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01 - Soft Power and Cultural Diplomacy as Counter-terrorism Measure in Contemporary I

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).01
10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).01      Published : Jun 2018

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    Public diplomacy lies at the heart of modern development of information age and shapes the concept of social and political thought. This paper analysis the concept of soft power vis-a-vis counter terrorism strategy of nation states and discusses the significance of the soft power and public/cultural diplomacy in building image, nation branding and ultimately building a narrative. It will bring the... Details

    Soft Power, Image, Nation Branding, Public Diplomacy,Cultural Diplomacy

    (1) Noor Fatima
    Assistant Professor, Department of Politics & IR, International IslamicUniversity,Islamabad,Pakistan.
    (2) Zahid Ali Khan
    Professor & Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan, KP,Paksitan.
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02 - Foreign Languages' Planning in the Post-Taliban Afghanistan

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).02
10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).02      Published : Jun 2018

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    This paper analyses the management of foreign languages in the language planning of Afghanistan after the fall of Taliban. The analyses assess the suitability of foreign languages performing developmental and peace-making roles in domains where distribution of power is contested by the Afghan ethnolinguistic groups. Primary data of the paper comes from a questionnaire based survey and followup int... Details

    Afghanistan, Foreign Languages, Language Planning, English, French, German, Russian.

    (1) Ayaz Ahmad
    Lecturer, Department of English,Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Sana Hussan
    MPhil Scholar (English), Department of English, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Muhammad Safiullah
    Research Assistant, Humanity Research Council, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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03 - Socio-Psychological Orientations in English Language Learning: A Study of Gradua

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).03
10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).03      Published : Jun 2018

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    The study examines socio-psychological orientations of students of technical education (commerce colleges, technology colleges, Technical training institutes, and vocational training institutes) towards the learning of English language. The study emphasizes the social psychological variables of attitude and motivation. In technical education the syllabus of English is different from the institutes... Details

    ESL, EFL, Attitude, Integrative Motivation, Instrumental Motivation

    (1) Muhammad Riaz
    Lecturer of English Language, Government College of Commerce Lodhran, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Khalid Kamran
    Senior Instructor of English, Government Sadiq College of Commerce Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan
    (3) Qaiser Abbas Hashmi
    PhD Scholar (English), Department of English, BZU, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.
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04 - Terrorist Incidents and Trade

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).04
10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).04      Published : Jun 2018

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    Employing a trade flow data from 1990 to 2013 within 50 countries, this study estimates terrorism effects on trade. The trading countries are grouped as trading partners (a) within developing countries (i.e. South-South), (b) within developed countries (North-North) or (c) within developed and developing countries (i.e. North-South). The analysis shows that all the standard gravity-type variables ... Details

    Terrorism incidents, War Against Terrorism, South-South Trade, North-North

    (1) Zahoor Ul Haq
    Professor & Dean, Department of Economics, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Zia Ullah
    Assistant Professor, Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Javed Iqbal
    Assistat Professor, Department of Economics, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
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05 - National Plan for Devolution of Power under 18th Amendment: Challenges for Gover

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).05
10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).05      Published : Jun 2018

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    History of the politics of agitation and protest indicate that political agitation has always been converted from any point to the issue of provincial autonomy in Pakistan. The case of Pakistan Tehrik-E-Insaf (PTI), on alleged rigging after the general elections of 2013 also suggests that the protest after general elections 2018 would at last be transformed from rigging to demanding the redressal ... Details

    Federalism, Provincial Autonomy, 18th Amendment, Challenges, New Pakistan

    (1) Sajida Begum
    Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science & IR, Minhaj University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Muhammad Imran Ashraf
    Assistant Professor, Department of IR, National Defense University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (3) Waseem Ishaque
    Assistant Professor, Department of IR, National Defense University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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06 - Effects of Integrated lessons on Learning Urdu Language Skill of Students at Pri

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).06
10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).06      Published : Jun 2018

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    The study explores the effectiveness of integrated and traditional instruction method in developing reading and writing skills in Urdu language at primary level. As an experimental study it used Pretest, post-test and control group design in finding these effects. The researcher developed integrated instruction model for Urdu language by combining contents of Urdu and Islamic Studies by adopting m... Details

