Research culture in Pakistan is generally lacking among graduate and postgraduate students, as students are generally not introduced with the meaning of critical thinking and analysis. Students are more focused on reading material provided by the universities rather than developing their own opinions and arguments that are based on research works. However the research work in Pakistan starts from the universities level for graduate or post graduate programs which is very difficult for a student as they never familiarised with is idea and it was hard for them to achieve good grades. Research work should be applied from the college level, so student can get an idea how it works. Pakistani education system is already retrograde from all over world that is why students are not being introduced to the current education system. Moreover, universities have few research centers, which are not well equipped so research conducted in low quality work. Another obstacle is the need of funds – especially require for the PHD research programs, and without adequate funds, research cannot conducted. Government should launches schemes and funds for the students who are willing to do research work, as it relates to the progress and success of our nation.
Hadia Aziz
Islamabad