Since fifty years or so, many studies had examined the interplay between occupational role and familial responsibilities in dual career couples, however the phenomena is yet to be explored in the context of Pakistan. This study was planned with the aim to explore the impact of role conflict (work to family and family to work conflict) on marital quality and career satisfaction of duel career couples. The study also aimed to explore that to what extent coping mechanisms are associated with role conflict, marital quality, career satisfaction and how these are experienced by respondents having various demographic features. Data was collected from 388 respondents who were selected through purposive sampling while using snowball technique in the targeted 6 public sector universities and 3 hospitals in the city of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan. A group of theories was reviewed including role strain, theory of role differentiation, theory of asymmetric permeability and expansion/scarcity hypotheses to guide this study.A sequential explanatory design of Mixed Method Research (MMR) was used to collect quantitative data by using a questionnaire and qualitative data through in-depth interviews. Statistical analysis was performed through Chi-square test, Regression analysis, T-test, ANOVA and correlation for exploring association and relation between the selected variables. A significant and negative association was found between family to work conflict (FWC) and marital quality while highly significant and negative associations were obtained with career satisfaction. Similarly, work to family conflict (WFC) was found highly significant and negatively associated with all the items loaded on the components of marital quality while found in less significant association with items loaded on the components of career satisfaction. It was also found through regression analysis that family to work and work to family conflict was significantly while negatively directed with marital satisfaction, communication, togetherness and positively related with marital disagreements. Furthermore, family to work conflict was significantly and negatively associated with career happiness, motivation and job involvement. Similarly, role conflict was found in significant and negative association with coping mechanisms while a significant positive association was obtained between coping mechanisms, marital quality and career satisfaction. It was concluded from the data obtained through T-test and ANOVA that role conflict, marital quality and career satisfaction was experienced differently by respondents having various demographic characteristics. Additionally, the data collected from the study participants through indepth interviews in the form of narratives were found in consonance with our statistical findings. The themes of the study were including 1) Role balancing is difficult; 2) Family stresses have negative implications on the job; 3) We have a happy marriage, but role overload is problematic; 4) Child care is difficult to manage with occupational role; 5) We have little but quality time together: 6) Job schedule is difficult while family responsibilities are flexible; 7) Disagreements erupts but we respond with coping; 8) Friendly communication is helpful: 9) Coping mechanisms are very useful. Considering the findings obtained from all the statistical models and in-depth interviews that family to work and work to family conflict was significantly reducing the level of marital satisfaction, marital togetherness and marital communication while causing marital disagreements in dual career couples. Likewise, family related problems and work induced stresses had certain negative outcomes for career happiness, motivation and job involvement while coping mechanisms positively negotiate the carryover of role permeability in dual career couples. Our findings support the major assumptions of the role strain theory and scarcity hypotheses by suggesting that role conflict significantly mitigate the marital quality and career satisfaction of dual career couples. Likewise, our findings supported the theory of asymmetric permeability by outlining that work related stresses were more likely permeating to cause unrest in the family because the family domain was more flexible to absorb stresses than work domain. It is recommended that medical and academic institutions should specifically formulate policies to address issues and problems of dual career couples so that their potential may be utilized for the betterment of organisations, families and society. These include flexible and favorable recruitment policies, provision of baby care and counseling centers within these settings.
پاکستان سے محبت نحمدہ ونصلی علی رسولہ الکریم امّا بعد فاعوذ بااللہ من الشیطن الرجیم بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم معزز اسا تذہ کرام اور میرے ہم مکتب ساتھیو! آج مجھے جس موضوع پر لب کشائی کی دعوت دی گئی ہے وہ ہے:’’پاکستان سے محبت ‘‘ صدرِذی وقار! محبت ایک ایسا لفظ ہے جس کے معانی کی خوشبو سے گردونواح کی فضاء معطر ہو جاتی ہے، جس کی بارش کے قطرے نفرت، حسد، بغض کی دھول کو ختم کر کے نکھار پیدا کر دیتے ہیں، جس سے معاشرے میں موجود عداوت ، عصبیت ، اقرباء پروری کے کھلیانوں میں موجود غلاظت کے ڈھیروں سے اُٹھنے والی سرانڈ کاو جود ختم ہو جاتا ہے ،محبت کی آبیاری سے نشوونما پانے والے گلستان جنت کا نمونہ پیش کرنا شروع کر دیتے ہیں اور ہر سو سبزہ ہی سبزہ نظر آتا ہے جو ایک نیک شگون تصور کیا جا تا ہے۔ جنابِ صدر! میں پاکستان سے محبت کیوں نہ کروں!یہ تو میرے آباؤ اجداد کی کاوش ہے، میں اس کے گلی کوچوں کو حرز جاں کیوں نہ بناؤں یہ تو میرے اسلاف نے اپنی جانوں کا نذرانہ پیش کر کے حاصل کیا ہے، مجھے اس کی فضاؤں سے، مجھے اس کی ہواؤں سے، مجھے اس کے گلستانوں سے، مجھے اس کے بیابا نوں سے، مجھے اس کے کھیتوں کھلیانوں سے، الغرض مجھے اس کے ذرے ذرے سے پیار ہے۔ معزز سامعین! پاکستان میراوطن ہے، پاکستان میر ا دیں ہے، پاکستان میرا گھر ہے، پاکستان کی مٹی مجھے جان سے بھی زیادہ عزیز ہے، ایسا کیوں نہ ہو، میں مسلمان ہوں میرا ایمان ہے کہ وطن کی محبت ایمان سے ہے۔ وطن سے محبت کر کے، پاکستان سے محبت کر کے جہاں میں بحثیت انسان اپنا فرض ادا کر رہا ہوں وہاں اپنادینی فریضہ بھی پورا کر...
