مولوی وحیدالدین سلیمؔ پانی پتی
مولانا وحیدالدین سلیم پانی پتی، عربی اور اردو کے ادیب تھے، وہ مولانا فیض الحسن صاحب سہارنپوری کے شاگرد تھے، لاہور کے مشرقی شعبہ میں تعلیم پائی تھی اور وہیں سے تحریر و انشاء اور ترجمہ و تالیف کا شوق اپنے ساتھ لائے تھے، ۱۸۹۰ء کے بعد سے غالباً سرسید مرحوم کے علمی مددگار مقرر ہوئے، یعنی سرسید کی تصنیفات اور مضامین کے لئے عربی کتابوں سے معلومات فراہم کیا کرتے تھے، پھر معارف نام کا ایک علمی رسالہ انہوں نے علی گڑھ سے نکالا، جس نے اہل علم میں بڑی عزت حاصل کی، چند سال نکل کر یہ بند ہوگیا، پھر ۱۹۰۴ء کے قرب میں وہ علی گڑھ گزٹ کے ایڈیٹر ہوئے اور بالآخر اس سے بھی الگ ہوکر خانہ نشین ہوگئے، ۱۹۱۰ء میں جب لکھنؤ سے مسلم گزٹ نکلا، جس نے مسلمانوں کی اس نئی سیاسی بیداری میں خاصہ حصہ لیا، تو مولانا شبلی مرحوم کے مشورہ سے وہی اس کے اڈیٹر مقرر ہوئے اور حق یہ ہے کہ انہوں نے بڑی خوبی سے اس فرض کو انجام دیا، مسلم گزٹ کے بند ہونے کے بعد وہ پھر خانہ نشین ہوگئے اور آخر غالباً ۱۹۱۶ء میں یا اس کے گردوپیش زمانہ میں وہ حیدرآباد گئے اور جامعہ عثمانیہ میں اردو کے پروفیسر مقرر ہوئے اور اسی منصب پر اس مہینہ میں انہوں نے ملیح آباد (ضلع لکھنؤ) میں وفات پائی، مرحوم کی عمر ستر سال کے قریب ہوگی۔
مرحوم نے چھوٹے بڑے مضامین بے شمار لکھے، ان کی خاص خصوصیت زود نویسی تھی، وہ قلم برداشتہ لکھتے تھے اور بڑے بڑے ہفتہ وار اخبار کو ایک رات میں بیٹھ کر پورا کرلیتے تھے اور ان کی کوئی مستقل تصنیف، ’’وضعِ اصطلاحات علمیہ‘‘ کے سوا دوسری نہیں، نئے الفاظ کے تراشنے اور وضع کرنے میں ان کو پوری مہارت تھی، علی...
Hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam and is obligatory, once in life time, on adult Muslims having physical and financial capacity. Historically, ‘Hajj’ has been a rigorous undertaking. Although technological advancement has made it easier in many ways, yet there are hardships owing to ever increasing number of pilgrims visiting Makkah Mukkaramah i.e. A city with finite resources including all available resources. The Government of Pakistan, being a facilitator, endeavors to make the Hajj experience as comfortable as is possible within the resources available and standards affordable by Pakistani Hujjaj by making extensive arrangements, through a transparent process, so that the pilgrims could perform their manasik-e-Hajj as enshrined in Quran and Sunnah. The Pilgrim accounts stress that the Hajj leads to a feeling of unity with fellow Muslims. It increases belief in equality and harmony among ethnic groups and Islamic sects and leads to more favorable attitudes toward all the people of Pakistan including women with greater acceptance of female education and employment. Hajjis show increased belief in peace, and in equality and harmony among adherents of different religions. The evidence suggests that these changes are more a result of exposure to and interaction with Hajjis from around the world, rather than religious instruction or a changed social role of pilgrims upon their return to Pakistan.
Leadership is a key driving force to improve a school at the time of challenges. The quality of education in public schools of Pakistan is rapidly deteriorating due to unsatisfactory leadership practices. The improvement of these schools is only possible through effective practices of school leadership. Hence, the purpose of this study was to explore the effective leadership practices of a government secondary school head teacher in the rural context of Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B). The study explores how the head teacher brings about considerable improvement in schools by overcoming the contextual challenges facing the school. The study was carried out through the exploratory case study method within the qualitative research design in order to have an in depth and close understanding about leadership practices of the particular head teacher. The head teacher's effectiveness was studied in three schools; the current school where he has been successful in bringing considerable improvement and two other schools where he had worked in the past. The participants in this study were the head teacher, teachers, students and community representatives who were selected from the three focused secondary schools. The findings of the study reveal that the head teacher utilised different leadership strategies to improve the schools. The most common strategies he used were distributed leadership, pedagogical leadership, community involvement, effective management, fair examination system and positive relationships with different stakeholders. It further revealed that the head teacher's leadership practices had a log lasting impact on the schools where he had worked previously. The findings of this study are significant for head teachers of all schools in general and for headteachers of public institutions in particular. For, public institutions are facing more or less same challenges across public institutions of Gilgit BaItistan. Hence, the findings of this study will provide a road map for public sector head teachers to overcome those challenges to lead their schools successfully through challenging situation.