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لعل و گوہر سے گِراں تر اُن کی یہ تحریر ہے
ہے یہی تخت شہی ، اُن کی یہی جاگیر ہے
علم سے بڑھ کر کوئی بھی نعمتِ کبریٰ نہیں
علم طاقت، علم دولت، علم ہی شمشیر ہے
اِس میں غوطہ زن تمہیں ہونا ہے میرے دوستو
وقت کا جو خواب ہے اُس کی یہی تعبیر ہے
اختصار و جامعیت کی مرقعّ ہے یہی
بند کوزے میں سمندر ، ان کی ہر تقریر ہے
کس قدر گہری نظر ہے اِن کی سب حالات پر
وقت کے نباض کی منہ بولتی تصویر ہے
چار گوشہ اُن کی شخصیت ہے خود ہی دیکھ لو
اِک مدرس، ایک عالم ہے ،خطیب اور پیر ہے
ظلمتِ شب میں فروزاں نور کا مینار ہیں
سَیف ہے اُن کی زباں ، ہر لفظ میں تاثیر ہے
اک خزینۂ گراں مایہ ہے اُن کی پیشکش
ہر مدرس ، ہر مقرر کے لیے اکسیر ہے
حضرت راشد ؔ کی کاوش مرحبا ، صد مرحبا
اِن کا اِک اِک حرف تائبؔ نعرۂ تکبیر ہے
پروفیسر اکرام تائب
سابق صدر شعبہ (اردو ادبیات)
گورنمنٹ پوسٹ گریجوایٹ کالج عارف والا
The present study was conducted to probe the role of religion in mate selection among educated females of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Data for the study was collected through a pre-tested questionnaire from 278 working women from three public sector universities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa i.e. The University of Agriculture, University of Peshawar and Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University Peshawar. Simple random method was applied to pick the samples from the study area whereas chi-square statistics was applied to get the major findings. Results reveal a contradictory type of situation as on the one hand, religion particularly the rituals were strictly followed during marriage but on the other hand, the mate selection rights of women were ignored mainly. This is practiced despite of the fact that Islam has given right/liberty in mate selection to both men and women. Female respondents attributed it to lack of Islamic knowledge on part of family members or they do it to get more say and power through following common values and culture. Religious leaders do not lay much stress on the rights given by Islam to females in mate selection in their religious sermons. The issue according to respondents was not discussed either. Females on their part, though found interested in mates from their own sect or religious groups preferred liberal males over conservative ones because believing them to be stern and inflexible. The study recommends that an awareness campaign through mass media which may include religious leaders, civil society and political parties needs to be launched in order to raise awareness among both the educated and uneducated females along with their parents regarding mate selection, the nature and impact of religious misinterpretations, and current wave of western values, materialistic outlook and idealism that affects the selected females perception about mate selection.
This study attempts to investigate the relationship between batch-sizing and bullwhip effect in the Supply
Chain dynamics in the rice firms of Pakistan. For carrying out this research, the data has been collected from
the demand and sales sheets of a group of four large rice distributors and manufacturers (two each) from the
districts of Lahore and Islamabad, Pakistan. This was done to make up two-tier supply chain as one
manufacturer and one distributor was required for two-tier to complete the chain. Since this was a case study,
therefore data from four firms were considered sufficient to examine the demand and inventory patterns of the
selected tiers.
The research comprises two case studies from each tier. Consistent with the earlier studies, the researcher
applied simulation modeling technique to estimate the likely trends of the selected rice firms for two
consecutive years from December 2007 to December 2009. The data was analyzed using simulation technique
that produced results, showing a non-linear relationship between batch-size and bull-whip effect. The
contribution of this research is two-fold. Firstly, the current research is an extension of a study by Hussain and
Drake (2011) that analyzes the relationship between batch size and bullwhip effect as non-monotonic, whereby
the size of the remainder of quotient determines the value of bullwhip effect. Secondly, the batch size has less
frequently been studied in the context of bullwhip effect; hence the researcher has extended strength to the
existing supply chain model.
This study helps the supply chain practitioners and managers to understand and minimize negative effects of
bullwhip by proper batch sizing and taking measures to control excessive inventory investment, capacity, poor
customer level, lost revenues, decision making, reduced productivity, sub-optimal production and
transportation. The study also provides implications for researchers and academicians. The study suggests the
future researchers to conduct further research on bullwhip effect for other industries in Pakistan, especially
for wholesalers and retailers.