محمد یوسف صدیقی
افسوس ہے اِنھیں دنوں ہمارے فاضل اورلائق دوست جناب یوسف صاحب صدیقی بھی ہم سے جدا ہوگئے، مرحوم انگریزی اخبار ریڈینس (اب ممنوع) کے اڈیٹر تھے۔ علی گڑھ یونیورسٹی کے گریجویٹ تھے،انگریزی اوراردو دونوں میں تحریر وتقریر کی قدرت تھی۔بڑے ہوش و گوش اور سمجھ بوجھ کے انسان تھے۔ صبرو استقلال اورخلوص اُن کا شعار تھا، مجلسِ مشاورت کے جنرل سکریٹری تھے،جماعت ِ اسلامی (اب ممنوع) کے ہائی کمانڈ میں شامل ہونے کے باعث متعدد بار قیدو بند کی تکالیف سے دوچار ہوئے ،لیکن پائے استقامت میں کبھی جنبش نہیں ہوئی،جووقت پڑا اسے ہنسی خوشی انگیزکرلیا۔ریڈینس کے ایڈیٹر کی حیثیت سے عرب ملکوں اورخصوصاً سعودیہ عرب میں اُن کا بڑا وقار و اعتبارتھا چنانچہ وہاں کی متعدد کانفرنسوں میں مدعو کی حیثیت سے شریک ہوئے۔ گھر کے بہت خوش حال اورصاحبِ املاک وجائداد تھے۔ عمر اسّی کے لگ بھگ ہوگی، اس کے باوجود گھر کا عیش وآرام چھوڑ کرجماعتی کاز کی خاطر دلّی میں غربت اور بے آرامی کی زندگی بسرکرتے رہے۔ اپنے وطن ٹونک میں تھے کہ وہاں سے بیوی کے ڈاکٹری معائنہ کی غرض سے جے پور آئے، ابھی ڈاکٹری معائنہ مکمل نہیں ہوا تھا کہ خود انہیں پیغامِ اجل آپہنچا۔ بڑی خوبیوں کے نہایت شریف اور باوضع انسان تھے۔ اللٰھُمَّ اغْفِرْلَہٗ وَارحمہ۔ [مئی۱۹۷۶ء]
Hafiz Ibn-e-Kaseer’s ‘Al-Bidaya Wan-Nehaya’ maintains a remarkable position in the field of historiography. In this valuable book, he has described the occurrences of the important nations of the past and the epochs of the previous Prophets up to his own era. Although ‘Al-Bidaya Wan-Nehaya’ is basically a book of ‘History’, yet the worthy author has referred to numerous salient events pertaining to the life and mission of the holy Prophet (SAW). A considerable portion of the book, about two thousand pages, relates to the biograph of the Holy Prophet (SAW). Hafiz Ibn-e-Kaseer’s mode of ‘Seerah-writing’ differs from all other biographers in certain aspects. There are some distinctive marks which distinguish his biography from others. The following Article is an analytic account of the characteristic features and merits as well as deficiencies and shortcomings of ‘Al-Bidaya wan-Nehaya’ with special reference to the science ‘Seerat-Writing’ and it aims at determining its credibility as a source of Prophetic Biography
Impact of training and development practices on leadership skills of middle managers: a comparative study is
the title of this thesis. The objective of this research study was to show the relationship of training and
development practices and improvement of leadership skills of middle managers of chosen organizations in
comparison. To conduct this study, response was collected from the 60 middle managers of Pakistan
International Airlines, Descon Engineering Limited, ICl/Akzonobel Chemicals, Pakistan Telecommunication
Company Limited, Allied bank Limited and National Bank of Pakistan, working in Lahore, where an established
HR department and training and development practices were prevailing.
To conduct the research both primary as well as secondary data was collected. The main focus of the research
was on primary data, 6 informal interviews as well as questionnaires were used. Descriptive statistics
techniques, graphs and bivariate correlation analysis by using SPSS were applied on the data collected through
questionnaires and informal interviews.
The conclusion revealed from the study is that training and development practices improved the leadership
skills of the employees as it built confidence of recognition and made middle managers clearer of their
objectives and customs of work in their organization to lead their colleagues fairly and with full devotion. But
the fluctuation in results of different organizations came because of execution patterns of training, corporate
culture, globalized culture pressures, morale, and willingness of employees to learn. Therefore, both training
as well as fair development practices are important for the improvement of leadership skills in middle
managers.