About This Issue
April to June, Volume 5, Issue 2, 2021.
Articles
Research Article # 1
Zoya Pervaiz, Dr. Subha Malik
This study was conducted with the aim to investigate the generational changes in gender roles and the association of gender roles and psychological wellbeing in adults. Cross sectional research design was used for which 300 participants men (n= 150) and women (n= 150) were pur...
Research Article # 2
Aisha Sami, Rizwan Akram Rana
In this study, prospective teachers’ interest was measure by quasi-experimental research to explore the effect of a Brain-Compatible classroom at the university level. The researcher chooses a purposive sampling technique by taking intact groups as the sample of the study. Pre...
Research Article # 3
Anam Ilyas, Muhammad Saeed
Science teaching efficacy beliefs(STEBs) of prospective science teachers predict their success in their future science teaching. This research study was designed to examine the effect of the project-based learning approach (PjBL) on the STEBs of prospective science teachers. A...
Research Article # 4
Qaiser Sharif, Anila Sultana, Shazia Naseem
The aim of the present study is to analyze the antithetical roles of discourse narratives on CPEC that how they create unrest or pertinence of CPEC in changing the regional ties through international print media. China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) played an instrumental r...
Research Article # 5
Jasim Khan, Dr. Abdul Hamid, Dr. Imdad Ullah Khan
This study aims to investigate the gap between the explicit and implicit knowledge of L2 learners of English language at undergraduate level within the framework of Universal Grammar (UG). The process of error analysis used to find UG access in the acquisition of literacy skil...
Research Article # 6
Hassan Bin Zubair, Dr. Asma Kashif Shahzad, Masroor Sibtain
This research explores the representation of women in a patriarchal society by representing the female characters in Charles Dickens' novel The Old Curiosity Shop. Dickens’ attitude towards women is always contradictory. Dickens is ambiguous. He is sympathetic as well as biase...
Research Article # 7
Mumtaz Khan, Shafqat Rasool, Farzana Jabeen Khoso
In the present age, children find it very difficult to improve Urdu calligraphy, because they have no measure to improve calligraphy in Urdu alphabets by writing on the page or takhti (a wooden board). The purpose of the present study was to provide a measure to help students ...
Research Article # 8
Mohsin Ali, Shahab ullah, Dr. Abdul Hamid
The present study is concerned with the problems in elision of English phonemes for undergraduate students both in comprehension and production of the selected phonemes. The data for the present study was collected from one hundred undergraduate students through convenient non...
Research Article # 9
Saman Nasir, Muhammad Ajmal, Marya Sarwar
This article is an attempt to analyze and dissect White Mughal (2002) from Postcolonial feminist perspective which is a third-world feminism and portrays the way how women of colonized countries suffer from double colonization: native patriarchies and imperial ideology. While ...
Research Article # 10
Nayab Javed, Subha Malik, Ghazanafar Hussain
This study aimed to explore the role of women in the mobilization of voters during political campaigns. Moreover, the purpose was to study the experiences and challenges have been faced by women workers during the campaign process. Data were taken from 140 women workers from d...
Research Article # 11
Dr. Shazia Khalid, Dr. Shazia Ashraf, Dr. Sumaya Batool
The prime objective of the present study was to evaluate the two popular theoretical explanations of vindictive behavior. It was also intended to gauge the validity of the evolutionary model of vindictive behavior. The present study was undertaken to compare both perspectives ...
Research Article # 12
Saira Maqbool, Dr. Qaisara Parveen, Dr. Muhammad Imran Yousuf
The growing passion for Entrepreneurship in Pakistan is viewed as feasible answer for unemployment. In Pakistan Females are engaged through trade innovativeness, which has turned into an essential piece of our expansion actions as a result of three critical grounds, Female’s e...
Research Article # 13
Dr. Rukhsana Durrani, Dr. Fouzia Ajmal, Nosheen Swar
Mentoring means the mutual interaction among the faculty as a function of professional development. The present research was carried out to: a) check the extent of mutual interaction between the mentors and mentees in the department, b) find out the effectiveness of mentoring ...
