تندوردہک رہا ہے
تندور دہک رہا ہے
لوگ بھوکے پڑے ہیں
سب کے بدن سوکھے پڑے ہیں
یہ خواہشوں کے مارے معصوم انسان
انسانوں کے جنگل میں،ضرورتوں کے مارے
معاش کے درخت کاٹتے اور ضرورت کی شاخیں جمع کرتے
اور دیکھتے ہیں
کہیں بہار کی رنگینیاں تو کہیں خزاں کے ویرانے
کہیں خوشیوں کے سریلے گیت تو کہیں آرزوئوں کے ماتم
کوئی ٹانگیں پسارے پڑا ہے تو کوئی...
Media in its various forms has become a significant part of everyday social life. It influences both how we see ourselves and the world around us to some extent. At different screens of media, images of men and women are presented in different ways and with different characteristics. Studies have been conducted at large regarding representation of gender in movies and television drama serials. This paper was meant to be an addition to this vast canvas of research through analysis of gender representation in the comedy dramas of Pakistan. According to West and Zimmerman’s theory of ‘doing gender’, gender is performed by the people in their everyday actions and interactions. Keeping in view the concept of doing gender this study analyzed roles of males and females and tried to find out how different characters maintain their gender identities in comedy dramas. Results suggested that the characters were, at many places, observed to be acting contrary to the roles associated to their genders by the society. They did or performed gender to maintain their identities.
This specific study has been conducted with the aim to highlight and describe the effects of mergers and
acquisitions on risk reductions, profitability, efficiency and growth of banking sector of Pakistan. Ten banks
operating in Pakistan having observed merger or acquisition transaction including Faysal Bank, United Bank
Limited, JS Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, NIB Bank, KASB Bank, MCB Bank, Habib Metropolitan Bank, Habib
Bank and Bank Alfalah have been taken as a sample.
The financial analysis has been made with the help of financial ratios before and after merger or acquisition
transaction to analyze the effects of the M&A activities. The paired sample T-test has been employed to verify
the difference of performance of merging and acquiring banks before and after M&A transactions.
It has been found out from the results of this study that merger and acquisition transactions have no significant
effects upon risk reduction, profitability, efficiency and growth of banking sector of Pakistan which is consistent
to the several prevailing studies.