Ms. Hiba Khalil has successfully defended her
MPhil thesis titled "How Mother-in-Law & Daughter-in-Law Relationship
Promotes Neopatriarchy in the Pashtun Society"
The research was conducted under
the supervision of Dr. Muhammad Bilal and the External Examiner was Dr. Raza
Ullah, Assistant Professor/Incharge, Department of Sociology, Rawalpindi Women
Universirty, Rawalpindi. Hiba’s thesis offers an in-depth exploration of
how daughter-in-law’s socioeconomic dependence leads to noepatriarchy.
Furthermore, this research focused on how mother-in-law dominant role reinforce
neopatriarchy.
During the thesis defense, Ms. Hiba Khalil presented her research to the examination committee, thoroughly covering the objectives, methodology, theoretical framework, analysis and findings. The committee appreciated the originality of the research and the academic relevance of the study and recommended the award of the MPhil degree upon fulfillment of the university's formal requirements.
