Irfan Ullah Khan

• Doctor of Philosophy
• Gomal University

This study focused on the analysis, in the eyes of both the public and police, over the reforms in KP Police during Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (2013-18): A case study of District Bannu. This study focused on the objectives to explain behavior of masses about improvement in law and order situation brought by police ref...

Achieving effective performance of human resources is primary goal of every organization. In this regard performance appraisal practice of human resource provides the basis of evaluating and developing employee performance for achieving more enhanced organizational success. Similar to any organization, universities or higher education institutions...

To explain the concept and practice, there are leadership related studies both with wide-ranging and wide-scope. The present study offers an insight of the leading theories about the leadership phenomenon. In general they can categorized firstly by the relationship (between leader and led), secondly, the personal qualities of leader and last but no...

Organization is a group of individuals, work together to achieve pre-defined objectives. It is a deliberately organized social unit, made out of two or more individuals those capacities on a generally continuous basis to accomplish typical objectives. Also, justice is the moral choice criteria and is forcing and authorizing rules correctly and unbi...

It is an accredited fact that only the education can provide a solid foundation for the social and economic development. In the same line, the Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) can play a very prominent role in the uplift of the educational standards. The number of highly qualified and experienced teachers is not proportional to the needs of t...

Education is the only means which can lead social and economic development of any society. Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) play a pivotal and prominent role to support and uplift the educational standards. Unfortunately, number of experienced and qualified teachers is not proportionate to the requirement of HEIs. The established yardstick by...

Numerous explanations, classifications, theories and definitions about leadership, exist in the contemporary literature. Substantial effort has gone in to classify and clarify different dimensions of active leadership thus, generating considerable organizational and social research of leadership styles and behaviors. Many researchers and practition...

A multi-source approach has been adopted to collect survey data from health professionals serving in district level hospitals located in seven districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province of Pakistan. As the design of research of the present study is quantitative-cum-qualitative, so, for the purpose, both statistical and textual facts have been mu...

The contemporary competitive landscape is being driven by globalization, hyper-competition, technological revolution, price and customer satisfaction and extraordinary focus on quality, demanding an increased emphasis and recognition on innovation, being a strategic competence. A majority of scholars have opined that these two constructs are tightl...

In the developing countries like Pakistan, the health sector has been persistently ignored rather neglected in all respects hitherto. Poor governance, maladministration, praetorians, militancy and extremism, stagflation and poverty, institutional dilapidation, social degeneration, plummeting growth indicators, population explosion, illiteracy and i...

The invention is the first incidence of an impression for a new creation, service and process, whereas the innovation signifies placing somewhat into practice, a new way of doing things, a new value and a new application of an old concept. To be able to turn invention into innovation organizations normally need to combine several different types of...

There are countless determinants of poor health status and poor population planning outcomes, socioeconomic , biological, environmental, cultural and institutional. The present study investigated briefly the health system, infrastructure and strategies formulated by the government viva comprehensive development strategy, incorporating priorities in...

Creative and innovative leadership has replaced status-quo oriented processes and practices, which were primarily catered for balancing the daily needs of the systems with staying atop a changing matrix that has seen competition like no time in history. The healthcare industry is required to rethink its philosophies and patterns amidst the call for...

The leadership style is the manner of providing direction, implementing strategies and motivating individuals towards the attainment of the desired objectives. Leadership styles are replicated in attitudes and behaviors but these in turn are the outcome of complex interactions between the way individuals think and feel. The researchers highlighted...

The purpose of the study was to explore the impact of drone attacks psychotrauma on students' academic achievement at secondary level in North Waziristan Agency. The study was descriptive in nature. The population of the study constituted of all male and female students of Secondary Schools in North Waziristan Agency. There were total 40 Secondary...

This ongoing paper draws upon the role of A.V aids in the schooling learning process usually used at Elementary level in education. The on hand study was a survey by type. The entire teaching staff and learners at Elementary level in District Bannu comprised of the population while 366 Elementary level teachers including 2002 learners at the rate o...

Leadership is assumed to play a leading role in creating and sustaining the employees' commitment in the institution. It also develops the potential, capability and performance of the employees through the attribute of inspirational motivation. In this regard, the present study is the short review to analyze the leadership impact on employees' comm...

This study examines the profitability and efficiency of domestic and foreign banks of Pakistan during 2006-2010. The type of ownership of banks was divided into domestic and foreign banks. To measure the profitability and efficiency, we used interest spread, net interest margin, return on equity and return on assets and non-interest income to total...

