Vol. 8 No. 4 (2024): October to December

Vol. 8 No. 4 (2024): October to December
Published: 2024-10-01

Articles

  • Silenced Narratives, Enduring Wounds: A Feminist Examination of Trauma and Power in Anuradha Roy's Sleeping on Jupiter

    Asma Rahim, Dr. Abdul Hamid Khan
    01-11
    2024-09-30
    Abstract Views: 706
    PDF Downloads: 529
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-IV)01

  • Reconnoitering Khwaja Amir Khusrau’s Ambilingual Translingualism in his qawwali قوالی: Zihal-e- miskeen makun taghaful duraey naina banaey battiyyan زی حالِ مسکیں مکن تغافل درائے نیناں بنائیں بتیاں

    Dr Priya Anwar , Dr. Nadia Anwar
    12-21
    2024-10-11
    Abstract Views: 387
    PDF Downloads: 406
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-IV)02

  • The Social and Psychological Impact of Migration upon Individual Life as Portrayed by Mohsin Hamid in His Novel Exit West

    Badshah Hussain , Dr. Abdul Hamid Khan
    22-35
    2024-10-12
    Abstract Views: 596
    PDF Downloads: 893
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-IV)03

  • Lexical Analysis of Promotional Narratives on Social Media: Constructing Tourism Image of Pakistan

    Dr. Muhammad Manshoor Hussain Abbasi, Saira Ali Hassnain, Dur-e-Shahwar
    36-47
    2024-10-14
    Abstract Views: 297
    PDF Downloads: 298
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-IV)04

  • The Superhuman’s Transition to a Killing Monster: A Philosophical Approach to Frankenstein

    Nouman Yousaf, Zhang Qiang
    48-54
    2024-10-14
    Abstract Views: 334
    PDF Downloads: 429
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-IV)05

  • A Psychoanalytic Reading of Eustacia Vye: Exploring the Philosophy of Hardy’s Tragic Heroine

    Qasim Ali Kharal, Attiqa Mustansar, Sumera Tahir
    55-63
    2024-10-12
    Abstract Views: 395
    PDF Downloads: 438
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-IV)06

  • Marxist Concerns in Anita Desai’s ‘The Village by the Sea’

    Muhammad Ali Khan , Dr. Muhammad Imran, Dr. Nazakat
    64-72
    2024-10-15
    Abstract Views: 361
    PDF Downloads: 252
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-IV)07

  • Hegemony and Resistance in Aysha Baqir's Beyond the Fields: A Gramscian Analysis

    Tuba Safdar, Noor Ul Qamar Qasmi
    73-83
    2024-10-17
    Abstract Views: 498
    PDF Downloads: 431
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-IV)08

  • Navigating Mixed Identities in Colonized Nations: Exploring Self-Apprehension Through Post-Colonial Lens

    Attia Kanwal, Tayyeba Ashfaq
    99-105
    2024-10-22
    Abstract Views: 278
    PDF Downloads: 274
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-IV)10

  • Demographic Determinants of Entrepreneurial Spirit among Faisalabad's Graduate Students

    Abdur Rehman Shahzad, Farkhanda Anjum, Shabbir Ahmad
    106-120
    2024-10-22
    Abstract Views: 330
    PDF Downloads: 323
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-IV)11

  • A River Dies of Thirst: Darwish’s Gloomy Prognosis of Dispossessed, Displaced, and Trauma-afflicted Exiled Palestinians

    Kanwal Zafar, Zoya Aziz, Dr. Fatima Hassan
    121-130
    2024-10-23
    Abstract Views: 452
    PDF Downloads: 486
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-IV)12

  • Queer Silence, Queer Noise: Exploring the Power Dynamics of Unspoken Desire in The Mercies by Kiran Millwood

    Iqra Hameed, Muhammad Javaid Anwar, Basri Sattar
    131-142
    2024-10-23
    Abstract Views: 267
    PDF Downloads: 336
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-IV)13

  • Jack Kerouac’s "On The Road": A Cultural Rebellion

    Maeda Shakil Mirza
    143-154
    2024-10-27
    Abstract Views: 878
    PDF Downloads: 840
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-IV)14