    Integrated lesson, Integrated Instruction primary level, students, Effectiveness, traditional instruction

    (1) Naseem Zaidi
    PhD Scholar (Education), Department of Education, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Sufiana Khatoon
    Professor & Dean of Social Sciences, National University of Modern Languages Islamabad, Pakistan.
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07 - The Role of Socio-Economic Factors in Earning of Women in Education Sector Distr

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).07
10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).07      Published : Jun 2018

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    This paper overviews socio-economic factors as determinants of working women earnings in education department of district Peshawar Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. For this purpose, a primary data was collected through a structured questionnaire from 126 working females in September, 2017. Multinomial logistic regression technique has been used for the estimation of results. The main findings of the study are ... Details

    Multinomial Logistic Model, Education Sector, Working Women Earnings

    (1) Fazli Qadir
    PhD Scholar (Economics), Preston University, Kohat, Islamabad Campus, Pakistan.
    (2) Muhammad Tariq
    Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Muhammad Jehangir
    Assistant Professor, IBL, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
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08 - Evaluation of Chemistry Curriculum at Secondary Level and Objectives of National

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).08
10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).08      Published : Jun 2018

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    The study evaluates chemistry curriculum at the secondary level. Chemistry is the science subject which help in technological advancement. It deals with the study of composition, structure, properties, and different changes which take place in matter. There are different careers in chemistry such as in food processing, industries, health etc. The progress of any country depends on the achievement ... Details

    Curriculum Objectives, Evaluate, Global needs

    (1) Batool Fatima
    M.Phil Scholar (Education), Department of Education, University of Haripur, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Umbreen Ishfaq
    Assistant Professor, Department of Education, University of Haripur, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Tehseen Tahir
    Assistant Professor, Department of Education, University of Haripur, KP, Pakistan.
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09 - An Analysis of Insurgency in Afghanistan (2001 - 2016)

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).09
10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).09      Published : Jun 2018

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    Afghanistan has been wrapped in insurgency since the Russian withdrawal in 1979, followed by civil war. The emergence of Taliban to power with their self-styled type of imposition of Islamic law compelled the great powers to interfere in the internal affairs of Afghanistan. September 2001 was a turning point in the history of Afghanistan as the NATO forces made their entry under the garb of securi... Details

    Insurgency, Taliban, Afghanistan, Threats

    (1) Muhammad Tariq
    PhD (Political Science), Department of District Education, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Manzoor Khan Afridi
    Assistant Professor & HoD, Department of Politics and IR, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (3) Ahmed Saeed Minhas
    PhD Scholar (IR), School of Politics and IR, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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10 - Failure in the English Subject in Government High Schools for Boys in District M

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).10
10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).10      Published : Jun 2018

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    This descriptive study investigates the failure in the English subject to find out the causes of failure in the English subject in Government High Schools for Boys in district Mardan, so viable suggestions to overcome the failure rate in the English subject in district Mardan, KP Pakistan are proposed. The population of this research is all public high Schools of district Mardan, which were 380 in... Details

    Failure, English Subject, Government High Schools, Mardan District

    (1) Niamat Shah
    PhD Scholar (Education), Sarhad University of Science & Information Technology, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Niaz Muhammad Aijaz
    Assistant Professor and HoD, Department of Education, Sarhad University of Science & Information Technology, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Muhammad Idris
    Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan, KP Pakistan.
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11 - Religious Education: Teachers Perspective on Girls

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).11
10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).11      Published : Jun 2018

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    This paper identifies and investigates the general perceptions of public sector teachers of both urban and rural localities regarding girl’s religious education. This research also explores the reasons for those perceptions through understanding the personal experiences of teachers with girls who were going to get religious education. To get the deep insight of the phenomena ethnographic met... Details

    Madrasah education, Religious schools, Ethnography

    (1) Samreen Mehmood
    PhD Scholar (Education), Department of Education, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Abdul Ghaffar
    Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Amir Zaman
    Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
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12 - Classroom Observation: Linking Teacher Evaluation and Professional Development i

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).12
10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).12      Published : Jun 2018

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    This study examines the impact of increasingly challenging nature of classroom observation as part of teacher evaluation in English Language Teaching (ELT). This paper highlights the complex nature of evaluative classroom observation systems in various educational contexts. It also considers various issues that embody the challenging nature of classroom observation and teacher evaluation in connec... Details

