منهج المفتي عبد الله محدث في كتابه فتاوى أهل حديث

Issuing Fatwa is much important in the field of Islamic Theology. At least one of the contemporary famous three methodologies in the field of Fatwa for the mufti to adopt is necessary; as it leads mufti to extract ruling from the text of Holy Qur᾽ān or Sunnah of the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) and from what the Muslim Jurists have agreed upon. A thorough study of the book Fatāwā Ahl Ḥadīth has been conducted in this study in order to highlight the characteristics and main features which distinguish the method of the author, ‘Abdullāh Muḥaddith Rōpaṟi, a prominent scholar of his time in the main stream of Ahl e Ḥadīth, from other scholars of his time in issuing fatwa. The study approves that the author has adopted the depth has and (صلى الله عليه وسلم) Prophet Holy the of companions the of method understanding of the primary sources i. E. Holy Book Qur᾽ān, Sunnah and Ijmā‘, and secondary sources i. E. Qiyās and custom and vice versa and he has given best solutions to the matters posed to him at his time on the basis of textual and rational evidences which ultimately influenced people and made them to accept the author as an authority in his field.. His prominent work also tells us that he has expertise in the fields of Islamic literature, Islamic Jurisprudence, Ḥadīth and Tafsīr. Therefore, his book regarding fatwa has got admired by the scholars of the Subcontinent of all the main streams. Also in the court of Law in the country the book has been considered as a referencing book.

Islamia University, Bahawalpur.

This study has been conducted to determine state of media freedom in Pakistan. Broadcast journalists from top news channels of Pakistan were approached to explore level of media freedom in the country in context of code of conduct 2015 formulated by Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA), the regulatory body for private news channels. This study has analysed state of media freedom being exercised by the channels based on perception of the broadcast journalists working in TV newsrooms under legal, political, economic and social environment. A survey was conducted to asnalyse perception of the professionals. It is found that political environment has major influence on, economic pressures are found to be the second most influence, social environment comes at third and surprisingly legal environment is found to be at minimum that restrain media freedom. PEMRA code was formulated for TV channels but the professionals don’t think these rules snub media freedom. In many cases the professionals agree to the PEMRA code, which shows that professionals accept as well as agree to practice responsible journalism based on the principles