The problem of judicial delays is universal. It is a phenomenon that occurs across the world in a... more The problem of judicial delays is universal. It is a phenomenon that occurs across the world in all judicial systems. Being a developing country, the issue of judicial delays is also a persistent issue in the justice dispensing system of Pakistan. This study aims to find out the reasons for and repercussions of the process of judicial delays from a socio-legal perspective and highlights the need for a sociological analysis for the same. In a quantitative approach, this study was conducted in the lower courts of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. The study reveals that in addition to administrative and procedural hindrances, the social reasons are also contributing to the phenomenon of delays of proceedings in the judiciary. Poverty, corruption, discrimination, and friendship are among these social reasons, whereas the adoption of unrecognised ways of dispute solutions like jirga and panchayat, loss of public trust, individual disorganisation and financial damages are identified as the social repercussions of judicial delays. Finally, the research identifies that judicial delays are a social problem and further investigations are required to determine possible remedies.
Journal of development and social sciences, Sep 29, 2023
Domestic violence is a universal phenomenon across the world even in normal times. However, in ti... more Domestic violence is a universal phenomenon across the world even in normal times. However, in times of health emergency, like COVID-19, the possibility of domestic violence increased as all the family members were compelled to stay at their homes. Besides, the crisis also brought other possible complications for the people. This study aims to know the impacts of COVID-19 in connection to domestic violence from a sociological point of view. The study is designed as qualitative. The content analysis of research articles was made. The data for this study is searched from the database of Google, Google Scholar, and Doaj.org. The time period of this search is from the outbreak of COVID-19 till 30 th April 2022. A total of four themes were developed from the collected literature. The study revealed that during the period of the coronavirus crisis, domestic violence increased by 70% throughout the world. In Pakistan, as per an estimate, out of four women, one woman has faced some level of sexual, physical, and emotional violence.
The accelerating trend of social media usage has allowed users to gain knowledge about the touris... more The accelerating trend of social media usage has allowed users to gain knowledge about the tourism experiences of other people through reactive and proactive interactions. The primary aim of this study is to identify whether social media is playing a constructive role in increasing the development and productivity of the tourism business. The research also evaluates the effects and advantages of earned media marketing tools over social media advertisements shared by tourism companies in the process of deciding about tourism packages. This research consists of a quantitative approach. A random sampling method has been adopted by researchers todisseminate closed-ended questionnaires and a total of 206 responses were collected. After applying the reliability test through SPSS, data were examined through ANOVA and Tukey’s HSD testing. Results determined that people are more eager towards seeing and gaining public opinion than the promotions and advertisements shared on social media by t...
From the perspective of judicial officers and advocates, this study investigated the factors and ... more From the perspective of judicial officers and advocates, this study investigated the factors and impacts of long proceedings in the courts within a sociological setting. Phenomenology was utilized as a research design and the thematic method was used for data analysis. Data were collected on a semi-structured questionnaire through face-to-face interviews with 20 judicial officers and advocates. Eight themes were derived from interviews of the participants. Weak economic position, mutual understanding in terms of acquaintance, exercising influences, using relationships, systematic and inborn corruption, benefits in terms of money, the social position of parties, the experience of a lawyer, political and media reported cases identified as factors of delays. Whereas, long proceedings in the courts are considered negatively and it gives birth to negative perception and results in damaging the expectations of the public about the courts. Social disorder, anger, losses of time and money, ...
This study aims to know the impact of psychological aggression and physical assault at home on wo... more This study aims to know the impact of psychological aggression and physical assault at home on workplace performance of women. This is a quantitative study which is carried out by employing purposive sampling. We identified 150 working women facing domestic violence working in different organizations located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Out of this identified sample, only 121 women participate in the study. Additionally, the supervisors of these 121 women were also considered for knowing the evaluation of work performance. This study involved the development of two questionnaires the items of which were adapted from the Revised Conflicts Tactics Scale (CTS2) originally developed by (Straus, 1979) and from the study of Farh and Cheng (1999). The study reveals that psychological aggression proved to be strongly influencing variable than the physical assault. This paper suggests that the partners of the working women need to avoid psychological aggression along with abandoning the use of physical assault on them or at least a partner should minimize the frequency of attempts of both variables so that the workplace performance of women may increase and the women may perform better in their jobs.