Research Article # 14
Mumtaz Naeem, Dr. Sajid ur Rehman
This study tried to assess the effect of listening English text-based audios by native speaker on reading fluency of intermediate students. A sample of 60 mixed ability learners was selected from grade XI of Government Boys Higher Secondary School, Kamra and divided them into ...
Research Article # 15
Dr. Syed Abdul Waheed
Doctoral students’ relationship with supervisors and co-supervisors supports their socio-academic integration and contributes to their academic success. The study purports to explicate a deeper understanding of doctoral students’ lived experience of how they tend to develop th...
Research Article # 16
Farah Latif Naz, Khalid Khurshid, Farah Deeba
The present paper discusses the implacable suggestions for the transformation of peace culture and sustainable development in the universities of Pakistan. The recent situation in the educational institutions especially universities of Pakistan facing the multiple issues regar...
Research Article # 17
Ihtisham Ali, Syed Manzoor Hussain Shah
This research study was conducted with an objective to analyze the Pedagogical content knowledge of Physics teachers in students’ perspective. The sample of the study was comprised of 710 9th grade Physics students selected from 30 different schools of the Hazara division. Dat...
Research Article # 18
Fakhara Shahid, Dr. Mubeen Adnan
In recent era the arguments over the climatic variations has gained momentum. Dangerous impacts caused by these variations in the climate change have also heated the political discourses. Using qualitative content analysis approach, it is found that there is huge difference be...
Research Article # 19
Nargis Saleem, Dr. Muhammad Saleem, Umer Azim
This study pursues the analysis of chosen fiction of Khaled Hosseini and Amitav in the light of ecofeminism. The crux of ecofeminism expands on analogies between woman and nature, on the one hand, and the male and culture, on the other hand. Male generally naturalizes woman as...
Research Article # 20
Mian Shah Bacha, Rabiah Rustum
This Study explores the expression of politeness in the Pashto Language. To this end, the researchers collected data from the respondents of the Pashto Language through a questionnaire of the open role play situations of requesting and apologizing. The questionnaire was adopte...
Research Article # 21
Shabana Kouser Jatoi, Dr. Raana khan
Present article is written to analyze the role of forensic chemistry in the criminal justice system and need for legislation regarding regularization of chemical testing laboratories. This study also identifies the real condition of chemical forensic laboratories in Sindh. For...
Research Article # 22
Muhammad Zahir Faridi, Ali Azam, Maria Sajjad Khan
Poverty becomes a chronic issue in developing countries especially in rural areas. The present study is about rural poverty considering the role of agricultural inputs like fertilizers, land holding, live stocks and tractor. The study is based on the primary source of data. Tw...
Research Article # 23
Zubair Iqbal, Aziz Ullah Khan, Abdul Rafay Khan
This study investigates the construal of the political image of Pakistan in the final verdict of Panama Case with the assumption that the substantial linguistic choices construing any discourse provide the way to comprehend the impacts of a specific discourse. The significance...
Research Article # 24
Shah Bano, Dr. Marium Din, Mehwish Jabeen
Relationship between creativity and academic performance has intensively engaged attention of researchers over the past few decades. Roots of creativity are grounded in knowledge, originality and wisdom. The underlying gap between creativity and its academic performance led to...
Research Article # 25
Hajra Bibi, Abdul Waheed, Kiran Shehzadi
This article discusses the relationship between implementation of total quality management practices and performance of the public sector universities of the Punjab. Study was quantitative in nature and survey method was used for data collection. Sample included department hea...
Research Article # 26
Mehwish Manzoor, Sairh Jabeen, Reema Aman
The corona disease covid-19 pandemic is the explain world health critical point of our and the big tasks we have faced since world war two. Since it has occurred inside Asia last year, the disease takes quickly toward each continent expect Antarctica. Because pandemic is almos...
Research Article # 27
Dr. Farkhunda Rasheed Choudhary, Dr. Tariq Javed, Muhammad Hamid Nawaz Khan
In this era, use of technology becomes more important than ever in daily life, therefore, the significance of digital literacy has been enhanced. It is now an essential skill to survive in the 21st century. This study is about the digital literacy skill of elementary and secon...