The study was descriptive in nature. The population of the study consisted of all 10 th class students of Govt High Schools in North Waziristan Agency. Four hundred & three respondents were selected as sample from the selected Govt High Schools through Simple Random Sampling Technique in North Waziristan Agency. The study was delimited to only 10 t...

The Current research study

Education is the prime needs of the humanity since the origin of this world. An educated society is the sign of social advancement which has a vast impact upon the economic development. In this regard, the educational status of an individual and the society as a whole is a prime obligation of the state that plans, legislates, finances, facilitates...

Education is considered as a viable tool for developing human capacities and capabilities towards eliminating threats that may make the environment secured. The teacher as the implementer of the academic curriculum is central in achieving the aims and objectives of using education as a tool for inculcation into the learner, knowledge, skills and at...

Banking sector plays a significant role in the development of a country, that's why the financial advisors of the country place a high priority on the growth of the banking sector. Efficient banking system gives direction to the basic policies regarding micro and macro level stability and instability. There is a huge body of literature which confir...

The coercion to uplift an economy in a right way to growth is more a mystery than a fact. Every country in the world is determined to be amongst the strong economies of the world. This draws a line of difference between developed and developing economies of the world. Developed countries have strong economies as compared to the developing countries...

Pakistan enjoys good relations with Iran since the partition of sub-continent. Both the countries have successful agreements regarding the different socioeconomic fields. Relations between Iran and Pakistan have spanned since the common prehistoric Indo-Iranian heritage. The Western region of Pakistan was one part of the easternmost satrap's provin...

This study is conducted to measure the influence of social media over the democratic behavior of the students. Social media is the main component of political participation in democratic societies and the study of democratic behavior is a highly specialized sub-field in political and social science. The study was concerned with the reasons that to...

The study was on the Impact of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on the students and his/her information to access in the Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan. A sample of 50 respondents (students) was selected from the department of Political science, Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. However, related lit...

Voting is the main form of political participation in democratic societies and the study of voting behavior is a highly specialized sub-field in political and social science. The study was concerned with the reasons why people vote the way they do and what is the role of violence on the voting behavior. The main objectives of the present study were...

Locus of control because of its importance as your locus of control says a lot about how you view the world and your role in determining the course of your life. Present study investigates the relationship among demographic groups and research variables. The literature does provide support for the relevant relationship among these variables; howeve...

The perimeter of this article ranges to the limited and perceptual dimension of the business particularly in the Islamic Banks. The main objective of this article was to comprehend that whether the Islamic banks are practicing the principles of Islam in their true spirit or the same banking system is only coated by the word 'Islamic' to win the cli...

For the economic development and poverty alleviation of any state, academicians are the role model of the system, accountable for producing specialized workforce. This role becomes more important in the background of the developing countries (DCs). In the current research, the researcher made an effort to investigate the impact of job satisfaction...

It is a matter of great concern that the dissatisfaction among the academician`s distort their commitment level to such an extent that the concerned academic institution has to bear the cost of their departure in many respects. All analysis circles around the idea of identifying, analyzing and calculating the role of job satisfaction and organizati...

For the economic development and poverty alleviation of any state, academicians are the role model of the system, accountable for producing specialized workforce. This role becomes more important in the background of the developing countries (DCs). In the current research, the researcher made an effort to investigate the impact of job satisfaction...

The commitment of academicians is incredibly significant for an academic institution. Once the employee’s commitment diminishes, the institution could face the challenge of complexity in retaining them. Organizational commitment (OC) is becoming an increasingly significant issue in competitive educational environment of higher education institution...

Presently, the Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are facing with a core issue of organizational commitment (OC) among the academicians. It is quite embarrassing for the institutional high ups when the faculty members, due to low commitment level, leave the institutions thus casting a huge financial and academic burden. In the HEIs, the OC holds...

Several studies have evaluated the impacts of ICTs on decision-making process in both public and private health organizations (see for example, Ahlan, 2005; Adebayo, 2007; Macleod, 2007; Bradley, 2006; Mathew, 2005; and Agerfalk, 2006) but there is a lack of such studies that integrate ICTs and effective decision making in Pakistan. Since the Pakis...

ICTs are currently being used in developed and developing countries and have been used to improve access to sources of knowledge for both patients and health care providers. However, the undersized health and ICT sector in a country such as Pakistan limits its potential and wider benefits. Adoption of e-health is a change process demanding a lot of...

