مفتی محمد تقی عثمانی کی معروف تصنیفات و تالیفات کا تعارفی جائزہ

Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani is one of the leading Deoband Hanafi Islamic Scholars living today from Pakistan. He is the son of late Molana Muhammad Shafi, the grand mufti of Pakistan. He is the brother of Islamic scholars Muhammad Rafi Usmani, Muhammad Wali Razi, Muhammad Razi Usmani as well as of Urdu poet Muhammad Zaki Kaifi. He is regarded as an expert in the fields of Hadith, Islamic Jurisprudence (Fiqh), Economics and Tasawwuf. He served as a judge on the Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan from 1980 to 1982 and the Shariat Appellate Bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan between 1982 and 2002. He is generally known as one of the leading Shariah Scholars active in the field of Islamic finance. For more than a decade he has served as Chairman or Member of Shariah Supervisory boards of a dozen Islamic banks and prestigious financial institutions in various parts of the world. Allah Almighty has blessed him with the writing skill. He has written translations of the Holy Quran in both English and Urdu. He has been writing on various Islamic topics in Arabic, Urdu & English and is author of more than 70 books and numerous articles, published in a number of journals and magazines. In his books, Justice Taqi Usmani has discussed the solutions of individual, collective, social, political and economic problems in the light of Islamic principles. His books are very famous not only in Pakistan but also in India, Malaysia, Bangladesh and many other countries in the world. With this perspective, the present article deals with the introduction of important books of Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani.

Phytochemistry and Bioactivity of Selected High Altitude Plants Belonging to Ligularia, Senecio and Vernonia Genera

The research work included in the present dissertation is mainly focused on isolation and structure elucidation of pure chemical constituents from the selected high altitude plants belong to Ligularia, Senecio and Vernonia genera. Moreover, biological activities have also been incorporated for various crude fractions and the purified compounds. There are three main parts of the dissertation: Part-A: Phytochemistry and bioactivities of Ligularia thomsonii Part-B: Phytochemistry and bioactivities of Senecio desfontainei and Senecio chrysanthemoides Part-C: Phytochemistry and bioactivities of Vernonia anthelmintica Part-A Part A describes the phytochemical investigation and bioactivities of L. thomsonii (Compositae). Three new (32-34) along with nine known (35-43) compounds were isolated from the plant. Various spectroscopic techniques were used to characterize their structures. Compounds (32-36 and 39-43) were also evaluated for their radical scavenging activities in the diphenylpicrylhydrazyl (DPPH) assay using ascorbic acid as standard. Part-B Part B deals with the phytochemistry and bioactivities of S. desfontainei and S. chrysanthemoides (Compositae). One new (44) and eleven known compounds (45-55) were isolated from S. desfontainei while six known compounds (56-61) obtained from S. chrysanthemoides. Physical characteristics and extensive spectroscopic studies were used for characterization of the isolated and purified compounds which were also evaluated for their antioxidant activities. Part-C Part C of the dissertation, describing the phytochemistry and bioactivities of V. anthelmintica (Compositae). Eleven new compounds (62-72) were isolated and their structures have been characterized by physical characteristics and advanced spectroscopic techniques.