Instead of stepping in, to salvage academia in the hour of need, the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Higher Education Archives and Libraries Department imposed a ban on all kinds of appointments, recruitment and selection in…
Writing a theoretical framework for a PhD thesis: How important it is?
While presenting my PhD research proposal to the doctoral committee, one of the members asked, “gentleman everything is fine about your proposal but what is the theoretical or conceptual framework of your study”. I stood…
How to write an effective abstract?
The PhD scholars and young researchers incessantly face difficulties while writing an effective abstract for the proposal, thesis or research article. It is not because there is something incredibly hard about it but because they…
What should be included in the Research Proposal?
The important question that intrigues many minds is that what should be included in the PhD research proposal. Some generic guidelines about a perfect research proposal have already been given on “How to write an effective…
How to write an effective research proposal?
I completed my doctoral studies some three and a half years back. Yet, some of my doctoral fellows are embarrassingly got stuck at the research proposal stage of their PhD. My sincere sympathies are with…
Emerging financial crunch and survival of the public sector universities in Pakistan
Institutions of higher education in Pakistan are passing through a very critical juncture in the history of its establishment. The federal government has tightened up over-flowing funds to the public sector universities. Consequently, the educational…
Why the majority of PhD students suffer from depression?
A Facebook user on the group-‘PhD Support Group’, asked a simple question on the group, “Why the majority of research students face depression?: Mine is lack of support from the supervisors and yours”. This narration…
Some of the messages I received on the first anniversary of my blogging
It has been a year since I started blogging. I embarked on this exciting enterprise as a passion. The vision was not to educate others but to explore new horizons. The ambition was to come…
My reflections after a year of blogging: A story of self-learning and motivation
The idea of starting my personal blog overwhelmed my mind for quite some time. Nevertheless, time constraints, pressing professional engagements and increasing academic obligations impeded my progress. At least two of my close associates used…
An overview of the laws and by-laws in the universities in Pakistan
Universities are autonomous bodies having a complex organizational structure. A uniform Act, diverging statutes, elusive rules and cumbersome regulations are the hallmarks of the statutory business in the public sector universities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Serious…