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نذیر متین سے میرا تعلق نصف صدی سے زائد عرصے پر محیط ہے ۔بچپن کے معصوم ایام سے لے کر بڑھاپے کی دہلیز تک بہت سا سفر اکٹھے گزارنے کی وجہ سے ایک دوسرے کی مزاج شناسی بھی درجہ کمال کو پہنچی ہو ئی ہے زمانہ طالب علمی سے آ ج تک زندگی کی بہت سی راہوں پر اکٹھے سفر کیا اس لیے دیگر دوستوں کی رائے ہے کہ نذیر متین کو جتنا میں جا نتا ہوں دوسرا اور کوئی نہیں کسی حد تک یہ بات درست بھی ہے میں ان کے مزاج ،خیالات اور سیاسی و سماجی نظریات کو نہ صرف جا نتا ہوں بلکہ خود بھی حامی و معترف ہوں ۔
ان کے اندر قدر نے کچھ ایسی خوبیاں رکھی ہیں جو آج بہت کم لوگوں میں پائی جاتی ہیں ۔کلمہ حق کہنا رزق حلال پر یقین رکھنا اپنے اور اپنے خدا پر مکمل یقین رکھنا پسے ہوئے اور مجبور لوگوں کی آواز سننا اور ان کی آواز بننا اور خاص طور پر اپنے نظریات پر قائم رہنا ان کی شخصیت کے وہ پہلو ہیں جنھوں نے اس کی ذات کو باوقار بنایا ہوا ہے ۔
زندگی کو بڑے قریب سے دیکھنے والا نذیر متین خوب جانتا ہے کہ خوشی کسے کہتے ہیں اور غم کیا ہو تا ہے گھر کیسے آ باد ہوتے ہیں ،بستیاں کیوں اجڑتی ہیں ؟بھوک کیا ہے ؟زندگی کی راحتیں کیسے ملتی ہیں اور مفلسی چہروں کو کیسے بگاڑتی ہے کسی کے جنازے میں کم سے کم یا زیادہ لوگوں کی شرکت کیا معنی رکھتی ہے ۔مزدوروں ،محنت کشوں ،طالب علموں اور سیاسی کارکنوں کی جدو جہد کن کن مراحل سے گزرتی ہے اور ضروریات زندگی کی افراط اور کمی کے کیا نتائج نکلتے ہیں ۔ان کی چالیس سالہ صحافتی زندگی...
Pashtun Ulama have always been in the service of Islam. The origin of Pashtun people in Pakistan is the province of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa formerly known is North West Frontier Province (NWFP). Pashtun Ulama have served Islam on different fronts; some have done Jihad against the non-Muslims, some of them have offered their services in the field of Islamic education, ie, teaching in Madrassas, while some have served Islam via their writing commentary of Qur’ān, explanation of Ḥadīth and juristic problems. This article discusses the worthy contributions of one of the great commentators of Qur’ān Shaykh Ḥāfiẓ Muḥammad Idrīs, who belonged to Mardan in the Province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, He lived in the 19th century. The article encompasses a detailed biography of the writer and his worthy contribution in serving Qur’ān, Islam and Muslims focusing on his commentary on Qur’ān in Pashto language named as “Kashshāf Al Qur’ān”. The method used for the research is descriptive and qualitative. The review literature showed that such an esteemed and vigorous scientist of different sciences of Qur’ān and his valuable contributions are out of the reach of scholars and libraries that may lead to an irreparable loss of the Islamic legacy. The study came up with the outcomes of his efforts in the field exegesis of Qur’ān, and the way and pattern he followed in interpreting different meanings of the revealed literature. The study would help out Islamic scholars and will enrich the domain of the Qur’ān’s research with new thoughts and viewpoints
Exploring issue of Ecological Affordance in an English Class with Special Relevance to Localized English Discursive Practices The present study aims to determine the significance of localized English discursive practices with respect to all the basic language skills in an ESL class of elementary students at the Boys Campus, OPF Girls College, where the researcher has been a teacher for the past nine years. The researcher used Action Research for a period of nine months i.e. three terms. Therefore, 60 students were her research participants. This Action Research was based on mixed methods approach underpinned by the theoretical framework of Johnson's (2004) localized language learning theory. The research tools used were of both qualitative and quantitative nature. Among the qualitative techniques, the researcher used text analysis, stimulated recall pictures, stimulated recall interview, speaking test and target learners' creative work along with some quantitative techniques as a localized board game, the target learners' written tests as well as their filled-in questionnaire. The research objectives were first to determine the target learners' social world, second to measure their receptive skills with respect to foreign and local contexts and third to evaluate their productive skills in a localized context. Likewise, one of the research questions was how to localize an ESL class; the other two aimed at finding such text, language skill or activity that could have a stronger impact on the target learners. Data analysis was carried out using Johnson's (2004) dialogical model of SLA which states that language learning is a localized phenomenon. As for the contribution of this research, this study highlights the place of Localized Language Teaching (LLT) approach promoting Pakistani cultural and social values in ESL classrooms of Pakistani schools. It is concluded that localized English teaching methodology can have the stronger impact on ELLs' language learning abilities than a traditional one due to ecological affordances provided by ELLs' prior knowledge, their socio-cultural background and their central position in an English class.