مولانا عنایت اﷲ فرنگی محلی
یہ خبر نہایت افسوس کے ساتھ سنی جائے گی کہ فرنگی محل کے ممتاز عالم مولانا عنایت اﷲ صاحب فرنگی محلی نے ۶؍ جولائی ۱۹۴۱ء کو دفعتہ وفات پائی، انا ﷲ و انا الیہ راجعون۔ مرحوم ابھی ۲۴، ۲۵، ۲۶ جون کو ہمارے ساتھ بھوپال میں عربی مدارس کی اصلاح کے کام میں شریک تھے، وہیں دردشکم میں مبتلا ہوئے جس کے باعث وہ کئی دن تک وہاں علیل رہے، سوء ہضم، تسلسل بول اور ضعف قلب کے عوارض ان کو پہلے سے لاحق تھے، بھوپال میں مرض کی تخفیف کے بعد وہ لکھنؤ روانہ ہوئے اور میں بھی ان ہی کی وجہ سے ان ہی کے ساتھ لکھنؤ تک آیا، لکھنؤ اسٹیشن پر پہنچ کر مرحوم نے مجھ سے کہا کہ میں آپ کی زحمتوں اور خدمتوں کا شکریہ اس لیے نہیں ادا کروں گا کہ میں آپ کو اپنے سے علیحدہ نہیں سمجھتا، یہ کہہ سن کر سلام کے بعد ہم دونوں الگ ہوگئے، یہ کون کہہ سکتا تھاکہ یہ سلام رخصت آخری سلام ہے۔
مرحوم فرنگی محل کے خانوادہ میں تنہا جامع علوم و فنون ہستی باقی رہ گئے تھے، معقولات اور منقولات پر ان کو یکساں دسترس حاصل تھی، مسائل پر وہ مبصرانہ اور ناقدانہ نظر رکھتے تھے، اردو میں تاریخ ، حدیث و رجال پر کئی رسالے لکھے تھے، مدرسہ نظامیہ کے صدر مدرس اور اچھے مدرس تھے، سیاسیات سے بھی دلچسپی رکھتے تھے، خلافت اور مسلم لیگ کے کاموں میں حصہ لیتے رہتے تھے، کل ۵۴ برس کی عمر پائی، اﷲ تعالیٰ مرحوم کو اپنی عنایتوں سے سرفراز فرمائے۔
(سید سلیمان ندوی، اگست ۱۹۴۱ء)
Pulpit and Masjid play very pivotal and productive role in a Muslim society. It not only educates and guides Muslims in religious matters as well shapes the social attitude and role of Muslims. Moreover, it is evident by the history that Islamic State was run by the Head of the State from Masjid. Unfortunately, pulpit and Masjid have been losing sense of their actual responsibility as an agent of social cohesion, integration and reformation. The paper is an attempt of studying the current role of pulpit and Masjid regarding religious education and training, exploring the factors that have been hampering the way of realizing the dream of social reformation in contemporary Pashtun society by not allowing pulpit and Masjid to play its due role in this respect and suggesting feasible recommendation for coping with the issue. The study is based on primary data that was collected through questionnaire in District Bannu and Lakki Marwat.
Strategic stability remains a contested concept and has been described by various scholars differently, based on their understanding and reading of particular strategic environment. Most explanations, however, stem from the ―Cold War‖ experience but contain instructive lessons for a region like ―South Asia‖ that has some similarities as well as significant differences. Introduction of nuclear weapons in 1998 that was followed by two successive military crises between the two nuclear armed neighbors in 1999 and 2001-02, further reinforced commonly held precepts that nuclear weapons help deter war between two nuclear armed states. Some, however, disagree with this conclusion, citing the increased number of crises in the post-1998 period that continues to threaten strategic stability in the region. This study therefore aims to discuss the concept of strategic stability from a Pakistani perspective in the post-1998 security environment that continues to be shaped by various external and internal factors besides evolving military capabilities and doctrines in the region. Besides, providing historical narrative and underlying causes of perpetual animosity between the two South Asian neighbors that had led to number of wars in the pre-1998 era, the study aims to highlight Pakistan‘s political, diplomatic, and economic challenges that continue to influence national decision-making process in the country. So far, Pakistan has managed to balance its shortcomings by developing potent conventional and nuclear deterrence to deal with an existential threat emanating from its Eastern neighbor; nevertheless, the growing IndioUS strategic partnership that is aimed to help build India as a regional hegemon could adversely affect strategic stability in the region. Based on these factors this study would aim to offer recommendations that could address Pakistan‘s national security challenges besides providing a path towards long-term and enduring stability in the region.