Research Article # 28
Nuzhat Mahmood Khan, Dr. Samia Maqbool Niazi
This paper is designed to throw an insight into the legal frame work of corporate rescue prevailing in Pakistan for the companies which are at the brink of insolvency. While doing so this paper not only traces the roots of existing legal frame work of corporate rescue but also...
Research Article # 29
Dr. Aisha Anees Malik, Tanzila Saba, Dr. Saadia Abid
This paper investigates the implications of divorce for women. Using in-depth interviews, observation and participant observation, it generates rich qualitative data that sheds light on the reasons for divorce and its consequences for women. The locale of the study is a govern...
Research Article # 30
Dr. Muhammad Akram, Intzar Hussain Butt
The purpose of this study was to understand the perceptions of head teachers, teachers, and parents about the reason of failing primary schools in Sheikhupura district. Using a purposive sampling technique, perceptions of 10 head teachers, 20 teachers, and 20 parents were coll...
Research Article # 31
Ali Raza, Fathimath Rizna, Professor Dr. Wu Hao
The article uses literature review method, logical analysis method and other research methods, taking sports game interest as the research perspective, to conduct in-depth research on the physical and mental development of primary school students. Analyzed the physical and psy...
Research Article # 32
Dr. Abdul Karim Khan, Dr. Abdus Samad, Dr. Ihsan Ullah Khan
This research paper mainly deals with investigating the involvement of the Extrinsic Motivation as factor in English learning at intermediate level students of government degree colleges in Bannu (KPK). A lot of factors are involved in the learning of English but here only th...
Research Article # 33
Dr. Saadia Abid, Nagina Liaquat, Dr. Aisha Anees Malik
An abstract concept yet widely pervasive across time and space, beauty, remains a matter of core concern in many cultures. Just as standards of social status that are achievable, beauty standards can be sometimes partially at others wholly achieved through the use of different...
Research Article # 34
Christopher Chimaobi Ibekwe, Blessing Nonye Onyima, Tagbo Uchenna Onyilofor
It appears that in any tensed situation criminal elements initiate ways of taming or enriching their insatiable desire for materialism. This paper examines COVID-19 pandemic and proliferation of Ponzi Schemes in Nigeria cyberspace. The Routine Activities Theory (RAT) was used ...
Research Article # 35
Dr. Farah Deeba, Dr. Haji Karim Khan, Amna Saleem
For the overall development of students, role of family and school is noteworthy which helps them to cover all milestones in their journey of success in education and learning. The core of the survey was to investigate perceptions of teachers and parents concerning family scho...
Research Article # 36
Parvaiz Iqbal Ch, Pro. Dr. Khalid Rashid
The current study's aim is to assess the impact of organizational climate on teacher’s competence regarding the different demographic factors of the secondary school teachers. This study's population included all Secondary School Teachers (male and female) and all 10th grade s...
Research Article # 37
Dr. Asma Seemi Malik, Muniza Javed, Amjad Mahmood
The focal point of this study is to see the impact of age and education on the attitude and habits of men and women in katchi Abadis towards water conservation in Lahore. Two squatter settlements were selected to make a comparison of water conservation attitudes and habits. Fo...
Research Article # 38
Dr. Zab Un Nisa, Sajawal Sattar, Dr. Ghulam Mustafa
The nuclear crisis of Democratic People's Republic of Korea is difficult to be settle down in a peaceful way due to the negative effects of nuclear proliferation, unacceptable not only for the Northeast Asia but also for the international community. South Korea, United States ...
Research Article # 39
Mariam Javed, Dr. Qaisar Abbas, Dr. Shafqat Husssain
The current study was conducted to identify the causes of the low literacy rate and its impact on the community at the primary level. Two objectives were formulated (a) to explore causes of low literacy rate and (b) to discover the impact of low literacy rate on the community....