    Teacher Professionalism, Professional Development, Classroom Observation, Teacher Evaluation

    (1) Sayyed Rashid Shah
    Lecturer in English, English Language Institute, King Abdul-Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
    (2) Roohul Amin
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Hussain Ahmad
    Lecturer in English, English Language Institute, King Abdul-Aziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
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13 - Comparative Analysis of the Scholars Perception about Research in Public and Pri

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).13
10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).13      Published : Jun 2018

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    The base of a successful university in providing quality education and practical knowledge for improving the lives of the youths in terms of social, economical and intellectual development are only possible through promoting research culture. Research conduct and writing is the most important tool for identifying remedial recommendations for education and related problems. This research presents c... Details

    Comparison, Public & Private, University, Thesis, Research Process

    (1) Nasrullah Khan
    Assistant Professor, Department of Education, The University of Poonch - SC Kahuta, AJK.
    (2) Niaz Mohammad Aaijaz
    Assistant Professor & HoD, Department of Education, Sarhad University of Science & Information Technology, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Mohammad Idris
    Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
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14 - Performance Evaluation of Mutual Funds: A Data Envelopment Analysis

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).14
10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).14      Published : Jun 2018

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    This study conducts a regression analysis between the efficiency scores and the explanatory variables. Data was collected for explanatory variables like age of the mutual fund, size of fund family, number of funds in funds family, and volatility (beta). As this study used input oriented model, mutual funds were categorized and relatively evaluated on the basis of similar outcomes and inputs charge... Details

    Performance Evaluation, Mutual Funds, Data Envelopment Analysis

    (1) Romana Bangash
    Assistant Professor, Department of Management Sciences, Institute of Management Sciences, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Arif Hussain
    Assistant Professor, IBL, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Muhammad Hassan Azhar
    MS Scholar (Management Sciences), Institute of Management Sciences, Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
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15 - Relation of Occupational Stress and Job Satisfaction: A Study of Secondary Schoo

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).15
10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).15      Published : Jun 2018

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    This paper examines the relationship between occupational stress and job satisfaction among secondary-school-heads in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. A sample of only 402 secondary-school-heads (Male n = 260, Female n = 142) was selected with the help of multistage sampling technique. A descriptive and correlative design was employed. Two standardized tools were employed i.e., "Occupational St... Details

    Relationship; Occupational Stress; Job Satisfaction; SecondarySchool-Heads

    (1) Qaiser Suleman
    PhD Scholar (Education), Institute of Education & Research, Kohat University of Science & Technology, Kohat, Pakistan.
    (2) Ishtiaq Hussain
    Associate Professor, Institute of Education & Research, Kohat University of Science & Technology, Kohat, Pakistan.
    (3) Saib Shehzad
    Associate Professor, Department of Education, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
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16 - Curriculum of Mathematics in Pakistan and International Standards: A Comparative

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).16
10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).16      Published : Jun 2018

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    Curriculum which is considered as the main tool education cannot remain the same endlessly. With the expansion of spectrum of knowledge, upgrading of the curriculum is needed with the passage of time. It is nevertheless, the timely updates and restructuring of curriculum can enhance the standard of education. It is therefore, change in curriculum and comparative analysis of the curriculum has been... Details

    Curriculum, Mathematics

    (1) Hafiz Mohammad Ather Khan
    Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Training, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Muhammad Tahir Khan Farooqi
    Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Research and Assessment, University of Okara, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Shahid Mehmood
    PhD Scholar (Education), Department of Educational Research and Assessment, University of Okara, Okara, Punjab, Pakistan.
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17 - Empowered Leadership and Employee Outcomes: Mediating Role of Employee Engagemen

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).17
10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).17      Published : Jun 2018

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    Drawing on empowerment literature and intrinsic motivation, this study examines the relationship of empowering leadership and employee outcomes (service performance and organizational citizenship behavior; OCB), along with mediating role of employee engagement. Based upon data of 970 officer level employees working in banking industry of Pakistan, hierarchical regression results demonstrated that ... Details

    Empowering Leadership, Employee Engagement, Service Performance, OCB, Banking Sector of Pakistan

