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1-Nighat Ara: PhD Scholar, Institute of Education and Research, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
2-Muhammad Saeed: Chairman, Department of Educational Research and Evaluation, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.

The concept of teachers' assessment literacy is becoming important worldwide. Assessment literacy (AL) is necessary knowledge and skill for effective classroom assessment practices (CAPs) to improve students' learning. The correlational research method was employed to determine the degree of relationship between teachers' AL and CAPs. A sample of 500 primary school teachers (PSTs) was selected from public schools of Punjab using Multi-stage sampling technique. Data were collected on two instruments: (a) Teachers' Assessment Literacy Test and (b) Teachers' Assessment Practices Questionnaire. Data were collected using online survey form and analyzed using descriptive statistics, Pearson product-moment correlation, Independent sample t-test and One- way ANOVA. The responses indicated that most of the PSTs have a moderate level of AL, and they slightly agreed that their CAPs are formative in nature. The findings revealed a weak positive relationship between teachers' level of AL and CAPs for learning. Results also indicated a positive relationship between two variables and elucidated that AL is important for an effective classroom learning environment.

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1-Shumaila Hameed: PhD. Scholar, Institute of Education and Research, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
2-Mumtaz Akhter: Professor, Department of Education, University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.

Formative assessment is known for its positive effects it has on students' achievement. This study was designed to find out the effect of formative assessment on students' motivation at the higher education level. This study was experimental in nature; intact pre-test post-test control group design was used for data collection purpose. Sample of the study was selected conveniently, which comprised of undergraduate students. Students belonging to the experimental group were taught with instructional embedded formative assessment, whereas students belonging to the control group were taught with formal teaching methods. Students of both groups were required to fill a motivation questionnaire at the start and end of the study to check the level of intervention. Data collected through pre-test and post-test were analyzed using SPSS. The findings of the current study had suggested that instructional embedded formative assessment had a significant positive effect on students' motivation towards learning at the higher education level.

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1-Arsalan Ahmad Khan: MPhil Scholar, Department of Economics, University of Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
2-Saranjam Baig: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Karakorum International University, Gilgit, Pakistan.
3-Abid Hussain: Lecturer,Department of Economics,Karakorum International University, Gilgit, Pakistan.

This research has two objectives. First, it explores the spending patterns of the households who receive monetary compensation for their land that government takes over for initiating national projects; in our case, it is about building the countrys largest dam. Second, it examines what we call the demonstration effects. Literature abounds with cases examining behaviors of internally displaced individuals while the opposite is true for the compensated displaced households. This is the backdrop, this research carried out a field survey to collect data for 192 households. The compensation received is divided into communal land compensation and private land compensation. In line with arguments with the Keynesian consumption function that provides the theoretical foundation to our empirical work, findings suggest a positive and significant correlation between spending patterns and private land compensation while the communal compensation appears to be insignificant. Education and one out of two demonstration effects have positive influence on spending behaviors.

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1-Muhammad Muzaffar: Ph. D ScholarDepartment of Political Science,International Islamic University Islamabad.
2-Zahid Yaseen: Lecturer,Department of Political Science,Govt. Post Graduate College, Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan.
3-Uroosa Ishfaq: Junior Research Fellow,Humanity Research Council, Islamabad, Pakistan.

Pakistan is a state like other states of the world. When it came out from the British net the initial stages were very tough for it. It was considered that it will rejoin India. But the administration of that time took sincere initiatives to manage the affairs gradually. Cold war started at that time between the Communist and Capitalist blocks. Newly established states joined one of them. Pakistan was also one of them. Its foreign policy principles, rules and regulations are highlighted in this paper. All these steps are discussed below gradually with the help of primary and secondary sources. It is concluded that Pakistan had no choice to join the capitalist block because of its financial position that forced it to take such decisions as compared to India. But security and sovereignty were never compromised in every era and at every stage.

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1-Afsheen Masood: Assistant Professor, Institute of Applied Psychology,University of the Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
2-Muhammad Sulman: PhD Scholar, School of Media & Communication Studies,University of Central Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
3-Arooj Arshad: Lecturer, School of Creative Arts, University of Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.

This study propounds to examine the dynamics of relationship among emotional intelligence, job satisfaction, and self-efficacy and work-family conflict in female lawyers. Correlational Cross-sectional research design was implicated in this research in order to test the hypothesis that emotional intelligence, self-efficacy and job satisfaction are likely to predict work-family conflict in young female lawyers. The sample comprised of n= 200 female lawyers, age ranging between 30-50 years, recruited from the civil and high court of Lahore, Pakistan. SPSS 23.0 was used to execute analyses that revealed that emotional intelligence was somehow having negative relationship with work-family conflict yet positively associated with self-efficacy. Findings of linear regression analysis divulge that emotional intelligence and self-efficacy are significant negative predictors of work-family conflict. Results from the current research provide insight for future researchers in seeking line of further inquiry on psychosocial dynamics of work-family life patterns of female lawyers.

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1-Arsalan Ahmad Khan: MPhil Scholar, Department of Economics, University of Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
2-Saranjam Baig: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Karakorum International University, Gilgit, Pakistan.
3-Abid Hussain: Lecturer,Department of Economics,Karakorum International University, Gilgit, Pakistan.

This research has two objectives. First, it explores the spending patterns of the households who receive monetary compensation for their land that government takes over for initiating national projects; in our case, it is about building the countrys largest dam. Second, it examines what we call the demonstration effects. Literature abounds with cases examining behaviors of internally displaced individuals while the opposite is true for the compensated displaced households. This is the backdrop, this research carried out a field survey to collect data for 192 households. The compensation received is divided into communal land compensation and private land compensation. In line with arguments with the Keynesian consumption function that provides the theoretical foundation to our empirical work, findings suggest a positive and significant correlation between spending patterns and private land compensation while the communal compensation appears to be insignificant. Education and one out of two demonstration effects have positive influence on spending behaviors.