PREVIOUS ISSUES

Volume-V

, Issue-IV

(FALL 2020)



01 - Bilingual Identity of Pashtoon Immigrants: Insights from Lahore

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-IV).01
10.31703/gssr.2020(V-IV).01      Published : Dec 2020

    The aim of this article is to examine the ways through which the immigrant Pashto speech community constructs their bilingual identity in the multicultural settings of Lahore. The participants for the research were selected through purposive sampling technique. The data of the study was collected via interviews from 10 adults of Pashto speech community, who have been living in Lahore for more than... Details
    Bilingual, Identity, Language Practices, Language Belief, Language Management, Multicultural
    (1) Amina Khalid
    Lecturer, Department of Linguistics and Communication, University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Arshad Ali Khan
    Department of Linguistics and Communication, University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.

02 - Studying the Impact of Critical Issues on Islamic Education

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-IV).02
10.31703/gssr.2020(V-IV).02      Published : Dec 2020

    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... Details
    Islamic Education, Curriculum, Awareness, Financial Permanence, Media
    (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.

03 - Multiliteracies and Multilingual Literacies of Young Children: A Study of Lingui

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-IV).03
10.31703/gssr.2020(V-IV).03      Published : Dec 2020

    Pakistan is a multilingual community where individuals communicate in more than one language for everyday communication. Literacy practices of young children in schools reflect the literacy practices of the broader social community. Same is the case with the use of literacy practices at homes. The data is collected by answering questions in questionnaires that are answered by the parents. The coll... Details
    Multilingual Literacy Practices, Home, Young Children, Identity.
    (1) Ambreen Javed
    PhD Scholar, Department of English, Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Sarwet Rasul
    Associate Professor / Chairperson, Department of English, Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.

04 - The Relationship of Child Protection Rights Observance with the Students' Level

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-IV).04
10.31703/gssr.2020(V-IV).04      Published : Dec 2020

    The aim of this quantitative descriptive study was to investigate the "relationship of child protection rights observance with the students' level of satisfaction at secondary school level in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa". School management and students at the public sector secondary schools of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were the populations of the study. Stratified random sampling was used to select a sample of 32... Details
    Child Rights, Education Management, Protection Rights, Students' Satisfaction
    (1) Khalid Rehman Khan
    Ph.D Scholar, Hazara University Mansehra, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Habib Elahi Sahibzada
    Associate Professor, Department of Education, Hazara University Mansehra KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Manzoor Hussain Shah
    Chairman, Department of Education, Hazara University Mansehra KP, Pakistan.

05 - Inclusive Growth Measurement Under Different Political Regimes of Pakistan

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-IV).05
10.31703/gssr.2020(V-IV).05      Published : Dec 2020

    Existing literature focuses on the determinants and ways to enhance economic growth. This, however, neglects the growth benefit to society. Distribution aspect of economic growth is ignored in the previous decades. As a result, the world cannot enjoy the benefits of economic growth. In this paper inclusive growth index (IGI) is used which is constructed by the Asian Development Bank, 2011 to inves... Details
    Inclusive Growth, Economic Growth, Political Economy, Political regimes, Democracy, Dictatorship.
    (1) Muhammad Masood Anwar
    PhD Scholar, Kashmir Institute of Economics, University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir Muzaffarabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Aftab Anwar
    Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Education, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Ghulam Yahya Khan
    Assistant Professor, Kashmir Institute of Economics, University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir Muzaffarabad, Pakistan.

06 - Depiction of Kashmir in Media: A Corpus Assisted Study of Pakistani and Indian N

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-IV).06
10.31703/gssr.2020(V-IV).06      Published : Dec 2020

    This work deals with the use of adjectives in the depiction of Kashmir in Pakistani and Indian Newspapers. This study investigates the differences between Pakistani and Indian media with reference to the representation of the issue of Kashmir. For this purpose, a corpus of newspaper editorial articles from both Pakistani and Indian newspapers was compiled. The data was tagged with help of AntTag a... Details
    Corpus Linguistics, Indian Media, Pakistani Media, Analysis of Adjectives, Kashmir Issue
    (1) Athar Rashid
    Assistant professor, Department of Governance & Public Policy, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Arshad Ali
    Assistant professor, Department of English, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (3) Ameer Sultan
    Lecturer, Department of English, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan.

