Trend of Recreational Activities among the Lawyers

Abstract

The present study was an effort to know the trend of recreational activities among the lawyers. All the lawyers of district Dera Ismail Khan were taken as the population of the study. For the collection of data, a closed form of the questionnaire which was personally distributed by the researcher among the respondents and collects it back after getting it filed by the respondents. The collected data were tabulated and analyzed by using percentage (%) as a statistical tool. After data analysis, it was concluded that there are many recreational trends among the lawyers in District Dera Ismail Khan.      

Keywords

• trend,recreational activities,lawyers,District Dera Ismail Khan

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