حبیب کیفوی (۱۹۱۰ء۔۱۹۹۱ء) کا اصل نام حبیب اﷲ ہے۔ کیفوی جموں میں پیدا ہوئے ۔لیکن قیام ِپاکستان کے بعد جموں سے سیالکوٹ ہجرت کی اور سیالکوٹ میں مستقل رہائش اختیار کر لی۔(۵۱۸)
حبیب کیفوی کا ایک شعری مجموعہ’’آتشِ چنار‘‘ مکتبہ تعمیر انسانیت لاہور نے ۱۹۵۶ء میں شائع کیا۔ اس مجموعے کا پیش لفظ محمد عبداﷲ قریشی مدیر’’حقیقت اسلام‘‘ نے لکھا ہے۔ یہ شعری کلام کشمیر اور آزادی کشمیر کے حوالے سے کہی گئی نظموں اور ترانوں پر مشتمل ہے۔
شاعری کے علاوہ کیفوی نے تنقید و تحقیق کے حوالے سے بھی بہت کچھ لکھا ہے۔ جس پر حصہ نثر میں تفصیلاً بحث ہو گئی ہے۔ یہ حقیقت ہے کہ سیالکوٹ کے شعرا نے کشمیریات پر شاعری کی ہے۔ اقبال سمیت ہر سیالکوٹی شاعر کے کلام میں کشمیر کے حوالے سے شاعری دیکھی جا سکتی ہے۔ حبیب کیفوی کی ساری شاعری ہی کشمیر اور آزادی کشمیر کی محبت و داستان پر مشتمل ہے۔
کیفوی نے اپنے شعری مجموعے کا نام ’’آتش چنار‘‘ اقبال کے ایک شعر سے لیا ہے۔ اور وہ شعر بھی کشمیر کے حوالے سے لکھا گیا ہے۔ آتش چنار الفاظ کی کشمیر سے خاص مناسبت ہے۔اقبال کا شعر ملاحظہ ہو:
جس خاک کے ضمیر میں ہے آتشِ چنار
ممکن نہیں کہ سرد ہو وہ خاک ارجمند
…حبیب کیفوی کی شاعری کشمیر اور تحریک آزادی کشمیر جیسے موضوعات کا احاطہ کرتی ہے۔ غزل ہو یا نظم کیفوی کا شاعری کے حوالے سے موضوع صرف اور صرف کشمیر ہی رہا ہے۔ اس حوالے سے عبداﷲ قریشی رقم طراز ہیں:
آتشِ چنار حبیب کیفوی کی ان نظموں کا مجموعہ ہے جو پاکستان آنے کے بعد تحریکِ آزادی کشمیر کے مرحلوں پر مختلف واقعات...
The life of Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) is described as role model in Holy Quran for all the Muslims and known as Uswa.e. Hasna. So, the importance of the life history of the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) in every period before prophet hood and as a prophet cannot be denied in any walk of life. But the makki period of the Prophet’s life has not enlightened in such a way as it has importance. Many aspects of makki period has been discussed in history and seerah writing but along with this a lot of aspects has been not given due importance in contemporary seerah writing. The basic sources of hadith o seerah provides lots of material on this aspect. In the makki period, Muslims were in minority and they had to face a lot of religious, social, economic and political issues in their lives. Now a days, in modern world majority of Muslims lives in western and non. Muslim societies and have to spend their lives as minority in that socities. In a state of minority, they have to face a lot of religious, social and economical issues in their lives. These problems can be solved in the light of seerah especially from the teachings of makki period, it can provide a lot of religious solutions in contemporary societies in a better way. This article will throw light on teachings of makki period and discuss the solutions of Muslim’s problems as minority in the light of fiqh. Ul. Seerah.
Official Statistics is the main source to track economic, demographic and social conditions in any country/region. Reliable and timely statistics provide the basis for evidence-based planning and decision making, helps the governments to address the real needs of citizens. Due to rapid technological advancements, government organizations are moving towards digitalization instead of manual data recordings. Which is producing more and more digital data, required modern tools for data processing with statistical care. Administrative data’s importance for the production of official statistics is undeniable. If these sources fall under the definition of Big Data, it becomes a treasure trove for the National Statistical Organizations. Without having proper statistical and data processing human resource with advanced computational skills, it is awful to optimally utilize these sources. This research is designed to address the issues related to the use of Big Data source in production of official statistics, especially in case of Pakistan. The theoretical framework of this dissertation is divided into three parts (a) Review, (b) Assess and (c) Measure. Review part is based on the first two chapters. In Chapter 1, the core elements of the official statistics and Big Data are briefly explained. Its sources and administrative data’s importance in production of official statistics have been discussed. Furthermore, we have briefly discussed the Big Data sources, definitions, classifications and its importance for official statistics and the National Statistical System of Pakistan. At the end of this chapter, the research problem is defined and the research objectives and the theoretical framework of this dissertation is demonstrated. Chapter 2 is based on the review of current developments, tools and techniques in the field of Big Data for official statistics. Here, we have reviewed the current advancements in the use of administrative Big Data and non-administrative Big Data source in production of official statistics world widely as well as in the case of Pakistan. Assessment part of this research is covered in Chapter 3 and 4. In Chapter 3, several aspects of production of official statistics and Big Data use in production of official statistics in public-sector organizations have been covered. For sake of this a survey titled “Survey of Official Statistics Production (SOS-Pak)” has been conducted at national level. It was a censusbased survey conducted thorough post mail inquiry. 171 public sector organizations from Federal and Punjab government participated in this survey. Key descriptive statistics from the survey are discussed here in this chapter. In Chapter 4, a major contribution of the research is incorporated related to the x assessment of unreported Administrative and Big Data sources in public-sector organizations of Pakistan. It is hypothesized that a little portion of digital data sources produced under the departments are being reported and utilized in production of official statistics whereas most of these sources left unreported. We have tried to validate the statement and to uncover these sources to link/merge it with the existing data sources for production of official statistics with more accuracy, timeliness and relevancy. Measurement part of this thesis is based on further two chapters. In Chapter 5 we have made a second major contribution by the development of Official Statistics and Big Data processing capability indicators. These indicators can be used to explore and compare the available potential and weak sectors/organizations need consideration and capacity building with respect to their weak measures. Both, the Official Statistics and Big Data Processing capability indicators are the compound indicators based on various dimensions. While each dimension is based on further various measures related to official statistics production and Big Data processing of publicsector organization. In Chapter 6, the Statistical cadre and data processing human resource are rationalized with respect to both the Federal and Punjab government organizations. The job function/activities are analyzed with different angles. The conclusions are drawn and recommendations are given aside with at the end of each chapter instead of presenting it separately. In the last Chapter 7, some data merging techniques for the merging of multiple data sources are discussed as a future roadmap. As the quality and reliable official statistics can only be produced by merging the Administrative Big Data sources with the existing Official Statistics produced under the National Statistical Institutions.