مجاہد ملّت مولانا حفظ الرحمن
(جمعیۃ علمائے ہند کی آخری شمع بجھ گئی)
جس حادثہ کا دھڑکا عرصہ سے لگا ہوا تھا، بالآخر وہ پیش آہی گیا، اور مجا ہد ملت مولانا حفظ الرحمن صاحب ۲؍ اگست ۱۹۶۲ء کو صبح صا دق کے وقت اپنے رب کے حضور میں حاضر ہو گئے، موت کوئی غیر معمولی واقعہ نہیں، ہر وقت اس کا بازار گرم ہے، روزانہ ہزاروں لاکھوں انسان مرتے رہتے ہیں، مگر کسی کو اس کا احساس بھی نہیں ہوتا، لیکن بعض موتیں وہ ہو تی ہیں جن سے ایک قوم اور ایک ملت کی پوری عمارت متزلزل ہوجا تی ہے، مولانا حفظ الرحمن صاحب کی وفا ت بھی انہی میں سے ہے:
فما کان قیس ھلکہ ھلک واحد ولکنہ بنیان قوم تھدما
ان کی موت سے ہماری قو می و ملی عما رت کا بہت بڑا ستون گرگیا، مولانا کی پوری زندگی اور زندگی کا ہر لمحہ ملک وملت کی خدمت میں گذرا حتیٰ کہ مرضِ الموت میں بھی اس سے غافل نہ رہے اور اپنی ان تھک محنت سے اس راہ میں جان تک دیدی، اس لیے اگر زندگی میں وہ مجاہد ملت تھے تو موت کے بعد شہید ملت ہیں۔
ان کی پوری زندگی ایک سعی پیہم اور جہد مسلسل تھی، جس سے ان کو ہندوستان کی آزادی کے بعد بھی نجات نہیں ملی، آزادی نے جنگ آزادی سے بھی زیادہ مشکل اور پیچیدہ مسائل پیدا کردیے تھے، ایک طرف فرقہ پروری کا سیلاب تھا جو آزادی کے اصل مقصد ہی کو خس وخاشاک کی طرح بہائے لیے جارہا تھا، دوسری طرف مسلمانوں کے سنگین مسائل تھے، تیسری جانب ملکی و وطنی مصالح اور صحیح جمہوری اور سیکولر بنیادوں پر آزاد ہندوستان کی تعمیر تھی، اس بحرانی دور میں ان سب سے عہدہ برآ ہونا آسان نہ تھا، فرقہ پروری نے بڑے بڑے قوم...
Humankind has been granted a special status due to its being vicegerent of Allah on earth for he has been entrusted with the responsibility to keep order in the world according to the directives of its Creator. Humans are guided by Prophets in history. Some of these Prophets have got greater value, sphere and depth of influence on humanity due to different factors. Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) is the last Prophet of Allah, for the eternity and whole humanity. After him, Islam is completed for all times to come. Islam is a complete code of life; education and training constituting its crux. Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) was greatly concerned and cognizant of education and training of his followers which is evident from multifarious events of his life. Major emphasis was laid on training coupled with education and both are, thus, inevitably interlocked with each other. It is clear that education was considered an assimilation of knowledge and training was taken as its reflection in daily life. The verses of the Holy Quran and sayings of the Holy Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) bear a perfect testimony to this aspect of foremost significance. The earlier people in the fold of Islam were much concerned about training and nurturing, hence they avoided mere memorization of facts. The present paper is an attempt to discover the compatibility between education and training in the light of the paradigm of secret of the Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) of Islam.
Globally, there is a trend towards privatization due to poor performance of public extension services. Private agricultural extension system is considered demand-driven, cost-effective with efficient and quality service. In Pakistan, Privatization of agricultural extension system was started in 1988 when the then Government of Pakistan established a commission to look into the causes of poor performance of agricultural sector and suggest ways to improve its performance. The commission suggested the involvement of the private sector in reshaping agricultural extension. It was a major policy shift, in which the supply of inputs was shifted to private sector from public sector. Currently, 320 pesticide companies (private sector) are working in the Punjab. These companies not only provide pesticide products to the farmers through dealers but also provide advisory services to them. Privatization experiences in the world had mixed results. In some cases it has positive results while in other location the results are discouraging. The present study was conducted to analyze the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats for private extension system in the Pakistani context where the literature is either silent or scanty about the performance of private sector extension. A cross-sectional research design was used for the study. The study was carried out in the Punjab province which comprises five cropping zones, out of which, three zones were selected purposively. Multistage proportionate sampling technique was used for the selection of respondents. A sample of 408 respondents was selected (136 from each zone) by using simple random sampling technique. Sample size was determined by using Fitzgibbon table (Fitzgibbon & Lynn, 1987). Similarly, a sample of 60 respondents from EFS of Syngenta (Pesticide Company) were also selected randomly by using the same table. The data were collected through personal interviews with the help of validated research instrument. The data, thus collected were analyzed by using computer software (i.e. SPSS). The results showed that a diagnostic skill of the EFS was strength of the system. Attributes of the EFS i.e. politeness and good conduct with farmers were also rated as strengths. Group discussion method was rated as strength of the system. However, subject matter coverage, target beneficiaries, extension approach and functions, communication, competencies of EFS of private extension found to be the weakness of the system. Limited opportunities existed for the demand of advisory services for specific crops at specific location and fee-based private extension system in the country. Overall it poses threat for the system. There were great discrepancies observed between the perceptions of the farmers and the EFS about the same questions. According to the EFS, the system has more strengths as compared to weaknesses. It is suggested that the steps should be taken to mitigate the weaknesses and ensure the strengths of the system. Similarly, threats should be converted into opportunities.