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Papers by Mumtaz Ahmad
International journal of library and information science, Dec 31, 2010
This article focuses on the analysis of classroom management approaches in public and private sec... more This article focuses on the analysis of classroom management approaches in public and private sector at school level in Pakistan. Classroom management is a significant part of an effective teachinglearning process. Due to an effective classroom management, students flourish in a positive class climate and a compassionate environment. From a student's perspective, effective classroom management provides them the opportunities to socialize themselves while learning. From a teacher perspective, effective classroom management involves precautionary discipline and fruitful teaching. In Pakistan, it was concluded that physical environment of the classroom and seating arrangement is managed in both sectors. But behavioral problems were not resolved in public schools but in private schools. Students' behavioral problems are resolved. In the same way there was no consistency in a quality of teaching during each class in public schools but there is consistency in a quality of teaching during each class in private schools. By nature, it was a descriptive research. Using stratified random sampling technique, an appropriate sample of the teacher was selected. Three point rating scale in terms yes, no and undecided was developed to get the opinions.
Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, 2021
To determine the cause of sudden cardiac death and observe the morphological changes in the heart... more To determine the cause of sudden cardiac death and observe the morphological changes in the heart after death. A cross sectional survey of 66 cases was carried out at Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) Rawalpindi from 1992 to 1994. A detailed autopsy including external and internal postmortem examination was done. Representative sections were taken for histopathological examination and some viscera were sent to Chemical Examiner at Lahore for chemical analysis. All the cases were male with age range from 21 to 58 years. These cases died within 60 minutes with or without onset of symptoms. Fifty two cases revealed mild to severe atherosclerosis. Coronary occlusion with thrombosis was seen in 37 cases whereas 9 cases showed critical narrowing without evidence of thrombosis. Five showed both symmetric and asymmetric hypertrophy. Changes in conduction system of the heart were seen in 4 individuals. Myocarditis was noted in 2 cases only. The cause of death could not be determined in 3 cases. Majority of the cases died of coronary atherosclerosis whereas 17% cases revealed hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, changes in conduction system and myocarditis and 4% cases were undetermined. A detailed and thorough postmortem examination is mandatory to ascertain the cause of sudden cardiac death.
Middle East J. of Management, 2022
Journal of Medicinal Plants Studies, 2017
The aim of this study was to describe the distribution of demographic factors and socioeconomic c... more The aim of this study was to describe the distribution of demographic factors and socioeconomic characteristics of Joint Pain patients attended in OPD at Regional Research Institute of Uanani Medicine, Patna, India. This study included all individuals diagnosed by the unani physicians who has joint pain in joints (single/multiple) with or without tenderness, swelling & restriction of movement during year 201516. The overall mean±sem age of study patients was 48.19 ±0.29 years (51.77±0.48 years in men and 45.96 ±0.35 years in women).Median-unbiased estimation was used to assess the odds ratio of sex-differences regarding demographic factors and socioeconomic characteristics among patients diagnosed with Joint Pain. In this study male gender was positively associated with the older age-group, occupation levels and community of the patients diagnosed with Joint Pain. This Study analysis reveals that Occupation, Community and Age-Group were significant risk factor for Joint Pain. Educat...
Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Research, 2018
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](Global Social Sciences Review, 2020
Black Bodies White Culture: A Black Feminist [Re]Construction of Race and Gender in Morrison's Pa... more Black Bodies White Culture: A Black Feminist [Re]Construction of Race and Gender in Morrison's Paradise 'This article intends to explore and expose through the analysis of Morrison's Paradise how the Afro American female writers [re]construct the potential of Afro American 'ecriture feminine' to seek the true freedom and empowerment of black women by appealing them to 'write-through bodies'. To achieve this purpose, this article articulates its theoretical agenda, through the exploration of the work of the outstanding, widely acknowledged award-winning, English speaking Afro American female writer: Toni Morrison. Though it aims to highlight the significance and contribution of the Afro American female novelists towards broadening the frontiers of 'ecriture feminine', it does not aim to offer the generalized history of women writing in Afro American literature. It seeks to propose alternative ways of informed analysis, grounded in discourse and Feminist theories, to evaluate Toni Morrison's contribution to 'ecriture feminine'.
