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جے کر لبھنا ایں توں سچ

جے کر لبھنا ایں توں سچ
نت گناہاں کولوں بچ
جیہڑا رزق حرام دا ہے
ہڈیاں اندر جاندا رچ
بختاں نال ترقی کردے
بھانویں ہیرا بھانویں کچ
سچا ہیں تاں ڈر کی
کوٹھے اتے چڑھ کے نچ
اوہو بانا چنگا اے
جیہڑا جگ نوں جاوے جچ
بھانویں پیر فقیر ہزار
اچا شاہ علی دا مچ
قول قراروں جاوے بھج
بندا نہیں اوہ جانیں کھچ
پاک رسول محمدؐ حق
سب توں وڈا ایہو سچ

نکاح اور پاکستانی معاشرے میں شادی بیاہ کے مروجہ رسوم کا تحقیقی وتنقیدی جائزہ

The enlightened and moderated teachings of Islam empowered every one of the human society, specially the woman who used to be much oppressed in all civilizations of the world before emergence of Islam. Islam gave them an elevated status in all over the world in the status of mother, sisters, daughter and wife. It declared null and void the ignorance rules against them and, prohibited their sexual exploitation. Moreover, Islam gave a regular system of nikkah and marriages for women. The holy Prophet peace be upon him declared nikkah and marriage as his Sunnah and kept its procedure very simple. Furthermore,  he described marriage as a gigantic source of achieving chastity, but today in Pakistan the marriages have been made very complex and costly because of the   unIslamic customs and traditions. Those unIslamic customs became the part and parcel of the Pakistani marriages which not only made nikkah and marriage a difficult task but also devastated the economic, social and the religious life of Muslims. The Pakistani marriages are conducted with such customs of Mehndi, big congregations: Bharat, beating drums and singing songs. The article briefly discusses status of mirages in the pre Islamic era, Islamic concept and importance of nikkah and the new customs practiced in Pakistani marriages and their economic, social and religious impacts by best use of old and new resources.  

Factors Influencing Attitude Towards the Acceptance of Islamic Banking: A Comparative Study of Selected Major Cities of Pakistan

Islamic banking is one of the growing sectors in Pakistan with a very bright future as evident from the literature. In order to address the issues related to Islamic banking in a better way it is important to understand the attitude and behavior of the banking customers. The current study intends to know the attitude of the customers towards the acceptance of Islamic banking in major cities of Pakistan including Peshawar, Islamabad, Lahore, and Karachi. The study also compares the level of acceptance among each city. Sequential mixed method approach has been adopted for conducting the study, in which the tilt is towards the quantitative. A sample of 1000 respondents was selected in which the distribution of the questionnaires were as per the population size of each city. The factors identified by the customers during the interview session were religious beliefs, social pressure & norms, Sharia board influence, cost benefit analysis, advertising influence, convenience of availability, and bank’s reputation. Based on these factors the researcher developed a framework. Multiple regression analysis has been applied for testing the hypothesis in which t-test, f-test and ANOVAs were used. The findings suggest that the factors religious beliefs, social pressure & norms and convenience of availability contribute the most, followed by cost benefit analysis and bank’s reputation, while the factors Sharia board influence and advertising influence contribute the least in shaping the attitude of the customers towards the acceptance of Islamic banking. Moreover, the level of acceptance for Islamic banking is higher in Peshawar and Islamabad followed by Lahore and Karachi. Furthermore, Pearson chi square test has been applied for testing the association between the demographic variables like age, gender, profession, marital status, and qualification and factors influencing attitude towards the acceptance of Islamic banking. The results show that there is a strong association between them.
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