07 - Black Bodies White Culture: A Black Feminist [Re]Construction of Race and Gender

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-IV).07
10.31703/gssr.2020(V-IV).07      Published : Dec 2020

    'This article intends to explore and expose through the analysis of Morrison's Paradise how the Afro American female writers [re]construct the potential of Afro American ecriture feminine to seek the true freedom and empowerment of black women by appealing them to 'write-through bodies'. To achieve this purpose, this article articulates its theoretical agenda, through the exploration of the work o... Details
    Race, Gender, Culture, Black Feminism, Morrison.
    (1) Mumtaz Ahmad
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, Government Guru Nanak Postgraduate College, Nankana Sahib, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Fatima Saleem
    Lecturer, Debarment of English, National University of Modern Languages, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Ali Usman Saleem
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, Government College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.

08 - An Exploration of Undergraduates Writing Motivational Strategies

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-IV).08
10.31703/gssr.2020(V-IV).08      Published : Dec 2020

    The development of SRL strategies is an important challenge for teachers and learners in the context of academic writing. In addition, research in the essential field of academic writing is lacking, which adheres to traditional teaching methods and techniques for language teaching. The current study tends to fill the gap by exploring the undergraduates writing motivational strategies and gender di... Details
    Motivational Strategies, Writing Strategies, Academic Writing
    (1) Samreen Zaheer
    PhD. Scholar, Air University Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Wasima Shehzad
    Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, Air University Islamabad, Pakistan.

09 - An Analysis of the Problems in Learning English Words through Words Formation Pr

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-IV).09
10.31703/gssr.2020(V-IV).09      Published : Dec 2020

    The present study analyzes the problems in learning English words through words formation processes by undergraduate students. The instrument of the test was used to collect data from one hundred seventeen undergraduate students selected through non-random convenient sampling. The findings of the study suggest that students had not acquired most of the English words through word-formation processe... Details
    Analysis, Problems, Words Formation, Conversion, Backformation, Blending, Prefixes, Suffixes, Acronyms.
    (1) Muhammad Babar
    MPhil Scholar, Department of English, Hazara University Mansehra, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Ghani Rahman
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, Hazara University Mansehra, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Sadia Ashraf
    Lecturer, University of Management and Technology Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.

10 - Rereading The Clash of Civilizations in Tariq Alis Shadows of the Pomegranate Tr

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-IV).10
10.31703/gssr.2020(V-IV).10      Published : Dec 2020

    This article reflects Tariq Ali's efforts to understand the reality of the myth of 'the clash of civilizations' as a socio-materialist scientist to metabolize compellingly inter-connected dimensions of historical 'reality'. The deconstruction of the historic reality provides us with a new prism to view the world from different perspectives, looking at new directions in the politico-historic enterp... Details
    Islam, Christianity, Crusades, Judaism, Clash of Civilizations
    (1)

    (3) Mazhar Hayat
    Professor, Department of English Literature, Govt. College University Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan.

11 - Influence of Playing Venue on Testosterone and Cortisol Responses in Male Inter-

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-IV).11
10.31703/gssr.2020(V-IV).11      Published : Dec 2020

    The present study aimed to examine the effect of playing venue on testosterone and cortisol responses in male volleyball players. Ninety-six players from eight different public and private universities were monitored during eight competitive matches playing against each other on a home and opponent's home ground. The matches played at home were also won. Testosterone (ng/mL) and cortisol (ug/dL) l... Details
    Volleyball, Player, Testosterone, Cortisol, Playing Venue
    (1) Yasmeen Tabassum
    PhD Scholar, Department of Sport Sciences and Physical Education, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Muhammad Zafar Iqbal Butt
    Associate Professor, Department of Sport Sciences and Physical Education, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Nabila Roohi
    Professor, Department of Zoology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.

12 - Shift in Style with the Shift of Gender: Exploring Gender Based Style Difference

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-IV).12
10.31703/gssr.2020(V-IV).12      Published : Dec 2020

    The present study examines the difference in ESL academic writing of boys' and girls' in their written assignments. It aims at exploring differences in ESL writing based on the variable of gender. The data site for this study was a Diploma class at the Department of English FC, NUML Islamabad, where it was collected from 24 participants, i.e., 12 boys and 12 girls, who were asked to write an essay... Details
    Gender, ESL Writing Style, Essay, Pronouns
    (1) Shazia Ayyaz
    University of Okara, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Saleha Bazai
    Sardar Bahadur Khan Women's Univeristy, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan.
    (3) Fouzia Rehman Khan
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, Sardar Bahadur Khan Women's Univeristy, Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan.