    (1) Usman Ghani
    PhD Scholar (LMS), National Defence University, Islamabad, Pakistan
    (2) Muhammad Tahir Masood
    Professor, Department of Management Sciences, University of Wah, Wah Cantt. Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Zia Ur Rehman
    Assistant Professor, LMS Department, National Defence University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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18 - Fear Appeals Reinforcement in Social Marketing and Inducement of Behavioral Chan

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).18
10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).18      Published : Jun 2018

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    Pakistan is signatory of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) where promoting good health is at the heart of achieving various goals. Social marketing has earned its credit worthiness quite convincingly in influencing behavior change. It is, however, pertinent to see nature of the challenges that social marketing program tend to address are quite complex and each social problem need to size up wit... Details

    Participatory Paradigm, Fear Appeals, Systematic Interaction, Social Marketing

    (1) Farooq Ahmad
    PhD Scholar (Management Sciences), International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Muhammad Kamran Naqi Khan
    Dean, Hamdard Institute of Management Sciences, Hamdard University Islamabad Campus, Pakistan.
    (3) Shazia Hassan
    Assistant Professor, School of Leadership Studies, National Defense University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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19 - Cost Effectiveness of Teachers Working at Government and Private Colleges

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).19
10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).19      Published : Jun 2018

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    The paper analyses cost and effectiveness of academic staff working at government and private colleges district Bahawalpur. Therein, it focuses, (a) comparison of cost between private and Government Colleges, (b) finding the sector which readily adopts new trends in education through costeffectiveness, (c) evaluates the use of resources in government and private college in terms of quality efficac... Details

    Government, Private, College, Cost Effectiveness, College Teachers

    (1) Muhammad Tahir Khan Farooqi
    Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Research and Assessment, University of Okara, Okara, Punjab, Pakistan
    (2) Hafiz Muhammad Ather Khan
    Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Training, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Ghulam Qambar
    PhD Scholar(Education), Department of Educational Research and Assessment, University of Okara, Okara, Pakistan, Pakistan.
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20 - Prospects of Federalism in Pakistan

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).20
10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).20      Published : Jun 2018

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    Federalism is created by a state having heterogeneous population with a desire to have provisions for adequate distribution of economic resources within a democratic form of government. The economic interaction is usually guaranteed by the constitutional arrangement of the land. The desire for the creation of a federation may be the economic interaction, interdependence on each other by the Centre... Details

    Federalism, Units, Constitution, Council of Common Interest

    (1) Muhammad Tariq
    PhD (Political Science), Department of District Education, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Muhammad Shoaib Malik
    Assistant Professor, Department of Pakistan Studies, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (3) Ghulam Qumber
    Deputy Director, Research and Publications ISSRA National Defence University, Islamabad,Pakistan.
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21 - Causes of Teacher's Favoritism and Its Effects on the University Students: A Cas

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).21
10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).21      Published : Jun 2018

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    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... Details

    Teacher‟s Favoritism, Causes, Effects, Semester System, University Students

    (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.
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22 - The Politics of Voice in the Stereotypical Representation of the Pashtun: A Crit

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).22
10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).22      Published : Jun 2018

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    The current study is an attempt to critically analyze the role and politics of voice in Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns in terms of categorical and stereotypical representation of the Pashtuns. It is a critical discourse study (Norman Fairclough, 1989, 2018) of the selected data. Moreover, the data is viewed from the perspective of critical discourse studies. The nov... Details

    The Politics of Voice, Discource, Representation, Categorization, Stereotyping, Critical Stylists

    (1) Rab Nawaz Khan
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, Mardan, KP, Pakistan
    (2) Abdul Waheed Qureshi
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, Mardan, KP, Pakistan
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23 - Wh-Movement Pattern in the Spoken Discourse of Teachers: A Syntactic Analysis

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).23
10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).23      Published : Jun 2018

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    This study investigates the syntactic structures of spoken discourse of teachers in academic discourse. The knowledge of syntactic structure of a language helps in understanding the spoken discourse. So, the study identifies the wh-Movement in the syntactic structures of teachers in English classroom sessions. The data was collected from two universities of Federal government, Pakistan. The one wa... Details

    Academic Discourse, Classroom, Minimalism, Spoken Language, Syntactic Structures, Wh-Movement

