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The Impact of Delegation of Authority on Job Satisfaction, Job Performance and Organizational Growth at Higher Educational Institutions in Sindh
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1-Syed Gul Muhammad Shah: PhD Scholar, Iqra University Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.2-Anjum Bano Kazmi: Professor, Department of Speech and Language, Iqra University Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
The present study is explanatory research that adopted a cross-sectional survey design to achieve
the objectives of the study. Simple random sampling technique was used to obtain data from the
teachers. The data were collected from n=10 public and general private universities of Sindh. The data were
analyzed using SPSS v.22 and AMOS v.22. The findings revealed that firstly, a delegation of authority has a
significant impact on job satisfaction because (?= 0.928, and p value=0.000). Secondly, a delegation of authority
has a significant impact on job performance because (?= 1.047, and p value=0.000). Thirdly, job satisfaction has a
significant impact on organizational growth because (?=0.407, and p value=0.000). Fourthly, job performance has a
significant impact on organizational growth because (?=0.141, and p value=0.000). Therefore, this study
recommends that the practice of delegation of authority should be adopted in public and private universities.
Studying the Impact of Critical Issues on Islamic Education
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1-Asia Khatoon: Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University, Shaheed Benazirabad, Nawabshah, Sindh, Pakistan.2-Rameez Ali Mahesar: MPhil Scholar, Department of Media and Communication Studies, Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur, Sindh, Pakistan.3-Asif Ali Raza: Assistant Professor, Department of Islamic Studies and Arabic, Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
This paper discusses Islam and education with reference to academic concepts of the
education. It is very difficult task to build Islamic education in the non-Muslims countries,
because non-Muslims have different traditions, cultural, political, and also in education. But we define some
important issues in education. First; improving the public awareness in the Islamic schools where they cannot be
good and lack the trust between Muslim and non-Muslim communities. So how we can improve the public
awareness of Islamic schools and how we can enhance the trust of society. The second; financial permanence -
in this issue, we improve the quality of education through sufficient income. The third issue in Islamic education
is qualified teachers. How to improve Islamic education, train our students, and how to attract them towards
Islamic education. The fourth; building the effective boards. They work as a backbone of Islamic education. The
fifth one is of curriculum.
Reconnoitering the Impact of Motivation on Teachers and Students to Use L1 in L2 Classroom
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1-Muhammad Ahsan: Lecturer, Department of English, Ghazi University Dera Ghazi Khan, Punjab, Pakistan.2-Zahoor Hussain: Lecturer, Department of English, Bahaudin Zakariya University, Layya Campus, Punjab, Pakistan.3-Muhammad Gulfraz Abbasi: Associate Professor, Department of English, Government College Murree, Punjab, Pakistan.
The purpose of the current study was to explore the impact of motivation on teachers and students
to use L1 in the L2 classroom. To find out an obvious understanding of this subject matter, the study
focused on the 156 teachers and the 577 students who were teaching and learning English at graduation level in
different public sector colleges and universities of the Southern Punjab, Pakistan. Two questionnaires were used for
data collection. The data were analyzed through SPSS (statistical package for social sciences). Data were analyzed
using descriptive analysis, Analysis of variance (ANOVA), T-Test and Cronbach's alpha. The results of the study
indicated that the learners and the teachers showed highly positive perceptions regarding the use of L1 in the L2
classroom. The majority of the respondents preferred using L1 in certain situations for specific reasons such as while
learning about grammar and its usage in the L2 classroom, discussing course policies, attendance, and other
administrative information, explaining some difficult concepts, to give directions about exams and in introducing the
aim of the lesson, to discuss tests, quizzes, and other assignments appropriately at BS level
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Shah Waliullah and his Concept of Welfare State: An Analysis
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1-Zahir Shah : Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan,
Mardan, KP, Pakistan. 2-Muhammad Zubair : Associate Professor & Chairman, Department of Law, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan,
Mardan, KP, Pakistan.3-Jan Alam : MPhil Scholar, Department of Political Science, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan,
KP, Pakistan.
Muslim scholars have contributed enormously to the concept of welfare State.
Among them Shah Waliullah is the rising sun who was born in South Asian
sub-continent in the 19th century. He was holding the firsthand knowledge of
Quran and Hadiths, the first primary sources in Islam. Shah Waliullah's point
of view regarding welfare state occupies central theme in his works. His basic
concepts like equality, justice, anti-usury, and rights of working classes,
espoused with responsible governance, are the pillars of the edifice of the
Islamic polity. To purge the Muslims out of dogmas and channelize their
energies in compliance of the true religion, Islam, Shah Waliullah has left
deep imprints on modern mind. His solutions to the prevailing ills of the
society can be found in his works and thought. This paper is aimed to present
Waliullah's thought on establishing a happy society by curbing the inequality
in the socio economic conditions of the Muslims. Historical descriptive
approach is adhered to investigate the ills and present solution thereof.
