کہانی پڑھی جارہی ہے
(سید ماجد شاہ)
چوک میں جہا ز کی ڈمی نصب کی جا چکی تھی۔لڑکی نے چوک سے یو ٹرن لینے کے لیے ،گاڑی کی رفتار آہستہ کی ۔جب گاڑی چوک سے نیم دائرہ بنا کر مڑ رہی تھی تو فرنٹ سیٹ پر بیٹھے ، لمبے بالوں والے لڑکے نے کہا،‘‘ میں ایک منتر نما ایکویشن سے یہ جہاز اڑا سکتا ہوں۔
لڑکی نے کنکھیوں سے دیکھا جہاز آدھا پینٹ کیا جاچکا تھا۔
لڑکی، جس کے جسم میں جاری تمام کیمیائی عمل بحالتِ اعتدال کام کر رہے تھے ،جیسے ایک بیس بائیس سال کی مائل بہ فربا خوشحال گھرانے کی لڑکی میں کام کرتے ہیں۔
اس نے لڑکے کی کپکپاتی مخروطی انگلیوں کو غور سے دیکھا، جن پر سگریٹ کے سرمئی داغ ، تیز گندمی رنگ پر نمایاں تھے۔پھر لڑکی نے بائیں ہاتھ سے اپنی سرخ ٹی شرٹ کا بٹن کھولتے ہوئے پورے یقین سے کہا، ‘‘ میں اس پر اڑنا چاہوں گی۔’’
گاڑی کا اے سی بند تھا ۔ شیشے تھوڑے نیچے کیے گئے تھے تاکہ سگریٹ کا دھواں خارج ہو سکے، اس عمل سے دھواں باہر ضرور نکل رہا تھا لیکن رد ِ عمل کے طور پر باہر کی شدید گرمی گاڑی میں بھر گئی تھی۔
جب لڑکی یہ جملہ بول رہی تھی۔‘‘ میں اس پر اڑنا چاہوں گی۔’’تو اس کے لہجے میں مذاق کا عنصر رائی برابر بھی شامل نہیں تھا، کیونکہ جب وہ مذاق کے موڈ میں ہوتی تھی تو اس کی آنکھوں میں شرارت کی لہر ابھر کر بھوؤں کو کمان بنا دیتی اور کمانیں ماتھے پر لطیف شکنیں پیدا کردیتیں۔ اس پر ہونٹوں کے ابھار میں اضافہ اور گالوں کے تھوڑا اٹھ جانے سے اس کا...
The ancient 5000 BCyears old Indus Valley Civilization, widely recognized as one of the most important early cities of South Asia. It is one of the world’s first cities and contemporaneous with ancient EgyptianCivilizations and Mesopotamian civilizations. Mohenjo-Daro is located west of the Indus Riveraround 28 kilometres (17 miles) from the town of LarkanaDistrict, Sindh, Pakistan. The Indus Valley civilization was entirely unknown until 1921. It was discovered in 1922 by R. D. Banerji, an officer of the Archaeological Survey of India, under the direction of John Marshall, K. N. Mohenjo-Daro does mean 'Mound of the dead'. It is the name given by the locals to the place. The total area of Mohenjo-daro is 620 acres. Numerous objects found in excavation include seated and standing figures, copper and stone tools, carved seals, balance-scales and weights, gold and jasper jewellery, and children's toys. Many important objects from Mohenjo-daro are conserved at the National Museum of India in Delhi and the National Museum of Pakistan in Karachi. In 1939, a representative collection of arteffacts excavated at the site was transferred to the British Museum by the Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India.
In nature, biotic and abiotic stresses impose negative effects on all life forms. Being a sessile life habitat, plant always exposed to these stresses. Plant when subjected to stress condition, always resulted in a reduced growth. Among the abiotic stresses, salinity is a major cause often hindering plant growth which inturn curtails the crops yield. To lessen the impacts of salinity i.e. alleviation for the betterment of plant growth and crop yield is the matter of interest in the current research scenario. Plant-derived smoke obtaining from burning vegetation have been using in agricultural and horticultural since long. Being a cheap and environment friendly source, smoke play an important role in the enhancement of crops yield. Plant derived smoke possesses alleviation potential for number of stresses. The present research work was conducted to investigate the effect of Cymbopogon jawaracusa smoke extracts (1:100, 1:200,1:300,1:400 and 1:500 dilutions) on physiological and biochemical aspects of maize (Zea mays L.) under different concentrations of NaCl (50,100, 150, 200 and 250 mM). To investigate the alleviation potential of smoke, seeds were primed for 24 h with smoke solution and then subjected to salt stress. Obtained results showed that seed germination percentage was improved up to 93% with smoke as compared to control (70%). Similarly, seedling vigor in term of root and shoot length, fresh and dry weights were also significantly increased in plants raised from seeds primed with smoke extracts. Priming of seeds with smoke solution alleviated the adverse effects of salt stress. Ions analysis indicated that priming with smoke solution increased the level of potassium and calcium while reduced the level of sodium in the exposed plants. In addition, the levels of photosynthetic pigments, total nitrogen and protein contents were also improved with the application of seed priming techniques by using plant smoke solution as compared to salt stressed plants. Salt stress increased the level of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) as well as antioxidants in the exposed maize seedlings. Seed priming with smoke solution showed alleviation of stress and the level of ROS as well as antioxidants remained lowered although the seedlings were exposed to salt stress. Findings of this study showed that smoke solution has the potential to alleviate the toxic effects of saline condition as well as can increase the productivity in plants