نعت
مجھ پر نزولِ رحمتِ شاہِ امم ہوا
جب سے عطا مدینہ کے شہؐ کا علم ہوا
بزمِ سخن کی ابتدا ذکرِ حبیبؐ سے
صد شکر مجھ پہ شاہ کا کیسا کرم ہوا
طیبہ کی آب و گِل سے میں تاوقت دور ہوں
اے کاتبِ نصیب! یہ کیسا ستم ہوا
مجھ خانماں خراب سے جو نعت ہو گئی
مجھ کو لگا کہ دوسرا میرا جنم ہوا
تیری بلائیں لیتے ہیں تا آدم و مسیح
تیری ہی نسلِ پاک کا جاری علم ہوا
آخر میں اذن پا کے جنابِ رسولؐ سے
کہتی ہے یہ فضاؔ کہ مبارک قلم ہوا
In the past few decades, the world has witnessed massive urbanization to access better living standards including better employment, education and health opportunities. This urbanization trend ends in the emergence and growth of informal settlements and highlights the urban dualism. This rapid urbanization amounts to the crisis of housing, employment opportunities and other basic facilities. In this regard, this study is an effort to provide the baseline understanding of slums of developing countries in general and Pakistan specifically. It also attempts to provide the definition of slums and the actual status of slums across the globe with a special focus on developing countries. Socioeconomic and living conditions of the slum dwellers in developing regions are also explored in this study. This also concludes that the status of slum residents need proper recognition, identification and mapping for the improvements in their living standards and provision of public facilities. It also provides some ways to identify the slum dwellers and mapping of slums in urban peripheries of Pakistan.
The demand of functional foods is on the rise and researchers are trying to develop nutritious
dairy products from well characterized bacterial strains. Lactobacillus is considered to be
important bacterial species, which have been recognized as probiotics for providing host
health through the improvement in the gut microbiota. The objective of present study was to
isolate and molecular characterize the Lactobacillus fermentum from Nilli Ravi buffalo milk
for its potential use as probiotic like fermented milk. Fifteen (15) L. fermentum were isolated
and studied for acid and bile salt tolerance. Out of fifteen strains, only 4 strains (NMCC-17,
NMCC-2, NMCC-28, and NMCC-14) were selected based on their maximum acid and bile
salt resistance. These strains were used for in vitro study for their probiotic potential based on
lysozymes tolerance, cholesterol assimilation, autoaggregation, hydrophobicity, lipolytic,
proteolytic, amylolytic, beta-galactosidase test, hemolytic activity and exopolysaccharide
production. NMCC-14 and NMCC-17 strains showed maximum probiotic potential. These
isolates were identified as L. fermentum (MK611941 and MK614164) by 16S rRNA gene
sequencing. Fermented milk sample inoculated with NMCC-14, and NMCC-17 showed
decreased in live cfu/g at 4
o
C at day 25. Bacterial count persistence is more than 7cfu /ml
which is good sign of health benefit requirement