutely beholden by my Lord’s generosity in this effort. Praises be to Holy Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.), for He is a beacon as I pace on in my whole-life and work, who endowed me with the potential and courage to complete this research work. First of all, I want to acknowledge my supervisor Dr. Sardar Khan, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Peshawar, Pakistan without whom may I would not been able to compile this study. I am cordially obliged to my Cosupervisor Dr. Prof. Syed Mohammad Tahir Shah, National Centre of Excellence in Geology, University of Peshawar, Pakistan for his generous support and encouragement during the entire period of my PhD study.I like to gratitude my foreign supervisor Prof. Dr. Mark L Bruceau, Department of Soil, Water and Environmental Sciences, University of Arizona, United States of America for his sincere help in completing ICP-MS work for my thesis. | am thankful to external evaluators and internal viva examiner for their kind suggestions to improve the quality of research study presented in this thesis. Thanks are also due to Prof. Dr. Imtiaz Ahmad, Chairman, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Peshawar, Pakistan for her Sympathetic approach in my PhD program. Special thanks are to Mr. Muhammad Tariq (Lab technician) and Mr. Bilal (Lab