The secondary school headmaster occupies a well-established position in educational administration. However, views concerning the appropriate and functional roles of this post are by no means stabilized. Research studies reveal conflicting perceptions and expectations of appropriate responsibilities of school administrators. Therefore the search fo...

The country origin holds a very strong character in the selection of those practices and styles that are to be adopted by the organizations while working as foreign organization in different countries. The practices and styles adopted or practiced within a number of organizations having the same foreign origin are much different than other local an...

Many efforts have been made to encourage physical education, coupled with the benefits of physical activity and the risks of physical inactivity, but a substantial portion of young adults are not physically active and remain sedentary. This situation raises several questions; Why this trend? What are the factors that prevent people to engage in phy...

The present work is an attempt to examine the financial markets upon the financial development and growth of a country. On one hand, well-functioning financial markets, by lowering costs of conducting transactions, may help direct transmittals to projects that yield the highest returns and therefore enhance growth rates. On the other hand, transmit...

The commitment of HEI`s academicians is a core issue, widely discussed and analyzed in the contemporary world, digitally connected. The phenomenon of organizational commitment has acquired such an importance that the socioeconomic researchers have to broaden the sphere of their research beyond the traditional findings. In this regard, the employee/...

The purpose of this research study was to determine the role of sports in social life of college Students. Although other literature has centered on why students chose to leave an institution for the academic purposes or the importance of student involvement and engagement in the sports, this study focused on who is most influential in encouraging...

Self-esteem refers to the amount of realistic respect that you have for yourself. It is important for a person to have an elated profile in order to lead a contented and successful life, both at the personal and professional level. People with low self-esteems often suffer from a feeling of discontentment. A person with a high profile has the reali...

Job satisfaction is a multi-dimensional phenomenon as it is related to multiple factors, those which have certain profound impact upon the teacher community especially at college level. The foremost are the certain glaring factors those which strongly bracketed with the phenomenon of job satisfaction categorically which includes; work, pay, promoti...

The subject of psychology is concerned with the human behavior regarding his/her mindset. It is the study through words and actions of an individual which is the manifestation of his/her mental format. The current study is an endeavor to explore the relationship between literate and illiterate teaching practices of the classroom teachers. It is als...

It is an admitted fact that educational sector is the backbone of socioeconomic development. The higher education is the only way-out for the developing countries to enable them face the challenges of the present highly scientific world. In terms of gender, the population of female is more than that of male especially in those countries where the e...

The current study explores the role of leadership especially their styles among the project managers regarding the success of projects. The objective was to develop a theoretical framework from the literature in hand and then test the same in the contemporary environment. The literature survey was undertaken to state and elaborate the scope of the...

It is an established fact that for every human being, sports are second to oxygen in maintaining a good health leading to a happy life. The role of sports has a significant place among other extra-curricular activities. In this regard, the academic institutions act as a nucleus whose impact on the youngsters matters a lot in the society. These inst...

The main emphasis of this article was to examine and elaborate the implications of theemployeès empowerment regarding the financial institutions of the developing countries. Strategies should be devised which can provide an insight about theemployeès empowerment and elaborating the key factors leading towards it. Empowerment is a kind of process wh...

The economic globalization has had a particular profound impact upon financial development during the last four decades giving rise to a group of closely intertwined international markets on which banks, corporations, or government agencies trade an increasing amount of assets such as bonds, shares, or currencies. The transaction cost of accessing...

The personal characteristics of an employee regarding his/her age, qualification, gender, marital status, length of service and designation is highly related to the profession he/she is pursuing. His/her job status is greatly affected positively or otherwise by the parameters mentioned above. The present study is focused upon the personal traits of...

In the contemporary age where the globalization is taking place in every sphere of life, the academic institutions occupy their place at the helm. The dynamism in the academic institutions in general and the universities in specific is directly proportional to the competence of their employees. The success of the universities depends upon solid fun...

The organizational commitment (OC) of academicians in higher education has become critical with the globalization of education. Teachers are the backbone of the process responsible for generating professional workforce for the poverty alleviation and economic development of any country. This role becomes more pervasive in the background of the deve...

Academicians are the role model of the system, accountable for producing specialized workforce for the poverty reduction and economic growth of any country. In the background of the developing countries like Pakistan, this role becomes more prominent. In this " Review Article " we endeavor to explore the consequences of organizational commitment an...