We bow our head before Almighty ALLAH in gratitude WHO blessed us with the opportunity & courage to complete this nationally important project. All respects and regards to the Holy Prophet Hazrat Muhammad (peace be upon him), who came as a light of knowledge for all seekers.

We feel highly obliged in deepest and sincerest gratitude to our respected and dignified Vice Chancellor, Prof. Dr. Mujahid Kamran , for his keen interest, benevolent attention, vital and intellectual suggestions throughout the arrangements & successful orientation of this Conference. We are highly indebted to him for his graciously offered help in accomplishing this tedious task. May God bless him with health and prosperous life. The Punjab University authorities provided us the opportunity, not only granting financial support but also allowed to use the University infrastructure to undertake this research oriented task.

We would like to acknowledge the dedicated efforts of Prof. Dr. Shahid Kamal, Principal, College of Statistical and Actuarial Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore . His broad vision with passion and excellence for organizing such a successful International Conference is exemplary.

The persistent support and devotion of all the faculty members of College of Statistical and Actuarial Sciences is highly indebted to conduct such conference. We would also thank faculty members of various universities of Pakistan who not only participated in the Conference but also morally encouraged us to hold this Conference.

We are also highly indebted to the officials of HEC (Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, Islamabad ) for approving financial support in arranging this Conference. We deeply recognized the sincere efforts of HEC officials which they are rendering in imparting quality higher education and uplifting research activities in Pakistan .

Special thanks to Mr. Nadeem Shafique Butt for extending comprehensive IT support. Special thanks to Mr. Rehan Ahmad Khan who was very keen to perform his duties with enthusiasm and commitment. It would be unfair if we do not say thanks to all the participants (international and national) for their participation/presentation of paper.

In the end, the continuous efforts of administrative staff especially Mojiz Hassan, Malik Sarfraz Khalid & M. Farrukh Iqbal of the College of Statistical and Actuarial Sciences are highly acknowledged.

