An Overview of the Religious Perspective of Honour Killing in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) of Pakistan

This article maps the role of religion in the prevalence and promotion of honour killing in tribal areas of Pakistan. Through simple sampling method a sample size of 377 respondents, comprising of ‘Maliks’ were selected from the study universe. The collected data was interpreted and presented at uni-variate, bi-variate and multi-variate levels. Chi-square test statistics were used to draw association between dependent variable (honour killing) and independent variable (religion) both at bi-variate and multi-variate levels. The study found a significant relationship of honour killing with the importance of religion in people lives, alienation from the religious teachings, dominance of cultural values over religion, existence of honour killing in all religious sects (Shia and Sunni), and lack of factual religious knowledge about honour killing. Moreover, a non-significant relationship of honour killing was found with permission of honour killing in Islam, and religious clerics often speak about honour killing in religious sermons. Understanding of women and their rights in light of the teachings of Islam, religious clerics need to perform their true role, and killing in either shape needs to be propagated as against the religion were presented some of the policy recommendations in lights of the study results.

Creating a Collaborative School Development Plan

This paper describes the effort made to develop a collaborative school development plan and the results achieved there from. Four tasks have been designed and followed to achieve the required document. The effort towards the first task presented the school's strengths and weaknesses. In the same manner, the second task presented the areas where the school wanted to improve. Likewise, the third task provided room for the school stakeholders to work collaboratively, and as a result the school got a priority list and direction for a school development plan. The fourth task evaluated the process and concluded that for the first time a majority of the school stakeholders have become involved in collaborative participation, the school had listed and defined its priorities, and had acquired direction for a school development plan. Finally, some recommendations have been made for future research.