Global Regional Review, 2020
This article contends how Toni Morrison has used her black fiction to reject the dominant concept... more This article contends how Toni Morrison has used her black fiction to reject the dominant conceptions of reality and truth constructed by the white pahllogocentric discourses that tended to perpetuate white power interests. The poststructuralist assumption that knowledge and reality are socially constructed phenomenon provides useful insight into Morrison's narrative strategies and helps understand how, on one hand, she represents the ways the history of the black Africans had been badly disfigured in the white discourse resulting in the construction of the negative stereotypes of the black people as barbarians, savages, and uncivilized people whose mythical history and social values were invalidated as inauthentic and savage that needed the enlightening intervention of the white Europeans and, on the other hand, apart from revealing the discursive facts that control reality formation, she disrupts and displaces dominant and oppressive white knowledges.
Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology B, 2016
Wheat is a strategic crop for food security in Pakistan with predominance of smallholder farmers.... more Wheat is a strategic crop for food security in Pakistan with predominance of smallholder farmers. Farmer-saved seed (FSS) is used nearly by 75% of farmers for wheat production. Frequent variety or seed replacement is uncommon even among large-scale farmers, and certified seed (CS) is mostly bought to verify the value of new varieties. Replacing old and obsolete varieties by new high yielding disease resistant varieties is key to transferring new genetic gains to farmers. For the first time in Pakistan, on-farm factorial experiments involving seven new and five old wheat varieties and their corresponding CS and FSS were conducted. A total of 49 farmers representing major wheat cropping patterns throughout the country participated in these trials in the 2014 and 2015 wheat growing seasons. Analysis of variance revealed that there was highly significant difference between wheat varieties and between seed classes. New variety + CS gave 33.8% more grain yield as well as higher marginal return over farmers' variety + FSS. Grain yield and returns from new variety + FSS and farmers' variety + CS were at par. Scientific knowledge generated in this research demonstrated that use of CS of new wheat varieties is best option, while growing new varieties with FSS is a second choice for the advantages accruing from their built-in genetic traits of economic importance over growing CS of old and obsolete varieties. Having more flexible seed system will help accelerate the delivery of new genetic gains to farmers' fields.
Advanced Science Letters, 2016
The Ayer, Jan 16, 2015
Self-motivated adult learners join the literacy classes to fulfill their specific needs. They ent... more Self-motivated adult learners join the literacy classes to fulfill their specific needs. They enter the classes with their own experiences, beliefs and challenges. Moreover, they come from different age groups and backgrounds. For the literacy teachers, the management of such diversified classes is a real challenge. They have to adopt andragogical classroom management strategies for effective teaching-learning environment. The present study aims at analyzing classroom management strategies used by the teachers of adult learners. Sixty literacy centers were randomly selected from three provinces of Pakistan to determine how the teachers are managing their class and whether their employed classroom management strategies correlate with the age and experiences of adult learners. A questionnaire was used to collect data from the adult learners. Analysis of data revealed that there is difference in the classroom management strategies used by male and female teachers but these strategies do not correspond to the life experiences and background of adult learners Key Words; classroom management strategies, adult learners, literacy teachers, teaching-learning process
Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences
Imbalance use of fertilizers is one of the important factors for lodging of rice leading to paddy... more Imbalance use of fertilizers is one of the important factors for lodging of rice leading to paddy-yield reduction. Potassium (K) deficiency may be one of the contributing factors in this regard. Present study was conducted to assess the decrease in lodging losses due to use of K fertilizer in the presence of nitrogen by determining various factors contributing to stem strength. Two levels of K, one with deficient (Kd) while other with recommended (Kr) K and three levels of N i.e. deficient (Nd), half of recommended (Nhr) and recommended (Nr) N were applied along with recommended dose of phosphorus and zinc to two fine-grain rice cultivars i.e. Super basmati and Basmati 515. The experiment was laid out in randomized complete block design in factorial arrangement with four replicates. Application of K fertilizer significantly improved K concentration in rice stem, and paddy yield of Basmati rice. Furthermore, K fertilization improved plant parameters such as basal internode space, cellulose content and stem-fiber contents. Increase in silicon content in stem due to application of K was also observed, which may also contribute to stem strength against environmental stresses. The present study suggests further work to understand the physiological and biochemical mechanisms contributing to stem strength in response to K fertilization.