CONTENTS
S#	Title of Paper	Author (s)	Page #
	Conference Brief Conference Chairman Address Keynote Speeches Conference Program		i ii vi vii
1.	A BAYESIAN APPROACH FOR THE ANALYSIS OF THE DAVIDSON MODEL FOR PAIRED COMPARISON ALLOWING TIES	Naheeda Akhtar Muhammad Aslam	1–15
2.	A NOTE ON CONVEX PROGRAMMING IN OPTIMAL DESIGN AND LOCATION THEORY	I.A. Osinuga Dawud Adebayo Agunbiade	16–25
3.	A STUDY ON LINE LOSSES AND THEFT OF ELECTRICITY IN LAHORE ELECTRIC SUPPLY COMPANY (LESCO)	Mohammad Rafiq Khan Syed Basit Ali Rizvi	26–41
4.	A TWO-STAGE GROUP ACCEPTANCE SAMPLING PLAN BASED ON TRUNCATED LIFE TESTS FOR THE WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION	Muhammad Aslam Chi-Hyuck Jun Muhammad Shoaib Mujahid Rasool	42–54
5.	ACADEMIES: A NEED OR A WANT?	Ali Arshad Amir Razi	55–62
6.	BAYESIAN ANALYSIS OF THE LAPLACE MODEL USING NONINFORMATIVE PRIORS FOR COMPLETE AND CENSORED DATA UNDER DIFFERENT LOSS FUNCTIONS	Sajid Ali Muhammad Aslam Syed Mohsin Ali Kazmi	63–88
7.	BREAST CANCER SURVIVAL RESULTS ACCORDING TO STAGE: HOW ENCOURAGING THE RESULTS ARE?	Shamsa Kanwal Shaharyar Ghausia Masood Gilani Misbah Masood Naveed Akbar	89–92
8.	DETERMINATION OF FACTORS THAT CREATE VIOLENCE AMONG YOUTH IN LCWU, LAHORE	Saima Ashfaq	93–98
9.	ESTIMATION OF THE SCALE AND LOCATION PARAMETERS BASED UPON THE UPPER RECORDS VALUES OF RAYLEIGH DISTRIBUTION FROM TYPE II SINGLY AND DOUBLY CENSORED DATA	Aizaz Ahmad Ahmad Saeed Akhter	99–114
10.	A STUDY OF RISK FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH SPONTANEOUS MISCARRIAGE	Asif Hanif Asim Butt Fozia Umber Qureshi	115–120
11.	FUTURE PROSPECTS OF AGING POPULATION: PAKISTAN	Ammara Nawaz Cheema	121–132
12.	GROUP ACCEPTANCE SAMPLING PLANS FOR GENERALIZED LOG-LOGISTIC DISTRIBUTION OR BURR TYPE DISTRIBUTION USING PERCENTILES	Muhammad Aslam Muhammad Shoaib Nadia Saeed	133–145
13.	KNOWLEDGE ATTITUDE AND PRACTICES OF HIV/AIDS AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS	Maria Iqbal Amir Razi	146–159
14.	MANAGING DELIVERY OF TECHNOLOGY RELATED SERVICES FOR STUDENT SATISFACTION	Seema Arif Maryam Ilyas	160–170
15.	MATERALISTIC THOUGHTS AMONG PEOPLE	Itrat Fatima & Amir Razi	171–180
16.	PREDICTION OF ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS USING DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS	Zahoor Ahmed Erum Shahzadi	181–191
17.	RIDGE REGRESSION MODEL FOR NEAR COLLINEAR FACTORS OF INFANT MORTALITY RATE IN PUNJAB PROVINCE OF  PAKISTAN : EVIDENCE FROM MULTIPLE INDICATOR CLUSTER SURVEY 2003-04	Mudassir Ahmed Ghausia Masood Gilani Shahid Kamal	192–205
18.	STATISTICAL ERRORS IN MEDICAL JOURNALS	Asif Hanif Nadeem Shafique Butt Asim Butt & Kashif Saddique	206–210
19.	STRESS IN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS	Zahoor Ahmed Saba Waqar	211–231
20.	THE DILEMMA OF POOR EDUCATION AT HIGHER LEVELS OF EDUCATION IN PAKISTAN	Zain Hassan Amir Razi	232–238
21.	WIRELESS CHANNEL ESTIMATION BASED ON DISCRETE WIENER-HOPF EQUATIONS USING MATLAB	Muhammad Ali Raza Anjum	239–251
22.	SOME REMARKS ON MM, FM AND ML ESTIMATORS (A FOCUS ON LOGNORMAL DISTRIBUTION)	Aamir Raza Ahmed Zogo Memon	252–258
23.	A NOTE ON BLEST'S MEASURE OF KURTOSIS (WITH REFERENCE TO WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION)	Rahila Ahsan Ahmed Zogo Memon	259–265
24.	POWER CURVES OF SOME TESTS OF OUTLIERS IN A GAMMA SAMPLE	Mudassar Babar Ahmed Zogo Memon	266–276
25.	CHARACTERISTICS OF A PROPOSED BIVARIATE WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION	Bushra Izhar Ahmed Zogo Memon	277–286
26.	A NOTE ON TRUNCATED MOMENTS OF ORDER STATISTICS	Azeem Ali Ahmed Zogo Memon	287–291
27.	IS WINING ABROAD TOUGH FOR PAKISTAN CRICKET TEAM?	Muneeb Rahmat M. Akram Naseem	292–300
28.	APPROXIMATE LINEAR ESTIMATES OF THE PARAMETERS OF EXTREME VALUE DISTRIBUTION TYPE I USING ORDERED OBSERVATIONS	Ahmad Saeed Akhter Abdul Samad Hirai	301–309
29.	COMPARING RIDGE REGRESSION (RR), PRINCIPAL COMPONENT REGRESSION (PCR) AND PARTIAL LEAST SQUARE REGRESSION (PLSR) METHODS TO TACKLE THE MULTICOLLINEARITY PROBLEM	Mudassir Ahmed Ghausia Masood Gilani	310–329
30.	STATISTICAL MODELING OF THE INCEDENCE OF BREAST CANCER IN RURAL AND URBAN AREAS OF ‘KPK' PROVINCE , PAKISTAN	Salahuddin Arifullah Najma	330–338
31.	A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SIMILARITIES & DIFFERENCES AMONG ANOVA & ANCOVA ON AGRICULTURAL DATA-SET	Sumbal Tariq Shahid Kamal	339–345
32.	ON A CHERIAN FAMILY OF GAMMA DISTRIBUTIONS	Aasma Riaz Ahmed Saeed Akhter Ahmed Zogo Memon	346–350
33.	THE IMPACT OF CELL PHONE ON THE ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB	Muhammad Ameen Irum Sajjad Dar Adeel Yaqoob	351–359
34.	ESTIMATION ACCURACY OF EXPONENTIAL DISTRIBUTION PARAMETERS	Zahid Rashid Ahmad Saeed Akhter	360–375
35.	COMPARISON BETWEEN DIFFERENT MAIN APPROACHES OF PENALIZED SPLINE SMOOTHING	Shahid Kamal Saira Sharif	376–387
36.	PRINCIPAL COMPONENT AND COMMON FACTOR LOADINGS: A COMPARISON	Shahid Kamal Maryam Ilyas	388–391
37.	GOODNESS-OF-FIT TEST FOR RIGHT CENSORED SAMPLES: APPLICATION ON HEAD AND NECK CANCER DATA	Ramzan Tahir Mikhail Nikulin	392–403
38.	INFORMATIONAL OPTIMAL DESIGNS OF CENSORED SAMPLES WITH SOME APPLICATIONS	Adnan M. Awad	404–427