    (1) Muhammad Saleem
    MPhil. Scholar (English), Department of Humanities, Air University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Fatima Alam Khan
    Independent Researcher (English), Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Aleena Zaman
    Graduate Scholar (English), Department of English, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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24 - The Role of Peace Process in Mitigating the Trust-Deficit in PakAfghan Bilateral

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).24
10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).24      Published : Jun 2018

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    The history of Pak-Afghan relations is dominated more by conflicts then by cooperation since emergence of Pakistan. In the ongoing pattern of peace process, it is proposed that Pakistan should pave the way to bring the Taliban on negotiation table for peace and stability in Afghanistan. The recent steps taken in the form of different Confidence Building Measures show flurry of diplomatic relations... Details

    Trust-deficit, Peace Process, Pakistan, Afghanistan, High Peace Council, Reconciliation

    (1) Huma Qayum
    PhD Scholar, Department of Politics and IR, Islamic International University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Nargis Zaman
    Lecturer, Department of Political Science, Women University Mardan, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Syed Ali Shah
    Assistant Professor, Department of Pakistan Studies, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
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25 - Language Learning Strategy Use and English Language Proficiency

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).25
10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).25      Published : Jun 2018

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    The present study has tried to probe the relationship between English language proficiency and the use of language learning strategies. The 450 participants, who were MA English final year/semester students, were taken from 6 different universities of the two provinces (Punjab and Khyber Pukhtunkhwa) of Pakistan. The 50 item Strategy Inventory for Language Learning (SILL) was delivered to all the ... Details

    Learning

    (1) Akbar Ali
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, Hazara University, Mansehra, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Aleena Zaman
    Graduate Scholar (English), Department of English, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (3) Fatima Alam Khan
    Independent Researcher (English), Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan, KP, Pakistan.
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26 - Transformational Leadership and Job Satisfaction: A Confirmatory Study in the Ba

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).26
10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).26      Published : Jun 2018

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    The main purpose of the study was to identify TL 's effect on employees' JS Crosssectional research design was selected for the study. Study participants were 177 employees from forty-one (41) private banks of district Swat. The instrument used for the study were Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MQL) Form 6 developed by (Avolio and Bass, 1990), TL scale developed by Hartog, De Hoogh, and Kals... Details

    Job Satisfaction; Transformation al Leadership, and Private Banking Sector

    (1) Atiatullah
    M.Phil ScholarDepartment of Management Studies, University of Malakand, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Nazim Ali
    Assistant Professor,Department of Management Studies,University of Malakand, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Zahid Ali
    Lecturer, Department of Management Studies,University of Malakand, KP, Pakistan.
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27 - Explore the Role of Educational Heads Regarding Secondary Schools: Perspective o

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).27
10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).27      Published : Jun 2018

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    Explore the Role of Educational Heads Regarding Secondary Schools: Perspective of Problems, Difficulties and Issues Syed Shafqat Ali Shah* Waqar Un Nisa Faizi† Abdul Majeed Khan‡ Education is a positive endeavor and a financial expenditure; generally considered to be a kind of training for life. The key objectives were (a) to examine the administrative problems of secondary school he... Details

    Educational Heads, Administration, Problems

    (1) Syed Shafqat Ali Shah
    Assistant Professor, Department of Education, University of Gujrat, Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Waqar Un Nisa Faizi
    Assistant Professor, Department of Education, Islamia College Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Abdul Majeed Khan
    Assistant Professor, Department of Education, University of Sargodha Mianwali Campus, Punjab, Pakistan.
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28 - Developmentalism and CPEC: A Study of Challenges

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).28
10.31703/gssr.2018(III-II).28      Published : Jun 2018

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    There are multiple challenges to CPEC,and one amongst many is developmental-ism. In developmental-ism, the idea of development is imposed on the masses without their consent.This paper is an attempt to analyze selected challenges to CPEC along with developmental-ism. The socialization o fdevelopment plans and infrastructure with a social cause tocreates multiple challenges and opportunities. The q... Details

    CPEC, Pakistan, China, Development, Economy

    (1) Muhammad Shakeel Ahmad
    Assistant Professor, Centre for Policy Studies, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology- Islamabad, Pakistan
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