مولانا مفتی محمد شفیع
ابھی پاکستان ریڈیو سے یہ خبر وحشت اثرمعلوم کرکے سخت صدمہ اور رنج ہوا کہ مولانا مفتی محمد شفیع صاحب کا قلب کی حرکت کے بند ہوجانے سے انتقال پُرملال ہوگیا۔ دارالعلوم دیوبند کے جو حضرات ِاساتذہ راقم الحروف کے بھی اساتذہ تھے، حضرت مفتی صاحب اُن کی آخری یادگار تھے، اب وہ بھی نہیں رہے۔ اِنَّالِلّٰہِ وَاِنَّا اِلَیْہِ رَاجِعُوْن۔
داغِ فراق صحبتِ شب کی جَلی ہوئی
اک شمع رہ گئی تھی سو وہ بھی خموش ہے
دیوبند میں دو خاندان علم وفضل اوردینی خدمات وفیوض کے اعتبارسے بہت نمایاں ہیں، ایک عثمانی اوردوسرا صدیقی۔ مفتی صاحب مرحوم اول الذکر خاندان کے گل سر سبد تھے۔ مولانا محمد یٰسین صاحب جودارالعلوم دیوبند میں درجۂ فارسی کے صدر المدرسین اور نہایت باکمال استاذ تھے، وہ آپ کے والدِ ماجد تھے۔ ۱۳۱۳ھ میں پیدا ہوئے، از اول تاآخر پوری تعلیم دارالعلوم میں پائی، ۱۳۳۵ھ میں فراغت پائی۔اس زمانہ میں دارالعلوم کاآفتاب جہاں تاب نقطۂ عروج پر تھا، اس بناء پر مفتی صاحب کواکابر علماء ومشائخ دیوبند سے استفادہ کا بہترین موقع ملا۔کہتے ہیں چراغ سے چراغ روشن ہوتا ہے، لیکن جہاں علم و عمل کے چند در چند شمع ہاے روشن مصروف انجمن آرائی ہوں تواُن کی فیض رسانی کا عالم کیا ہوگا! ذہانت، ذوق، علم وجستجو اورمحنت وکاوش کاملکہ خداداد تھا اس لیے مفتی صاحب جب فارغ ہوئے تودارالعلوم کے قابلِ فخر فرزند تھے۔ فراغت کے بعد حضرت مولانا مفتی ۔۔؟ الرحمن صاحب عثمانیؒ کی نگرانی اورتربیت کے زیرِ سایہ دارالافتاء میں ؟کام کیا اور درس وتدریس کی خدمت بھی انجام دی، یہاں تک کہ دونوں شعبوں میں ؟نام پیدا کیا، اوراب خود اکابرِ دیوبند میں اُن کا شمار ہونے لگا۔ اگرچہ تمام علوم وفنون متداولہ میں پختہ اور ٹھوس استعداد کے مالک تھے ،لیکن خاص فن فقہ تھا اور اس مناسبت سے تفقہ...
Nation-building is an evolutionary socio-political process. It not only provides security, dignity and ownership to a community, but also ensures democratic participation of people within the state to claim rights and perform duties. It enables a state to defend its sovereignty, achieve economic goals, and protect national interests at regional and global levels. Since 9/11 incident, terrorism has become a global challenge. To counter this menace Pakistan also aligned and provided land routes to foreign forces to get access to a landlocked Afghanistan. Across the Pak-Afghan border, through the tribal belt known as FATA, terrorism has spilled over Pakistan. The exclusive status of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), in the past seventy years of Pakistan’s history, had deprived fundamental rights to the people of FATA. These tribal areas were governed by a separate law known as Frontier Crimes Regulations (FCR) made by the British in 1901. This law has proved as the main obstacle in bringing FATA in to the mainstream of Pakistan. After examining the historical and geographical aspects of FATA, the article shows how FATA remained outside the nation-building process in Pakistan. In this connection it seeks to see the position of FATA in the constitutions of Pakistan, including state initiatives to own this western belt and obstacles faced in merging FATA with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK). It narrates the events that led to the merger of FATA with the KPK and high lights future challenges as well. It recommends that FATA’s merger would help establish a strong line of defence against terrorism. ______
The purpose of this research was to understand organizational change initiative in public sector organization. To expound the understanding, planning and initiation of public sector organizational change, a comprehensive and integrated study was required. It was also essential to undertake employee’s perspective and their descriptive experiences about the change process and the magnitude of employment of New Public Management (NPM) practices. Computerized Driving Licensing Authority (CDLA) of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Traffic Police (KPTP) was selected for investigation. An exploratory study was framed in compliance to nature of the current study based on employees’ experiences, therefore, this research adopted social constructionist’s perspective with the help of narratives. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were designed and conducted on the employees of an organization at the time of change initiation. In total thirty-one interviews were conducted, including one repeat interview with project team member. Interviews were transcribed and grouped into meaningful information using narratives and thematic analysis techniques. A technology driven change was detected in CDLA with a focus on process-oriented change. The employees’ resistance and negative response towards change was ascribed to the lack of HR planning and practices. It was also found that there were several causes (including system related issues and human-related issues), components, complexities and constraints to the implementation of organizational change in CDLA. The change was brought in several phases using a stepwise approach. Moreover, gaps were identified in two successional phases of planning and implementation of change process. It was evident from the inquiry that technocrats were not welcomed in the bureaucratic system which led to hurdles at the launching phase of reform initiative for project team. In CDLA, few characteristics of NPM were objectively prevailing in vii practice, however, the study stipulated the absence of complete use and essence of NPM by public sector of KP. This research provided a comprehensive direction for future research including multiple case studies investigation, development of change model for developing countries and further exploration of change in autocratic organizations.