The transgender community is one of the segment of our population, which is socially, culturally ... more The transgender community is one of the segment of our population, which is socially, culturally and legally less recognized. The media representation is one of the key sources which influence the transgender people regarding their awareness and issues. It helps in changing the perception and behavior of the people towards this community and refers to the direct construction of the gender identity. The purpose of this study is to investigate and analyze the representation of the transgender people in the mainstream Pakistani English newspapers i.e. Daily Dawn and Daily Express Tribune in a comparative manner. Content analysis has been chosen as study design in order to know the prominence level and the contribution of media for the social inclusion and highlighting the issues faced by the transgender community. Systematic sampling technique has been adopted with the sample size of total news item, articles, editorials and letter to the editors published from October, 2019 to March, ...
Language is a tool used for the social construction to frame public opinion. The study highlights... more Language is a tool used for the social construction to frame public opinion. The study highlights that newspapers shape, reshape and manipulate the news headlines by representing them differently to achieve the desired objectives. This paper aims to investigate the coverage of Pakistani newspapers on Aasia Bibi’s acquittal decision by the Supreme Court of Pakistan. Content analysis considering Dijk Model and Framing Theory was conducted for the purpose. Unit of analysis was the news headlines of four famous dailies of Pakistan i.e., Daily Dawn, The Nation, Daily Jang and Daily Ummat published in the week of judgment of Aasia Bibi Case. Results revealed that the newspapers portrayed the same issue differently with the distinct discursive techniques. The Nation used lexical choices and emotional phrases to mold public opinions. Comparatively, Jang and Dawn were more objective and sensible in publishing its news headlines
International Journal of Research -GRANTHAALAYAH, 2017
This research study investigates the relationship of innovation with organizational performance o... more This research study investigates the relationship of innovation with organizational performance of the telecommunication sector. The independent variables are process innovation, product innovation and organizational innovation as an organizational culture as moderating variable. The research is survey research in which questionnaire is administered to 200 employees that are concerned with innovation in telecom industry present in Islamabad and Rawalpindi to ensure reasonable response. The data was analyzed through the SPSS v.20 software. Results showed that product innovation, process innovation and organizational innovation has a positive impact on organization performance.
Recently rising sea levels and a decrease of Indus water into the delta have resulted in high sea... more Recently rising sea levels and a decrease of Indus water into the delta have resulted in high seawater intrusion at the coastal shores of Sindh. Seawater intrusion has severely affected the livelihood sources of local people. Therefore, this study is conducted with an aim to measure the economic effects of seawater intrusion on the lives of the local population in the deltaic coasts of the Sindh region in Pakistan. This is a quantitative study conducted through a survey questionnaire in the coastal belt of Badin and Thatta districts of Sindh province, Pakistan. A total of 200 participants were recruited in the study through multistage sampling. Results show a significant impact of seawater intrusion on the economic conditions of coastal communities in the province of Sindh, Pakistan. Adverse effects of seawater intrusion can be seen in the shape of a decrease in cultivated land, low agricultural production, decreasing livestock production and fishing quantity.
Acid violence is a horrible act of gender violence in orthodox societies. A study was conducted t... more Acid violence is a horrible act of gender violence in orthodox societies. A study was conducted to know the reasons for the acid violence against women in Pakistani society. For this purpose, female acid attack survivors were recruited from Karachi city of Sindh province in Pakistan. We found personal conflicts and rejection of marriage proposals as major reasons for acid attacks on women. The majority of the victims are being humiliated due to disfiguring of body parts and forced to live in isolation. This study recommends strong legal framework preparation by government authorities to curb such incidents and rehabilitate acid victims.
This research study investigates the relationship of innovation with organizational performance o... more This research study investigates the relationship of innovation with organizational performance of the telecommunication sector. The independent variables are process innovation, product innovation and organizational innovation as an organizational culture as moderating variable. The research is survey research in which questionnaire is administered to 200 employees that are concerned with innovation in telecom industry present in Islamabad and Rawalpindi to ensure reasonable response. The data was analyzed through the SPSS v.20 software. Results showed that product innovation, process innovation and organizational innovation has a positive impact on organization performance.
Laws are always enacted for the welfare of society with purpose of progress and equality. Consequ... more Laws are always enacted for the welfare of society with purpose of progress and equality. Consequently, the legislation becomes the agent of the social change. The present study aims to know the relationship of law with social change in the particular field of women empowerment. The enactments from 2001-2016 regarding women are the focus of this study. The study is qualitative in nature. The universe of this study is Karachi; whereby ten advocates interviewed with purposive sampling method. The findings are; legislation pertaining to women in Pakistan from 2001 to 2016 is considered as a progressive legislation. This great enactment process has changed the status of Pakistani women in various spheres of social life. In addition to these laws, Media and Education recognized as contributing factors of the changing status of women. Awareness of pro-women laws is less in our women population. These laws need to be strictly implemented rather than amended or bringing new laws.
