گزرتا ہے تو یہ گزرے بہار کا موسم
رہے مدام الٰہی یہ پیار کا موسم
کہاں گئی ہے وہ رُت تیری دید کی جاناں
جو دے گئی ہے مجھے انتظار کا موسم
ٹھہر گیا ہے غم و رنج میرے آنگن میں
کہاں گیا ہے سکون و قرار کا موسم
عجیب بات ہے یارو کہ اس بڑھاپے میں
ہے یاد آنے لگا کوئے یار کا موسم
میں دل کے زخم دکھائوں تو کس طرح تائبؔ
بتائوں کیسے دلِ داغ دار کا موسم
The word “God” and its derivatives apparently seen common knowledge. However when the concept of God is studied through various religions, it becomes evident that this word has undergone a prolonged evolutionary stages. Therefore, it may safely be said that this vital concept has evolved and later undergoing through various transformation culminated on the concept of “Tawheed”. This article attempts to present an overview of the concept of God with reference to different religions as this concept of God has remained a focus of man’s activities.
The present research explored impact of perceived social support, social skills and coping strategies on general health of Pakistani women college and university teachers. Non-probability purposive sampling strategy was used. The sample comprised of 212 women college and university teachers drawn from different public and private colleges and women university of Lahore. Perceived Social Support from Friend and from Family Scales (Procidano & Heller, 1983); Social Skills Inventory (Riggio, 1989); Coping Orientation to Problem Experienced (Carver, Scheier, & Weintraub, 1989) and General Health Questionnaire 30 (Goldberg, 1978) were individually administered to all the research participants. Formal permission was granted by the authors of these scales for use in the current research project. Pearson Product Moment Correlation coefficient, Hierarchical Multiple Regression Analysis and Structural Equation Modeling were performed to determine the impact of perceived social support, social skills and coping strategies on general health of the research participants. Independent sample t-test was also applied to analyze the differences between single and married women college and university teachers in all variables. The Results suggest that perceived family support, social skills, emotion-focused coping strategies and problem-focused coping strategies are significant positive predictors for general health of women college and university teachers in Pakistani society. The findings of this research have implications for promoting our understanding of the impact of perceived social support, social skills and coping strategies on general health of the women college and university teachers so that faculty development programs could be introduced in Pakistani educational institutions to promote their general health.