... This historical legacy of a common struggle under the banner of Islam ought to obliterate div... more ... This historical legacy of a common struggle under the banner of Islam ought to obliterate divisive elements such as ethnic, linguistic and ... Echoing Field Marshal Ayub Khan, Zia-ul-Haq once said: "One God, One Prophet, One Book, one country, one system-no dissension!" At the ...
Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease, 2012
JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 2013
To determine interobserver reproducibility of thyroid cytopathology in cases of thyroid fine need... more To determine interobserver reproducibility of thyroid cytopathology in cases of thyroid fine needle aspirates. The retrospective, descriptive study, was conducted at the Foundation University Medical College, Islamabad, using cases related to period between 2009 and 2011. A total of 200 cases of fine-needle aspirations were retrieved from the archives. Three histopathologists independently categorised them into 6 groups according to Bethesda reporting system guidelines without looking at previous reports. Kappa statistics were used for analysis of the results on SPSS 17. Of the 200 patients, 194 (97%) were females and 6 (3%) were males. The overall mean age of patients was 46 +/- 20 years. Kappa value calculated for observer-1 and observer-2 was 0.735; for observer-1 and observer-3, 0.841; and for observer-2 and observer-3, 0.838, showing substantial interobserver agreement. Histopathological correlation was available, for 39 (19.5%). Of these cases, 5 (13%) were 'non-diagnostic...
Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 1999
Journal of Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad : JAMC
Firearm injuries cause significant morbidity and mortality among its victims. The present study, ... more Firearm injuries cause significant morbidity and mortality among its victims. The present study, carried out at a major tertiary care hospital of Peshawar, Pakistan was aimed at highlighting the extent and severity of firearm-related morbidity and resultant mortality despite expert medical care. All victims of firearm injury brought to the Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar Emergency Department and thereafter admitted to hospital wards during the period mid-2006 to mid-2007 were included in the study prospectively regardless of age, gender or socio-economic status. Data relevant to the background of firearm use, type of firearm used, types and extents of injuries, clinical condition of the patients and final outcome were collected on performas and entered into SPSS 15.0 for analysis. Seventy-four cases of firearm injury were recorded during the study period, with a predominant male to female ratio (9.6:1). Most victims (79.7%) were in the age group of 15-35 years. Although there were mo...
Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Testing Database Systems - DBTest '09, 2009
Database workloads consist of mixes of queries that run concurrently and interact with each other... more Database workloads consist of mixes of queries that run concurrently and interact with each other. In this paper, we demonstrate that query interactions can have a significant impact on database system performance. Hence, we argue that it is important to take these interactions into account when characterizing workloads, designing test cases, or developing performance tuning algorithms for database systems. To capture and model query interactions, we propose using an experimental approach that is based on sampling the space of possible interactions and fitting statistical models to the sampled data. We discuss using such an approach for database testing and tuning, and we present some opportunities and research challenges.
Lung India, 2010
Background: Diagnosis of sputum/smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis patients can be both challe... more Background: Diagnosis of sputum/smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis patients can be both challenging and time consuming with many patients being put on empirical anti-tubercular treatment. Fibreoptic bronchoscopy may provide a confirmative and early diagnosis in such patients. Aims: To assess the role of fibreoptic bronchoscopy in the diagnosis of sputum /smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted on 75 suspected sputum / smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis cases attending Pulmonary Medicine Department of Mamata Medical College and Hospital, Khammam, AP. Fibreoptic bronchoscopy was performed; culture of sputum and bronchial washings for Mycobacterium tuberculosis was done by BACTEC method. Results: A final diagnosis of sputum /smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis was made in 60 patients. Bronchial washings smear for acid-fast bacilli (AFB) was positive in 21 patients while culture of bronchial washings was positive in 39 patients. In 29 patients, smear or culture of bronchial washing alone contributed to the final diagnosis. Total yield of bronchoscopy in diagnosis of sputum smear negative pulmonary tuberculosis was 83.33% (50/60); bronchoscopy was the only diagnostic method in 66% cases (40/60) with bronchial washings being the only diagnostic method in 48.33%. Bronchial washings smear for AFB and histopathological evidence of caseating granuloma made immediate diagnosis possible in 48.33% (29/60) patients. Conclusion: Our study suggests that fibreoptic bronchoscopy can provide excellent material for diagnosis of suspected cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in whom smears of expectorated sputum do not reveal mycobacteria.
