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1-Malik Adnan: Assistant Professor, Department of Media Studies, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
2-Irem Sultana: Assistant Professor, Department of Mass Communication, Government College University, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
3-Ifra Iftikhar: Associate Professor, Department of Mass Communication, Lahore Garrison University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.

This research study aimed to explore the parents' perceptions and knowledge with reference to child immunization under the expanded program of immunization. A sample of 200 couples was taken from different provinces of Pakistan, including Punjab, Sindh, Baluchistan and KPK, by utilizing the convenient sampling technique. The findings of the study indicated that the young couples had more knowledge about the covered diseases, schedule of immunization and expanded the program of immunization. Mothers were having good knowledge of EPI, and their mean knowledge was greater than their counterparts. Similarly, employed and urbanized couples had also significant knowledge about the expanded program of immunization and its covered diseases. Television, radio and the internet were the leading and effective sources of information regarding EPI and its covered diseases. Furthermore, access to immunization centers, migration, absence or unavailability of vaccination staff and post-immunization fever were the chief reasons for incomplete immunization.

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1-RenKeyao : School of Political and Public Management,Soochow University & School of Education and Humanity Soochow Vocational University, Suzhou, Jiangsu
2-Riaz Ahmad: Manager ORIC (R&D), National Defense University Islamabad, Pakistan.
3-Azeem Gul: Lecturer,Peace and Conflict Studies, National Defence University, Islamabad, Pakistan.

This corridor is an important link between Chinas "the Belt and Road Initiative" and the strategy of Laos to turn "land-locked country" into "land-linked country". Continued to strengthen the construction of software and hardware facilities along the China-Laos economic corridor and promote the connectivity of the areas along the corridor, this research explores the channels of cooperation between China, Laos and third parties, starting with scientific and technological cooperation, carry out scientific diplomacy, and dissolve a series of remarks smearing Chinas "The Belt and Road Initiative" such as "Environmental Destruction Theory" and "Debt Trap Theory". Finally, through the establishment of a monitoring and evaluation system in order to construct this economic corridor, the overall situation of the facilities of the economic corridor construction project can be controlled. The research also finds whether Laos has benefited from the construction of the China-Laos economic corridor and to what extent.

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1-Ilhamah Qiamy: Department of Economics,University of Peshawar, KP, Pakistan
2-Fahim Nawaz: Department of Economics,University of Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
3-Syed Umair Jalal: MPhil Scholar,Department of Political Science,University of Peshawar, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.

Presently, Brexit and its implications for the United Kingdom (UK), European Union and rest of the world, are regarded as major concerns across the globe. The present study is an attempt to estimate the shock that the UKs economy will likely receive as a consequence of Brexit. It also seeks to find an answer to the question whether costs incurred as a consequence of Brexit are repairable or otherwise for the UK. By applying a vector autoregressive (VAR) model on annual time series data of four important economic variables, i.e. gross domestic product (GDP), imports, exports and foreign direct investment, ranging from 1970-2016, an interdependence relation was found to hold among variables. The result concludes that through Brexit, the UKs economy will face some fluctuations which wont last any longer than 12 to 15 years. In return, it will grant UK sovereignty in the different vital segments of the country like economic policies and political decisions.