The problem of judicial delays is universal. It is a phenomenon that occurs across the world in a... more The problem of judicial delays is universal. It is a phenomenon that occurs across the world in all judicial systems. Being a developing country, the issue of judicial delays is also a persistent issue in the justice dispensing system of Pakistan. This study aims to find out the reasons for and repercussions of the process of judicial delays from a socio-legal perspective and highlights the need for a sociological analysis for the same. In a quantitative approach, this study was conducted in the lower courts of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. The study reveals that in addition to administrative and procedural hindrances, the social reasons are also contributing to the phenomenon of delays of proceedings in the judiciary. Poverty, corruption, discrimination, and friendship are among these social reasons, whereas the adoption of unrecognised ways of dispute solutions like jirga and panchayat, loss of public trust, individual disorganisation and financial damages are identified as the social repercussions of judicial delays. Finally, the research identifies that judicial delays are a social problem and further investigations are required to determine possible remedies.
Journal of development and social sciences, Sep 29, 2023
Domestic violence is a universal phenomenon across the world even in normal times. However, in ti... more Domestic violence is a universal phenomenon across the world even in normal times. However, in times of health emergency, like COVID-19, the possibility of domestic violence increased as all the family members were compelled to stay at their homes. Besides, the crisis also brought other possible complications for the people. This study aims to know the impacts of COVID-19 in connection to domestic violence from a sociological point of view. The study is designed as qualitative. The content analysis of research articles was made. The data for this study is searched from the database of Google, Google Scholar, and Doaj.org. The time period of this search is from the outbreak of COVID-19 till 30 th April 2022. A total of four themes were developed from the collected literature. The study revealed that during the period of the coronavirus crisis, domestic violence increased by 70% throughout the world. In Pakistan, as per an estimate, out of four women, one woman has faced some level of sexual, physical, and emotional violence.
The accelerating trend of social media usage has allowed users to gain knowledge about the touris... more The accelerating trend of social media usage has allowed users to gain knowledge about the tourism experiences of other people through reactive and proactive interactions. The primary aim of this study is to identify whether social media is playing a constructive role in increasing the development and productivity of the tourism business. The research also evaluates the effects and advantages of earned media marketing tools over social media advertisements shared by tourism companies in the process of deciding about tourism packages. This research consists of a quantitative approach. A random sampling method has been adopted by researchers todisseminate closed-ended questionnaires and a total of 206 responses were collected. After applying the reliability test through SPSS, data were examined through ANOVA and Tukey’s HSD testing. Results determined that people are more eager towards seeing and gaining public opinion than the promotions and advertisements shared on social media by t...
From the perspective of judicial officers and advocates, this study investigated the factors and ... more From the perspective of judicial officers and advocates, this study investigated the factors and impacts of long proceedings in the courts within a sociological setting. Phenomenology was utilized as a research design and the thematic method was used for data analysis. Data were collected on a semi-structured questionnaire through face-to-face interviews with 20 judicial officers and advocates. Eight themes were derived from interviews of the participants. Weak economic position, mutual understanding in terms of acquaintance, exercising influences, using relationships, systematic and inborn corruption, benefits in terms of money, the social position of parties, the experience of a lawyer, political and media reported cases identified as factors of delays. Whereas, long proceedings in the courts are considered negatively and it gives birth to negative perception and results in damaging the expectations of the public about the courts. Social disorder, anger, losses of time and money, ...
This study aims to know the impact of psychological aggression and physical assault at home on wo... more This study aims to know the impact of psychological aggression and physical assault at home on workplace performance of women. This is a quantitative study which is carried out by employing purposive sampling. We identified 150 working women facing domestic violence working in different organizations located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Out of this identified sample, only 121 women participate in the study. Additionally, the supervisors of these 121 women were also considered for knowing the evaluation of work performance. This study involved the development of two questionnaires the items of which were adapted from the Revised Conflicts Tactics Scale (CTS2) originally developed by (Straus, 1979) and from the study of Farh and Cheng (1999). The study reveals that psychological aggression proved to be strongly influencing variable than the physical assault. This paper suggests that the partners of the working women need to avoid psychological aggression along with abandoning the use of physical assault on them or at least a partner should minimize the frequency of attempts of both variables so that the workplace performance of women may increase and the women may perform better in their jobs.
