Education As a Catalyst of Personality Development: A Case Study of ‘Omar Bin Khattāb R. A

The individual’s personality, character, thinking, skills and habits depends upon education. Education helps in the growth and boost the qualities of an individual such as physical, mental and emotional make-up as well as temperament and character. This paper enlightens the significant role of education in developing and mounting the personality of ‘Omar Ibn alKhattāb (R.A). He was one of the most powerful and influential Muslim caliphs. His vibrant ideology of superiority of principles and laws made him eminent among his acquaintances. He was a man of determination and a mission, therefore, he thought, evaluated and acted according to it. He established a system of justice, morality, education and training. He was born as an ordinary‘Omar but education and guidance of Islam made him “‘Omar The Great”. This paper ends with the note that a balanced, successful and well-adjusted personality can be designed only by educating the individuals. Educational institutions, religious organizations and enrich culture play an important role in shaping the sturdy personality as is evident in case of ‘Omar(R.A).

Evaluation of Nano-Silver Derivatives of Selected Botanical Sources for Their Anti-Cancer Potential

Cancer is the second most lethal disease all over the world after cardiovascular disorders. Many conventional cancer therapies have so far been used for curing various types of cancer but keeping in view their so many side effects, attention has been focused to some alternative drugs at nano-scale level. The main reason of using phyto-fabricated nano-silver particles was its large surface area. Biogenic nanoparticles are gaining importance due to ecofriendly behavior. The main objective of current study was “Evaluation of Nano-silver Derivatives of Selected Botanical Sources for their Anticancer Potential”. In present study, eleven traditionally used medicinal plants (Curcuma longa, Euclayptus camaldulensis, Ziziphus nummularia, Psidium guajava, Momordica charantia, Syzgium cumini, Viola betonicifolia, Mangifera indica, Fagonia indica, Azadiarachata indica and Cassia absus) were collected by various zones of South and North Punjab (Pakistan). Their aqueous extracts were prepared by using leaves of above-mentioned plants to evaluate bio-active (anti-cancer) potential. The most effective plants were subjected to prepare biogenic silver nanoparticles. At first comparative study of simple plant extracts and phytofabricated silver nanoparticles was carried out for different biological activities; anti-oxidant (2,2, -di-phenylpicrylhydrazyl), anti-diabetic, anti-microbial, hemolytic activity and phytochemical studies; total phenolic contents (TPC) and total flavonoid contents (TFC). Furthermore, anti-cancer activity of five plants (Curcuma longa, Momordica charantia, Viola betonicifolia, Fagonia indica and Azadiarachata indica) was evaluated through in vitro MTT assay, whereby silver nanoparticles of C. longa exhibited lowest IC50 value (0.0045mg/ml) and hence was evaluated against breast cancer cell line (MCF-7) and Ovarian cancer cell lines (A2780). ANOVA (mean ± S.D), Minitab software version 16 and Graph Pad prism were used to figure out significant difference between simple plant extracts and their phytofabricated nano-particles.