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No full textZahoor Hussain Chohan-Editorial; Riaz Hussain-Article-Muhammad (SAW) and the People of India and Pakistan. pp. 7-11; Ahsan Waseem-Poetry-The Land of the Pious. pp. 11; Sultan Khan-Article-Quaid as a Political Philosopher. pp. 12-14; Aniza Zaheer-Article-Building-Up the National Fiber. pp. 15-19; Muhammad Tanvir-Essay-Importance of Discipline. pp. 19-20; Hameed Nizamee, Edited by Saleem Mansur Khalid-Article-Iqbal and his Urdu Poetry a General Survey Based on his Urdu Works. pp. 21-33; Amjad Ali Bhatti-Essay-The Prophet's Message to the Muslims. pp. 34-36; Arif Qureshi-Poetry-Salute to the Quaid. pp. 36; Tahir Kamran-Essay-Rise of Muslim History Writing. pp. 37-39; Muhammad Ahsan Pasha-Essay-Where do we Stand. pp. 40-42; Irshad-ul-Hasan-Poetry-The Walls of Glass. pp. 43-44; Rubina Nazir Chohan-Poetry-Gift. pp. 44; Sohail Ahmad Sharyar-Essay-What Is Literature. pp. 45-47; Muhammad Ahsan Pasha-Poetry-A Funny Commentary on Chaucer. pp. 47-48; Irshad-ul-Hasan-Article-Symbolism. pp. 49-61; Gilani Kamran-Essay-Discovering Folklore. pp. 62-64; Mohammad Tanvir Butt-Essay-Father of the Nation. pp. 65-67; Tariq Hameed Rathore-Poetry-Pleasant Manner. pp. 68; Syed Saadat Mehdi-The Days at College. pp. 68-69; Muhammad Akmal-Three Narrations. pp. 69-70; Wasif Rashid-Friendship & Friends. pp. 71; Ateeq-ur-Rahman-May You Have. pp. 71; Ali Awais-Quotes. pp. 72; Hammad Raza-Definitions. pp. 72; Akhlaque Ahmad-Mind and its Problems. pp. 73-74; Kamran Mahboob-Notice for the Students. pp. 75; Sana-ur-Rahman-Article-Emancipation of Women. pp. 76-80; Dalip Kumar Rajpoot-Best Use of Youth. pp. 80; Akhtar Ali Khan-Essay-Way to Economic Progress. pp. 81-82; Zia-ul-Haq-Essay-The World First Democracy. pp. 82-83; Zahor Hussain Chohan-On the Eve of Retirement. pp. 84; Folio [Urdu]. 272 p.College Buildings. after English title; Quaid-e-Azam. after contents; Allama Iqbal. 1 page after contents; Dr Shaukat Ali, Principal. 2 pages after contents; Prof Talat Mahmood. 3 pages after contents; Students Union 1988-1989. after page 84; Editorial Board 1988-89. after editorial Urdu pag
Spatial distribution and sustainability implications of the Canadian groundwater resources under changing climate
No full textGroundwater availability, utilization, sustainability, and climate change implications were assessed at regional and provincial scales of Canada. It remains an unexplored resource, estimated to be renewing between 380 and 625 km3/year. However, the provinces have initiated developing their quantitative and qualitative databases for their accurate inventory. Sustainable groundwater availability at the national scale was estimated as 19,832 m3/person/year (750 km3/year), with high regional variations ranging from 3949 in the densely populated Prince Edward Island (PEI) province to 87,899 in the thinly populated Newfoundland and Labrador (NFL). It fulfills 82%, 43%, and 14% of water requirements of the rural population, irrigation, and industry, respectively. It is the potable water source for more than 9 million people countrywide (24% of the population), and provinces of Quebec, and Ontario (1.3 million people), and PEI (0.15 million people) particularly depend on it. It is mostly a free or nominally charged commodity, but its utilization was found to be well under sustainable limits (40% of recharge) at the provincial scales, i.e., under 4% for all the provinces except New Brunswick (NB), which also had just 8% extraction of sustainable availability. Nevertheless, localized issues of quantitative depletion and qualitative degradation were found at scattered places, particularly in Ontario and Quebec. Climate change impacts of warming and changing precipitations on groundwater underscored its stability with some temporal shifts in recharge patterns. In general, increased recharge in late winters and springs was observed due to reduced frost and more infiltration, and was somewhat decreasing in summers due to more intense rainfall events.Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of CanadaPEI Department of Environment, Energy, and Climate Actio
Effective Communication among Globally Distributed Software Development Teams
No full textGlobal software development, an emerging software development methodology within a technology-enabled environment has recently received increased attention from scholars and practitioners. Despite the fact that the lack of effective communication is a major challenge of globally distributed teams, communication research related to the scale development is still very limited in existing literature. Considering the communication challenges and increasing need to measure the effectiveness of communication, this research is focused to develop a scale for “Effective Communication” for globally distributed software development teams. Systematic literature review is performed to identify the best practices of effective communication for the development of “Effective Communication” scale. A questionnaire survey consisting of 29 items is administered in globally distributed software development teams. Confirmatory factor analysis and statistical results depicted that the four-factor model (e.g. stakeholders' involvement, acculturation, usage of appropriate tools and technology, and information availability) is more parsimonious and an optimal model fit.</jats:p
Global Monitoring and Control: A Process Improvement Framework for Globally Distributed Software Development Teams
No full textThe Portrayal of the United States in the Context of Drone Attacks: A Study of Pakistani Print Media
