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نیاز ؔفتح پوری

نیاز فتح پوری
گزشتہ مہینہ نیاز فتح پوری کی وفات اکیاسی (۸۱) سال کی عمر میں کراچی میں ہوگئی، معارف کو ان کی پچھلی زندگی میں ان کے بعض دلآزار مذہبی مضامین سے بڑا اختلاف رہا، لیکن انھوں نے اظہار انابت کرکے آخر میں مذہبی دلآزادی چھوڑ دی تھی، ان کے علمی ذوق میں بڑی رنگارنگی تھی، رسالہ نگار کے اڈیٹر ہونے کے ساتھ، مذہب تاریخ، سوانح، ناول نگاری، افسانہ نویسی اور شعر و ادب پر بھی طبع آزمائی کرتے رہے اپنے بعض مذہبی مضامین کی وجہ سے تو مطعون ہوئے، اچھے مورخ اور اچھے سوانح نگار بھی نہ ہوسکے، لیکن ان کا نام اچھے ناول نگار عمدہ افسانہ نویس اور شعرو ادب کے بلندپایہ نقاد کی حیثیت سے اردو زبان کی تاریخ میں خصوصیت کے ساتھ برابر لیا جائے گا، وہ اپنے رسالہ نگار کے ذریعہ جو علمی و ادبی خدمت انجام دیتے رہے وہ بھی ان کے اہم کارناموں میں شمار ہوگا، دعا ہے کہ اﷲ تبارک و تعالیٰ ان کی کمزوریوں کو اپنے دامن عفو میں جگہ دیں اور ان کو اپنی رحمت و مغفرت سے سرفراز فرمائیں، آمین۔
(صباح الدین عبدالرحمن، جون ۱۹۶۶ء)

 

Entrepreneurial Orientation and the Performance of the Agro-allied Enterprises in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

It is widely recognized that Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are the major drivers of sustainable economic growth, sources of income generation and panacea for poverty reduction in developing countries. Unfortunately, they are faced with numerous challenges that threaten their existence and survival. This precarity of small entrepreneurial organizations in entrepreneurial ecosystem has prompted widespread attention by scholars and researchers. Hence, it is critical to take into consideration examining the performance of the enterprises. This study analyzed the effect of entrepreneurial orientation dimensions, personal and institutional characteristics on the performance of small and medium agro allied enterprises. Through the multistage sampling procedure, a total of 198 SMEs were selected for the study and data were collected with the aid of questionnaire. Data were analyzed using multiple regression analysis. Results revealed that among the entrepreneurial orientation dimensions, only risking taking and innovativeness significantly and positively affected the performance of SMEs agro allied enterprises. Furthermore, findings showed that except for size of business which was negatively related to the growth of SMEs, educational level of entrepreneurs, managerial and business experience positively and significantly impacted on the performance of SMEs. Policies to encourage SMEs invest in risky investments and create new product and services should be pursued.

Career Decision Making: Career Episodes of Four Postgraduate Students in a Private University in Karachi, Pakistan

There are three components to making a career decision: knowledge about self, knowledge about success and what it takes to be successful in a certain occupation, and finally knowledge oflogical reasoning and knowing how it can be used to determine if a match exists between the two (Parson,1909). The aim of the research was to investigate the way postgraduate students of a private university in Karachi, Pakistan make their career decisions, as well as to highlight the factors that influence them and explorethe career advice they seek for making their career choices. The qualitative data was collected through a selected sample of postgraduate regular students (N=4) studying in a private university of the city of Karachi. Semi-structured open-ended interviews were conducted with students during university hours. The findings of the study revealed that all the students make their career decisions in different ways. Mostly the decisionsare made with the influence of male members within families particularly with the influence of the ‘father’ due to which students areunable to pursue the careers they dream of. The other factors that influence the career decisions of postgraduate students are: conditional family support; contextual factors such as lack of career guidance and counselling, lack of knowledge about labour market and emerging career trends. Therefore their main focus remains on finding a job that enables them to get high remuneration rather than focusing towards a strong career. Furthermore, it was also found that thestudents’ career decisions change overtime at various stages of their lives. This indicates a low satisfaction and confidence level of students regarding their future careers. Moreover, difference in ways of making career decisions is found among male and female research participants. Males gain more independence in making career decisions as they start earning and grow professionally, while females remain dependentuponfamily instructions throughout their lives pertaining to their career decisions.
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