This study is conducted to analyze the personal, internal and external factors affecting intention to migrate. Public sector universities and degree awarding institutions of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhuwa were selected. The data was collected from 220 business students of these organizations through self administered questionnaire. The Research paper is unique in its nature be conducting research on migration intentions of business students of Khyber Pakhtunkhuwa. The results show that all the internal factors, i.e. the home country push factors and the academic pull factors from abroad, affect the migration intentions of the business students. Personal factors also affect migration intensions. Female student are least intended to go abroad as compared to male students. Young age students are more interested in shifting abroad as compared to older age students. The research has practical implications as for as policy making for evaluating student migration intentions

Key Words: Migration Intentions, Brain Drain, Business Students.

The study explored the impact of the personality traits(PT) on the investment behavior (IB) of individual investors trading at Pakistan stock exchange (PSX). It also provides evidence regarding the moderating impact of financial literacy (FL) on personality and investment behavior of individual investors. Data have been collected via self-administered questionnaires from 217 investors of PSE. Results showed that extroversion influence the investment behavior of individuals and FL moderates the relationship between PT and investment behavior. Conscientiousness, openness to experience, and agreeableness influences IB if they are financially literate. In addition to this study proved that financial literacy helps everyone irrespective of age, background or income to make knowledgeable financial decisions. The study also provides empirical evidence that financial literacy strongly impacts the investment behavior of individuals. The study provides guidelines for policymakers to devise policies for investment keeping in view the financial literacy of investors. Moreover, investors prone to extrovert, persist in investing in stock exchange without having financial literacy. In the future, the research may take into consideration the impact of family FL and resources on investment behavior.

Key Words: Investment Behavior, Financial Literacy, Personality Traits, Individual Investor.

Certain factors affect postgraduate research performance and success. These factors include personal factors, supervisory factors, institutional factors, and social support. The study at hand attempted to study these factors and delineate its correlation with research performance of students. The study was conducted using positivist methodology. Data was collected through a well thought questionnaire. The Questionnaire consists of various sections as per variables of the study. The study draws upon quantitative data collected from M.Phil. and students. A total of 141 students enrolled in various universities were contacted for data. The data was analyzed with the help of correlation test. Keeping in view the objectives of the study and nature of the data, correlation was the most suited statistical test. The major finding of the study is there is weak correlation between personal factors and research performance of students. Personal factors (socio-demographic, personality, competence, and efficacy) affect research performance of students. Our study found no correlation among supervisory factors and institutional factors with research performance of students. Moreover, no correlation was found between social support and research performance of students. Based on the study findings we recommend that students should properly assess themselves before embarking M.Phil. and PhD studies. If they are not fully trained/ prepared and committed to study to post graduate studies, they should not enroll in such programs. Universities should also reconsider their entrance/ aptitude tests and interview process. They should properly assess them before enrolling students. It should be made sure that eligible, motivated, and committed students are selected. This process will minimize chances of potential dropout of students. This will save time and resources of both university and students.

Key Words: Attrition, Problematic Candidature, Postgraduate Studies, Research Efficacy, Social Support, Supervisory Factors, Thesis blocker.

Women’s appearance on the public domain is a popular discourse in the academic circles. Their political experiences on the public domain remain under discussion too. Feminist political analysis as newly emerged perspective is concerned with the political experiences of women. Through feminist critical realism this perspective questions gender construction and its mainstreaming in politics. Drawing on feminist political analysis, this study uncovers women’s lived experiences in the district council of Mardan Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Pakistan. Main concern of the study is to know how the social and cultural practices influence women’s lived political experiences in the mentioned area. This study uses interpretive paradigm which guides qualitative methodology. Seventeen women members of the district government were interviewed as sample size. An interview guide was used for conducting in-depth interviews. Theoretical insights for this study come from Kantola and Lombardo’s perspective of feminist political analysis. However, gender and political analysis approach of the mentioned perspective is specifically used to analyze the question: that how gender discriminatory social practices, normalized through the use of language, influence women’s political experiences. Findings of the study revealed poor political experiences of women members in shape of their misunderstanding of council sessions’ agenda, no independence in speech, unattractiveness of their speech, and un-recognition of their participation in the district council.

Key Words: Feminist Political Analysis, Gender and Political Analysis, Socio-Cultural Structures, Linguistic Practices, Women’s Lived Political Experiences.

The major purposes of this study were to compare the available physical facilities in boys and girls colleges. The study was descriptive in nature and survey design was used to conduct the research. A researcher constructed five point Likert scale questionnaire was used to collect the data. The study was delimited to district Kotli. 446 teachers who were teaching at college level in district kotli Azad Kashmir were the population of the study. 73 male and 73 female teachers were selected through disproportionate Stratified random sampling technique. Data were collected through personal visits and analyzed by using SPSS 23 version. The results of the study explored that all colleges have physical facilities that are assisting teachers and students but boys’ colleges have more physical facilities as compared to the girls’ colleges. It is recommended that government may provide modern physical facilities that may help students and teachers to create effective learning environment. It is also recommended that laboratories of colleges may be equipped with modern instruments and AV aids.

Key Words: Physical Facilities, Students, College, Teachers, Learning, Infrastructure.