International journal of library and information science, Dec 31, 2010
This article focuses on the analysis of classroom management approaches in public and private sec... more This article focuses on the analysis of classroom management approaches in public and private sector at school level in Pakistan. Classroom management is a significant part of an effective teachinglearning process. Due to an effective classroom management, students flourish in a positive class climate and a compassionate environment. From a student's perspective, effective classroom management provides them the opportunities to socialize themselves while learning. From a teacher perspective, effective classroom management involves precautionary discipline and fruitful teaching. In Pakistan, it was concluded that physical environment of the classroom and seating arrangement is managed in both sectors. But behavioral problems were not resolved in public schools but in private schools. Students' behavioral problems are resolved. In the same way there was no consistency in a quality of teaching during each class in public schools but there is consistency in a quality of teaching during each class in private schools. By nature, it was a descriptive research. Using stratified random sampling technique, an appropriate sample of the teacher was selected. Three point rating scale in terms yes, no and undecided was developed to get the opinions.
Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, 2021
To determine the cause of sudden cardiac death and observe the morphological changes in the heart... more To determine the cause of sudden cardiac death and observe the morphological changes in the heart after death. A cross sectional survey of 66 cases was carried out at Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) Rawalpindi from 1992 to 1994. A detailed autopsy including external and internal postmortem examination was done. Representative sections were taken for histopathological examination and some viscera were sent to Chemical Examiner at Lahore for chemical analysis. All the cases were male with age range from 21 to 58 years. These cases died within 60 minutes with or without onset of symptoms. Fifty two cases revealed mild to severe atherosclerosis. Coronary occlusion with thrombosis was seen in 37 cases whereas 9 cases showed critical narrowing without evidence of thrombosis. Five showed both symmetric and asymmetric hypertrophy. Changes in conduction system of the heart were seen in 4 individuals. Myocarditis was noted in 2 cases only. The cause of death could not be determined in 3 cases. Majority of the cases died of coronary atherosclerosis whereas 17% cases revealed hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, changes in conduction system and myocarditis and 4% cases were undetermined. A detailed and thorough postmortem examination is mandatory to ascertain the cause of sudden cardiac death.
Middle East J. of Management, 2022
Journal of Medicinal Plants Studies, 2017
The aim of this study was to describe the distribution of demographic factors and socioeconomic c... more The aim of this study was to describe the distribution of demographic factors and socioeconomic characteristics of Joint Pain patients attended in OPD at Regional Research Institute of Uanani Medicine, Patna, India. This study included all individuals diagnosed by the unani physicians who has joint pain in joints (single/multiple) with or without tenderness, swelling & restriction of movement during year 201516. The overall mean±sem age of study patients was 48.19 ±0.29 years (51.77±0.48 years in men and 45.96 ±0.35 years in women).Median-unbiased estimation was used to assess the odds ratio of sex-differences regarding demographic factors and socioeconomic characteristics among patients diagnosed with Joint Pain. In this study male gender was positively associated with the older age-group, occupation levels and community of the patients diagnosed with Joint Pain. This Study analysis reveals that Occupation, Community and Age-Group were significant risk factor for Joint Pain. Educat...
Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Research, 2018
Global Social Sciences Review, 2020
Black Bodies White Culture: A Black Feminist [Re]Construction of Race and Gender in Morrison's Pa... more Black Bodies White Culture: A Black Feminist [Re]Construction of Race and Gender in Morrison's Paradise 'This article intends to explore and expose through the analysis of Morrison's Paradise how the Afro American female writers [re]construct the potential of Afro American 'ecriture feminine' to seek the true freedom and empowerment of black women by appealing them to 'write-through bodies'. To achieve this purpose, this article articulates its theoretical agenda, through the exploration of the work of the outstanding, widely acknowledged award-winning, English speaking Afro American female writer: Toni Morrison. Though it aims to highlight the significance and contribution of the Afro American female novelists towards broadening the frontiers of 'ecriture feminine', it does not aim to offer the generalized history of women writing in Afro American literature. It seeks to propose alternative ways of informed analysis, grounded in discourse and Feminist theories, to evaluate Toni Morrison's contribution to 'ecriture feminine'.
