Iftikhar Ahmad

Heavy Metals Assessment in Vegetables Irrigated with Wastewater: A Case Study in District Sargodha, Pakistan

Ameer Khan, Sadaf Javaid, Maria Nawaz, Farzana Shaheen, Irfan Mustafa, Iftikhar Ahmad & Humera Nawaz · Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology · 2014

An experiment was conducted to evaluate the heavy metals toxicity in vegetables irrigated with wastewater. Different experimental sites were selected from district Sargodha, Pakistan. Samples of wastewater, contaminated soil and vegetables irrigated with wastewater were collected...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJAST/2014/10216

Molecular Detection of Giardia lamblia and Cryptosporidium parvum in Different Water Sources of District Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Province of Pakistan

Muhammad Shoaib Alam, Sana Ullah Khan, Sultan Ayaz, Noor Ul Akbar, Muhammad Asim Khan, Iftikhar Ahmad, Muhammad Idrees & Muhammad Waqar · Microbiology Research Journal International · 2013

Background: Cryptosporidium parvum and Giardia lamblia are intestinal parasites that predominantly causes "waterborne" infections that are transmitted through consumption of contaminated water. Both parasites typically cause an acute short-term infections with self-limiting diarr...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BMRJ/2014/3947