Introduction: The dawn of 21st century has changed the scene of the world economy and shifted the Centre of economic growth from Western hemisphere to the Asian Continent. The global financial crisis of 2008 and European debt crisis of 2010 have exposed inherent weak- ness of G-7 economies, which are facing the challenges of twin deficits, falling productivity, rising debts and aging population. In contrast, the emerging economies particularly, China, India and Brazil, have shown robust economic growth during 2000-2010. China’s fast economic growth since 1960s was the result of gradual shift in its economic system, open door policy and its accession to the world trade organization. The institutional reforms and access to foreign markets has been followed by investment strategies expanded 45% of Chinese GDP during last 40 years. The consistent vertical economic growth has no precedent in the economic history of the world. China has increased its share in world trade from 0.5% in 1960 to 10% in 2010 and accumulated foreign exchange reserves of US$3.19 trillion by March 2013. It is not less than a miracle. Objectives: The objective of this dissertation is to measure the changes taken place in world economy during 2000-2010 and its impact on assets allocation, employment labour productivity, poverty, and allocation of resources. For this purpose the author has selected total 14 countries as a sample and divided them into two groups: G-7 and E-7. The G-7group Include USA, Ger- many, France, UK, Italy, Japan and Canada while E-7 contains China, India, Brazil, Russia, Indonesia, Turkey and Pakistan. Methodology: The methodology used in this research study is to compare different economic and financial indicators of these two groups of countries in order to obtain desired results. Mostly time series and cross sectional secondary data, collected from data base of IMF, World Bank, China Bureau of National Statistics, US Federal reserves, relevant international research journals and books, has been used. Different statistical and mathematical techniques have been used to estimate changes in selected variables. OLS method was used to measure China economic growth while mathematical model was used to measure US slowdown puzzle. Ratio analysis and content analysis were used to estimate the data. Our study specific period is spread over 10 years from 2000-2010 but we used data beyond this period wherever it is necessary to analyze the genesis of existing world economic scenario. Total 13 variables have been selected for this study. Among them main variables are: labour productivity, investment, capital accumulation, exports, R&D expenses, output, real exchange rate and technological progress. Different tests were applied to test the stability of the model Findings: The results of the study are very significant because we found that increase in national income of emerging economics has brought trickle down effects and reduced poverty and inequality level in emerging economies. Only in China, about 400 million people have come out of poverty trap due to rising employment opportunities. The share of E-7 economies in the world R& D has increased from14% in 2001 to 20.1% in 2007, while the share of G-7 economies has declined by 2.4% during the same period. In our empirical analysis, the relationship between real gross fixed capital formation that is used as a proxy to capital and real gross domestic product of China is found positive. Theoretically and econometrically it is logical and significant because it is statistically significant at 1 percent level and having more investment in the country will cause of higher incomes as evident in the case of China. Investment in China has been a source of higher incomes from 1980s and now it is leading over world economy. Our empirical evidence shows that almost, 1 percent extra investment in china may raise on average national incomes by 0.26 percent. Our study found negative relationship between exports and real exchange rates. On average one percent increase in the real official exchange rate will lower real gross domestic product (GDP) by 0.07 percent. The negative effect is so small in China’s case because of tight control over official exchange range but it should not be ignored in general. Our results show that traditional production function “AK” and technological progress production function “R&D” are different. In “AK” production function the input and output increase in the same ratio as we increase inputs, we will get growth in output in the same ratio. There is a constant return to scale in “AK” production function. In contrast, in “R&D” production function diminishing return to scale has been noted during out empirical analysis of U.S. productivity growth slowdown case because the increase in the number of researchers and R&D expenditures does not increase output in the same ratio. Our empirical analysis shows if we increase the number of researchers by 100% we will get only 40 percent output. The 60 percent output gap is huge. This is one of the main apparent cause of U.S. productivity slowdown.
