خواجہ عبدالمجید
افسوس ہے پچھلے دنوں ملک کے مشہور نیشنلسٹ خواجہ عبدالمجید صاحب بیرسٹر ایٹ لا کا انتقال ہوگیا۔مرحوم صفِ اوّل کے نیشنلسٹ مسلمان اور قومی کارکن تھے۔ علی گڑھ کے تعلیم یافتہ اوراُس کی تہذیبی روایات کے پورے حامل ہی نہیں بلکہ ترجمان تھے۔برسوں سے مسلم یونیورسٹی کورٹ اوراُس کی اکزیکٹیو کونسل کے بہت بااثر ممبر تھے اوریونیورسٹی کے معاملات میں بڑے جوش وخروش اور سرگرمی سے حصّہ لیتے تھے۔بہت پرانے کانگریسی کارکن تھے اوراس لیے کانگریس کے عمائد اورپنڈت جواہرلال نہرو اورسابق صدر جمہوریہ دونوں خواجہ صاحب کابڑاادب اورلحاظ کرتے تھے مگر حق بات کہنے اورکرنے میں اُنہیں کبھی تامل نہیں ہوتاتھا۔بڑے مخلص،انتہائی وضعدار،شرافت ومروت اوراخلاق ومکارم کا نمونہ تھے، اُن کا دروازہ ہرضرورت مند کے لیے ہروقت کھلارہتا تھا۔ اب ادھربرسوں سے معذور تھے، مگرقومی کاموں میں اس کے باوجود تندہی سے منہمک رہتے تھے۔اب ایسے بزرگ کہاں ملیں گے۔اﷲ تعالیٰ انہیں مغفرت ورحمت کی نعمتوں سے سرفراز فرمائے۔ [جنوری۱۹۶۳ء]
Before Islam, women were victims of slavery, humiliation, oppression, and exploitation. Islam came and liberated women from slavery, humiliation, oppression, and exploitation. Islam abolished all the evil customs which were against the human dignity of women and gave them the rights which they deserved. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) endowed women with their rightful status and human dignity on both social and domestic levels. In the light of Islamic teachings, men and women have equal status as human beings. In that sense, no one is superior to another. Just as Islam calls men honorable and respectable, so too in the eyes of Islam women are honorable and have an important role to play in society. The biography of the Holy Prophet is a beacon for us. He proved by his practical life that a woman is pitiable and respectable in respect of mother, daughter, sister, wife, and other relationships. In Arab society, he proved by raising her four daughters that a woman is also a human being, therefore, she should also be given rights. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) has left out such enlightening teachings on women's social rights that by following them, women can be granted their social rights. But even today, women are being deprived of many of their social rights. There is a need to bring the social issues of women before the society in the light of Sīrat-un-Nabī. Also mention the restrictions facing women in the present. The question arises, what is the social status of women in the light of Sīrat-un-Nabī? And what are the challenges facing women today? This article is written to answer these questions. In pre-Islamic society, women were not given any importance or status in any relationship. Socially, women's rights were completely taken away and some Arab families did not even have the right to live.
The focus of this study was to explore the role of a headteacher in creating a collaborative learning culture in a government secondary school in Karachi, Pakistan. In the context of Pakistan, particularly in public sector schools, headteachers play their role as an administrator, which develops a kind of distance between the headteacher and the other stakeholders in the schools. Such kind of distance develops isolation not only between the teacher and the headteacher but also among teachers as well. Most of the time, they work individually and do not share their learning. Research in Pakistan confirms that this is because of the lack of awareness about their role. This small scale explorative case study under the qualitative research paradigm has been employed to understand the role of a headteacher in promoting a collaborative culture in a secondary school in Karachi, Pakistan. Multiple sources of data collection such as semi-structured interviews, formal and informal observation, field notes, and document analysis, were employed to triangulate the data. The findings of the study revealed that headteachers play a key role in developing a collaborative learning culture in schools. He/she develops such an environment where the stakeholders are involved in decision making process. This leads to building trust, and valuing each other’s' ideas. In this particular study, the headteacher acts as an educational leader due to her awareness about her role and responsibilities, and was able to initiate the collaborative culture in her school. Her participatory leadership style allowed her to involve the stakeholders particularly teachers in decision - making, and she was able to build good relationship and trust by valuing stakeholders' ideas. The headteacher played multiple roles such as a change agent, a learner, a facilitator, and as a professional development teacher (PDT) in order to create a collaborative learning culture in the school. Developing an enabling learning environment in her school was not an easy task for her. However, through dedication, commitment, and good relationship with the stakeholders, she was able to achieve the success to some extent. The most impeding factors in promoting collaborative environment were: teachers' beliefs, an exam-oriented curriculum, teachers' annual confidential report practices, political interference, and teachers' part-time jobs. The study concludes that if there is will' and skill', there is always a way towards success.