ان کو خبرنہیں کہ لہو بولتا بھی ہے
نحمدہ ونصلی علی رسولہ الکریم امّا بعد فاعوذ بااللہ من الشیطن الرجیم
بسم اللہ الرحمن الرحیم
معزز اسا تذہ کرام اور میرے ہم مکتب شاہینو!
آج مجھے جس موضوع پر گفتگو کرنی ہے وہ ہے:’’ان کو خبرنہیں کہ لہو بولتا بھی ہے ‘‘
جنابِ صدر!
ہر اک کا انداز گفتگو مختلف ہے، فلک کی فضاء میں طیور بولتے ہیں، جنگل و بیاباں میں درندے بولتے ہیں، گھر میں کو چہ گرد مرغ بولتے ہیں، رات کی تنہائیوں میں مختلف جانور آوازیں نکالتے ہیں، فصیح زبان میں حیوان ناطق بولتے ہیں، انسانوں کے گروہ کانمائندہ انسان زبان کھول کر بولتا ہے۔
معزز سامعین!
جو عظمت کی داستاں رقم کر جاتے ہیں، جو اپنی جان کا نذرانہ پیش کر کے تاریخ کے اوراق کی زینت بن جاتے ہیں، جو زندگی کی بازی ہار کر بھی دامنِ حیات سے وابستہ رہتے ہیں وہ لوگ زندگی میں نہیں بعد از وفات بھی فلک جرأت و شجاعت پر آفتاب بن کر چمکتے ہیں۔ ان کی رگوں میں دوڑنے والا خون بھی حرارت و تمازت لیے ہوتا ہے اور شہادت کی منزل پر فائز ہونے کے باوجود بھی ان کا لہو بولتا ہے۔ جیسے آج کل کشمیر کے مجاہدین دشمن کے خلاف صف آرا ہیں۔
جنابِ صدر!
زندگی کے پر لطف لمحات گزارنے کے بعد جب وہ شہادت کے مقام پر رفیعہ کے حصول میں کامیاب ہوتے ہیں تو ان کے جسم سے بہنے والا خون بھی پس ماندگان کے لیے مہمیز ثابت ہوتا ہے اور یہی اس کی آواز ہے کہ انسانیت کے دامن سے مر بوط لوگ ایک ایسے جذبے سے حصول منزل کے لیے مستعد ہو جاتے ہیں۔
جنابِ صدر!
قوموں کی زندگی میں کچھ ایسے لمحات بھی آتے ہیں۔ جب انہیں تاریخ کے نازک ترین...
The period of the rightly guided caliphate is the best role model after the time of the Prophet of Islām, Muḥammad (S. A. W). The rightly guided caliphs crafted the best honest governing mechanism. They understood their commitment with their Lord, Allāh, and the people. They took up the responsibility for providing for the basic needs of their people, like food, shelter, education, peace, stipends of children, married and unmarried persons, social security and justice, etc. The caliphs would appoint the tax collectors, governors and other government officials on the basis of merit: their honesty, qualifications, experience, physical fitness, etc. Further, they, at the time of their appointment, would advise their officials in an open gathering to better use their abilities, resources and powers for the welfare of the masses. Moreover, the government prepared a list of the assets and the properties of their government officials at the time of their appointments. It they found, later, significant increase in the assets, it was investigated and asked for an explanation. If the officials failed to justify the means of the increase in their assets, the additional assets and properties were confiscated by government. In this research study, the author highlights the measures adopted by the rightly guided Caliphs to ensure honest conduct of affairs by the appointed officials of the government.
In view of escalating awareness and demand for natural products, having antioxidants in the form of vegetables to get foods with medicinal properties, the research on natural antioxidants has achieved remarkable momentum. Daucus carota is among the emerging vegetables with high economic value, due to craving taste and health promoting attributes. It is extensively acknowledged that cultivar and genotype can affect the physico-chemical characteristics and biological activities in fruits and vegetables. The present project was designed to evaluate compositional variations in newly developed cultivars of carrot indigenous to Pakistan. Investigated cultivars proved to be good source of protein, carbohydrates, oil, crude fiber and minerals with significant (ρ < 0.05) variation. The investigated carrot cultivars showed considerable amounts of phenolic acids and carotenoids with remarkable total antioxidant activity, DPPH scavenging capacity, super radical scavenging capacity and hydroxyl radical scavenging capacity. The composition of individual phenolics and sugars compounds was determined using high performance chromatography (HPLC) with diode array and refractive index detectors, respectively. Among phenolic compounds, 5-caffeoylquinic acid was the major hydroxylcinnamic acid, ranging from 6.98 to 33.23 mg/100g of total phenolic compounds. The total amount of phenolic compounds in DCP cultivar was 54.62 mg/100g, where as the corresponding values in other cultivars ranged from 12.8 to 20.29 mg/100g. Maltose was the predominant sugar in all the seven cultivars of D. carota (1.886-2.463 g/100g), followed by fructose (1.103-2.09 g/100g), glucose (0.963-1.395g/100g). The concentration of maltodextrin and maltotriose ranged from 0.166-0.583 g/100g and 0.004-0.058g/100g respectively in all cultivars of D. carota. A pilot study was conducted to evaluate the effect of consuming 250mL carrot juice for one month on cardiovascular risk markers, body mass index (BMI), blood pressure, blood chemistry, blood cells, lipid profile and antioxidant status in industrial workers of different age groups. Drinking carrot juice showed positive effects on blood chemistry, decreased systolic blood pressure and increased plasma antioxidant activity. Overall, the present study explored that investigated carrot cultivars indigenous to Pakistan are the potent source of 16 minerals, carotenoids, natural sugars and phenolic acids with significant biological activities. It is concluded that all the genotyipical different cultivars with compositional variation, having functional and nutraceutical attributes may be beneficial for health conscious consumers.