Global Regional Review, 2020
This article contends how Toni Morrison has used her black fiction to reject the dominant concept... more This article contends how Toni Morrison has used her black fiction to reject the dominant conceptions of reality and truth constructed by the white pahllogocentric discourses that tended to perpetuate white power interests. The poststructuralist assumption that knowledge and reality are socially constructed phenomenon provides useful insight into Morrison's narrative strategies and helps understand how, on one hand, she represents the ways the history of the black Africans had been badly disfigured in the white discourse resulting in the construction of the negative stereotypes of the black people as barbarians, savages, and uncivilized people whose mythical history and social values were invalidated as inauthentic and savage that needed the enlightening intervention of the white Europeans and, on the other hand, apart from revealing the discursive facts that control reality formation, she disrupts and displaces dominant and oppressive white knowledges.
Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology B, 2016
Wheat is a strategic crop for food security in Pakistan with predominance of smallholder farmers.... more Wheat is a strategic crop for food security in Pakistan with predominance of smallholder farmers. Farmer-saved seed (FSS) is used nearly by 75% of farmers for wheat production. Frequent variety or seed replacement is uncommon even among large-scale farmers, and certified seed (CS) is mostly bought to verify the value of new varieties. Replacing old and obsolete varieties by new high yielding disease resistant varieties is key to transferring new genetic gains to farmers. For the first time in Pakistan, on-farm factorial experiments involving seven new and five old wheat varieties and their corresponding CS and FSS were conducted. A total of 49 farmers representing major wheat cropping patterns throughout the country participated in these trials in the 2014 and 2015 wheat growing seasons. Analysis of variance revealed that there was highly significant difference between wheat varieties and between seed classes. New variety + CS gave 33.8% more grain yield as well as higher marginal return over farmers' variety + FSS. Grain yield and returns from new variety + FSS and farmers' variety + CS were at par. Scientific knowledge generated in this research demonstrated that use of CS of new wheat varieties is best option, while growing new varieties with FSS is a second choice for the advantages accruing from their built-in genetic traits of economic importance over growing CS of old and obsolete varieties. Having more flexible seed system will help accelerate the delivery of new genetic gains to farmers' fields.
Advanced Science Letters, 2016
The Ayer, Jan 16, 2015
Self-motivated adult learners join the literacy classes to fulfill their specific needs. They ent... more Self-motivated adult learners join the literacy classes to fulfill their specific needs. They enter the classes with their own experiences, beliefs and challenges. Moreover, they come from different age groups and backgrounds. For the literacy teachers, the management of such diversified classes is a real challenge. They have to adopt andragogical classroom management strategies for effective teaching-learning environment. The present study aims at analyzing classroom management strategies used by the teachers of adult learners. Sixty literacy centers were randomly selected from three provinces of Pakistan to determine how the teachers are managing their class and whether their employed classroom management strategies correlate with the age and experiences of adult learners. A questionnaire was used to collect data from the adult learners. Analysis of data revealed that there is difference in the classroom management strategies used by male and female teachers but these strategies do not correspond to the life experiences and background of adult learners Key Words; classroom management strategies, adult learners, literacy teachers, teaching-learning process
Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences
Imbalance use of fertilizers is one of the important factors for lodging of rice leading to paddy... more Imbalance use of fertilizers is one of the important factors for lodging of rice leading to paddy-yield reduction. Potassium (K) deficiency may be one of the contributing factors in this regard. Present study was conducted to assess the decrease in lodging losses due to use of K fertilizer in the presence of nitrogen by determining various factors contributing to stem strength. Two levels of K, one with deficient (Kd) while other with recommended (Kr) K and three levels of N i.e. deficient (Nd), half of recommended (Nhr) and recommended (Nr) N were applied along with recommended dose of phosphorus and zinc to two fine-grain rice cultivars i.e. Super basmati and Basmati 515. The experiment was laid out in randomized complete block design in factorial arrangement with four replicates. Application of K fertilizer significantly improved K concentration in rice stem, and paddy yield of Basmati rice. Furthermore, K fertilization improved plant parameters such as basal internode space, cellulose content and stem-fiber contents. Increase in silicon content in stem due to application of K was also observed, which may also contribute to stem strength against environmental stresses. The present study suggests further work to understand the physiological and biochemical mechanisms contributing to stem strength in response to K fertilization.
