Abstract
Throughout human history, the human being has remained socially intact, in different world societies through different social systems. Its link is got in the Holy Qur’an from Surah AlHujrat (Hujrat mean informal meeting and gathering places), where Prophet of Islam Muhammad Peace Be Upon Him was receiving his guests and visitors. The Pashtun society, religiously and culturally enriched does have had the tradition and practice of Hujra system. Hence, it is experienced that with the passage of time, it is declining, for which a number of factors are considered as responsible, while the local migration i.e. from rural to urban area can be one among them. Therefore, the major objective of the study has been the analysis of the effects of rural to urban migration on the Hujra system of Pashtun Society. The district Karak of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was selected as study region due to the reason of religious homogeneity, rural nature of the area, conventional culture and having single ethnicity i.e. Pashtun tribe of one caste i.e. Khattak. The data was collected through interview schedule from a sample comprising of 100 respondents. Only those male respondents were selected for the study that were of above 35 years age and were of married status. The results of the study has shown that though the hujra system prevails within the study region of Pashtun society, but its values have changed; a significant link was found between the independent variable of rural to urban migration with the changes in the Hujra system as the dependent variable.
Dr. Mamoon Khan Khattak, Arif Naeem, Khanzadi Fatima Khattak, Azad Ullah, Khalid Usman Khan Khattak. (2015) Impact Analysis of Rural to Urban Migration on Hujra System of Pashtun Society, The Dialogue, Volume 10, Issue 1.
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