This blog post covers the following important areas: 1. How to start writing the research proposal? 2. How to write a good research proposal?. 3. What is a research proposal? 4. Requirements of the research proposal 5. Purpose of the research proposal 6. Format of the research proposal

The main aim of this article is to share my insight with novice researchers and offer some useful guidance to the PhD scholars to anticipate the challenges in writing a PhD Research Proposal so that they may be able to complete this initial step positively and proactively. Using a snowball sampling approach, my discussion with around fifteen such Ph.D. scholars of different universities revealed the underlying reasons for the problem on hand.

In this blog post, I discuss some of the common expectations of the PhD scholars. Some of these proved to be true. However, most of them remained unrealistic, misplaced and highly romantic.

This blog post brings to limelight the underlying reasons for delay in appointment of new Vice Chancellors in Universities in Pakistan with potential implications for higher education sector in the country.

This blog post discus the pros and cons of appointment of Shabnum Gul, the sister of Zartaj Gul, Minister of State for Climate Change as Director National Counter Terrorism Authority in the backdrop of unprecedented media hullabaloo over the issue.

Based on my personal experience and firsthand knowledge, this blog post underline 10 some useful tips with sample examples to help you write a high-quality PhD research proposal. For the purpose of this blog post, I use the example of a hypothetical study from the field of medical and allied health- “Investigating the impact of mindfulness-based interventions on anxiety reduction in college students”

The public sector universities in Pakistan are confronting numerous challenges. Some of these include centralization of authority, excessive bureaucracy, financial indiscipline and relentless struggle for powers and authority, etc. These are discussed here at length.

Many people outside the academia and numerous insiders hardly understand the nature, content, purpose, scope, recommending, approving and disapproving bodies of the laws and by-laws prevailing in the public sector universities in Pakistan. This blog post is intended to address some of these important points unaccounted for since long.