... This historical legacy of a common struggle under the banner of Islam ought to obliterate div... more ... This historical legacy of a common struggle under the banner of Islam ought to obliterate divisive elements such as ethnic, linguistic and ... Echoing Field Marshal Ayub Khan, Zia-ul-Haq once said: "One God, One Prophet, One Book, one country, one system-no dissension!" At the ...
Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease, 2012
JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 2013
To determine interobserver reproducibility of thyroid cytopathology in cases of thyroid fine need... more To determine interobserver reproducibility of thyroid cytopathology in cases of thyroid fine needle aspirates. The retrospective, descriptive study, was conducted at the Foundation University Medical College, Islamabad, using cases related to period between 2009 and 2011. A total of 200 cases of fine-needle aspirations were retrieved from the archives. Three histopathologists independently categorised them into 6 groups according to Bethesda reporting system guidelines without looking at previous reports. Kappa statistics were used for analysis of the results on SPSS 17. Of the 200 patients, 194 (97%) were females and 6 (3%) were males. The overall mean age of patients was 46 +/- 20 years. Kappa value calculated for observer-1 and observer-2 was 0.735; for observer-1 and observer-3, 0.841; and for observer-2 and observer-3, 0.838, showing substantial interobserver agreement. Histopathological correlation was available, for 39 (19.5%). Of these cases, 5 (13%) were 'non-diagnostic...
Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 1999
Journal of Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad : JAMC
Firearm injuries cause significant morbidity and mortality among its victims. The present study, ... more Firearm injuries cause significant morbidity and mortality among its victims. The present study, carried out at a major tertiary care hospital of Peshawar, Pakistan was aimed at highlighting the extent and severity of firearm-related morbidity and resultant mortality despite expert medical care. All victims of firearm injury brought to the Lady Reading Hospital Peshawar Emergency Department and thereafter admitted to hospital wards during the period mid-2006 to mid-2007 were included in the study prospectively regardless of age, gender or socio-economic status. Data relevant to the background of firearm use, type of firearm used, types and extents of injuries, clinical condition of the patients and final outcome were collected on performas and entered into SPSS 15.0 for analysis. Seventy-four cases of firearm injury were recorded during the study period, with a predominant male to female ratio (9.6:1). Most victims (79.7%) were in the age group of 15-35 years. Although there were mo...
Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Testing Database Systems - DBTest '09, 2009
Database workloads consist of mixes of queries that run concurrently and interact with each other... more Database workloads consist of mixes of queries that run concurrently and interact with each other. In this paper, we demonstrate that query interactions can have a significant impact on database system performance. Hence, we argue that it is important to take these interactions into account when characterizing workloads, designing test cases, or developing performance tuning algorithms for database systems. To capture and model query interactions, we propose using an experimental approach that is based on sampling the space of possible interactions and fitting statistical models to the sampled data. We discuss using such an approach for database testing and tuning, and we present some opportunities and research challenges.
Lung India, 2010
Background: Diagnosis of sputum/smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis patients can be both challe... more Background: Diagnosis of sputum/smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis patients can be both challenging and time consuming with many patients being put on empirical anti-tubercular treatment. Fibreoptic bronchoscopy may provide a confirmative and early diagnosis in such patients. Aims: To assess the role of fibreoptic bronchoscopy in the diagnosis of sputum /smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted on 75 suspected sputum / smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis cases attending Pulmonary Medicine Department of Mamata Medical College and Hospital, Khammam, AP. Fibreoptic bronchoscopy was performed; culture of sputum and bronchial washings for Mycobacterium tuberculosis was done by BACTEC method. Results: A final diagnosis of sputum /smear-negative pulmonary tuberculosis was made in 60 patients. Bronchial washings smear for acid-fast bacilli (AFB) was positive in 21 patients while culture of bronchial washings was positive in 39 patients. In 29 patients, smear or culture of bronchial washing alone contributed to the final diagnosis. Total yield of bronchoscopy in diagnosis of sputum smear negative pulmonary tuberculosis was 83.33% (50/60); bronchoscopy was the only diagnostic method in 66% cases (40/60) with bronchial washings being the only diagnostic method in 48.33%. Bronchial washings smear for AFB and histopathological evidence of caseating granuloma made immediate diagnosis possible in 48.33% (29/60) patients. Conclusion: Our study suggests that fibreoptic bronchoscopy can provide excellent material for diagnosis of suspected cases of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in whom smears of expectorated sputum do not reveal mycobacteria.