Uzma Ashiq

University of the Punjab | PU · Department of Social Work

Aim: The objective of this conceptual study was to know the effects of COVID-19 on mental health of older adults. Study design: This qualitative study was conducted in October-December 2022 in District Sargodha. Twenty (20) older adults who have been suffered from COVID-19 were taken as respondents selected through snowball-purposive sampling techn...

The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a multi-billion-dollar collection of ongoing and planned Chinese projects in Pakistan ranging from infrastructure development to the establishment of special economic zones and the sharing of technical expertise by China. For China, it is an integral part of its ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)...

The actions of whistleblowers are potentially beneficial in a developed society but it may not be the case in a developing and underdeveloped society. In a developing society like Pakistan, the scenario of whistle blowing is very much different from the other countries. In an atmosphere of massive corruption, citizens have low confidence in public...

Loneliness and social isolation among older adults is a growing public concerns now a days due to swelling population of older adults and scare financial resources. Older adults are more vulnerable to loneliness and social isolation. It affects their quality of life and a root cause of their bad mental and physical health specifically women in deve...

Probation services in the juvenile justice system in Pakistan are explored in this study with emphasis on analyzing the various perceptions of probation officers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. A qualitative research design was used and a total of 7 probation officers from 7 administrative divisions were contacted for in-depth interviews, which to...

The sustainable development goal of gender balanced economic progress and women empowerment as a whole is not possible without the women participation in Science, Technology and Production. To prepare the mind-set of the masses particularly the youth, electronic media plays a pivotal role as a medium of informal education along with entertainment a...

This paper aims at describing and exploring the prevalence of girl child marriage and its causes from parents’ point of view in Punjab. To explain and explore the said issue, study was based on qualitative social research methodology and used phenomenological research approach. A loosely structured interview guide was developed for data collection....

Violence against Women (VAW) occurs in different societies in assorted ways in the world. It can be seen from the different lens starting from family structure to the workplaces of women. In Pakistan women experience violence from their own family members even after the promulgation of legislation at national as well as at provincial level. There i...

National and international migration of youth is a persistent phenomenon that appears as a quest for economic and social development. But when the senior citizens of the family accompany migration, it takes a new dimension that increases their problems. Rural to urban migration as internal migration is a historical tradition of Pakistan but can aff...

The health miseries emerged after the horrific incident of Second World War challenged the bio-medical model dominating the healthcare perceptions during the 19th century. The healthcare interventions in post war years have had to change toward a new idea, the social perspective of health. In 1977, Engel introduced a new approach “bio-psycho-social...

Old age is characterized by different changes in an individual's life, and one of those remarkable events is termed as 'retirement'. After retirement starts a transitional phase for the aged people. At the age of 59 years, 11 months, and 29 days, an individual is at a job; on the next day, he/she is a retiree. This article aims to describe the mode...

Teacher’s motivation and Job satisfaction plays a vital role in their effective teaching which circuitously affects the students’ learning. In addition, literature documents that if teachers are psychological empowered, they possess positive attitude towards their job. Therefore, the study was aimed to examine the mediating role of motivation in th...

The glass ceiling is a vertical segregation of women from top positions and hinders women's advancement in organizations at top positions. The study was focused to investigate the effect of the determining factors on the glass ceiling in the career advancement of women in HEIs. The study was quantitative and a multistage sampling technique was used...

Reporting wrongdoing is significant to the effectiveness of the organization, however, is a challenging task. The objective of this study was to contribute to the research by identifying the determining factors that influence the decision of a faculty member to report unethical behavior in the public sector universities. Further, to develop the val...

Human resource capital is the most strategic part of any organization. Retention of human resources is a critical issue these days. Keeping in view the importance of human capital and its retention, present study aimed to explore the impact of two strong predictors, job satisfaction and organizational commitment, on turnover intentions of employees...

Effective Information Technology usage refers to the intelligent utilization of all mediums of IT to gain maximum benefits. In order to survive in the current technological era, the teaching faculty is needed to use the information technology tools effectively to play progressive role in the educational institutions. The major objective of this stu...

In a competitive business environment, organizational performance depends upon employees’ performance and their capabilities which can be enhanced through effectual tools like, training to boost knowledge, behaviour and skills of employees. This research aims to investigate the effect of training on employees’ performance directly and indirectly me...

This paper presents the historical account of women welfare laws in Pakistan in the light of political-historical events. This article is based on conventional content analysis focusing the women welfare in Pakistan under the different governments. The purpose of this research is to describe the original situations behind the pro-women laws in Paki...

Information technology has a powerful impact on our daily doings in all walks of life. Particularly in educational settings, the pyramid of learning attitude has been altered by the usage of technological tools in learning process and thus the performance of the students. However, comprehensive integration of information technology tools to enhance...

This paper examined the impact of positive youth development initiatives on youth in Lahore, Pakistan through the provision of youth services. Youth is considered as one of the most important segments of the population in a country as it has to take over future roles and responsibilities. Currently, Pakistan is one of those countries which has the...

This conceptual paper tries to encompass the development of open innovation concept from 2003 till now. Open innovation is one of hottest and most debated topic in the field of innovation management. In last decade, since the publication of the book "open innovation" by Chesbrough, the idea of open innovation has received extensive interest of scho...

Aging procedure is the consequence of the demographic realignment, which is a significant concern of countries globally. In developing countries, this sensation is striding faster. The main objective of this article is to present a narrative review of the causes of dwindling classical cultural trends of family structures. Moreover, to discuss the p...