Hamlet and Pluralism: A Postmodernist Metaphor
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1-Muhammad Ayub Jajja: Associate Professor, Department of English, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
The present study means to investigate Hamlet in the light of
postmodernist-Deconstructive theoretical framework. The play seems
to reinforce the overarching dominant patriarchal meta-narrative, with supposed unitary
voice and unified identities. The current reading means to show that the play is a
metaphor of postmodernism with pluralistic subjectivities, multiple alternative micronarrative voices. It manifests the postmodernist notion of subjective, personal and local
truth, against the idea of universal truth and reality. Its major features are self-difference,
undecidability, and uncertainty. The regimes of truth in
the form of dominant ideology are challenged,
deconstructed and undermined, creating a zone of the
postmodern condition of reality and truth as the effect of
power and rhetoric. The postmodern condition does not
push for the replacement of one totality with another. It
creates a third space of pluralism, where all the voices
are disjoined in a zone of the difference without
hierarchy.
Causes of Teacher's Favoritism and Its Effects on the University Students: A Case Study
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1-Amjid Ali : Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, Islamia College, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.2-Dost Muhammad Khan: Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.3-Mujeeb Hussain : PhD Scholar (Statistics), Department of Statistics Islamia College, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
This study aims at exploring and examining the causes of teacher's favoritism
and its effects on the university students. Quantitative tools are applied to
collect data for the study and to check its reliability. The results of the data
reveal that the teachers favor the students on the basis of gender, race, area,
similar political ideology and family/blood relation. The study also indicates
that a teacher's favoritism in the class affects boldness, mutual trust and
respects between students and teacher which results in the student's struggle
for favoritism instead of studies and academic achievements. Moreover, the
students may opt for leaving the institute in which favoritism exists. The study
also shows that both male and female students have the same opinions
regarding different factors and effects of favoritism. The study concludes that
the students' flair, potential, abilities and academic achievements should be
emphasized as essential criteria for testing and evaluating the students'
academic performance. It will, further, compel the students to focus on their
studies, rather than on gaining teacher's favor.
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Shah Waliullah and his Concept of Welfare State: An Analysis
(7897 Views)
1-Zahir Shah : Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan,
Mardan, KP, Pakistan. 2-Muhammad Zubair : Associate Professor & Chairman, Department of Law, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan,
Mardan, KP, Pakistan.3-Jan Alam : MPhil Scholar, Department of Political Science, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan,
KP, Pakistan.
Muslim scholars have contributed enormously to the concept of welfare State.
Among them Shah Waliullah is the rising sun who was born in South Asian
sub-continent in the 19th century. He was holding the firsthand knowledge of
Quran and Hadiths, the first primary sources in Islam. Shah Waliullah's point
of view regarding welfare state occupies central theme in his works. His basic
concepts like equality, justice, anti-usury, and rights of working classes,
espoused with responsible governance, are the pillars of the edifice of the
Islamic polity. To purge the Muslims out of dogmas and channelize their
energies in compliance of the true religion, Islam, Shah Waliullah has left
deep imprints on modern mind. His solutions to the prevailing ills of the
society can be found in his works and thought. This paper is aimed to present
Waliullah's thought on establishing a happy society by curbing the inequality
in the socio economic conditions of the Muslims. Historical descriptive
approach is adhered to investigate the ills and present solution thereof.
Causes of Teacher's Favoritism and Its Effects on the University Students: A Case Study
(4677 Views)
1-Amjid Ali : Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, Islamia College, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.2-Dost Muhammad Khan: Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.3-Mujeeb Hussain : PhD Scholar (Statistics), Department of Statistics Islamia College, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
This study aims at exploring and examining the causes of teacher's favoritism
and its effects on the university students. Quantitative tools are applied to
collect data for the study and to check its reliability. The results of the data
reveal that the teachers favor the students on the basis of gender, race, area,
similar political ideology and family/blood relation. The study also indicates
that a teacher's favoritism in the class affects boldness, mutual trust and
respects between students and teacher which results in the student's struggle
for favoritism instead of studies and academic achievements. Moreover, the
students may opt for leaving the institute in which favoritism exists. The study
also shows that both male and female students have the same opinions
regarding different factors and effects of favoritism. The study concludes that
the students' flair, potential, abilities and academic achievements should be
emphasized as essential criteria for testing and evaluating the students'
academic performance. It will, further, compel the students to focus on their
studies, rather than on gaining teacher's favor.
Political Islam in Perspective
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1-Zahid Anwer : Professor (tenured), Department of Political Science, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan.2-Nelofar Ikram: PhD scholar, Department of Political Science, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan.
The paper critically evaluates the notion that political Islam is a threat to
world peace. The argument is developed in the light of Islamic history and
fundamentals of Islam and the research is based on primary and secondary
sources. There was a time when magical influence of Muslims in every field of
life (socio-economic, Political scientific) was conspicuous. For instance, Al
Farabi's books influenced platonic theories. Similarly influence of Sufism on
the works of William James, Goethe, August Comte, Nietzsche, Voltaire and
Rousseau also cannot be over looked. Muslims taught geology, geography
understanding of mathematics rules of philosophy and Industrial Arts and
quality of products. Islamic state and society showed many signs of internal
decay by 11th Century. The symptoms of decadence were discernible even
earlier, the decline of the power and prestige of the caliphs even in their own
capital. So, the problems lay with Muslim rulers and parties in rule but not
with political Islam. The result was weak administration which shook the
foundations of Islamic Empire. It is very important to have a state in order to
preach Islam that is why, Mohammad (SWS) established Madina as a political
entity to prevail justice on the lines of Quranic injunctions.