Funding for this research was provided by:
Higher Education Commision, Pakistan (2-5/FDPOS/HRD/GUDGK/UGent/2020/1)
Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (V418021N)
Article History
Received: 21 June 2024
Accepted: 20 August 2025
First Online: 27 August 2025
Declarations
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: Approval for this study was obtained from the ethical committee of political and social sciences at Ghent University, Belgium (reference number: 2021/26/FSA). Additionally, a letter of permission from the Assistant Director of Colleges in Layyah was obtained. All procedures involving human participants were conducted in accordance with the ethical standards outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Informed and written consent was obtained from all individual participants included in this study.