Saleem, Bilal https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7172-1131
Ahmed, Musferah
Zahra, Maila
Hassan, Farhan
Iqbal, Muhammad Asif
Muhammad, Zia
Article History
Received: 23 April 2024
Accepted: 2 July 2024
First Online: 18 September 2024
Conflict of interests
: The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests.
: This study does not involve human subjects, animals, or sensitive personal data. It is a non-invasive survey-based research that only analyzes publicly available information and existing laws, regulations, and policies. As such, it does not require Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval or any ethical clearance.
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: Bilal Saleem: Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – original draft of the manuscript. Musferah Ahmed: Formal Analysis, Investigation, Data Curation, Writing – manuscript. Maila Zahra: Methodological design, research, tabulation, and Writing – manuscript. Farhan Hassan: Validation, visualization, and editing. Muhammad Asif Iqbal: Supervision, validation, and Writing – review & editing of the manuscript. Zia Muhammad: project administration, and Writing – review & editing.