عارفؔ عباسی
عارف عباسی بھی اﷲ کو پیارے ہوگئے، وہ اس دور کے ممتاز غزل گو اور جگر کے طرز کے کامیاب مقلد تھے، انہوں نے اپنی ظاہری وضع و قطع بھی انہی کی جیسی بنالی تھی، ان کا مکان اعظم گڑھ سے متصل ضلع ملبا میں تھا اس لئے اعظم گڑھ میں اُن کے پرانے تعلقات تھے اور یہاں برابر اُن کی آمدورفت رہتی تھی پہلے جب اعظم گڑھ آنا ہوتا تھا تو دارالمصنفین ضرور آتے تھے، اور اپنے تازہ کلام سے محظوظ کرتے تھے، مگر ادھر کچھ دنوں سے اس وضعداری میں فرق آگیا تھا، عرصہ تک اُن کی غزلیں معارف میں چھپتی رہیں، اُن کے تعزل میں بڑی لطافت و پاکیزگی تھی ابتدا میں راجہ صاحب نانپارہ کے لڑکوں کے اتالیق رہے تھے، اس لئے درباری آداب اور علم مجلس کے بڑے ماہر تھے، اُن کی عمر ساٹھ باسٹھ سال کی رہی ہوگی، ادھر کچھ دنوں سے کچھ قلبی شکایت ہوگئی تھی، اسی نے مرض الموت کی شکل اختیار کرلی، اﷲ تعالیٰ ان کی مغفرت فرمائے۔ (شاہ معین الدین ندوی،نومبر ۱۹۷۱ء)
After the Incident of 9/11 Pakistan decided to become the ally of America and play an important role in fighting terrorism on both domestic and global fronts. This war has destroyed the peace of Pakistan and has affected the Economy of Pakistan desperately. The decision of Pakistani government to fight the so called war on terror with America only to get the financial and political support of America was clearly against the teachings of Islam. However, Pakistan did receive financial benefits in this war. The important development in the wake of 9/11 is that Pakistan became the biggest beneficiary of US economic aid in the South Asian region. Despite the GDP growth, foreign aid, foreign investment, better record of foreign exchange reserve, worker remittances and debt rescheduling Pakistan’s economy did not show the desired results. The change in the Pakistan’s economy during this period is not sustainable in economic term. Due to the war on terror law and order situation has become worst. At present Pakistan is facing most unique, difficult and gruesome faces of terrorism. In this situation fiscal policy in Islamic perspective is prerequisite for the peace and economic development of Pakistan.
Fluctuating climatic conditions and increasing dearth of water resources are severely affecting crop yields. The present study was conducted to explore the genetic diversity for drought tolerance in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) which can be used in future breeding programs. For this purpose, 200 genotypes of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) comprising current cultivars, land races and improved lines were phenotyped over two consecutive seasons (2009-2010 and 2010-2011). Analysis of variance showed significant variation in several morphological and physiological traits including peduncle length (PL), extrusion length (EL), awn length (AL), plant height (PH), leaf rolling (LR), waxiness (WAX), relative water content (RWC), accumulation of proline (Pro), seed size (SZ), grains per spike (gr/sp) and yield/plant (Y) under normal and drought conditions during both years. Using multivariate analysis, two data sets C&S (control and stressed) and C-S/C (relative performance) were prepared to examine plant responses to drought stress. 1st principle component (PC) accounted 24.97% variation for the 1st year and 43.85% variation for the 2nd in C&S dataset. For C-S/C dataset, 18.12% and 15.58% variation was observed in the 1st and 2nd years, respectively. For association mapping, 108 diverse wheat accessions were selected to tag molecular markers for drought tolerance using 25 SSR loci located on chromosome 2A. To eliminate spurious associations, population structure and kinship were taken into account using 30 unlinked markers covering all 21 chromosomes. A total of 11 markers were found associated using MLM (mixed linear model) approach with phenotypic variability ranging from 6.56 to 17.8%. The marker wmc455 was found associated with seed size (r2 7.6%) and plant height (r2 7.3%) under drought conditions. The relative water content was found associated with gwm312 under drought conditions for both years’ data. The marker barc124 showed association with three different traits under different treatments. The study detected novel QTLs for drought adaptive traits and can be used for marker assisted breeding to enhance wheat performance under drought conditions.