Volume 29, Issue 3, September 2025 Posted on September 7, 2025September 7, 2025 by admin [1 ARTICLE] Muhammad Usman AKMAL*, Syed Ahmed SALMAN, Rana Yassir HUSSAIN, Kai-Yin WOO : “Ownership Structure and Leverage as Precursors to Financial Distress in an Emerging Economy: A Mediating Model” (Articles-in-Press)