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Climatic resilience of wheat is its capacity to absorb disorder, maintain, self-organization while retaining the same basic structure and ways of functioning, adaptating to stress and change. The present studies were conducted with the objectives (a) to understand wheat crop biodynamism and its relation with yield under variable climatic conditions of Pothwar, (b) to parameterize and evaluate the APSIM-wheat module under variable local environmental conditions (c) to enhance understanding about the resilience of wheat under rainfed conditions using APSIM. Field trials on wheat were performed during two wheat growing environments from 2008 to 2010 at high (Islamabad), medium (Chakwal) and low (Talagang) rainfall zones of Pothwar. A Randomized complete block design was used and three wheat genotypes (Chakwal-50, Wafaq-2001 and GA-2002) were replicated four times among five planting windows denoted as PW''s. The PW‘s as management‘s starts from October and ended at the start of December. These five planting windows were denoted as PW1 (Sowing between 10-20 October), PW2 (Sowing between 21-31 October), PW3 (Sowing between 1-10 November), PW4 (Sowing between 11-20 November) and PW5 (Sowing between 01-10 December). Daily rainfall data (1961-2010) were obtained from the Pakistan Meteorological Department. Soil water dynamics recorded layer wise at pre-sowing, three leaf, tillering anthesis and maturity stages of crop showed significant variability at different locations among PW‘s and environments. Significant differences were observed in the pattern of emergence rate index (ERI), growth, drymatter accumulation, yield and grain quality of wheat crop at three locations among PW‘s and during two environments (2008-09 and 2009-10). The number of days for phenological development of crop (Z13, Z20, Z60 and Z92) remained statistically higher at Islamabad during 2008-09 as compared to other locations and second environment. Dry matter accumulation at three leaf and anthesis stage remained significantly different during two environments, three locations and planting windows. However, decline in drymatter at Talagang, late sowing and during 2009- 10 was due to prevailing stresses in the form of moisture and temperature. The xxvii trend of growth dynamics (crop growth rate (CGR) and net assimilation rate (NAR)) remained greater during 2008-09 for PW2 at Islamabad while lowest at Talagang and during 2009-10. The CGR and NAR reduction was recorded for all genotypes from Islamabad to Talagang moving from PW1 to PW5. Physiological parameters like stomatal conductance (gs), Stomatal resistance (rs), Net Photosynthetic rate (An), Transpiration rate (E) and Intercellular CO2 (Ci) were significantly affected due to treatments (environments, locations, PW‘s and genotypes). The maximum stomatal conductance recorded during 2008- 09 (0.639 mole m-2 sec-1) while minimum noted during 2009-10 (0.498 mole m-2 sec-1). However, stomatal resistance remained inverse to conductance among treatments. Similarly, significant variability in SPAD chlorophyll contents and proline concentration recorded at anthesis among treatments. Grain yield reduced for all genotypes with change in planting windows during two environments at three variable locations. Quantification of this yield to environmental variables depicted reduction (65 kg/ha/day) across the genotypes and environments. Similar trend was observed for other yield components. The Agricultural Production System Simulator (APSIM) was evaluated and parameterized as a bioinformatics tool using wheat crop, soil and climatic data of three locations of Pothwar. The optimization and modification of various genotype coefficients lead to goodness of fit between simulated and observed data regarding the occurrence of anthesis and maturity by accurately regulating the phasic development of the genotypes used in this study. This improvement in the models ability also improved the simulation capabilities of the model regarding days after sowing, leaf area index (LAI), drymatter accumulation, yield, harvest index (HI) and total soil water extraction across treatments. The validated crop simulation model was used as decision support tool for selecting optimum planting window and genotypes at different locations during variable environments. The simulation analysis regarding partioning of yield across PW‘s at different locations among genotypes showed that sowing after PW3 was more vulnerable to climate fluctuations governed by SOI phases in July. The long term APSIM analysis depicted that increase or decrease in wheat yield is linked with rainfall variability governed by Southern Oscillation Index (SOI) phases in July. The analysis using probabilistic approach based on long term rainfall variability revealed 44, 40 and 35 % possibility of exceeding median rain for Islamabad, Chakwal and Talagang when SOI phase in July is near zero, whereas possibility of exceeding 35, 34 and 33% possibility of exceeding median rain at Islamabad, Chakwal and Talagang is linked with negative SOI phase in July. Similarly, model forecasted monsoon (JAS), early wheat growing season (NDJ), end wheat growing season (FMA) and total growing season rainfall (NDJFMA) with good accuracy and skill scores. Further work is suggested to link climatic variability all over Pakistan with SOI and SSTs so that risk management tools can be used in the agricultural system management to maintained yield sustainability. Similarly use of simulation techniques like APSIM and ―R‖ as decision making tool based upon long term climatic data need to be used for development of agriculture sector.