  • Kamala’s Guidance and Duality in Siddhartha’s Individuation: A Jungian Psychological Analysis of Hermann Hesse’s Siddhartha an Indian Tale

    Saima Bashir, Shahzaib Hassan, Sohail Ahmad Saeed
    155-166
    2024-10-29
    Abstract Views: 707
    PDF Downloads: 1005
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-IV)15

  • The Impact of Social Media Campaigns on the 2024 Elections in District Jhang

    Dr. Imtiaz Ahmad, Saqib Ali, Abdul Waheed
    167-179
    2024-10-30
    Abstract Views: 546
    PDF Downloads: 1243
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-IV)16

  • Relevance and Iqbal’s Concept of Khudi: Analyzing English Translation of Selective Poems of Allama Iqbal from Zarb-E- Kaleem

    Mona Hanif, Ayesha Zaffar, Dr. Tariq Khan
    180-187
    2024-10-30
    Abstract Views: 564
    PDF Downloads: 654
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-IV)17

  • Optimism in Postmodern Fiction: A Psychological Study of Mohsin Hamid’s Exit West through Martin Seligman's Hope Circuit Theory

    Muneeba Mughal, Dr. Mubarak Ali Lashari, Dolat Khan
    188-196
    2024-11-02
    Abstract Views: 307
    PDF Downloads: 524
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-IV)18

  • Examining the Direct Influence of Classroom Lighting Quality on Students' Learning Abilities and Academic Achievement

    Dr. Rooh ul Ain Laiqa, Prof. Dr. Muhammad Jamil Bajwa, Prof. Dr. Samia Rehman Dogar
    197-210
    2024-11-04
    Abstract Views: 952
    PDF Downloads: 852
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-IV)19

  • Language Choices in Varying Sociocultural Contexts: Understanding How EFL Leaner Agency Shapes Language Preferences in Pakistan

    Niaz Hussain Soomro, Saira Niaz
    211-229
    2024-11-05
    Abstract Views: 296
    PDF Downloads: 299
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-IV)20

  • Reimagining Pakistani Muslim Identity in Pre-9/11 America in Selected Pakistani Diasporic Fiction

    Bilal Asmat Cheema, Sameer Afzal, Tasmia Khanum
    230-239
    2024-11-06
    Abstract Views: 433
    PDF Downloads: 331
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-IV)21

  • Analysing Intra-lingual and Inter-lingual Errors in ESL Learners’ Essays at the University Level

    Abdul Razzaque Jat, Dr. Abdul Hameed Panhwar, Dr. Sanaullah Ansari
    240-249
    2024-11-08
    Abstract Views: 321
    PDF Downloads: 422
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-IV)22

  • Effectiveness of List-Group-Label (LGL) Strategy on MDCAT Students’ Vocabulary Development

    Tooba Noor, Dr. Sahib Khatoon, Sana Munir Bhurt
    250-256
    2024-11-11
    Abstract Views: 252
    PDF Downloads: 247
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-IV)23

  • Predictors of English as Second Language Proficiency of Pakistani Undergraduate Business Students

    Dr. Pir Suhail Ahmed Sarhandi, Alia Ali Bhutto, Shehla Sohail
    257-272
    2024-11-11
    Abstract Views: 269
    PDF Downloads: 259
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-IV)24

  • Echoes of the Unheard: Reimagining Colonial History in The Miraculous True History of Nomi Ali

    Azher Khan, Dr. Sonia Irum
    273-285
    2024-11-11
    Abstract Views: 489
    PDF Downloads: 448
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-IV)25

  • Women Instrumentalization and Environmental Deterioration: A Study of Ecofeminism in the Uzma Aslam Khan’s novel Thinner than Skin

    Faiza Shafique, Samra Hafeez, Yusera Syed
    286-298
    2024-11-16
    Abstract Views: 539
    PDF Downloads: 417
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-IV)26

  • Exploring Voices of Symbolism in Najwa Zebian’s The Nectar of Pain

    Shehriyar Younas, Afaq Ali, Huzaifa Noor
    299-305
    2024-11-18
    Abstract Views: 617
    PDF Downloads: 259
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-IV)27

