مولانا محمد شمیم کیرانوی
افسوس ہے کہ شعبان المعظم کے آخری ہفتہ میں مدرسہ صولتیہ مکہ معظمہ کے ناظم مولانا محمد شمیم کیرانوی وفات پاگئے۔ اس مدرسہ کی داغ بیل ترکوں کے دور میں اس وقت پڑی تھی، جب حجاز میں مدرسوں کی تعداد بہت کم تھی، پہلے اس کی زمام کار مولانا رحمت اﷲ کیرانوی نے سنبھالی جن کا خاص مشن ردمسیحیت تھا۔ اظہارالحق کی تصنیف اور مشہور پادری فنڈر کو عبرتناک شکست دینا ان کا بڑا کارنامہ تھا۔
مولانا محمد شمیم کے والد بزرگوار مولانا محمد سلیم کیرانوی کی نظامت کے زمانہ میں مدرسہ صولتیہ نے بڑی ترقی کی۔ ان کی وفات کے بعد مولانا محمد شمیم صاحب نے مدرسہ کے لیے اپنی خدمات وقف کردی تھیں، انھوں نے اپنے والد ماجد کی روایات کو باقی رکھا۔ ہندوستان سے حج و زیارت کے لیے تشریف لے جانے والے علماء مشائخ کے آرام و آسائش کا وہ بڑا خیال رکھتے اور ان کو ہر قسم کی مدد اور سہولت بہم پہنچاتے۔ معارف اور دارالمصنفین کے بھی قدردان تھے اور کبھی کبھی خطوط لکھ کر ان سے اپنے تعلق کا ثبوت دیتے۔ مولانا کی عمر ابھی کچھ زیادہ نہیں تھی لیکن ان کی حیات مستعار کے دن پورے ہوچکے تھے۔ اﷲ تعالیٰ ان کو اپنے جوار رحمت میں جگہ دے اور مدرسہ کو ان کا نعم البدل عطا فرمائے، آمین۔
(ضیاء الدین اصلاحی، اپریل ۱۹۹۲ء)
Leadership is the process of activities of someone who has the art / ability to influence, coordinate and move individuals so that cooperation arises regularly in an effort to achieve common goals that have been established / formulated. While educational leadership, namely the process of activities influencing, moving and coordinating individuals, organizations / educational institutions to achieve certain goals that have been formulated. Leader skills operate the organization. Is skill to cooperate, motivate and lead and technical skills, namely skills that must be possessed by the principal in using knowledge, methods, techniques, and equipment to complete certain tasks. Other activities that the headmaster must do as a self-developer are learning and observing daily work in the wet environment, observing management activities in a planned and creative way to develop new methods in the learning process and building networks.
The role and potential of Non Wood Forest Products (NWFPs) to contribute towards livelihoods of the poor and its capacity to rehabilitate problem hit communities, has been explored. Present research was designed to monitor the “Status, Potential and Contribution of various NWFPs in the Earthquake Prone Northern Belt of Pakistan”. The research findings provide an insight to quantify NWFPs, role in uplift of the socio-economic conditions of districts Mazzafarabad (MA) and Bagh (B). The study also focused on marketing potential of NWFPs in livelihood improvement of the community. The methodology included using both qualitative and quantitative approaches. At the outset, quadrat and transect methods were applied to estimate inventory of NWFPs determining frequency, cover and density of important NWFPs. A well designed questionnaire was used as an instrument to quantify the contribution of NWFPs in economic status of the 200 respondents sampled from the study sites (100 from each district). The results of the study and projected modeling pertaining to socio-economic variables suggested that age, education, land holdings and income predicted significant involvement in collection, processing and storage of NWFPs. Most important NWFPs included, Gucchi (Morchella esculenta), Masloon (Polygonum alplexicaule), Atees Patrees (Aconitum heterophyllum) , Kuth (Saussurea lappa), Banafsha (Viola odorata) having pronounced impact on the livelihood of the forest dwellers. There were 82 % respondents involved in collection, perceived as most important NWFPs being useful for income and health curing. NWFP harvesting, processing and collection designated as family business. Exploitation of important NWFPs was mostly done manually; harvested quantities ranged below 01 kg and mainly utilized for domestic purposes. Most of the NWFP collection was done in August and September based on maturity period of the produce. Season and absence of relevant tools and lack of training led inhabitants harvest up to 1kg of the NWFP for domestic consumption and selling. Collection was mainly done in August and September except mushrooms which mature in March-April. Because of the primitive and manual methods employed there were losses incurred in collection, processing and storage of NWFPs. Marketing of NWFPs was another aspect needed due consideration, poor marketing did not allow real returns to reach respondents because of almost all selling of NWFPs to middlemen who in turn fetch lion’s share by transporting produce to retailer, whole sale dealers and to exporters. NWFPs are important in their contributions towards livelihoods of the respondents in that it increased income attainment, meet health expenses, provide medicine for family, help to repay loans, provide money for child education, used for household consumption, help to get credit and used for extending gifts and other benefits. Income attainment, meeting health expenses and medicinal uses of NWFPs, however, reported as major contributors towards livelihoods of the inhabitants. Deforestation had negative impacts on NWFP collection in that it reduced income, caused problems in regeneration and reforestation activities as well aided in floods prevalence and land sliding problems. The study concluded with emphasis on public private partnership in rendering sustainable harvesting, conservation and value addition of NWFP for greater profits and establishment of cottage industry for employment opportunities for youth and women. A need was felt for mechanism of market information and access of producer to all market chains. The study also made recommendations of extension strategies for popularization of NWFP harvesting technologies and value addition based on people perceptions, beliefs and socio-economic profile. Lastly, conservation efforts were needed to minimize negative effects of deforestation. Keywords: NWFPs; Livelihoods; Deforestation; Employment.