آہ جناب امیر احمد صدیقی
یہ خبر بھی بڑے افسوس کے ساتھ سنی جائے گی کہ ۲۳؍ مارچ کو مشہور ادبی ماہ نامہ ’’نیادور‘‘ لکھنو کے سابق مدیر جناب امیر احمد صدیقی نشاط گنج میں اپنی رہایش گاہ پر وفات پاگئے، ان کا آبائی وطن لکھنو کے مضافات میں اجریاوں تھا، وہیں تدفین ہوئی، ان کی عمر ۸۲ سال تھی۔
وہ ۱۹۴۸ء میں محکمہ اطلاعات و رابطہ عامہ اترپردیش سے اس وقت منسلک ہوئے تھے جب جناب علی جواد زیدی، صباح الدین عمر، فرحت اﷲ انصاری اور خورشید احمد صاحب اس سے وابستہ تھے، اب اس دور کی تنہا یہی یاد گار رہ گئے تھے، آخر وہ بھی چل بسے۔
مرحوم مختلف وقتوں میں محکمہ اطلاعات میں افسر اطلاعات، فیچر رایٹر، جوائنٹ اڈیٹر، اڈیٹر نیا دور اور اسسٹنٹ ڈائرکٹر اردو رہے اور اپنے رفقائے کار میں تنہا ان ہی کو ملازمت میں ڈھائی سال کی توسیع ملی تھی:
نیا دور ہی کے وسیلے سے ان سے میرے تعلقات کی ابتدا ہوئی، میں نے جب اس میں مضامین لکھنا شروع کیا تو اس وقت یہ اس کے جوائنٹ اور خورشید احمد صاحب چیف اڈیٹر تھے، مضامین کی وصولی کی رسید اکثر ان ہی کی جانب سے آتی تھی اور جب یہ اڈیٹر ہوئے تو برابر خط و کتابت رہتی اور فرمایش کرکے مضامین طلب کرتے تھے، امیر احمد صاحب کے دور ادارت کا اصلی امتیاز نیا دور کے خاص نمبر ہیں جو بڑی تعداد میں نکلے اور بہت مقبول ہوئے، کئی خاص نمبروں میں ان ہی کے اصرار کی وجہ سے میں نے مضامین لکھے۔
کسی تقریب یا اردو اکیڈمی کے سمیناروں میں جاتا اور وہ موجود ہوتے تو بڑے تپاک سے ملتے، اپنے گھر بھی مدعو کرتے، ان کو معلوم ہوجاتا کہ میں آیا ہوں تو میری قیام گاہ کا پتہ لگا کر فون کرتے اور...
For the development of Muslim society it is necessary that its people should be trained on the basis of Islamic teachings. This could not be possible until we design a curriculum of seerah which is according to the contemporary needs of character building. The purpose of designing such curriculum is to train our youth in such a way that they would be able not only to take advantage from our rich tradition but also they are well prepared to hold the leadership of the country. We have to keep in mind, while designing seerah curriculum, that it is not revealed. Infact we have to design it according to the needs of hour. If we keep in consideration the ideological and contemporary requisites than we would be able to get the desired results. Islam provides basic principals in this regard. Following these instructions we would be able to design a curriculum which produced the required results.
BACKGROUND Bowel and bladder problems in CP children negatively affect children and their families. Constipation along with other problems like reduced mobility decreases the quality of life (QOL) by causing depression, anxiety and affecting social participation of children. Routine physical therapy may contribute in relieving constipation in CP children by improving mobility. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY · To determine the effectiveness of physical therapy in relieving constipation in spastic cerebral palsy children. MATERIAL & METHODS Single blinded randomized crossover study design was used to test the hypothesis. There were two groups Progressive Physical Therapy (PPT) and Maintenance Physical Therapy group (MPT). This study was conducted in Physiotherapy Department of Al-Nafees hospital Isra University Islamabad and National Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, Islamabad. A total of 35 children with spastic cerebral palsy having constipation were recruited through non-probability convenience sampling. The inclusion criteria were spastic CP children between ages 2-12 years of both genders, who were on oral feeding; above 1+ grade (MAS, 0-4 grades) and functional activity level of subjects was between 2-5 grades on Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS). CP children with other systemic co-morbidities, physical deformity in GIT and intellectual disability were excluded from the study. The data was collected through general demographic questionnaire, defecation frequency (DF), constipation assessment scale (CAS) to determine the severity of constipation,Modified Ashworth Scale (MAS) to determine the level of spasticity and Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) for functional independence in Cerebral Palsy. For betweengroup cross-sectional comparison, independent samples t-test was used and for within group longitudinal comparison repeated measures analysis of variance (RM-ANOVA) was used. To determine association among spasticity, dietary status and constipation regression analysis was used.RESULTS Progressive physical therapy group showed significant improvement in the spasticity throughout the treatment duration with mean difference of 0.9 (f=466.51, p<0.001). The defecation frequency also significantly improved throughout the treatment duration from once a week to almost daily with mean difference of 1.38 (f=1156.43, p<0.05), except at the end of 4th week no significant improvement found as shown by p=0.34. The total score of severity of constipation assessment scale improved significantly with mean difference of 5.1 (f= 241.03, p<0.001).The results showed that spasticity was significantly but negatively correlated(r= -0.81, p<0.001) to defecation frequency. It was also observed that spasticity had significant positive correlation with total score of constipation severity on constipation assessment scale (r=0.45, p<0.001). The results showed that dietary intake is not significantly correlated with defecation frequency (p-value >0.05) but calories(r=0.37, p=0.02), fat(r=0.40, p=0.01) and protein(r=0.41, p=0.01) in diet showed positive significant correlation with small volume of stool. The results also showed that low sugar intake was associated with bowel movements (r=-0.35, p=0.03) and oozing of stool (r=-0.49, p=0 .00) in spastic CP children CONCLUSION It is concluded that physical therapy significantly improves defecation frequency and constipation severity in spastic cerebral palsy children. The change in spasticity level due to administration of physical therapy, to maintain or improve symptoms, is significantly improved defecation frequency and reduces constipation severity among children with spastic cerebral palsy. Furthermore, increase in defecation frequency contributes in decreasing constipation severity. The study also concludes that in spastic CP children dietary status is not significantly associated with constipation in spastic cerebral palsy children. The study shows that even with increase calories, volume of stool was low due presence of spasticity.