13 - Nostalgic Impact on Characterization in the "Reluctant Fundamentalist" by Mohsin

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-IV).13
10.31703/gssr.2020(V-IV).13      Published : Dec 2020

    This paper aims at investigating the nostalgic impact on the characters in The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid. Nostalgia is regarded as the state of homesick or a mental sentimentality for one's past. Everyone is more or less nostalgic, and nostalgia plays a vital role in the lives and experiences of individuals in daily life. The present study is a qualitative and descriptive textual an... Details
    Nostalgia, Reluctant Fundamentalist, Changes, Erica
    (1) Ishtiaq Ahmad
    Qurtuba University of Sciences and Information Technology, Dera Ismail Khan, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Abdus Samad
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, Kohat University of Science and Technology, Kohat, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Muhammad Shakil ur Rehman
    Department of English, Qurtuba University of Sciences and Information Technology, Dera Ismail Khan, KP, Pakistan.

14 - Introducing Self-Assessment for Evaluating Learners in Pakistan

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-IV).14
10.31703/gssr.2020(V-IV).14      Published : Dec 2020

    This study deals with the positive backwash effect of self-assessment on Second Language Learners in Pakistan. The hypothesis of this study is self-assessment will positively improve learners' performance. Therefore, small scale experimental research was conducted with fifty undergraduates of a public sector university. They were asked to write essays; those were also assessed by students themselv... Details
    Self-assessment, BS-rubric, Assessment
    (1) Mahwish Farooq
    Department of English, University of Central Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Khalid Ahmed
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, University of Central Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Sahirish Farooq
    Department of Education, Minhaj University Lahore, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.

15 - An Experimental Study Regarding Impact of 7E's Instructional Model Based Instruc

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-IV).15
10.31703/gssr.2020(V-IV).15      Published : Dec 2020

    Constructivism means the realization of knowledge in mind and believes that students should construct knowledge rather than gaining it. Students should allow observing, manipulating, hypothesizing, experiencing to generate result knowledge rather than feeding. Impact of instructions based on 7E's instructional model upon student's attitude towards Physical Education and its comparison between the ... Details
    Student's Attitude, Physical Education, Higher Secondary School Level, 7E's Instructional Model
    (1) Faheemullah Khan
    Department of Sports Sciences and Physical Education, Gomal University, D.I.K, KP, Pakistan.
    (2) Syed Zia-Ul- Islam
    Chairman, Department of Sports Sciences and Physical Education, Gomal University, D.I.K, KP, Pakistan.
    (3) Faisal Islam
    Department of Sports Sciences and Physical Education, Gomal University, D.I.K, KP, Pakistan.

16 - Balancing and Rebalancing of Judicial Autonomy: a Critical Analysis of Basic Str

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-IV).16
10.31703/gssr.2020(V-IV).16      Published : Dec 2020

    With its restoration in March 2009, the judiciary exceptionally emerged as an independent state organ and sought autonomy from parliament, which embarked on another avenue of confrontation between these two organs. Considering past experience, parliament was committed to imposing modest restraints on the judiciary and ensured its representation in the process of judicial appointments to the Superi... Details
    Judicial Autonomy, 18th Amendment, 19th Amendment, Constitution, Basic Structure Theory.
    (1) Bakht Munir
    Lecturer, Institute of Languages and Linguistics, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Um e Noreen
    Lecturer, College of Law, University of Lahore, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.

17 - Role of Personality and Psychological Attributes of Financial Managers in Capita

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2020(V-IV).17
10.31703/gssr.2020(V-IV).17      Published : Dec 2020

    The current study aims to investigate the role of personality and psychological attributes of finance managers in the success of their capital budgeting decisions in the industrial sector of Pakistan. For said purpose, we employ a sequential explanatory mixed-method research design. First, the MBTI scale is used to explore the personality traits of the managers working in spinning firms. Then base... Details
    Personality and Psychological Attributes of Managers, Capital Budgeting Decisions and Sequential Mixed Method Research
    (1) Nisar Ahmad
    Assistant Professor, Hailey College of Commerce, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Bilal Nafees
    Lecturer, Department of Economics and Business Administration, University of Education, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Safyan Majid
    Lecturer, Department of Commerce and Finance, Government College University Lahore, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.