No full textThe drone attacks from the United States on the tribal areas of Pakistan were in the spotlight Pakistani media since 2004. These attacks also remained as the debating issue that they have taken lives of incident people along with the terrorists. The present study is an exploratory study about the image of the United States in context to drone attacks. To do so, drawing on framing theory editorials from leading newspapers were analyzed by using the qualitative content analysis method. The study also compared the editorial coverage of two newspapers regarding the image of the United States have been treated in editorials related to the drone attacks. The findings revealed that daily Jang is more inclined to positively present the image of the United States than Nawa-i-waqt. The study also revealed that daily Nawa-i-waqt published editorials on drone attacks more frequently than the daily Jan
Do Print Media Cater the Needs of Society? A Study to Analyze the Coverage of Health Issues in Major Dailies of Pakistan
No full textThis research study is conducted to identify the contribution of print media in highlighting the health specific information for their readers. A content analysis was made for five major Urdu and English dailies, to understand the importance given to health issues in terms of space given, frequency and tone of the contents.
The findings of study concluded that mostly articles discussed the health education, specific diseases were less reported. Mostly articles were in neutral and positive tone respectively. Almost one fourth of the articles presented the multiple viewpoints with conclusion as elaborated multiple aspects such as diagnosis, precautionary measures, treatments and remedies/suggestions. Two-thirds of the articles discussed the non-scientific evidence. It was conclude that Information related to health was treated very casually and no serious and result oriented effort was made by the print media
Measuring the Effects of Soap Operas on Television Viewers: A Comparative Analysis of Male and Female Viewers
No full textPurpose: The present research seeks to explore the effects of Soap operas on television viewers. It had made comparative analysis of male and female viewer’s perception regarding the image of female empowerment as projected in soap operas.
Design/Methodology/Approach: For this study, quantitative survey was conducted. By employing a framework of cultivation theory the effects of Star Plus soaps on the minds of viewers were examined. In this connection, 200 samples of respondents were drawn from the population by using purposive sampling technique.
Findings: The results indicated that Star Plus soap operas had influenced the thinking of male and female respondents differently. Female respondents supported women’s equal rights for political, social and educational perspectives than male respondents. Female respondents rejected wife battering and honor killing than males. Overall, it was noticed that female viewers of soap operas considered that subservience attitude of women was the actual reason of females’ suffering in the society.
Implications/Originality/Value: The findings suggest policy consideration to Pakistan Media industry regarding female’s portrayal in dramas. In Pakistan Urdu dramas are very popular in prime time. By projecting females in positive and strong roles, the concept of women empowerment can be disseminated in the society
Impact of Violent Cartoons on the Behaviour of Children: A Case Study of South Punjab
No full textBasically, this is a survey research that investigates the impact of violent cartoons on the behaviour of children. Children often draw strong social or anti-social ideas from children’s movies and cartoons. Television is the most popular medium in which the children are exposed. The media is constantly creating new cartoons with increased violence and children do not realize how harmful this is to them. The study investigates that how children are being exposed to anti-social content and what impact is done on their behavior. Cartoons have much value in personality construction of children especially in very early age. Children try to become like their favorite cartoon character. They try to mimic and copy the actions performed by their favorite cartoon hero. The environment in which the children watch horror or violent cartoons is also very important. They may develop fears or anti-social behavior in the absence of parental guidance
Impact of Re-Enactment Based Crime Shows of Pakistani Private Channels on Youth
No full textThis is a survey based study that investigates the impact of reenactment based crime shows on youth. The study is conducted in educational institutions of South Punjab (Pakistan). a sample of 100 respondent was collected through distribution of the questionnaire and their response was analyzed. The results were analyzed by using five variables namely: Violence, Language, Seduction, Instigation and Fear. It was interesting to find that many of the youth consider some sort of violence and foul language justified in the given situation of the reenactment show. A significant number of youth found the use of alcohol and smoking inappropriate and use of lie in given situation unacceptable. There was a significant number of youth respondents who found the display of love, romance, flirt, prostitution, physical relations and rape seducing, in different scenes of reenactment crime shows. There were some youth viewers who felt the society unsafe for them or others after watching violence and crimes in the reenactment shows
