توجيهات نبوية لتعزيز المسؤولية الاجتماعية لدى الشباب

The role of youth in development of any society is vital. They are the vanguard of any nation. The youth cannot play their role properly and positively unless they understand their responsibilities fully. Creating sense of responsibility in individual of a society especially in its youth is inevitable for the collective and dynamic development of a society. The life of the holy Prophet (r) is a complete guide for all spheres of our life. It is evident from the teachings of the holy Prophet (r) and the general commandments of Islam that the youth play a very important role in socio economic and politico educational development. The holy Prophet (r) showed complete confidence in youth. He delegated them with different responsibilities, provided complete guidance and encouraged them for discharging their duties properly. The companions of the holy Prophet (r) who embraced Islam as a result of his first invitation were young between the ages of 20 to 30. The worst enemy of Islam- Abu Jahal was got killed by two young brothers. Likewise a young man Muṣ‘ab bin ‘Umayr (Ï) was sent to Madina, and Mu‘āz bin Jabal (Ï) and Abu Mūsá Ash‘arī (Ï) were sent to Yemen. Zayd bin Thābit (Ï) was directed to learn other languages. He also compiled the holy Qur’ān in Caliphate of Abū Bakar (Ï). The holy Prophet appointed Ḥuzayfa (Ï) to take census. For creating leadership characteristics, Usāmah bin Zayd was sent to different war expeditions. These are ample proofs of holy Prophet’s confidence he had in the youth.

Role of Women Organizations in Development: A Case Study of Akrsp Development Projects in Northern Areas of Pakistan

The historical quarry for a lasting solution to the problem of rural development has led scholars and development planners to the realization that without a participatory approach, especially the participation of women in the developmental process, all the development efforts are inequitable and non-sustainable. Because of this truth, a participatory approach acquires universal importance and like many other less developed countries, a number of participatory initiatives were supported in Pakistan. With respect to participatory initiatives in Pakistan, Aga Khan Rural Supports Program (AKRSP) is one of the main contributors who has made valuable contributions in promoting rural development through community participation. The main focus of AKRSP is on fostering village organizations (VOs) and women organizations (WOs) and linking them with development institutions to accelerate the process of development. The prime rationale of the following study is to visualize the composite role of Women Organizations (WOs) in the socio-economic development both at micro and macro levels in Northern Areas (NAs) of Pakistan because as a part of the world wide range of development activities in NAs, WOs established by AKRSP, were conceived a new approach to development especially for women living in extreme poverty. The present study has drawn on a broad spectrum of case studies and experiences in Northern Areas of Pakistan to evaluate the economic interventions of Aga Khan Rural Support Program (AKRSP) which are implemented with the participation of local women A multistage random sampling technique is used to select the districts, number of villages and then interviewees. For this study the data was collected through interviewing xxi the two groups of women i.e., “registered and non-registered”. The data is analyzed using different statistical techniques including multiple regression, paired t-test and poverty gap index. The study concludes that AKRSP plays a major role in the socio-economic development of rural women and hence in rural development through credit and savings schemes, providing training in different fields of agriculture and also by social mobilization.