In the advanced business world, training is an indispensable tool used to build the new abilities, skills and enhance the employee’ knowledge which in result boost the employee performance. The current research aims to investigate how training influences employees’ performance in the presence of job satisfaction as a mediator in civil society organ...

The quantity of higher education is rapidly increasing, but the quality is still questioned about provision of generic competencies among graduates. In order to increase employability of graduates the universities are making efforts to equip graduates with skills and capabilities to integrate them in the job market. The principle objective of the c...

Corporal punishment (CP) is a conspicuous and serious matter of Pakistani schools. In response to this prevalent social problem the government of Pakistan like other countries has legislated against corporal punishments through Corporal Punishment Act, 2010 which restricts CP of every type in all educational institutes of the country. The said poli...

Marriage is a human social institution which lays the foundation of a family as a unit of a society. It has been happening in human societies since the dawn of the creation but with varying degree of celebrations, customs and traditions, modes and manners etc. It is regarded as a moment of celebration and joys not only for the couple who are going...

Whistle blowing is a term used to report the unethical act of colleagues and wrongdoings within the organization. Bringing attention towards the misconducts and organization’s effective response accordingly improves the productivity and quality of services. However, this generates the potential threats of organizational and interpersonal conflicts...

The current study was conducted to evaluate the role of Punjab Vocational Council in promoting empowerment of youth in rural areas of District Bhakkar. It was a case study of vocational training institutes working under Punjab Vocational Training Council (PVTC). Out of 06 vocational training institutes of District Bhakkar, 03 institutes were select...

The rapid development in 21st century not only gave birth to urbanization but also accompanied emergence of slums in cities. Now days, one of the phenomena grabbing serious attention of social scientists is the association between street – begging and poverty not just in developing countries but also in the developed ones. This research paper inten...

The purpose of this study was to find out the advantages and disadvantages of smartphone usage in the academic life of Social Work students at the University of the Punjab, Lahore. The quantitative research methodology was adopted in this study. The survey of Social Work students from the university was done by employing purposive sampling techniqu...

The sustainability of Rural Water Supply Schemes (RWSS), managed by communities, is a major concern in the developing world. A sustainable RWSS delivers safe and sufficient drinking water for a longer period to rural people. Community management was viewed as an accepted model that leads to sustainability, even though community management had diffi...

Loneliness is an unpleasant feeling within which an individual finds oneself under strong emptiness and depression due to the poor social connections and consequently leads to deterioration of one's well-being. This phenomenon may become even worst in the case of older adult widows. Therefore, the current research aimed to analyze the moderating ef...

The present study aims to assemble data about social and economic issues that provide for constituent use among youth in higher education institutions of Punjab (Pakistan). This research tries to find the social risk factors of respondents that contributing to substance use, to accumulate data about social risk factors of substance use among youth...

This work explains the relationship between economic Prosperity as a result of overseas remittance and the disintegration of the Traditional Pukhtun Social Organization leading to Juvenile delinquency and litigations. The changes are numerous ranging from disintegration of the traditional class structure to a conducive atmosphere for juvenile delin...

Abstract Teachers’ perception about bullying, embedded in bullying knowledge and his/her perceived contributing factors, influences the mechanism of choosing and practicing appropriate intervention strategies to handle school bullying. The major purpose of the current paper was to explore the contributing factors of school bullying perceived by tea...

Juvenile justice is a matter of welfare and punishment between line departments in Pakistan. The juvenile courts operate under the Juvenile Justice System Ordinance, 2000. This paper discusses the issues in the juvenile justice system as perceived by judges in Pakistan. The paper is based on qualitative methodology whereby in-depth interviews were...

This paper aims at investigating the post-legislative acid crimes situation with reference to women status in rural Punjab after the promulgation 'The Acid Control and Acid Crime Prevention Act, 2011'.The research followed qualitative research method by using narrative research technique. The data was collected through semi-structured interviews by...

Gender differences have been widely observed among developing countries whenever it comes to investigate the position of women on research grounds. Therefore, in current research, the relationship between employment and empowerment is being focused generally and particular attention is paid to the individual’s ability to approach job opportunities...

English is most frequently used language in the global communication and considered to be the key to success. In spite of the efforts made by the government to achieve acquired level, the failure rates in English in Pakistan is very alarming. In order to investigate this problem, this study was aimed to unveil the gap between the learning objective...

Not only world aged population is on rise, the aged population in Pakistan is also on rise since the onslaught of demographic transition during the early 1990s. This situation has posed many problems not only for the aged themselves but for the relatives and families as well due to the changing socioeconomic orders. Old age is a natural phenomenon...

The drivers of socioeconomic growth now in the knowledge economy reside in higher education. The existing gap between available graduates' career opportunities and market demand in Pakistan is an outcome of prevailing patterns in every part of higher education, e.g., its finance, administrative structure, curriculum, adopted instruction methods and...

School Bullying combined with social withdrawals and passivity has negative long-term effects on depressive tendencies and self-esteem of students that directly affect their attitude towards school and education. Teacher through school system and parents at home are the active agent in this phenomenon. A neglected behavior of teacher and inter-pare...

Women's awareness of reproductive health depends upon socio-demographic and awareness-related activities of women. The purpose of this study was to evaluate how far these factors determine their awareness. For this purpose, a random sample of 188 women of Sargodha city was selected to study the level of their awareness as predicted by their age, sp...