امجد علی غزنوی
افسوس ہے کہ گزشتہ مہینے میں ہمارے ضلع اور شہر کے مشہور قومی کارکن، کامیاب وکیل اور اچھے شاعر جناب امجد علی غزنوی کا انتقال ہوگیا۔ انھیں اقبال سہیل اور مرزا احسان احمد سے مشورہ سخن کا شرف حاصل تھا۔ ان کے گھر پر اکثر نشستیں ہوتی تھیں اور انھوں نے بعض بڑے مشاعرے بھی کرائے۔ ان کا مجموعہ کلام ’’صہبائے خودی‘‘ بھی زیر کتابت تھا، تعلیمی کاموں سے بھی بڑی دلچسپی تھی۔ اپنے وطن محمدپور میں ایک دینی مدرسہ اور انٹر کالج ان کی یادگار ہے۔ شبلی کالج کی مجلس انتظامیہ کے ممبر اور ایک زمانے میں سینئر نائب صدر تھے۔ دارالمصنفین سے بھی تعلق تھا، یہاں برابر آتے تھے۔ مولانا مسعود علی ندوی کی سفارش پر کانگریس نے ۱۹۶۲ء میں انھیں ٹکٹ دیا تو صوبائی اسمبلی کے ممبر ہوئے۔ مگر اب سیاست کے گرے ہوئے معیار اور خود کانگریس کے رویے سے خوش نہیں رہتے تھے۔ بڑے باغ و بہار شخص تھے۔ دوسروں کی خدمت اور مصیبت زدہ لوگوں کی مدد کرکے خوش ہوتے تھے۔ قدرت نے انھیں دردمنددل اور بے چین طبیعت بخشی تھی۔ خود کہتے ہیں
اک دل درد آشنا و اک نگاہِ حق نگر
اور کیا اس کے سوا امجدؔ سے دیوانے میں ہے
(ضیاء الدین اصلاحی، جنوری ۱۹۹۷ء)
The slowing spread of Covid-19 infections has brought positive changes in the education sector. The issue of implementing limited face to face learning begins to excite students in gaining knowledge. Online learning effects for approximately two years was relatively difficult to keep students away from themselves. This study time to determine how the level of student learning readiness in facing offline learning. This was quantitative research with a survey type. The population were State vocatoonal high school 2 Kendari students, totaling 558 students. The sample was drawn randomly with a magnitude estimated using the Slovin formula at a significance of 5% so that the total sample size was 233 students. Data were collected by learning readiness scale. Data were analyzed descriptively and comparative statistics. The results showed that the learning readiness of State vocatoonal high school Negeri 2 Kendari students was in the high category and female students had a higher level of learning readiness than male students.
Keeping in view the emerging role of a recently discovered phytohormone, strigolactones (GR24), experiments were carried-out to explore whether GR24 could alleviate the nastiest impact of salinity on spring sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.). Two experiments, the first as pre-sowing and second as foliar spray were held during the months of February to May, in the year 2015 and 2016 in the Botanical Garden of the University of Agricuture, Faisalabad. In the first experiment, achenes of sunflower hybrids (FH-593 and FH-596) were primed in GR24 solutions i.e. 0, 0.001, 0.01, 0.1 mg L-1 for 16 hours. Two salt stress levels, 0 mM (Control) and 120 mM NaCl was applied to twenty four days old plants. Salt stress considerably reduced growth, leaf water relations, pigments, gas exchange attributes, mineral nutrients and yield parameters. GR24 treated achenes showed improvement in growth, water use efficiency and yield attributes except 100 achene weight and achene number per plant. Salt stress augmented the secondary metabolites, antioxidants and compatible solutes for defensive purpose, ROS and sodium accretion as stress marker. Pre-achene treatment with GR24 further accumulated carotenoid, antioxidants, organic osmolytes, anthocyanin, hydrogen peroxide, and shoot potassium and calcium in both hybrids of sunflower under non-saline and saline environment. During second experiment, 36 days old plants of sunflower were sprayed with GR24 (0, 0.001, 0.01, 0.1 mg L-1). Salt stress reduced growth attributes, gas exchange parameters and photosynthetic pigments significantly. GR24 enhanced growth and gas exchange attributes except stomatal conductance and net CO2 assimilation rate, activities of non-enzymatic as well as enzymatic antioxidants, secondary metabolites and osmolytes, GR24 foliar application enhanced glutathione reductase and peroxidase, ascorbic acid, soluble phenolics, organic osmolytes, ROS, secondary metabolites, free proline, total soluble sugars, glycinebetaine, saponin, tannin, free amino acids. GR24 treatment as foliar application only enhanced shoot potassium and calcium. GR24 spray accelerated achene yield and head diameter only. Sunflower hybrid FH-596 performance was better than FH-593.