ہم ہیں وطن کے پاسباں /ہم وطن کے محافظ
وطن اس خطہ زمین کو کہتے ہیں جس سے انسان کو نسبت ہوتی ہے، جس کی فضا سے انس ہوتا ہے، جس کی ہوا سے اسے موانست ہوتی ہے۔ یہ فطر تی بات ہے کہ جس جگہ انسان کی پیدائش ہوتی ہے وہاں کی ذی روح اور غیر ذوی العقول مخلوق سے قلبی لگاؤ ہوتا ہے اور پھر اس تعلق اور لگاؤ کی بنیاد ہر دم واپسیں تک اس کا یہ سلسلہ مؤدت قائم رہتا ہے۔
انسان کے ساتھ اس محبت اور پیار کے اٹوٹ انگ کے طور پر عمر بھر منسلک رہتا ہے اور یوں اس کے شب و روز گزرتے رہتے ہیں ۔بحیثیت مسلمان تو وطن کے ساتھ محبت اور بھی زیادہ ہوتی ہے کیونکہ ارشاد رسالت مآب صلی اللہ علیہ و آلہٖ وسلم ہے ــ’’ حب الوطن من الایمان‘‘ وطن کی محبت ایمان سے ہے۔ یعنی تکمیل ایمان کے لیے وطن کی محبت انتہائی ضروری ہے۔ اور یہ جس کے ساتھ حقیقی محبت ہو، جس کے ساتھ زندگی کے ایّام بحسن وخوبی گزارے ہوں، اُس کی حفاظت اور اس کی پاسبانی بھی ضروری ہو جاتی ہے۔ اگر اُس کی حفاظت اور پاسبانی کا فریضہ ادا کرنے پرنفس آمادہ نہ ہو اورطبع نازک پر یہ گراں گزرے تو پھر وطن کی محبت کا دعویٰ زبانی کلامی تو ہو سکتا ہے اس کا حقیقت کے ساتھ دور کا بھی واسط نہیں ہوتا۔ ایک شخص حفاظت کا دعویدار ہے لیکن اس کی موجودگی میں عنادل خوش الحان کی بجائے بوم نے شاخہائے وطن پر قبضہ کر رکھا ہے تو اس کی حفاظت اور محبت کا یہ دعویٰ کھوکھلا ہے۔ ایک دہقاں کی زبان کھیت و کھلیان سے محبت کا اظہار کرتی ہے لیکن اس کی خوبصورتی کو خس و خاشاک نے ختم کیا ہوا ہے تو اس کا...
Undoubtedly, Youth play cardinal role in the development and reformation of any society. Their activities produce an immense influence in the social development and progress. This article aimed at highlighting the important role of youth in social reforms by keeping in view the Islamic personalities like great companions of Holy Prophet (r). Descriptive and qualitative research approach was employed for the collection and analysis of data. The systematic review of scholarly literature on Islamic history revealed that the Prophet Muhammad (r) gave particular emphasize to nourish young generation in order to mold their lives into an ideal and balanced personality. He by developing intellectual, spiritual, and emotional skills produced such great men who led the mankind and became heroes of history. At the same time they appeared as ideal traders, peaceful citizens, just rulers, true followers of Holy Prophet (r) and loyal worshiper of Allah Almighty. The research by observing present condition of youth found that unfortunately our youth was found in illicit, unethical, useless, and peace demoting activities which promoted social evils and criminal activities. They got involved in unlawful activities including terrorism, killing, robbery, and kidnapping etc. By keeping view the above findings the research strongly recommends to nurture our youth on the footsteps of companions of Holy Prophet (r) in order to bring peace and prosperity in the country. Moreover they should be given awareness about the lives of heroes of Islam who appeared with great titles on the horizon.
An Exploration of Motivation and Attitude of Teachers Towards English As Medium of Instruction on Rural Pakistan History of medium of instruction in Pakistan is marked by alternations mainly between two languages i.e. Urdu and English, the former being its national while the latter official language. Lately, the government of Punjab took an ostensibly decisive step in this regard by imposing EMI (English as Medium of Instruction) for content subjects in all public sector schools of Punjab. It led to a complex situation because the teachers, expected to use EMI, are in no way different from EFL learners of any level in their proficiency. In view of this situation, the current study was designed to explore the motivation and attitude of the teachers of rural areas towards EMI policy of the Punjab government. A survey from six districts of Punjab (selected on the basis of Human Development Index) was conducted using triangulation as a data collection technique. Following convenience sampling 100 questionnaires were distributed among the teachers from each of the selected districts making it thus a total of 600 questionnaires overall. Interviews of 25 pricipals/incharges of the schools were conducted with at least three from each of the six districts. A hybridization of socio-educational model of R. C. Gardner and WTC (Willingness to Communicate) model by MacIntyre was used for theoretical grounding and for the purpose of instrumentation. Percentages and chi-square were used to find variation on the basis of gender, age and qualification. Correlation and regression analyses were used to discover the nature of relationship among the selected variables. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) was used to confirm the path from motivation to WTC as hypothesized (but found not confirmed) by Yashima (2002). The path from motivation towards WTC was confirmed through SEM. Qualification was found to be the most important predictor of motivation. The teachers were discovered not to be motivated by any means at present. However, a predominantly optimistic view was found existent among the participants about the future of EMI. Training was pointed out as one of the most important requirements by the teachers. Therefore, it is strongly recommended that these teachers should be provided intensive language training to develop adequate proficiency.