Research Article # 40
Nida Shabbir, Imran Wakil, Israr Rasool
This research paper has focused the backdrop of Pak-China strategic relations. It also examined the prospects of bilateral relation between Pakistan and China while special focus remained on strategic relations. This research is based on qualitative method and secondary data h...
Research Article # 41
Muhammad Zohair Durrani, Dr. Umar Safdar Kayani, Inamullah Khan
This paper aims to conduct an in-depth analysis of commercial banks of Pakistan dealing operational risk, whose internal frameworks have been in place but in its early stages and lack consistency to provide the desired level of assurance to both management and regulators. Addi...
Research Article # 42
Dr. Rukhsana Bashir, Dr. Ayesha Wajihullah, Hina Khalid
The substantive purpose of this study was to explore challenges and difficulties faced by working women with disabilities at workplace. A self-developed semi-structured interview containing twenty (20) open ended questions was developed. The reliability of instrument (Cronbach...
Research Article # 43
Saima Khan, Hafiz Bilal Ahsan, Muhammad Tariq
Refugees are among the most vulnerable humans in the world. Their representation in media creates particular perception among the masses. This research aims to analyze media discourse of Pakistani and American newspapers regarding refugees. For this purpose Fairclough’s 3Dmod...
Research Article # 44
Dr. Rafaquat Ali, Dr. Syed Kaleem Ullah Shah Bukhari, Sher Muhammad
Personality as a construct defines individuals into different types or categories on the base of traits they exhibit or the ways they behave. Personality knowledge can predict human responses in a variety of contexts. In this regard, researchers have limited the wide range of ...
Research Article # 45
Farhana Nosheen, Hina Ali, Nazia Nasir
This research is going to analyses the linkages between the monetary policy instruments which have a great influence on economic growth in Pakistan. Monetary policy a kind of demand management policy that deals with the stabilization and the economic growth of the economy with...
Research Article # 46
Muhammad Asif, Prof. Dr. Ahmad Saeed, Dr. M Akhtar Kang
English is not spoken by most of the population of Pakistan, however, is officially employed in public and private organizations; it has acquired the status of the second language in the country. For that reason, the English language is obligatory to obtain better education an...
Research Article # 47
Muhammad Rashid, Dr. Ahmad Farooq Shah, Farah Latif Naz
The main objective of this research was to find the correlation among computer self-efficacy (C.S.E), perceived teaching skills (P.T.S) and perceived research skills (P.R.S) of university teachers regarding the use of ICT. The population was the university teachers working in ...
Research Article # 48
Danish Bashir Mangi, Prof. Dr. Raana Khan
This study was conducted to examine the importance of the existing Forensic Protocol procedure adopted for the investigation of various crimes in Sindh, especially in the Karachi and Hyderabad areas. Forensic science plays an imperative role in any criminal investigation to id...
Research Article # 49
Muhammad Zahid Iqbal, Dr. Noor Fatima
In 2002, in Turkey, the Justice and Development Party became the ruling power. Soon after its rule, The Justice and Development Party started to reshape the Turkish Foreign Policy. Tayyip Erdogan’s advisor, Ahmet Davutogluo devised the Foreign Policy according to new principle...
Research Article # 50
Hamid Iqbal, Dr. Muhammad Hanif Khalil, Umar Sohail
Identity, being a construct of social and historical milieus, by the establishment of the differences between ‘self’ and ‘others’, effects individuals or groups who tend to identify themselves with that identity. Identity plays an instrumental role in establishment of percepti...
Research Article # 51
Muhammad Abid, Dr. Aamer Shaheen, Dr. Muhammad Asif Khan
Subalternization is a key postcolonial term that is fundamentally a social process which means to put someone in subordinate position. It is said to be a process in which elite class exploits the nation’s poor in the name of nationalism. It preserves the power and privileges o...
Research Article # 52
Faisal Mehmood, Dr. Mazher Hussain, Muhammad Anwar Farooq
Since time immemorial, man and woman has always been the subject of interest for researchers. The following paper also aims at the same subject of gender study. It will offer a thorough examination of how females got themselves adjusted in Pakistani society with respect to the...
