عبدالقادر رائے پوری
اس دور میں ہندوستان کے مسلمانوں کو حضرت حاجی امداد اﷲ صاحب مہاجر مکی رحمۃ اﷲ علیہ کے سلسلہ سے جو دینی و روحانی فیوض حاصل ہوئے، اس کی مثال دوسرے سلاسل میں مشکل سے مل سکتی ہے، اسی اعتبار سے یہ پورا سلسلہ۔
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+کا مصداق ہے، اس سلسلہ میں آسمان علم و معرفت کے ایسے ایسے مہرو ماہ پیدا ہوئے جن کی روشنی سے سارا ہندوستان منور ہے اور آج اس ظلمت کدہ میں علم و عرفان کی جو روشنی بھی نظر آتی ہے وہ سب ان ہی نفوس قدسیہ کا پرتو ہے، اسی نورانی محفل کی ایک شمع فروزاں حضرت مولانا عبدالقادر رائے پوری رحمۃ اﷲ علیہ تھے، وہ اس دور کے شیخ کامل اور قطب وقت تھے، ان کی ذات سے ایک مخلوق ہدایت یاب ہوئی، گمراہوں کو راہ راست ملی، ناقص کامل اور کامل صاحب احوال و مقامات ہوگئے۔ افسوس ہے کہ یہ شمع ہدایت گزشتہ مہینہ گل ہوگئی، گو الحمدﷲ اب اس سلسلہ میں بعض بڑی شخصیتیں موجود ہیں، لیکن ’’ہر گلے رارنگ وبوئے دیگرے است‘‘۔ حضرت رائے پوری رحمۃ اﷲ علیہ اپنے رنگ میں منفرد تھے، ان کے ساتھ ان کی خصوصیات ختم ہوگئیں، وہ بات کوہکن کی گئی کوہکن کے ساتھ۔ اس لیے ان بزرگوں میں سے جو بھی اٹھتا ہے وہ اپنی جگہ ہمیشہ کے لیے خالی چھوڑ جاتا ہے، والبقأ ﷲ وحدہ، اﷲ تعالیٰ عالم آخرت میں حضرت شیخ کے درجات مراتب بلند فرمائے۔ (شاہ معین الدین ندوی، ستمبر ۱۹۶۲ء)
عبدالغنی صاحب انصاری
دارالمصنفین کے لیے دوسرا حادثہ مولوی عبدالغنی صاحب انصاری ریٹائرڈ کمشنر انکم ٹیکس کی وفات کا ہے، مرحوم علامہ شبلی کے عزیز دارالمصنفین کے پرانے ہمدرد ہواخواہ اور اس کی مجلس انتظامیہ کے رکن تھے، ان کی ذات میں...
The paper sets out to discuss impact of socio-cultural barriers on social empowerment of rural women in term of decision making related to their personal as well as social life in Sahiwal division. Pakistan is a patriarchal society characterized by patri-local residence and exclusion of women from the right of inheritance and succession, which pave ways for male-headed society. In addition, socio-cultural factors strongly favour male-dominance and an inferior status of females in all walks of life. A quantitative approach was adopted for carrying out current study. A survey instrument was designed and employed for data collection from 384 respondents from rural areas of Sahiwal division. The findings of the study revealed that less than one third (31.25%) of the respondents were consulted in decision-making about domestic matters. Likewise, more than half (51.8%) of the respondents were not independent in moving out of home for meeting any social need. Similarly, more than one third (41.4%) of the respondents were not free to visit their friends in the neighborhood. The study concludes that women in the rural areas are less empowered and still suffering socially, economically and psychologically in their day to day life. The study provides an insight for professional social workers, policy makers and stakeholders in public and private sectors for influencing policy-making and planning for revisiting and redesigning existing policies and plans intended for empowerment of rural women in Pakistan
The focus of this study was to explore the experiences of principals in managing the area of Early Childhood Development (ECD) provisions in the context of Karachi, Pakistan. The areas of exploration were principals' perception about the quality ECD education, principal's role in managing ECD, leadership styles in managing ECD, challenges of ECD operations, opportunities in ECD provision and strategies of transforming challenges into opportunities. An exploratory case study approach of the qualitative research methodology was used to carry out this study, because this approach gives room to the researcher to study the phenomenon in detailed manners through data collection from different sources. The findings of the study show that principals were the nucleus of academic and administrative activities of their educational institution and they had to demonstrate a dynamic role to perform these activities effectively. An effective ECD principal should have knowledge about brain development and child development of ECD to facilitate young children's learning. Principals were responsible for establishment of the pedagogical methods that suit for ECD and ensured the care of the different learning styles of learners. Principals were also responsible for creating enabling environment in the school, and they were a bridge between the institution and community and principals' effective communication, leadership style and managerial skills had a direct impact on overall school performance. The findings also identified some parents and teachers related challenges that principals were facing while managing ECD in their schools. The findings suggested the parental involvement and community engagement as two available opportunities in ECD settings. Based on the findings, the study makes recommendations for school management, principals, policy makers, government, and parents and community. That is, schools should provide in-house training sessions for their ECD teachers and staff to update their ECD knowledge and practice. Principal at ECD level should have an in-depth knowledge about ECD and should know about different leadership styles to adapt the most suitable one for their school. Government should have a clear ECD policy and curriculum to ensure quality ECD provision and teachers training in public sector. Government should also take all the ECD stockholders on board while framing ECD policies. The findings also suggest a strong school and community partnership to ensure the quality ECD environment in the school that foster the learning of young children.