The role of institutions in economic growth has received much attention of the researchers and policy makers in the last two decades. The literature available on this issue is not clear. The literat ... Read More

Gesture based communication called Sign Language (SL) is the fundamental communication channel between hard of hearing individuals. Communication through signing is a visual motion dialect. Hard of ... Read More

Pakistan’s emergence on the literary vault can be noticed through the considerable critical acclaim Pakistani writers writing in English are receiving worldwide. Among such writers with divergent in ... Read More

For colonized subjects, the arrival of the colonizer is fraught with socio cultural anxieties. Under the yoke a new regime, the indigenous cultural values and norms are redefined. The new cultural e ... Read More

In the 21st century, there has been a growing debate about urban security. Much of this discussion has focused on the changing definition of security, one that has been transformed in terms of milit ... Read More

Why does China Fortify Pakistan’s Defense? With the advent of nuclear weapons escalation between India and Pakistan is less likely. Kargilcrisis (1999) is the testament that nuclear deterrence in So ... Read More

The fundamental objective of the research is to shed light the situation of street children phenomenon in South Asia which is a great loss of human Potential for South Asia. The research is based on ... Read More

Globalization as the greatest influential prodigy of the present time is extensively arguable for its constructive and detrimental outcomes. This study differentiate between economic, cultural and p ... Read More

This article aims to compare analytically the functioning of the senate in USA and Pakistan, through a case study approach. Both the Senates, with some variations, perform the functions of making la ... Read More

Pakistan relations with China remain a cornerstone of Pakistan’s foreign Policy. Their common views, perceptions, approaches, and policies at the regional and global level made them a durable friend ... Read More

Although, historically, the first political manifestations of Pakhtun nationalism may be traced to Bayazid Ansari’s (1525-85) Roshani movement (Gregorian, 1969 :43-45; and Misdaq, 2006: 36-39) and K ... Read More

Globalization is a growing phenomenon in the contemporary times when man has become modern in its thinking, actions and evaluation. Growing awareness regarding human rights is not only bringing huma ... Read More

The objective of the current study is to find out the male’s perception about female political participation. Prior researchers in this area were mostly quantitative hence the current study is a qua ... Read More

Central Asia which is referred as the Heart of Asia, geopolitically, geographically, strategically, economically, politically, militarily as well as from cultural aspirations consequential and appre ... Read More

The Parliament of Pakistan from 1971 to 1977 was the first Parliament of present day Pakistan and the first bicameral Parliament in the history of the state. Therefore this Parliament seemed to have ... Read More

The problem of Child Marriages is quite common and pervasivepractice and an instrumentof gender based violence against women and high population growth rate in South Asia including Pakistan. Though ... Read More

In the contemporary era, the significance of governance has elevated as far as he developmental discourse is concerned. Good Governance is regarded as pre-requisite for a peaceful open world. The po ... Read More

This paper attempts to explore and analyze the genesis and dynamics of extremism in Pakistan, phenomena which can have serious political implications for South Asia. While analyzing the evolution an ... Read More

This article examines the working of secularism in India. A secular state can be described as a state that does not officially identify with any religion. It treats all citizens as equal irrespectiv ... Read More

Balochistan is a land which has always been visited by different nations throughout the history. Despite of many phases of obscurity, this marvelous land never lost its geo political and geo-strateg ... Read More

Indian Ocean has gained tremendous importance over the years and has now become the most concerted area where global economic activity conjoined political interests. It is a home to world’s busiest ... Read More

This article is based on election monitoring by the authors during the 2013 General Elections in Pakistan in the national assembly constituency of NA 145 and the corresponding provincial assembly se ... Read More

The influx of terrorist outfits in North Waziristan Agency took place after the military offensives Rah-e-Nijat in South Waziristan Agency and Rah-e-Rast in Swat Valley in 2009 conducted by the arme ... Read More

Ever since the partition of Indian subcontinent in 1947, India and Pakistan have marched on the path of mutual animosity. Both the countries are struggling to clear out their relation clouded by the ... Read More

The four countries are selected and compared based on their use of e-government as a tool to work and share information more effectively while delivering better services to the public. It also provi ... Read More

Ethnicity and Ethnic Politics is an important Phenomenon of Plural Societies. In developing world, ethnic politics is one of the main reasons of internal instability. Ethnic conflict leads towards et ... Read More

Communication research has often been performed through text analysis and content analysis. They are research techniques that vary in nature and allow the researcher to make inferences from data pre ... Read More

A number of queries will be raised in this research paper, regarding the mechanism and utility of international regional organizations. We will address ourselves, trying to look for a clue that why ... Read More

As the coalition forces prepare to exit Afghanistan, concerns regarding peace and stability in the country and future power balance after their departure are becoming paramount. While there will be ... Read More

Like in the other developing countries, women labour force participation rate is rising gradually in Pakistan. Their employment is mostly concentrated in the informal sector, agriculture sector and ... Read More

The Muslims of the Indian subcontinent opposed the colonial rule and endeavoured to liberate their homeland in the second half of nineteenth and the first half of twentieth century. The British trie ... Read More

Pakistan detonated its nuclear test on May 28, 1998 in the Chagai hills which is along the western border of the province, Baluchistan. Many personalities and organizations were involved in developi ... Read More

The political history of Pakistan is strongly associated with the international political economy circumstances. Constrained due to the geographical location and her position in the regional politic ... Read More

Sufis are the spiritual guides who aspire for closer union with God. Islam is an exterior edifice in which an entity subsists, whilst the inner exploration for enlightenment belongs to an ambit of S ... Read More

Corruption is beyond an evil, it is violation of regulations of the country, abrogation of rule of law and devastation of rights of those who are living depressed. It saps the energies, abilities an ... Read More

The objective of the current investigation is to analyze Quaid-e-Azam’s speech in the First Constituent Assembly of Pakistan through Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA). It attempts to ascertain the h ... Read More

Drought is often referred a creeping disaster as it takes time to mature, impacts may linger on for a considerably longer time period even after the termination of the event. Pakistan is climaticall ... Read More

Purpose-The purpose of this paper is to explore the Oil and Gas potential of Central Asian Republics and to look to new opportunities for Pakistan if relations with CARs are more developed. Design/ ... Read More

Gender discrimination is a persistent problem faced by women all over the world, which has ledto the need to empower women for uplifting their status as recognized by Millennium Development Goals (2 ... Read More

Purpose-The paper deals with the relationship between GDP, GDP per capita, Exchange rate volatility, and common border on intra-regional trade among SAARC countries. Design/methodology/approach-The ... Read More

This article highlights the perpetual under-representation of women in Indian parliament. As the recently held 14th General elections in India situated a stable government at the centre, however, it ... Read More

This study examined the process of microcredit disbursement among brick kiln labourers and paying off loan in monthly installments. In depth interviews were conducted with the brick kiln labourers t ... Read More

The chapter studies different aspects of the sub-conflict of Kashmir that has become the one of the most dangerous issue not only in South Asia but also in the world. It is so important that it migh ... Read More

The two races living on the same land come face to face to fight against each other for their own interests and rights. The history of Sri Lanka from its inception is red with bloodshed between the ... Read More

The homeland security system is a concept born to prevent the threat of terrorism and all types of crime in the urban city structure of the developed world. The power and economy of the globalized w ... Read More

Literature is agog with stories about the life, thoughts and practices of several Syeds and Qalandars but not many words have been spent on the life of Mian Abdul Rashid Panipati, popularly known as ... Read More


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