  • Ethereal Whispers of Indigenous Nature: Mazhar Nisar’s Spiritual Odyssey at Mahogany Junction

    Dr. Faisal Arif Sukhera, Neelma Riaz, Dr. Samia Tahir
    306-315
    2024-11-30
    Abstract Views: 260
    PDF Downloads: 311
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-IV)28

  • Parametric Patterns and Contextual Dynamics in Child Vloggers' Urdu Speech: A Study of Spontaneity and Structure

    Shahida Riaz, Muhammad Tayyab, Yusra Anees
    316-328
    2024-11-30
    Abstract Views: 264
    PDF Downloads: 236
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-IV)29

  • Margins, Ruptures, Lacunae: Minority Identity Development in Joseph Bhatti and Alice Bhatti in Muhammad Hanif’s Our Lady of Alice Bhatti

    Ayesha Perveen, Faiqa Rashid, Asim Aqeel
    329-338
    2024-11-30
    Abstract Views: 322
    PDF Downloads: 317
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-IV)30

  • Imagining Contemporary Pakistan: A Paracolonial Perspective on Omar Shahid Hamid’s The Spinner’s Tale

    Yousaf Munir, Bilal Asmat Cheema, Zohaib Bashir
    339-347
    2024-12-04
    Abstract Views: 543
    PDF Downloads: 515
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-IV)31

  • Exploring Racial Injustice in Morrison’s The Bluest Eye and a Mercy

    Abdul Rauf, Dr. Saima Yousaf Khan, Dr. Zainab Akram
    348-358
    2024-12-09
    Abstract Views: 233
    PDF Downloads: 437
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-IV)32

  • Role of Netspeak as a Barrier to Learning English as a Second Language

    Atiya Rehman, Ayesha Perveen
    359-368
    2024-12-12
    Abstract Views: 360
    PDF Downloads: 604
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-IV)33

  • Exploring Resistance in Ngugi’s Matigari: A Fanonian Perspective

    Rubina Shaheen, Dr. Muhammad Khan Sangi
    369-378
    2024-12-12
    Abstract Views: 284
    PDF Downloads: 718
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-IV)34

  • Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and Loneliness among Young Adults and Older Retired Population

    Madiha Azam, Areeja Shahid, Muhammad Khurram Amin
    379-389
    2024-12-12
    Abstract Views: 420
    PDF Downloads: 566
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-IV)35

  • Integrating Generative AI into Technology-Mediated Task-Based Language Teaching (TMTBLT) for Enhancing English Language Learning in Pakistan

    Rizwan Ullah Ejaz, Dr. Muhammad Babar Jamil
    390-401
    2024-12-15
    Abstract Views: 991
    PDF Downloads: 816
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-IV)36

  • Investigating Homi K Bhabha’s Mimicry in Moni Mohsin's Diary of a Social Butterfly

    Zainab Batool, Madeeha Dustgir
    402-414
    2024-12-17
    Abstract Views: 437
    PDF Downloads: 656
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-IV)37

  • The Role of SAARRD Application for EFL Learning in Pakistani Schools

    Syed Waqar Hussain Shah, Arooba Choudhary
    415-421
    2024-12-17
    Abstract Views: 197
    PDF Downloads: 253
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-IV)38

  • Effectiveness of STEM-based Approach on Enhancing Critical Thinking Skill of Elementary School Students in Faisalabad

    Muhammad Azeem, Dr. Shafqat Rasool
    422-434
    2024-12-18
    Abstract Views: 310
    PDF Downloads: 282
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-IV)39

  • Infertility Stress as a Predictor of Marital Satisfaction in Married Couples with Infertility in Pakistan

    Dr. Rabia Mushtaq, Amna Abdul Ghafoor
    435-444
    2024-12-18
    Abstract Views: 917
    PDF Downloads: 812
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-IV)40

  • Political Parties and Political Socialization in Pakistan: A Case study of PTI

    Anaiza Zulfiqar, Syeda Sameen Gelani
    445-455
    2024-12-19
    Abstract Views: 628
    PDF Downloads: 1069
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-IV)41

