پروفیسر اشتیاق حسین قریشی
اخبارات سے یہ معلوم کرکے سخت افسوس ہواکہ پروفیسر اشتیاق حسین قریشی گزشتہ ماہ جنوری کے تیسرے ہفتہ میں کراچی میں انتقال کرگئے۔اناﷲ واناالیہ راجعون۔ مرحوم برصغیر ہندوپاک کے نامور مورخ اورماہر تعلیم تھے، ان کااصل وطن مارہرہ (اترپردیش میں ضلع ایٹہ کاایک مردم خیز قصبہ) تھا، وہیں پیدا ہوئے، ابتدائی تعلیم گھرپر پائی۔انٹرنس کا امتحان مولوی بشیر الدین مرحوم کے قائم کیے ہوئے اٹاوہ کے ہائی اسکول سے پاس کیا۔مولوی صاحب سرسید مرحوم کے صحبت یافتہ تھے اس لیے ایک زمانہ میں اسی اسکول کی مسلمان لڑکوں کی بہترین تعلیم گاہ کی حیثیت سے بڑی شہرت تھی۔ ڈاکٹر ذاکرحسین اور ان کے برادر خوردڈاکٹر یوسف حسین خان اسی اسکول کے فیض یافتہ اورڈاکٹر اشتیاق حسین قریشی مرحوم کے ساتھی تھے، اس کے بعد ابھی زیر تعلیم ہی تھے کہ تحریک خلافت شروع ہوئی۔یہ شروع سے ہی تھے بڑے جذبیلے اورجوشیلے، انھوں نے تحریک میں اس جوش وخروش سے حصہ لیا تھا کہ تعلیم کاسلسلہ منقطع ہوگیا۔چندبرسوں کے بعد جب کمال اتاترک کے الغائے خلافت کے باعث مسلمانوں میں مایوسی کی لہر دوڑ گئی تومرحوم نے پھرتعلیم کاسلسلہ شروع کیا اوربی۔اے کرنے کے بعد سینٹ اسٹیفینس کالج، دہلی میں داخل ہوکر دہلی یونیورسٹی سے تاریخ اورفارسی دونوں میں ایم۔اے کاامتحان پاس کیااورپھراسی کالج میں تاریخ کے لیکچرر ہوگئے۔ سات آٹھ برس کے بعد کالج کے معمول اوردستورکے مطابق کیمبرج یونیورسٹی گئے اور ڈاکٹر ہوکرواپس ہوئے ۔ ڈاکٹریٹ کے لیے انھوں نے جومقالہ لکھا تھا وہ ’’دلّی سلطنت کانظم ونسق‘‘کے نام سے اسی زمانہ میں ہی شائع ہوکرارباب علم وتحقیق میں مقبول ہوچکاتھا۔کیمبرج سے آنے کے بعد چندبرس کالج میں رہے اورپھر دہلی یونیورسٹی میں تاریخ کی چئیرقائم ہوئی تو یہ یونیورسٹی کے پہلے پروفیسر تاریخ مقرر ہوکروہاں چلے گئے اورساتھ ہی فیکلٹی آف آرٹس کے ڈین منتخب ہوئے۔ کالج اور یونیورسٹی میں ان...
This study examines the community services and facilities provided seeking for, (صلى الله عليه وسلم) Prophet Holy of life the in Madinah of State the in guidance in the social development of community by fulfilling the basic needs of citizens in the modern-day. By declaring Medina a first Muslim state, the Holy Prophet (ﷺ) rendered invaluable services for the betterment of his people. He stressed upon providing fundamental rights of the human beings. The focus of this article is to shed light upon the ways of providing the most important needs of the citizens, which have been insured in the state of Madīnah, especially but not limited to those of a Muslim community. Nonetheless, it further elaborates how a civil government can provide the basic infrastructure, development of roads, religion abodes, supplying clean water, and promotion of peace and harmony among the people, and the rights of minorities in the light of Sīrat-e-Ṭayyibah. The method used in this article is descriptive and analytical study of the relevant Aḥādith, and building arguments on it. This study concluded State the in municipality the of foundations the led (صلى الله عليه وسلم) Prophet Holy that of Madīnah, and the basic needs of food, shelter, clean water. It ensured a peaceful society. Moreover, it is suggested that these aspects and teachings of Sīrat should be blazoned widespread to pave the way for social development, peace and harmony.
Date palm has a long history of cultivation and a valuable germplasm in Pakistan with little knowledge about genetic makeup and variation among the most important cultivars. Date palm is among the top three fruit crops of Pakistan which is grown throughout the country except the northern highlands. This study was conducted for evaluation of morphological, chemical and molecular diversity of date palm cultivars of Pakistan. Important morphological parameters of fruit, leaf and trunk of forty five locally adapted cultivars were evaluated for this purpose. Proximate analysis of the date fruit was also carried out. Morphological traits of trunk, leaves and spines had no significant correlation with fruit traits. Seven components explained 81% variability in the data set by principal component analysis. Length, weight, volume of fruit, pulp weight, total soluble solids, % reducing sugars, % total sugar, % ash content, length and width of leaf, midrib length with pinnae, spine number, leaf base width and perianth height largely contributed to variability among the cultivars. Forty six simple sequence repeat markers were used to find genetic diversity in date palm cultivars under study. Only two SSR markers showed polymorphism with five amplicons, 24 markers showed monomorphic bands while the remaining 20 primers did not amplify. Coefficient matrices were computed to form clusters to assess the relationship among the studied cultivars. Dendrogram based on morphological and proximate composition data divided the cultivars into four clusters while due to the less number of polymorphic SSR markers the studied cultivars were divided into two groups. Currently characterization of commercially important varieties is made primarily through morphological and yield parameters and to a lesser extent on genetic analysis using RAPD markers. There is a great need to develop some genetic x identification system that could be used at sucker stage without relying on phenotypic traits of adult plant such as fruit characteristics. For this purpose, a detailed genetic analysis of seven commercially important cultivars was performed. Initially more than 3.5 kb of DNA fragments belonging to rbcL, atpB, GGR, matKand 16S rRNA genes of date palm chloroplast genome from seven commercially important date palm cultivars of Pakistan were sequenced. All these genomic fragments were found near identical among the selected cultivars. Twelve DNA fragments already reported to harbor single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in date palm nuclear genome were also sequenced. Eight novel SNPs were also found in the sequenced fragments in addition to those already reported. The analysis of sequencing data indicated that three fragments have the highest marker index (MI) of 4.61, 3.61 and 2.26 and bear eight, seven and five SNPs respectively. A SNP typing system was developed for varietal identification of date palm cultivars which is able to distinguish not only all the seven studied cultivars from Pakistan but also other cultivars from the world. The study suggests, that SNPs are important markers to study closely related cultivars and in some instances might prove superior even to sequencing of genes. An authentic sequence based identification key for date palm germplasm in Pakistan can be developed by extending this study to all the indigenous cultivars.