The weak border between Afghanistan and Pakistan and old administrative structure in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (generally called FATA or shortly tribal areas), made this region a hub o ... Read More

The present research aims to study the role of peer pressure towards the tendency of juvenile delinquency among male and female adolescent. It was completed in three phases, Phase-I involved the con ... Read More

Imprisoned people are deprived of their liberty, yet they are human beings entitled to well-defined human rights, recognized on international level, regional levels and enshrined in the legal statut ... Read More

Pakistan had remained at the centre stage of Cold War, Afghan war and Global War On Terror for more than five decades. Few countries have been in the forefront to help the Western world in first cou ... Read More

Social Instability and threats to national security are documented to have impact on tourism demand. This research focuses on the impact of terrorist activities on the hotel industry of Swat4 during ... Read More

The paper attempts to detail the historical context of religious militancy in Pakistan. The recent radical activities in Pakistan are in one way an outgrowth of the reformist/revivalist movements of ... Read More

While discussing the law and morality, H. L. A. Hart stated: “Reflection on this aspect of things reveals a sobering truth: the step from the simple form of society, where primary rules of obligatio ... Read More

Various socio-economic and political factors spur the sectarian violence in Pakistan. This research study investigates factors behind the growing sectarian violence in the wake of war against terror ... Read More

Women are neglected and discriminated in every aspect of life. In Pakistan traditionally women are considered as subordinate to their men. Women are suffering in every sector. They don’t know about ... Read More

This article is based on the field data collected for a PhD work on the socio-economic impacts of overseas labour export. These impacts also included the impacts of the overseas labour induced absen ... Read More

This study investigates the conflict in Balochistan through the war and peace journalism. Using content analysis as a data collection technique, the researcher collected all the conflict related new ... Read More

This study is an attempt to find out the relationship of cartoons in the print media in relation to the United States war on terror. It is an effort to highlight the depiction of this war through ca ... Read More

The main objective of the study was to translate the criminogenic cognitions scale into Urdu language and to establish psychometric prosperities of the Urdu version. Brislin’s (1986) standard proced ... Read More

Children‟s expectations of education and career are largely determined by their early educational influence and family socio-economic backgrounds. There is a long history of sociological research in ... Read More

As ubiquitous phenomena; crime is one the central and core issue of the human existence that goes along with life above the age, space and time. It is the part of all human societies, having differe ... Read More

This paper studied the human rights violations during the dictatorial regime of Zia ul Haq in Pakistan. The paper examined the Zia government in historical perspective in order to scrutinize his proce ... Read More

The government of Pakistan has decided to merge Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. However, this merger is not ceremonial. It would result in the union of two parall ... Read More

The very first thing to do for countering terrorism is to define it. However, the word terrorism has been proven too tricky to be defined, in an acceptable mannerat global level, and in accordance w ... Read More

PESHAWAR: Fasihuddin is the most misunderstood police officer I have ever seen in my life, once remarked former Inspector General of Police Muhammad Akram. Fasihuddin worked under his command some 2 ... Read More

Turbulent political situations have often facilitated the rise of women leaders in South Asia. Such leaders courageously confronted the testing times and expressed their agency through efficient pol ... Read More

Pakistan, an important state in South Asia, is known for its unstable democracy. Pakistan and its institutions have gained less familiarity with democracy as its 70 years history has been experienci ... Read More

Despite the ostensible relevance of the realist context to South Asia, nonetheless, a profound analysis by post-positivist critiques of mainstream international Relations (IR) highlight the epistemo ... Read More

This paper aimed to explore that how illiteracy contributes in the way honour killing in tribal societies. A sample size of 377 respondents was randomly selected comprising of ‘Maliks’ of the study ... Read More

This paper presents some of the significant events and issues of the Indian subcontinent that gave rise to the evolution of social welfare education and practice and also the establishment of shelter ... Read More

Objective of this research is to inquire ways and means to enhance well-being of a society. Economy is one of the important dimensions of a society. Economic performance has direct relationship with ... Read More

National character, leadership, and charisma produce modern type of charismatic leadership. This paper examines charisma in national leadership in Pakistan. It observes that national leadership and ... Read More

This paper investigates relationship between media, especially television coverage of terrorist attacks and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among the viewers of such media coverage. This is a ... Read More

The human rights are extensively in view of the basic ideology of the humanity, and every one get these basic rights, i. e right to life, freedom of speech, security, right to profess & right to ass ... Read More

In the United States, more than ten percent of all annual health care fraud recoveries that amount to several hundred million dollars annually come from hospital fraud. Healthcare fraud is a pervasi ... Read More

Engagement of Young girls and boys with the social world is an issue of academic interest across a number of societies. Thus to understand and unearth this phenomenon, this paper is an attempt to ex ... Read More

Radicalization, sectarianism, and violence have affected the youth more than any other age groups in district Dera Ismail Khan. The district had a peaceful and diverse community until late 1990s. It ... Read More

The 1973 Constitution in Pakistan, grants the right to personal security and political security, particularly freedom of speech. Such privileges of the citizens are conditional in nature and can be ... Read More

Violence Against Women (VAW) occurs globally and affects women socially and psychologically. Pakistan has a rigid patriarchal culture where women have constrained lives. The global gender gap report ... Read More

This research work was intended o study the effects of Facebook usage on the social capital of youth in Pakistan. Through this study, the researcher anticipated to make valued contribution in develo ... Read More

Trafficking of children for domestic work is a serious issue in the world. It results in many crimes such as domestic work, forced labor, sexual exploitation and removal of body organs. It is also a ... Read More

The major objective of this research study was to study the present state of health related protection gap among internally displaced persons (IDPs). A sample size of 234 respondents was selected th ... Read More

The participation of Pakhtuns1 in debates of identity during the current conflict in Pakistan-Afghanistan borderland has received little attention from the scholars of conflict studies on the regio ... Read More

There is a research debate whether or not religious people demonstrate less delinquent behavior in terms of white-collar crime. This article focuses on those members of religious institutions who be ... Read More


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