Research Article # 53
Shabana Kouser Jatoi, Prof. Dr. Raana Khan, Muhammad Nouman Jatoi
The article in hand is written to highlight the importance of DNA profiling in criminal justice system and need of legislation with reference to Pakistan. In Pakistani criminal justice system entire burden of investigation is upon police and other investigation ...
Research Article # 54
Humera Asghar, Dr. Seema Gul, Dr. Uzma Masroor
This paper engages with the Islamic treatment of the psychological disorders like depression
and anxiety. To be more precise in this study cognitive behaviour therapy was developed with
Islamic concepts for the treatment of patients of anxiety and depression. Cognitive behav...
Research Article # 55
Ghulam Mustafa Mallah, Dr. Rafique Memon
Several vernaculars are used with five major languages; Punjabi, Sindhi, Balochi, Pashto and Urdu in Pakistan. However, the medium of instruction in public and private secondary schools is used English which no one’s Mother Tongue in Pakistan. The study explores the role of th...
Research Article # 56
Muhammad Amanullah, Dr. Mazher Hussain, Muhammad Anwar Farooq
The research paper in hand addresses the very phenomenon of rationalism in the light of Islamic injunctions as a whole and its prime significance regarding promotion of body of knowledge in order to clarify a number of misconceptions especially in the backdrop of Islam-West di...
Research Article # 57
Samra Zubair Lodhi, Dr. Seema Gul
Trauma leaves impact on mental health of victims as well as survivors. The objective of present study is to find the level of posttraumatic growth in the victims of man-made disaster and natural disaster in Pakistan which refers to mental health. The total sample size was N= 6...
Research Article # 58
Sarwat Anjum, Dr. Habibullah Pathan, Waqar Ali Shah
Critical pedagogy is a problem-solving approach which enables learners to think critically on social issues and challenge their existing knowledge by mean of questioning. However, the EFL teachers in Pakistan are reluctant to implement critical pedagogy in their classroom. The...
Research Article # 59
Hafsa Naseer, Nazneen Zahra, Hina Basheer
The objective of this study is to explore how advertisements influence human ideologies, shape their ways of thinking and have influential impact upon their behavior. It also throws the light that without the proper use of language; we cannot transmit our message through adver...
Research Article # 60
Qudsia Jabeen, Dr. Shakira Huma Siddiqui, Dr. Hira Salah ud din Khan
This research investigates proposed associations between the perceived organizational politics on intentions to quit and emotional exhaustion. A sample of faculty members (N=220) from five higher education commission approved public sector universities of Islamabad participate...
Research Article # 61
Sayed Tanweer Ahmed, Dr. Rana Naeem Akhtar
Current study analyzes the role of motivation towards oral proficiency in English as Second Language ESL. Language is based on four skills and speaking excels all the skills. Oral proficiency of learners in English as Second Language (ESL) is heavy impediment. For, they are le...
Research Article # 62
Dr. Hina Ali, Tayyaba Naveed, Javeria Masood
The objective of the research is to investigate the Islamic Economic fundamental principles derived from the Holy Quran which is also supported by hadith literature. The organization of the Islamic financial system, to give people the courage and financial support of people, w...
Research Article # 63
Muhammad Latif, Dr. Mubashar Hanif, Dr. Umi Lela
This study was conducted to find out the relationship between parents’ interest in their children’s education and its effects on their overall academic achievement. To find the relationship between the two variables as mentioned above, a research 25 items self-developed questi...
Research Article # 64
Ryesa Qaisar, Dr. Khalid Mahmood, Syed Muhammad Imran Haider Zaidi
The present research explores the effect of online gaming on personality traits, self-control, mental health and academic achievement. The population of the study consisted of the adolescents who play online games. A sample of 308 (N=308) adolescents were selected by using pur...
Research Article # 65
Dr. Syeda Samina Tahira, Hina Arshad, Rubab Batool
The objectives of the study were to compare the effectiveness of animation based learning and traditional method of teaching, to investigate the effectiveness of high, mediocre and low achievers of traditional method of teaching as compared to high, mediocre and low achievers ...
