Kainat, Nafeesa
Mansoor, Qaisar
Baig, Ruqia Mehmood
Article History
Received: 19 December 2025
Accepted: 10 February 2026
First Online: 21 February 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The study was conducted in accordance with the principles outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki. The Study was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee (IEC) of PMAS Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi. (PMAS-AAUR/IEC/232 for studies involving humans.
: Informed consent was obtained from all subjects involved in the study.