"Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why violent video games should not be banned"? Get an original essaySocial and economic development country's economy is directly linked to the academic performance of students. Educational institutions play an important role in the development of nations in every field. Higher education is one of the most important tools for research which is very productive for every field performance plays an important role in producing the best quality graduates who will become great leaders and manpower for the country, thus responsible for the economic and social development of the country (Ali et.al, 2009, the number of public and private employees Le sector universities are playing their role in promoting higher education Pakistan there are four sectors of education including public, private, military and virtual universities. All universities in Pakistan are recognized by HEC organization. The HEC has facilitated the development of the higher education system in the country with the main aim of upgrading the country's universities and colleges to focus on higher learning education, research and development. At the university level there are more facilities rather than universal level colleges, masters and PhD programs are studied, a few years ago the top universities of Pakistan also introduced the HONS program (4 years). Thus, in universities, some have identified the factors that influence students' academic performance. All those factors that face students in universities are written here one by one: social, psychological, economic, environmental and personal, all these factors influence the academic performance of students. All these factors vary from person to person and country to country, for example in Pakistan students face different problems in educational institutions than in other countries. In Pakistan in recent years the government has tried to improve the rate of literacy and education, that's why most of the educational institution in Pakistan improves the educational level through the best technologies of qualified and well-rounded people and offers more services to the students and also to teachers. This is a reason why the researcher finds out factors that influence the academic performance of students, especially in college level students, this level is very important for every student's future. Mainly previous study of student's academic performance conducted on issues such as communication, family stress, proper guidance, learning facilities, socioeconomic status of students accommodated, rural/urban location, gender difference, teacher education and teaching style teaching, classroom environment. All these issues are different in rural and urban areas. This research focuses on public universities in Lahore, one of the largest cities in Pakistan. Students of Government Universities of Lahore are taken as population and focus on the academic performance outcome of students. In this study the researcher will measure the academic performance of students through different ways such as CGPA, GPA and test result. Some researchers around the world have used students' GPA to measure students' academic performance (Darling, 2005; Broh, 2000; Stephen & Schaban, 2002). They used GPA to measure student performance in a particular semester. Other researchers measure student achievement through the achievement of a particular subject or the achievement of the previous year (Hijazi & Naqvi, 2006). Here"