ڈاکٹر احمر لاری مرحوم
۲۸؍ فروری کو پروفیسر احمر لاری بیاسی برس کی عمر میں اپنے خالق حقیقی سے جاملے، اِناﷲ وَاِنا اِلَیہ رَاجِعُون۔ وہ گورکھپور یونیورسٹی کے شعبہ اردو سے تعلق رکھنے والے قابل اور محنتی استاد تھے جن سے ان کا شعبہ، ملک میں معروف ہوا اور وہ خود پروفیسر محمود الٰہی جیسے لائق ترین صدر شعبہ کی سرپرستی و رہنمائی میں ملک کے اچھے لکھنے والوں میں شمار ہوئے۔ بظاہر نجیف و نزار بیمار نظر آتے لیکن قلم بڑا توانا تھا۔ حسرت موہانی ان کی تحقیق کا مرکز رہے، ان کا تحقیقی مقالہ جوبعدمیں کتاب کی شکل میں شائع ہوا ان کی غیرمعمولی محنت سے اپنے موضوع پر اسی طرح مصدر و مرجع بن گیا جیسا خود ان کے ایک رفیق پروفیسر افغان اﷲ خاں مرحوم کا فراق پر مقالہ تھا، حسرت موہانی سے ان کا یہ تحقیقی تعلق، مستقل رشتے میں یوں بدلا کہ انہوں نے حسرت موہانی کے تذکرہ شعراء اور ارباب سخن کوبھی مرتب کرکے شائع کیا۔ ارباب سخن کا مقدمہ ان کی تنقیدی صلاحیت کا بڑا خوبصورت آئینہ ہے جس میں اردو تذکرہ نگاری کا انہوں نے جامع اختصار سے جائزہ لیا ہے۔
ان کی کتابوں میں گلدستۂ نازنیناں، نکات سخن، غالب اور غالبیات اور اردو تنقید کا ارتقاء، نام بھی آتے ہیں۔ انہوں نے مختصر تاریخ گورکھپور بھی مرتب کی۔ ان کا اصل قصبہ لار تھا لیکن انہوں نے پیمان وفا گورکھپور سے ایسا باندھا کہ بالآخر اسی کی خاک کا حصہ ہوئے۔ بیماری آزاری کے باوجود وہاں کی علمی و ادبی مجلسوں میں ضرور شریک ہوتے، پروفیسر افغان اﷲ خاں مرحوم کے بعد ان مجلسوں میں ان کے دم سے رونق تھی۔ افسوس ان کے جانے کے بعد ویرانی کا احساس اور زیادہ ہوگا کہ محض علم و ادب کا ایک شیدائی ہی نہیں ایک ملنسار، غمگسار...
Ontemporary modern interest-bearing financial system, “economicsystem”, has become an integral part and the prevalent system reflects that in the modern progressive era of growth where other arts have seen progress than in the old days the modern interest bearing system has become a part of the financial development. Interest in the present era has being understood as a direction for financial growth and development of economy hence in some way or the other been tried to be enforced in to the Islamic world such that it becomes a need and no country can live without. And the objectives of this interest bearing system can meet their targets. In Muslim countries minds that do not have deep commitment with Islamic teaching have been convinced in a way that in the ancient days this level of interest was not needed as in the present era. So, on the interest of present day “riba” can’t be applied whose prohibition is proved by Islamic law. The impression that interest is the need of modern times in ancient times to modern times thislevel of interest is not required, nor was there any specifically organized circle like today concept the financial system may be of interest not only if favor of contemporary practice in the present, but also an extremely ancient system was out there and have some evidence of old banking practices. This article, with the vividness of ancient religions, has proved that “interest” in antiquity is as same as of today. The form of interest and its impacts aren’t get changed by the change in ancient or current business practices. Interest is interest, whether it is found in ancient religions or at theadvent of Islam or even after that in the modern day. It embodies the same “riba” whose prohibition is proved in the Islamic sharia.
The current research project aimed at exploring the experiences of HIV positive patients in Pakistan and finding the determinants of their general health. In order to achieve the objectives of the study, the research was carried out in two parts: Part I comprised qualitative study. Sample of the study was purposive, homogenous and consisted of eight HIV positive patients. Men and women were given equal representation in the sample. The age range of the participants was between 25 to 35 years. A semi-structured interview guide was prepared to explore the psychosocial, diagnostic, illness and treatment experiences of HIV positive patients. The interviews were audio recorded and later on transcribed verbatim for a detailed in depth analysis. Seven superordinate themes emerged during the rigorous analytic process of interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) proposed by (Smith, Flowers, & Larkins, 2009).Part II was quantitative in nature and comprised two studies. Study II was a preliminary study that comprised two phases: Perceived Stress Scale (Cohen, Kamarck, & Mermelstein, 1983) was translated into Urdu language and validated in Phase I, as it was intended to assess the perceived stress of the HIV positive patients in study III. Rest of the study scales were available in Urdu, so factor structures of all scales were tested via confirmatory factor analyses (n=300) in Phase II by using AMOS 20.0 and all the measures revealed good fit to the data. Study III was the main study. The aim of the study was to investigate the determinants (viz., perceived stress, emotional intelligence and perceived social support) of general health of HIV Positive patients. Urdu translated versions of Perceived Stress Scale (Cohen, Kamarck, & Mermelstein, 1983), Berlin Social Support Scale (Nawaz & Batool, 2013), Emotional Intelligence Scale (Batool & Khalid, 2011), General Health Questionnare (GHQ 28; Goldberg & Williams, 1988), and demographic datasheet were used to collect the data.Data were collected from 361 HIV positive patients, recruited from the cities of Rawalpindi, Islamabad and Lahore (Punjab, Pakistan). Men (n = 291) and women (n = 70), were given representation in the sample. The Age range of the participants was 18 to 67 (M = 36.4, SD = 10.3). Pearson’s product correlation analysis was carried out to assess the magnitude and direction of relationships among all the study variables. Linear regression analyses revealed that emotional intelligence and social support were significant negative predictors and perceived stress was a positive predictor and explained 49 % variance in general health. Moderation analysis was carried out through SPSS 16.0 and results supported gender as a moderator in relationship between social support and general health but gender did not moderate the relationship between perceived stress and general health and between emotional intelligence and general health. Results of mediational analysis via structural equation modelling using AMOS 20.0 showed that perceived stress partially mediated the relationship between perceived social support and general health. The MANOVA was carried out on five independent groups (viz., gender, age, family system, education, and monthly income) and four outcome variables (general health, perceived stress, perceived social support and emotional intelligence). The results of MANOVA were not significant. Results of both the studies (i.e. quantitative and qualitative parts) revealed that emotional intelligence and perceived social support were two important protective factors / predictors that determine the general health and also the individual components of general health of HIV positive patients. Both the studies also highlighted the role of emotional intelligence and perceived social support in reducing the perceived stress level of HIV positive patients. Quantitative study validated the results of qualitative study. Conclusions were drawn and the clinical implications were discussed at the end.