آہ ڈاکٹر عبدالرّب عرفان!
قارئین معارف کو یہ سن کر بڑا افسوس ہوگا کہ ڈاکٹر عبدالرب عرفان ۳۰؍ اپریل کو انتقال کرگئے، وہ معارف کے بڑے قدر دانوں اور خاص مضمون نگار اور دارالمصنفین شبلی اکیڈمی سے گہرا تعلق رکھتے تھے، اردو، فارسی کے عالم اور ان زبانوں کی ادبیات کی تاریخ سے اچھی واقفیت رکھتے تھے، ہندوستان کے عہد اسلامی کی تاریخ پر ان کی نظر تھی، اس عہد کے سلاطین و مشائخ اور علماء و فضلاء کے حالات و تراجم سے ان کو بڑی دلچسپی تھی اور اس پر ان کے مضامین ملک کے بلند پایہ رسالوں میں شائع ہوتے تھے مگر معارف پر ان کی نظر عنایت زیادہ تھی۔ اس شمارے میں بھی ان کا ایک مضمون شامل ہے اور ابھی دو ایک اور مضامین میری فائل میں ہوں گے۔
میری ان کی ملاقات کبھی نہیں ہوئی مگر خط و کتابت رہتی تھی، ان کے خطوط سے اندازہ ہوتا تھا کہ ان کے دل میں میری کتنی قدر و محبت اور معارف سے ان کو کیسا والہانہ لگاؤ تھا۔ مجھے ان کے حالات زندگی سے کوئی واقفیت نہیں تھی ان کے ایک ہم وطن جناب فیروز حیدری کے خط سے معلوم ہوا کہ انہوں نے کامٹی کے ایم۔ایم ربانی ہائی اسکول سے میٹرک کا امتحان امتیازی نمبر سے پاس کیا تھا۔ اور مارس کالج ناگپور سے بی۔اے کیا تھا۔ پھر فارسی زبان و ادب میں ایم۔اے میں امتیازی نمبر ہی نہیں بلکہ گولڈ میڈل کے بھی حق دار قرار پائے تھے، ۱۹۶۱ء میں ودبھ مہاودیالیہ امراؤتی میں فارسی کے استاد کی حیثیت سے ان کا تقرر ہوا اور بہت جلد شعبہ فارسی کے صدر بنائے گئے، ۱۹۸۲ء میں ان کا تبادلہ ناگپور میں وسنت راؤناٹک گورنمنٹ انسٹی ٹیوٹ آف آرٹس اینڈ سوشل سائنسز (سابق مارس کالج) ہوگیا۔ ڈاکٹر عبدالرب عرفان طبعاً شریف، سادہ مزاج،...
Objective: The objective of the study is to explore the relationship between body image, self-esteem and academic behavior amongst adolescent girls living in Karachi, Pakistan and simultaneously explore the mediating role of self-esteem in the relationship of the other two variables. Methods: It was a cross-sectional study design with a sample size of 400 adolescent girls belonging to a selected community of Karachi, Pakistan. Pre-validated tools, Body Shape Questionnaire, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and Academic Behavior Scale were used for data collection of the study. The data was then analyzed using SPSS 17. Results: The results proved significant associations between all three variables with p<0.05. Moreover, a partially mediating role of self-esteem was noticed to be causing 74.8% variation in the relationship between body image and academic behavior. Conclusion: As per the study findings, body image, self-esteem and academic behavior of adolescent girls residing in Karachi, Pakistan are associated with each other. It was also concluded that higher body image dissatisfaction may lead to poor self-esteem which in turn negatively impacts the positive academic behavior of the girls. Hence, representing a mediating role of self-esteem in the relationship. Overall, parents, educators, academic professionals, counselors and healthcare professionals can benefit from the study findings to positively play their parts in improving the lives of adolescents around them.
Labour is the precious asset of any society, because it contributes a lot in the development of the countries and welfare of the societies. Similarly, labour migration has a significant role in socioeconomic uplift of the population. With the increased rate of globalization, the significance of international labour migration has also risen. The main aim of study was to analyse the socioeconomic impacts of international labour migration on the household economy in District Karak, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The study also deals with the investigation of reasons behind the labour migrations internationally and the effects of migration on health status, educational attainments and per capita income on the household economy of the families left behind. For the current investigation, district Karak was selected because of the fact that this region has very meagre employment opportunities, and a significant proportion of its population is dependent on the earnings of migrated labour. The major reasons for the scarcity of employment opportunities include state of general poverty, poor service structure and rain-fed agriculture in the study region. The agricultural sector is not having the enough capacity to employ significant proportion of labour. Though district Karak is bestowed with huge natural resources like natural gas, oil, coal, minerals, salts etc., but unfortunately these resources are yet not explored and utilized optimally for the betterment of the communities. There is no major industry in the region and human resources are also mostly unskilled. There are very limited opportunities for business in the area. A large proportion of its population is therefore unemployed and forced to migrate to other countries for earning livelihood. There are three Tehsils in district Karak namely Karak, Banda Daud Shah and Takht-e-Nasrati. For the study 210 respondents were selected from all the three tehsils, proportionally to their population size. The number of respondents from Tehsil Karak was 86, Tehsil Takht-e-Nasrati it was 76 and Tehsil Banda Daud Shah it was 48. The data was collected randomly through snowball sampling technique form the study region. The interview method was used for primary data collection and the researcher explained all the questions well to the respondents. The respondents were accompanied by their other family members who supported them in giving answers to the researcher’s questions. The data was analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS, 16.0 version) and presented in the form of frequencies, percentages, arithmetic means, maximum values, minimum values and standard deviations. Four econometric linear regression models were used to analyze the relation between various parameters. Model-1 was used for the analysis of factors which were related to the reasons for migration. Model-2 estimated the effect of labour migration on the per capita income of the left behind families of the labour migrants. Model-3 was employed for the assessment of the health status of the migrant’s left behind families. Model 4 was utilized to study the role of labour migration in educational attainments of the left behind families. The results derived from these models were presented in the forms of co-efficient, standard errors, tstatistics and p-values. The findings of the study showed that the factors like lack of employment opportunities, wage differentials, agriculture and industrial under-development, large family size, more dependents, low level of education etc. coupled with other factors caused the local labour to migrate abroad for getting better employment. The study revealed that most of labour migrated to Gulf countries. The results discovered that the remittances have very positive and significant effect on household economy of families left behind. The remittances generally improved the per capita income, health status, educational attainments, livelihoods, social and economic conditions, household’s physical infrastructures, savings, investments, commercial holdings, purchase of lands, purchase of vehicles etc. It was also found that there were some negative psychological and social effects on the spouse and children of the migrants. It is recommended that the local employment market may also be widened to engage indigenous population in various economic activities. The Government should devise a viable policy to promote international labour migration and provide more amenities to the migrant’s families. More educational and technical training facilities may be established to make labour more educated and skilful, so that they can earn more for the welfare and development of families left behind. Information centres should be established at district level for counselling and guidance of people who want to migrate abroad.