مولانا حافظ محمد اسلم جیراج پوری
افسوس ہے مولانا حافظ محمد اسلم جیراج پوری بھی جو علم وادب کی صبح بہار کا ایک آخری جلوۂ گریز پاتھے۔ہم سے بچھڑ گئے اوراس خاکدانِ آب و گل کو خیرآباد کہہ کر رہ گزائے عالم آخرت ہوگئے۔مرحوم ہماری بزم علم وثقافت کے دور پیشین کی یادگار تھے۔ایک زمانہ میں اُن کے مضامین ومقالات کابڑاچرچا تھا۔ باقاعدہ اور وسیع المطالعہ عالم تھے۔ان کی تالیفات میں’تاریخ الامت‘ جو چھوٹی چھوٹی کئی جلدوں میں ہے اس کوبڑی شہرت ومقبولیت حاصل ہوئی۔اس کے علاوہ چند ادبی اور تنقیدی مضامین اورسوانحی تالیفات بھی ان کی یادگار ہیں۔جامعہ ملیہ اسلامیہ کے اولین معماروں اوربانیوں میں سے تھے اورآخر اسی کی خدمت کرتے کرتے جان جان آفرین کوسپردکری۔قرآن مجید کے ساتھ بڑاعشق اورشغف تھا، اس کے وہ حافظ بھی تھے اوربڑی پابندی سے روزاس کی تلاوت کرتے تھے۔ نہایت سادہ زندگی بسر کرتے تھے۔راقم الحروف کوجب کبھی ان کے ہاں چائے پینے کا اتفاق ہواہے کبھی بھی ایسا نہیں ہواکہ چائے کی پیالیاں صحیح وسالم پائی ہوں۔ بڑے قناعت پسند،گوشہ نشین،شہرت سے نفوراور حددرجہ متواضع اورمنکسر المزاج بزرگ تھے، جس سے جو وضع تھی بہرحال نباہتے تھے۔ حدیث کے بارے میں ان کا جو مسلک تھا اس کے باوجود ہم ارباب ندوۃالمصنفین کے ساتھ ان کے تعلقات بڑے شگفتہ تھے اور وہ کبھی نجی ملاقاتوں میں اس طرح کی بحث نہیں اُٹھاتے تھے۔یہ وضع داری اورشرافت،یہ مروت اورخوش خلقی اب عنقا ہوتی جارہی ہے۔اب آئندہ ایسے لوگ کہاں ملیں گے۔اﷲ تعالیٰ ان کو غریق رحمت فرمائے اور ان کو مغفرت وبخشش کی نعمتوں سے سرفراز فرمائے۔آمین
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The increasing population is a growing issue in densely populated cities, which leads to an increase in transportation services. In this paper travel time delay due to stationary bottleneck was observed throughout the week in one of the densely populated cities of Pakistan i.e. Peshawar. Videogrammetry was implemented to obtain the recorded frames through the various days of the week. The recorded frames were then statistically analyzed to identify the travel delays in Board Bazaar Peshawar at a stationary bottleneck using SPSS and Statgraphics Software. The statistical analysis revealed a direct proportionality between traffic density and travel time, whereas an inverse proportionality was identified between traffic speed and traffic density. A high traffic density was observed on working days, whereas on the non-working days a reduced traffic density was observed. This study recommends a predictive target lane vehicular guidance system for a smooth traffic flow.
Environmental and socio-cultural considerations have often been ignored or neglected in development projects in developing countries which resulted in the deterioration of environment and disruption of socio-cultural fabric. One man’s folly is another man’s fortune. The far reaching impacts of water resources development projects, no doubt makes the nation prosperous, but those who sacrifice are usually deprived of. The areas submerged and the inhabitants dislocated with numerous reminiscences and cultural ties are obviously ignored and tempted with negligible amount of compensation , which is, in no way can bring back their social associations. Researchers did a lot, covering the technical aspects of Tarbela dam and talked high on the replacement of land to the affectees but turned deaf ear to the psychological and sociological shocks which the affectees are still suffering in. They are still remembering earlier glories of their ancestral lives and the attachment which a native may realize for his birth place. How one can forget the places where one played and the rills one enjoyed. They felt the project had problems with adequately compensating and resettling the affectees. The present study is an evaluation study to bring out the socio- cultural and environmental impacts of Tarbela Dam affectees. Major hypotheses of the research were; resettlement policies were not efficiently designed and there was inconsistency in the implementation of resettlement program so the project has adversely impacted the family linkage, socio- economic conditions and local traditional values of the affectees. Primary data was collected through field survey. Site visits and detailed discussions with local people and the officials of the various line departments were also made to get in depth understanding of the problems. Field data was analyzed through a statistical package SPSS.PC. In order to test the hypothesis various tests were applied. Chi-square tests were applied to find out relationship between the variables. Association between variables was found by P-value. To find out the strength of association / effect size between independent and dependent variables, Phi, Kendall’s tau-b and Spearman Correlation tests were applied. All these results of the research support the hypothesis and conclude that the project has adversely impacted the socio-cultural and psychological conditions of the affectees that need to be properly addressed. In the light of this research some suitable measures are proposed for the elimination or amelioration of such impacts for future projects. This will be helpful to pave the way for sustainable development.