The transgender community is one of the segment of our population, which is socially, culturally ... more The transgender community is one of the segment of our population, which is socially, culturally and legally less recognized. The media representation is one of the key sources which influence the transgender people regarding their awareness and issues. It helps in changing the perception and behavior of the people towards this community and refers to the direct construction of the gender identity. The purpose of this study is to investigate and analyze the representation of the transgender people in the mainstream Pakistani English newspapers i.e. Daily Dawn and Daily Express Tribune in a comparative manner. Content analysis has been chosen as study design in order to know the prominence level and the contribution of media for the social inclusion and highlighting the issues faced by the transgender community. Systematic sampling technique has been adopted with the sample size of total news item, articles, editorials and letter to the editors published from October, 2019 to March, ...
Language is a tool used for the social construction to frame public opinion. The study highlights... more Language is a tool used for the social construction to frame public opinion. The study highlights that newspapers shape, reshape and manipulate the news headlines by representing them differently to achieve the desired objectives. This paper aims to investigate the coverage of Pakistani newspapers on Aasia Bibi’s acquittal decision by the Supreme Court of Pakistan. Content analysis considering Dijk Model and Framing Theory was conducted for the purpose. Unit of analysis was the news headlines of four famous dailies of Pakistan i.e., Daily Dawn, The Nation, Daily Jang and Daily Ummat published in the week of judgment of Aasia Bibi Case. Results revealed that the newspapers portrayed the same issue differently with the distinct discursive techniques. The Nation used lexical choices and emotional phrases to mold public opinions. Comparatively, Jang and Dawn were more objective and sensible in publishing its news headlines
International Journal of Research -GRANTHAALAYAH, 2017
This research study investigates the relationship of innovation with organizational performance o... more This research study investigates the relationship of innovation with organizational performance of the telecommunication sector. The independent variables are process innovation, product innovation and organizational innovation as an organizational culture as moderating variable. The research is survey research in which questionnaire is administered to 200 employees that are concerned with innovation in telecom industry present in Islamabad and Rawalpindi to ensure reasonable response. The data was analyzed through the SPSS v.20 software. Results showed that product innovation, process innovation and organizational innovation has a positive impact on organization performance.
Recently rising sea levels and a decrease of Indus water into the delta have resulted in high sea... more Recently rising sea levels and a decrease of Indus water into the delta have resulted in high seawater intrusion at the coastal shores of Sindh. Seawater intrusion has severely affected the livelihood sources of local people. Therefore, this study is conducted with an aim to measure the economic effects of seawater intrusion on the lives of the local population in the deltaic coasts of the Sindh region in Pakistan. This is a quantitative study conducted through a survey questionnaire in the coastal belt of Badin and Thatta districts of Sindh province, Pakistan. A total of 200 participants were recruited in the study through multistage sampling. Results show a significant impact of seawater intrusion on the economic conditions of coastal communities in the province of Sindh, Pakistan. Adverse effects of seawater intrusion can be seen in the shape of a decrease in cultivated land, low agricultural production, decreasing livestock production and fishing quantity.
Acid violence is a horrible act of gender violence in orthodox societies. A study was conducted t... more Acid violence is a horrible act of gender violence in orthodox societies. A study was conducted to know the reasons for the acid violence against women in Pakistani society. For this purpose, female acid attack survivors were recruited from Karachi city of Sindh province in Pakistan. We found personal conflicts and rejection of marriage proposals as major reasons for acid attacks on women. The majority of the victims are being humiliated due to disfiguring of body parts and forced to live in isolation. This study recommends strong legal framework preparation by government authorities to curb such incidents and rehabilitate acid victims.
This research study investigates the relationship of innovation with organizational performance o... more This research study investigates the relationship of innovation with organizational performance of the telecommunication sector. The independent variables are process innovation, product innovation and organizational innovation as an organizational culture as moderating variable. The research is survey research in which questionnaire is administered to 200 employees that are concerned with innovation in telecom industry present in Islamabad and Rawalpindi to ensure reasonable response. The data was analyzed through the SPSS v.20 software. Results showed that product innovation, process innovation and organizational innovation has a positive impact on organization performance.
Laws are always enacted for the welfare of society with purpose of progress and equality. Consequ... more Laws are always enacted for the welfare of society with purpose of progress and equality. Consequently, the legislation becomes the agent of the social change. The present study aims to know the relationship of law with social change in the particular field of women empowerment. The enactments from 2001-2016 regarding women are the focus of this study. The study is qualitative in nature. The universe of this study is Karachi; whereby ten advocates interviewed with purposive sampling method. The findings are; legislation pertaining to women in Pakistan from 2001 to 2016 is considered as a progressive legislation. This great enactment process has changed the status of Pakistani women in various spheres of social life. In addition to these laws, Media and Education recognized as contributing factors of the changing status of women. Awareness of pro-women laws is less in our women population. These laws need to be strictly implemented rather than amended or bringing new laws.
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