Research Article # 66
Dr. Muhammad Samiullah, Nayyer Sultana, Dr. Shazia Zamir
Aim of this study was to find an effect of Digital Learning Style on academic achievement at secondary level. A quasi-experimental design was used. Pretest was conducted. Convenience sampling technique was used. Experimental group was given a treatment of six weeks by using Di...
Research Article # 67
Maryam khan, Asad Ali Babar
The aim of this research paper is to investigate the way that Imtiaz Dharker has sketched her woman to rise and stand against kyriarchy in the poem "A century later." Since the rise of civilizations, women have been fighting against inequalities and economic, religious, and so...
Research Article # 68
Dr. Umi Lela, Sana Rehman, Dr. Muhammad Latif
The current study aimed at investigating the student reaction towards COVID-19. The pandemic affected all areas of human functioning; in the particular education system has undergone a significant transformation. Students experienced significant emotional turmoil during educat...
Research Article # 69
Dr. Shaista Zeb, Dr. Rubina Masum, Dr. Afsheen Salahuddin
The study is concerned with the exploration of cognitive stylistic in the Simon’s The sound of silence in order to highlight the deployment of different cognitive stylistic devices and use of mental processes on the understanding of meaning. These mental spaces help in establi...
Research Article # 70
Muhammad Arslan Raheem, Fasiha Maryam, Samee Ullah
The study aimed at exploring the challenges faced by English Language Teachers at primary level with regard to online teaching practices. It was a qualitative study. The study was conducted in the localities of Multan, Pakistan. The population of the study was the teachers who...
Research Article # 71
Dr. Ashiq Hussain, Muhammad Nadeem Anwar, Muhammad Zahid Mian
The aim of the present investigation is to conduct pragmatic analysis of the maiden speech delivered by Imran Khan to Pakistanis immediately after becoming 22nd Prime Minister of the country. The study was based on two research objectives i.e. to ascertain what type of politen...
Research Article # 72
Aamir Junaid, Dr. Zab Un Nisa, Sidra Awan
This paper focuses on peace efforts that have been made to bring peace in Afghanistan. The end of the conflict to bring durable peace drives from peaceful dialogues to create a win-win situation for all parties involved in the conflict. Afghanistan is a country that is in a wa...
Research Article # 73
Dr. Bashir Hussain, Dr. Asia Zulfqar, Dr. Muhammad Arshad Javaid
Planning of teaching and learning is a fundamental aspect of effective teaching. This research, therefore, aims at examining potential benefits of planning teaching and learning activities as perceived by diverse group of school teachers. By using descriptive-cum-survey design...
Research Article # 74
Hassan Zahid, Dr. Mahmood Khalid Qamar, Dr. Houda Javed
This research aims to identify the self-reported frequency of injuries and fatalities due to Slips, Trips and Falls and to associate with the influencing factors in various construction industries of Lahore. In past few decades, the construction industry has experienced substa...
Research Article # 75
Dr. Ashiq Hussain, Dr. Asma Amanat, Muhammad Zahid Mian
The subject of social science is taught in the elementary English medium schools of Pakistan from grade 03 to 08. The authorities have introduced this subject due to the wide scope of social sciences in the modern world. In the English medium schools, this subject is taught in...
Research Article # 76
Mahnoor Zahra, Munazzah Rabbani
Women of color are doubly segregated not only because of their gender but also their color and race. They have always been regarded as suffering from same oppression and suppression irrespective of their society, cultural differences, ethnocentric location, and class. In this ...
Research Article # 77
Minhaj ud Din, Muhammad Azam Khan, Muhammad Tariq
This study aims to determine the debt threshold of foreign debt and investigate the effectiveness of debt overhang effect beyond this threshold. ARDL model is framed within the structure of Solow growth model for estimating the coefficients of this model. Quadratic bivariate m...
Research Article # 78
Dr. Lubna Shoukat, Dr. Muhammad Waheed, Sadia Kalsoom
The sudden explosion of Covid-19 created a chaotic situation. The lockdown was considered the immediate action to avoid the pandemic; and provided break for finding its the solution. This lockdown badly affected all sectors of society and nobody knew how long this situation wo...
