صاحبزاده ميان محمدي بن ميان عمر: حياته، خدماته وآثاره العلمية

Mian Muhammadi (son of Hazrat Mian Umer) was a great sufi saint and Islamic scholar of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan in 19th century and born in a well known village “Chamkani” of district Peshawar.  He was a multi dimensional personality of his time being a saint respectful to the all sects of Muslims, as a poet of Arabic and Pashto, and a scholar having a systematic program for publication of the books. He has authored a number of books in various fields of Islamic Studies and Shariah adopting a unique methodology in writing. He, the Mian Muhammadi, has spent his whole life in quenching the spiritual thirst of the local Muslim of that era on one hand, and spreading the knowledge on other hand. In the present paper, personal life, services as well as academic effects of this great saint have been discussed scholarly in order to bring forth his life sketch and contributions before the scholars.

Factors Effecting Small Scale Business Performance in K.P.K

The main theme of the research study is to examine the factors that affect the small scale business performance in Peshawar, Mardan and Nowshera of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Data was collected from the sample of 247 respondents through direct meeting and sending them the questionnaire by post. Simple random sampling technique was used for distribution. In the study two major variables were analyzed through Descriptive and inferential statistics in KP.K in which demographic factors (age, education and experience) and environmental factors (marketing, technological, infrastructural, financial, political and Govt. policies) were included. The finding of the study shows significant and positive relationship between dependent variable and independent variables. The result further shows the significant variation in the dependent variable due to the independent variables at 1% significance level. Recommendations are given to business owners and government organization and suggestions are given to the researchers.