مولانا عبدالصمد رحمانی
تین مہینہ کے سفر کے بعد جب ۳/جون کوبحمداﷲ بہمہ وجوہ خیریت و عافیت واپسی ہوئی توجن احباب اوربزرگوں کے انتقال پرملال کی خبر سے سخت افسوس اوررنج ہوا ان میں مولانا عبدالصمد صاحب رحمانی بھی تھے۔مولانا ان اکابر علم وفضل اوراصحاب ورع وتقوی میں سے تھے جن کے دم سے اسلام کی روحانی اوردینی واخلاقی عظمت کی آبرو قائم ہے۔ ان کی استعداد بڑی پختہ تھی، مطالعہ وسیع، نظر دقیق اورفہم ثاقب رکھتے تھے۔ یوں تو سب ہی علوم دینیہ و مروجۂ مدارس عربیہ سے ان کو قلبی لگاؤ تھا لیکن فقہ اورحدیث سے ان کوزیادہ دلچسپی اور مناسبت تھی۔ جب گفتگو کرتے تھے توان کی باتوں سے رسوخ فی العلم کے ساتھ سنجیدگی ٔرائے،ذہانت اورتوازن فکر کے بھبکے آتے تھے۔عملاً بڑے قناعت پسند اور درویش صفت بزرگ تھے، ہرچیز میں سادگی اور بے تکلفی ملحوظ رکھتے تھے۔ صاحب درس اورصاحب تصنیف وتالیف بھی تھے۔ ملک کی تحریک آزادی کے ہراوّل دستے میں تھے لیکن آزادی کے بعد ملک میں جوحالات پیش آئے اورجن کا سلسلہ اب بھی جاری ہے، انھوں نے بعض دوسرے مجاہدین وطن کی طرح ان کو اس درجہ دل شکستہ اور مایوس کردیا تھا کہ وہ سب کچھ چھوڑ چھاڑ گوشہ نشین ہوگئے تھے۔ چند برس سے مجموعۂ امراض واسقام تھے اوربہت کمزور ہوگئے تھے، آخر وقت موعود بھی آپہنچا۔اﷲ تعالیٰ مغفرت وبخشش اور رفع درجات کی نعمتوں سے سرفراز فرمائے۔آمین [جون۱۹۷۳ء]
Reproduction is an important aspect of a women's life, unfortunately in Pakistan fertility rates are quite high in comparison to other developing countries as well as in comparison to the other South Asian countries. Different studies have suggested that women empowerment can help reduce fertility rates. The present study has attempted to analyze the role of women empowerment along with other socioeconomic indicators on three different dimensions of the fertility behavior i.e. Number of children born (current fertility status), ideal number of children and birth intervals (future fertility status. Data of Demographic and Health Survey (PDHS) 2012-13 has been used. The analysis consists of two levels, at level one a descriptive analysis is carried out. As three different aspects of fertility are the count data. Therefore at the next stage models will be estimated by using poison regression technique and Incidence Rate Ratios (IRR) are reported. It has been found that women’s being empowered in financial matters, seeking health care and in household decision making are helpful in reducing fertility. Furthermore, participation in job by women, living in urban areas, having secondary or higher education, access to awareness created by the media, married at higher age are also significant factors in reducing fertility. However, women facing incidence of miscarriage or death of a child tends to increase the fertility. Study had found that wealth of the household, education of husband and having sons have very limited role on the fertility behavior.
The Post-Cold war scenario has induced diverse strategic implications on the South Asian security architecture that envisioned competition between India, Pakistan and China. China’s enduring military modernization and economic rise strengthened its intent to get super power status in future that shaped mistrust for the US as the US assumes China as its potential competitor. To restrain China’s rise, the US planned a ring of encirclement with the collaboration of various regional players including India. The emerging Sino-US animosity and China’s ongoing power progression distresses India’s security framework. The spectrum of India’s security widened and it devised multiple counter containment strategies vis a vis China. On the other hand, Pakistan’s threat perceptions are mainly Indo-centric and Sino-Indian strategic resentment generated serious strategic repercussions for Pakistan and provoked security dilemma between India, Pakistan and China. In order to dilate upon the subject matter, Realist Paradigm and its key drivers (through qualitative approach) provide theoretical understanding to ascertain trilateral security dilemma that ultimately leads toward regional instability. Contours of South Asian strategic puzzle are mainly based on India-Pakistan relations and after becoming overt nuclear powers, both the states commanded restraint. They only faced limited armed conflict in 1999. Likewise, Sino-Indian aversion diversified regional strategic environment vulnerable and for avoiding any upcoming Indo-Pak and Sino-Indian nuclear conflict, the three states adopted ‘Minimum Credible Deterrence’ postures on similar footings. Nonetheless, their persisting ambiguities and deeprooted multidimensional conflicts disrupted South Asian stability. For sustaining strategic stability, various formal and informal arms control measures have been proposed on bilateral, trilateral, multilateral and regional institutional level. Informal measures are comparatively more convincing since they address the root causes of trilateral trust deficit through Confidence Building Measures. It offers that China’s gambit through trade with India and Pakistan particularly in the backdrop of ‘One Belt One Road’, will have spillover impact on Indo-Pak relations that have a potential to ultimately uphold South Asian strategic stability in future.