مولانا شبلی ندوی
اسی مہینہ مولانا شبلی ندوی کی وفات تقریباً نوے سال کی عمر میں لکھنؤ میں ہوگئی، وہ اپنی زندگی میں سب سے پرانے ندوی کی حیثیت سے عزت کی نگاہ سے دیکھے جاتے تھے، شروع ہی سے بڑے خاکسار متواضع اور ایثار پسند رہے، علامہ شبلی نعمانی کے محبوب اور معتمد شاگردوں میں تھے، ان کو متکلم شبلی کہا کرتے تھے۔ اپنے بستر مرگ پر ان کو نصیحت کی تھی کہ جہاں رہو میری طرز تعلیم کو پھیلاتے رہو، ان ہی کی خواہش سے مدرسۃ الاصلاح سرائے میر میں مدرس ہوئے، اس کی خدمت میں پوری زندگی گذار دی، وہاں کے اختلافات کی وجہ سے کچھ دنوں اس سے علیحدہ رہے، لیکن پھر وہاں آگئے تھے، ان کی تمنا تھی کہ اس احاطہ میں دم توڑ دیں، لیکن آخری زندگی میں بعض اسباب سے ان کو پھر سے الگ ہونا پڑا، ان کی مٹی ان کو لکھنؤ لے گئی، کلام و معقولات کے بڑے لائق و فاضل مدرسہ تھے، دارالمصنفین سے بھی ان کو بڑی محبت رہی، بڑے خوش نصیب باپ تھے، ان کی اولاد ہندوبیرون ہند میں اچھے اچھے عہدوں پر مامور رہی مگر وہ اپنی اصلی اولاد مدرسۃ الاصلاح ہی کو سمجھتے رہے، اپنے لڑکوں کے گھروں کی راحت و آسائش کو یہاں کی قانع اور سادہ زندگی پر قربان کرتے رہے، اﷲ تعالیٰ ان کو کروٹ کروٹ جنت نعیم عطا کریں، آمین۔ (’’ص ، ع‘‘، جنوری ۱۹۷۴ء)
Gender roles not only keep men and women in different spheres of family and social life but they also promote gender segregation in the education sector and professional life. There is a lot of research being conducted on women working in male dominated professions but there is scarcity of research regarding males working in female dominated professions. This study was conducted to explore the experiences of men working in female dominated professions. The first phase of this study collected quantitative data about the type female-dominated professions in Pakistan. Based on this data in-depth qualitative interviews were done with 5 professionals using snowball sampling: Nurse, Psychologist, Montessori teacher, Makeup artist/ Beautician, and Bus host. Thematic analysis was used to identify sub-themes presented in this study: (i) Reasons or motivation for joining nontraditional profession; (ii) Reaction of near and dear ones; (iii) Positive aspects of female dominated profession; (iv) Challenges of female dominated profession; (v) Professional journey; (vi) Being a minority in female majority; (vii) Struggle to maintain masculinity and (viii) Future aspirations. Study findings can be used to support male entry and retention in female dominated professions.
Geotechnical applications are useful for environmental protection of surface as well as ground water by liner system. Use of clay soils in constructing low permeability liners that covers waste containment is common and cost effective. In arid and semi-arid regions, desiccation and shrinkage cracking adversely affect the integrity of compacted clay liners. The technique and methodology of combining sand, cement, polyethylene chips with medium plastic soil was used for the first time in Pakistan. A mixture of sand, cement and polyethylene chips in different proportions with medium plastic clay has been proposed to reduce the shrinkage potential of medium plastic clay. The basic purpose of this soil modification is to control the volumetric shrinkage of medium plastic clay. The polyethylene bags from garbage dumps were reused for making polyethylene chips, which will not only reduce environmental hazardous waste but also provide a useful additive for controlling soil shrinkage. It was hypothesized that combined effect of sand, cement and polyethylene chips would control the shrinkage potential of soil. The study entails characterization of soil, interaction with synthetic leachate, soil treatment in two phases and effect of leachate on treated soil. About three hundred specimens through forty five different combinations of sand, cement and recycled polyethylene chips were used to optimize volumetric shrinkage and compressive strength properties of soil. The study also evaluates the effect of synthetic leachate on soil samples. Microstructural analysis including Energy Dispersive X-Ray, X-Ray Diffraction and Scanning Electronic Microscopy were used to evaluate the efficacy of treated soil. The combination of additives with medium plastic soil not only reduced the volumetric shrinkage and permeability but also improved the unconfined compressive strength of treated soil. Regression based statistical analysis results revealed that fair correlation exists between mixture of medium plastic clay, sand, cement, polyethylene chips and volumetric shrinkage.