ویکھو اس دی ٹور
کیڈا ہے منہ زور
بندہ سب تے حاوی
بھانویں ہے کمزور
سب دا مالک اللہ
ہتھ اوہدے وچ ڈور
عشق اساڈا جیوں کر
چن دے مگر چکور
عشق جلاویں اگیں
جیندے پے گیا کھور
دشمن آپے بندا
ویری نہیں کوئی ہور
پیار رچایا ہڈیں
اندر ہر اک پور
ہنجوں حنیف نوں یارو
اندروں دتا کھور
Imbibing reading habits is an essential skill necessary in the acquisition of knowledge, which is highly demanding in the life of every student in the academic environment. However, as modern technological resources keep on advancing, the reading habits of students are also changing with reading on screen. This study examined the reading habits of college sophomore students as affected by technological resources. The survey instruments, distributed to 254 college sophomore students at the Ilocos Sur Polytechnic State College, allowed the respondents to assess their reading habits in terms of reading hours, reading purposes, reading content, and reading attitude, with the technological resources as their tool. The data gathered in the study was analyzed statistically using the simple frequency count and percentage, mean, and Pearson correlation. The findings revealed that the college sophomores achieved an average level in their English subjects. In addition, it was found that the technology resources were moderately adequate to be used for reading among the college sophomores. Despite this, the results still showed that college sophomore students spent 2-3 hours a day reading, primarily in preparation for their exams. In addition, they read the available reading content moderately often, and they perceive a positive attitude towards the use of technological resources for reading. Furthermore, it was revealed that there is a significant relationship between reading habits and academic achievements. The study's findings will be used to improve instructional approaches and to launch e-reading initiatives in colleges.
Historic Mughal gardens of Pakistan along with their contents are an important part of its national heritage. The Mughals are claimed to be the first to introduce the formal garden design to Indio-Pak sub-continent. Many changes have occurred overtime in the landscape of these gardens. This situation necessitates the need to restore and conserve the original landscape of these gardens. In this regard present research study had been proposed to be carried out on three purposively selected Mughal gardens namely Shalamar Garden, Tomb of Jahangir and Wah Garden where original landscape plants were searched out through available documentary records, and a list of present plants was prepared and documented. The perceptions of visitors and the information-rich persons were recorded and analyzed for inferring the results. The scanty documentary records and the absence of any landscape plan of these gardens imposed major difficulties in finding out the complete list of original plants. Many factors were found contributing towards the deterioration and destruction of landscape of these historic gardens. These included time factor, invasion of armies, neglect and carelessness, changing government policies, temporality of plant material, insufficient documentary records, and political and communal influence of residents. It was also observed that new plant varieties were being introduced in the landscape of these historic gardens which was a deviation from originality. Lack of consistent policies of the concerned department, lack of sufficient funds and technical staff and the changing priorities of the changing governments were the main reasons of unsatisfactory landscape conservation and restoration work of these gardens. Majority of the visitors expressed their wish to see the original landscape plants of these gardens. The respondents suggested various measures to increase the income of the department for proper landscape conservation and restoration. The major measures suggested by the respondents were an increase in the amount of entry ticket and imposing small tax on exports and imports. In the light of the findings of present study it is recommended that landscape conservation and restoration of these historic gardens should be carried out on scientific bases by following the international charters so that this valuable heritage asset could be saved from the threats mentioned above.