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Built Heritage of Mansehra Through the Ages and Prospects of Tourism
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1-Adnan Anwar: Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, Hazara University, Mansehra, KP, Pakistan.2-Junaid Bashir: Assistant Professor, Department of Tourism and Hospitality, Foundation University, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.3-Anas Mahmud Arif: Assistant Professor, Department of Tourism and Hospitality, Hazara University, Mansehra, KP, Pakistan.
The district of Mansehra, which is located on the historic Silk Road,has a long history of traditions. Several dynasties governed this region in the past, leaving their footprints in the form of heritage remnants. Hindus, Muslims,Sikhs, and British are the most noticeable among them. The current paper examines a few of these monuments and makes recommendations for how they may be used as tourist attractions. The current state of most structures is deplorable, and comprehensive conservation and tourist management strategy are urgently needed to optimize the benefits of cultural legacy.
Students' SES status and Test anxiety of the Undergraduate University Students
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1-Farah Shafiq: Assistant Professor, Department of Education, University of Education, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.2-Ahmad Bilal Cheema: Assistant Professor, Department of Education, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan.3-Saifullah Khan: Lecturer, Government College Farooka, Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan.
This paper was to study the relationship between socio economic status and test anxiety of undergraduate students. All the undergraduate students of all the departments of Sargodha University were the population. A sample pertaining 550 students were selected through multistage random including 181 male and 369 female students, selecting 50 students from 11 departments. Instruments were adapted socioeconomic status survey for students and Test Anxiety Scale (WTAS). After pilot testing both the instruments on 100 students, Cronbach Alpha value for WTAS was 0.79, and SACQ was 0.90. The study was descriptive and survey. Analysis of data was done through frequencies, means, percentages t-test, one-way ANOVA, and Pearson r. The majority of students showed a moderate level of SES as well text anxiety, female undergraduate students are of higher SES level and text anxiety than males, and no relationship between SES and test anxiety of the undergraduate students was found. A recommendation is that students may be exposed to group projects, seminars and guidance, and counseling sessions regarding test anxiety.
Thematic Analysis of The Wandering Falcon: A Representative Pakistani Anglophone Fiction
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1-Barirah Nazir: Lecturer in English, University of Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan2-Aneela Gill: Assistant Professor, Department of English, University of NUML, Islamabad, Pakistan3-Muhammad Riaz Khan: Lecturer in English, BZU Bahadur Sub-campus, Layyah, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.
Jamil Ahmad's The Wandering Falcon (2011) offers a striking example of the ways in which historical and political contexts impact the reception of Pakistani Anglophone fiction due to its unique publication history. Ahmad creates a correlation between identity, language, and physiognomy of individuals through Tor Baz, whose identity continuously passes through the process of change in the frigid tribal culture. This paper raises questions regarding how a literary text achieves commercial success and how the geopolitical context of both its setting and the location of the author affects the publication and reception of the work.
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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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Exploring the relationship between digital literacy skills and Technological Pedagogical and Content Knowledge (TPACK) among secondary school teachers
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1-Ruzina khan: MPhil Graduate, Department of Education, University of Management and Technology Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.2-Fariha Gul : Assistant Professor, Department of Education, University of Management and Technology Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
There is an increasing demand for teachers to present technological pedagogical and content knowledge (TPACK) in their classrooms with the help of their digital literacy skills (DLS). Though the teachers at the secondary school level are provided with digital gadgets, however, the teachers are still struggling with the use of digital tools during the teaching-learning process. Lack of digital literacy might be the cause of this reluctance, so the current study aims to explore the relationship between the digital literacy skills of teachers with respect to Technological, Pedagogical and Content Knowledge (TPACK).Data was collected from four hundred school teachers through Digital Literacy Scale (DSL) and TPACK inventory. The results indicate a low level of digital literacy and knowledge of TPACK, identified through descriptive statistics.However, a significantly positive relationship was identified through a significant correlation relationship ((r =.587, p equal or less then .001) between both variables.On the basis of results, more trainings are recommended for teachers on both digital literacy and content pedagogy.
Analysis of MPhil/PhD Supervisor's Relationship Development and Communication Competence
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1-Muhammad Sher Baz Ali : PhD Scholar, Department of Education, University of Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan.2-Ashfaque Ahmad Shah : Dean, Faculty of Education, Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Baltistan Skardu, Pakistan.3-Muhammad Sarwar : Director, QEC, University of Sargodha, Punjab, Pakistan.
The purpose of this research was to analyse the relationship
development and communication competence of MPhil/PhD
supervisors. A confirmatory mixed-methods research design was used to
conduct the study in two stages. For both phases, 360 MPhil/PhD graduates and
72 supervisors were selected from four public universities in Punjab using a
multistage sampling technique. Data were collected electronically from 239
MPhil/PhD graduates during phase-I using an adapted questionnaire from
ASHA's supervision model, while in phase-II, 72 MPhil/PhD supervisors were
interviewed to cross-check the Phase-I findings. According to MPhil/PhD
graduates, their supervisors have relationship development and communication
competence. During interviews, most MPhil/PhD supervisors refute their
supervisees' claims and offer suggestions to improve supervisors' competence.
Based on supervisor suggestions, the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan
should revise the supervision structure, provide Postdoctoral fellowships to all
supervisors, and promote international conferences. This study may be helpful
to supervisors in self-evaluation as well as understanding relationship
development and communication competence.
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.