  • Figurative Use of English Language in the Headlines of Pakistani Newspapers: A Case Study of Daily Times

    Muhammad Abdullah, Dr. Zohaib Zahid
    456-466
    2024-12-21
    Abstract Views: 307
    PDF Downloads: 560
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-IV)42

  • Understanding Copular Verbs at Secondary Level by English Language Learners

    Mahrukh Mumtaz, Muhammad Ali Shahid, Ghulam Skina
    467-483
    2024-12-21
    Abstract Views: 245
    PDF Downloads: 419
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-IV)43

  • Corpus-Based Analysis of Lexical Variation in Pakistani Medical Blogs: Exploring Trends in Digital Health Communication

    Waiza Azhar, Dr. Fakhar Hussain Malik, Dr. Adnan Tahir
    484-493
    2024-12-21
    Abstract Views: 340
    PDF Downloads: 283
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-IV)44

  • Racism and Marginalization of Minorities in Khan’s We Take Our Cities with Us: A Memoir

    Khan Zahra, Sadia Qamar, Aamer Shaheen
    495-505
    2024-12-29
    Abstract Views: 529
    PDF Downloads: 547
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-IV)45

  • Green Energy Cooperation between Pakistan and Poland: Prospects and Challenges for Sustainable Development

    Muhammad Amjad Raza, Dr. Abdul Basit Khan, Muhammad Javed Ashraf
    506-524
    2024-12-30
    Abstract Views: 215
    PDF Downloads: 261
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-IV)46

  • Investigating Code Switching in Hamid’s Fiction The Reluctant Fundamentalist

    Nabeeha Qayyum, Syed Waqar Ali Shah, Dr. Jahanzeb Jahan
    525-537
    2024-12-30
    Abstract Views: 284
    PDF Downloads: 391
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-IV)47

  • Analysis of Learner’s Motivation Level in Teacher Centered Class: A Study at BS Level

    Sundas Akhtar, Dr. Zohaib Zahid, Dr. Awais Munir
    538-548
    2024-12-31
    Abstract Views: 288
    PDF Downloads: 285
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-IV)48

  • Investigating the Views of Pakistani People regarding the Dominant Role of English in Comparison to Urdu in Pakistan

    Muhammad Anees Sattar, Rida Farooq, Muhammad Khalil
    549-558
    2024-12-31
    Abstract Views: 279
    PDF Downloads: 345
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-IV)49

  • Exploration of Cultural Otherness and Generational Gap in Wajahat Ali’s Tom Jones and Biryani Surprise through Acculturation Theory

    Remsha Ali Muhammad, Suhail Ahmed Solangi, Mahnoor Aslam
    559-566
    2024-12-31
    Abstract Views: 386
    PDF Downloads: 299
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-IV)50

  • Gaps in ESL Syllabuses: A Comparative Corpus-based Analysis of Language Constructions in Pakistani English Textbooks and British Academic Registers

    Tahir Qayyum, Dr. Shahida Khalique
    567-579
    2024-12-31
    Abstract Views: 303
    PDF Downloads: 274
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-IV)51

  • Translation and Validation of Finding Meaning in Suffering Scale (FMIS) in Urdu Language

    Anam Naeem, Iffat Batool
    580-591
    2024-12-31
    Abstract Views: 262
    PDF Downloads: 303
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-IV)52

  • Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Grade 12 English Textbook in Developing Communicative Competence in Muzaffarabad, AJ&K

    Sobia Ahmed, Dr. Ayesha Sohail
    592-603
    2024-12-31
    Abstract Views: 211
    PDF Downloads: 187
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-IV)53

  • Voting Behavior of Unemployed Female’s in Punjab: An Assessment

    Munazzah Bukhari, Mahnoor Shamas
    604-612
    2024-12-31
    Abstract Views: 231
    PDF Downloads: 220
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-IV)54

  • A Colonial Continuity in Postcolonial Kashmir: Questioning Nitasha Kaul’s Poetry

    Bakhtawar Batool Syed, Dr. Sonia Irum, Anmol Saeed Awan
    613-623
    2024-12-31
    Abstract Views: 200
    PDF Downloads: 125
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2024(8-IV)55