مضطرؔ نظامی مضطرؔ نظامی(۱۹۰۹ء ۔۱۹۶۹ئ) کا اصل نام خدا بخش تھا اور مضطرؔ تخلص کرتے تھے۔ مضطر پسرور میں پیدا ہوئے۔ ۱۹۳۴ء میں انھوں نے ادیب فاضل کا امتحان پاس کیا۔ ۱۹۳۷ء میں مضطر نے محکمہ تعلیم میں بطورِ اُستاد ملازمت اختیار کی ۔ (۴۴۷)آپ نے کم عمری میں ہی لکھنا شروع کر دیا۔زمانہ طالب علمی ہی سے ان کا کلام کالج میگزین میں شائع ہونا شروع ہو گیا تھا۔ (۴۴۸) انھوںنے غزل،نظم ،نعت،منظوم مکتوبات،منظوم ترجمہ،مثنوی ،مسدس،قطعہ،رباعی ،مرثیہ ،ڈرامہ ،مضمون اور مقالہ غرضیکہ ادب کی تقریباً تمام اصناف میں طبع آزمائی کی۔ ان کی تصنیف و تالیف مطبوعہ اور غیر مطبوعہ کی تعداد اکیس کتب پر مشتمل ہیں۔ ان میں سے دو پیارے نبیؐ (منظوم) اور دانش کدہ فارسی مطبوعہ ہیں جب کہ باقی تمام غیر مطبوعہ ہیں۔ ان کی تفصیل درج کی جاتی ہے۔ مضطرؔ نے ’’پیارے نبی‘‘ کے عنوان سے آسان ،سادہ اور چھوٹی بحر میں دلکش انداز میں بچوں کے لیے نبی پاکؐ کے مقدس حالات کو منظوم اندازمیں پینتیالیس عنوانات کے تحت قلمبند کیا۔یہ مجموعہ پچھتر صفحات پر مشتمل ہے۔ جو ۱۹۶۴ء کا طبع شدہ ہے۔ ’’نقشِ حیات‘‘ نظم اور غزل پر مشتمل ہے۔ جو ۱۹۶۴ء کا طبع شدہ ہے۔ ’’نقشِ حیات‘‘ نظم اور غزل پر مشتمل مضطرؔ کا دوسرا غیر مطبوعہ مجموعہ کلام ہے۔یہ مسودہ خود نوشت ہے جو ۲۷۳ صفحات پر مشتمل ہے۔ متفرق کلام ( غیر مطبوعہ) مسودہ چھپن نظموں اور سترہ غزلیات پر مشتمل ہے۔ آبِ بقا (غیر مطبوعہ) مضطرؔ کا چوتھا نعتیہ مجموعہ کلام ہے۔ یہ مسودہ ایک سو انتالیس صفحات پر مشتمل ہے۔ جس میں ایک سو ستائیس اردو نعتیں ہیں۔کاروانِ حیات (غیر مطبوعہ) مضطرؔ کا پانچواں منظوم مکتوبات کا مجموعہ کلام ہے۔ یہ مسودہ ایک سو ترانوے صفحات پر مشتمل ہے۔ منظوم مکتوبات پچاس شخصیا ت کو لکھے گئے ہیں ۔ابوالاثر حفیظ جالندھری ،ڈاکٹر سید عبداللہ...
Interfaith harmony refers to the peaceful coexistence and cooperation between people of different religious beliefs. This abstract focuses on the need for interfaith harmony, the challenges that hinder it, and the way forward towards achieving it. The need for interfaith harmony arises from the diversity of religious beliefs and practices around the world, which can lead to misunderstanding, conflict, and violence. Interfaith harmony promotes mutual respect, understanding, and cooperation among people of different faiths, which can lead to a more peaceful and just society. However, achieving interfaith harmony is not without challenges. These challenges include ignorance, prejudice, fear, and mistrust among people of different faiths. There are also social, economic, and political factors that can contribute to the breakdown of interfaith relations. To overcome these challenges, there are several ways forward towards achieving interfaith harmony. These include education and awareness-raising initiatives that promote interfaith understanding and dialogue. There are also interfaith organizations that bring people of different faiths together for mutual cooperation and support. Additionally, there are political and legal measures that can protect the rights of religious minorities and ensure their full participation in society. In conclusion, interfaith harmony is essential for building a peaceful and just society. While there are challenges to achieving it, there are also ways forward towards promoting interfaith understanding, cooperation, and respect.
The major objective of the present study was to develop and test an integrated model of organizational cynicism in public sector organizations of Pakistan. Though theories in organizational behavior claim to cover the attitudinal and behavioral aspects of all employees, but there are a number of objections on these theories. For example, criticism on majority of studies is that they are developed in countries which form 30% of the population, mainly Europe and the North America. When the findings are applied to remaining 70% population of the world, the results can be problematic. Theorists like Hofstede(1980) and his followers claim that any explanation of theory without taking into consideration the cultural context can lead to fallacies rather than findings. The present study mainly attempted to analyze an important employee related attitude i.e. organizational cynicism in an under-researched country viz. Pakistan. The second key objective was to study the issue in public sector organizations. The debate that whether same theories are applicable in public and private sector organizations, has been part of literature for decades. The key reason for this debate is that since public and private sector organizations exist with different objectives, the organizational behavior in these organizations may not be the same. Theoretically, the study attempts to develop an integrated model of organizational cynicism. Over the last decade a significant amount of work has been done on the issue, but most of the models discuss limited aspects of organizational cynicism. This study attempts to develop an integrated model of organizational cynicism in Pakistan. The model with these constraints in mind tends to examine impact of demographics and some psychological factors on organizational cynicism. The second component of this model examines outcomes of organizational cynicism and its role as a mediating variable. A sample of public sector employees was selected for data collection. In Pakistan, public sector organizations employs a huge number of employees (around 3 million) in different 15 sectors. Keeping in view the volume of public sector organizations and employees, the study was restricted to civil servants working only in main government secretariats like Islamabad, Lahore, and Karachi. Data was collected from 948 respondents through a questionnaire . Results gave some novel findings specific to culture in Pakistan. Qualification is significantly associated with organizational cynicism while age gender has insignificant relationship. More education with lesser career prospects brings more frustration among employees thus older workers with higher qualification are having more cynicism. Among antecedents of organizational cynicism, negative relationship between perception of politics and organizational cynicism was quite unusual finding which was explained in public sector organizations cultural context of Pakistan where rewards, career development every thing is dependent more on individual’s ability to indulge in politics rather than job performance. On the other hand positive relationship between breach of psychological contract and organizational cynicism, while a negative relationship between job autonomy and organizational cynicism was found in the study. The mediating role of organizational cynicism also gives diverse findings. The results are explained in terms of the existing internal and external environment of public sector organizations in Pakistan. Generally the development of integrated model for organizational cynicism was supported well theoretically and statistically.