Abstract:
First and above all, I praise to ALLAH Almighty for providing me this opportunity and granting me the capability to proceed successfully. I would like to express my deepest gratitude to all of my teachers for their kind help and support; and constructive and insightful advice for my thesis. I have learned a lot from them, not only about the serious attitudes toward academic work and high scholarly standards but also the considerable and patient personality. I will bear in my mind all the advice they provided into my future career life.
I would like to thanks Assistant Professor Nadia Jahan, my esteemed promoter. She has always been generous to share their experience in academic work and has provided me valuable comments and suggestions. Her warm encouragement, thoughtful guidance, critical observations, and correction in my professional grooming helped me a lot.
I also would like to thanks Madam Annum Khan for taking time to review my thesis.
My sincere thanks go to my classmate, Salman Shifa for his support and companion on the research life.
I would like to thanks to my friend Hassan Arslan for providing me emotional and academic support throughout research time.
Besides I would like to thanks my family for their unconditional love and support of my study. They offered emotional support throughout the years in NUST.
Finally, I am grateful to the staffs in the Centre for Counselling & Career Advisory for providing me greatest support to my study. Special thanks go to Hamid Maqsood, who has being always helpful in my academic life. I appreciate the opportunities to study in NUST which enriched my life.