Research Article # 79
Noor Ahmed, Babar Hussain, Arshad Ali Bhatti
Studies on the convergence club have become a focal point in economic growth and development literature over the last three decades. This paper analyzes the club convergence hypothesis going beyond the traditional use of GDP per capita. It examines the convergence club of 97 P...
Research Article # 80
Naveen Amber, Dr. Zafar Hayat, Dr. Muhammad Pervaiz
Present study was conducted to examine peace-teaching practices in public secondary schools of the Punjab, Pakistan. The whole procedure of the study was based on the ‘affective phase’ of Castro & Galace Model of Peace Education (CGMPE, 2010). Forty (40) education managers wer...
Research Article # 81
Arfan Mahmood, Adnan Nawaz, Prof. Dr. Naudir Bakht
Central Asia, once an exclusive zone of Tsarist, Soviet, and post-Soviet Russia, has transformed into a region inviting major players of the world to compete for region’s energy resources. The region’s history has been dominated by the ‘Great Game’ fought between Tsarist Russi...
Research Article # 82
Munawwar Ahmed, Ashfaque Ahmad Shah, Prof. Muhammad Sarwar
The aim of this study was to analyse gap between desired and acquired levels of knowledge-related learning outcomes of doctoral programme in 4 public sector universities of the Punjab. The study was carried out in two phases under confirmatory mixed-methods research design. Du...
Research Article # 83
Sara Shahbaz, Munazzah Rabbani, Munazza Noor
English language anxiety with the focus on speaking and writing fear has gained importance in the context of English language learning (Ewald, 2007; Liu & Jackson, 2008; Magogwe & Oliver, 2007). The present study aims to investigate classroom anxiety and its association with E...
Research Article # 84
Muhammad Ahmad, Dr. Muhammad Pervaiz, Dr. Zafar Hayat
The purpose of this study was to analyse the formative assessment practices in public sector universities of Pakistan through the perception of heads of departments, departmental controllers of examinations, university teachers and students. Forty eight (48) heads of departmen...
Research Article # 85
Rifat Rafeeq, Dr. Muhammad Imran Pasha, Saira Akram
The objective of the study is to explore the trade relations of Pakistan with China and find out balance of trade between the two. The context of the study is the trade size between China and Pakistan is insignificant. Therefore, it did not formulate a sustainable enterprise u...
Research Article # 86
Neelma Hassan, Ume Kalsoom Amjad, Basit Nadeem
The study aimed to reveal the relationship between the climatic variables on agriculture of Southern Punjab, Pakistan. It explores the impacts of temperature and rainfall on rice and maize in relation to yield and production in the time span of ten years; and how to protect ag...
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September 2021
Research Article # 87
Maria Riasat, Ayaz Muhammad Khan
The researcher lunched the study to investigate in to the impact of school violence with gender variance on the identified dimensions of self-efficacy. For the purpose of correlational design was used. The population study was 623 secondary school girls and 576 secondary schoo...
pp. 1137-1150
September 2021
Research Article # 88
Ghulam Abbas Bhatti, Alia Ahmed
Although workplace bullying is a well-focused phenomenon in the Western context but the specific way it unfolds in non-western countries and especially in their higher education sector remains largely unexposed. In response to this gap, an empirical inquiry has been conducted ...
pp. 1151-1165
September 2021
Research Article # 89
Dr. Zafar Ahmad, Naureen Munir, Dr. Munawar Hussain
Temporal motivation theory and job resource demand model are widely applied framework to understand procrastination and Job performance of employees in organizational settings. The endeavor of the current research is to understand the moderating role of employee job sector (Pu...
Research Article # 90
Jhaman Das Hirani
This study examines the prevailing honor killing and honor crimes status in rural areas of Sindh. Honor killing is widely reported from rural and tribal areas of Sindh province. This is known as ‘Karo -Kari’ which is perceived or alleged involvement of a male or female in pre-...