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امیر احمد صدیقی

آہ جناب امیر احمد صدیقی
یہ خبر بھی بڑے افسوس کے ساتھ سنی جائے گی کہ ۲۳؍ مارچ کو مشہور ادبی ماہ نامہ ’’نیادور‘‘ لکھنو کے سابق مدیر جناب امیر احمد صدیقی نشاط گنج میں اپنی رہایش گاہ پر وفات پاگئے، ان کا آبائی وطن لکھنو کے مضافات میں اجریاوں تھا، وہیں تدفین ہوئی، ان کی عمر ۸۲ سال تھی۔
وہ ۱۹۴۸؁ء میں محکمہ اطلاعات و رابطہ عامہ اترپردیش سے اس وقت منسلک ہوئے تھے جب جناب علی جواد زیدی، صباح الدین عمر، فرحت اﷲ انصاری اور خورشید احمد صاحب اس سے وابستہ تھے، اب اس دور کی تنہا یہی یاد گار رہ گئے تھے، آخر وہ بھی چل بسے۔
مرحوم مختلف وقتوں میں محکمہ اطلاعات میں افسر اطلاعات، فیچر رایٹر، جوائنٹ اڈیٹر، اڈیٹر نیا دور اور اسسٹنٹ ڈائرکٹر اردو رہے اور اپنے رفقائے کار میں تنہا ان ہی کو ملازمت میں ڈھائی سال کی توسیع ملی تھی:
نیا دور ہی کے وسیلے سے ان سے میرے تعلقات کی ابتدا ہوئی، میں نے جب اس میں مضامین لکھنا شروع کیا تو اس وقت یہ اس کے جوائنٹ اور خورشید احمد صاحب چیف اڈیٹر تھے، مضامین کی وصولی کی رسید اکثر ان ہی کی جانب سے آتی تھی اور جب یہ اڈیٹر ہوئے تو برابر خط و کتابت رہتی اور فرمایش کرکے مضامین طلب کرتے تھے، امیر احمد صاحب کے دور ادارت کا اصلی امتیاز نیا دور کے خاص نمبر ہیں جو بڑی تعداد میں نکلے اور بہت مقبول ہوئے، کئی خاص نمبروں میں ان ہی کے اصرار کی وجہ سے میں نے مضامین لکھے۔
کسی تقریب یا اردو اکیڈمی کے سمیناروں میں جاتا اور وہ موجود ہوتے تو بڑے تپاک سے ملتے، اپنے گھر بھی مدعو کرتے، ان کو معلوم ہوجاتا کہ میں آیا ہوں تو میری قیام گاہ کا پتہ لگا کر فون کرتے اور...

Epiphyseal Fusion of Iliac Crests in Male and Female Adolescents: An Age Estimation Criterion

Background: Determination of age depends upon physical examination, dental assessment, and skeletal evaluation. The radiological examination of bone for appearance and fusion of ossification centers helps in the assessment of skeletal maturity as the process occurs in a particular sequence which is almost constant for that particular bone. Objectives: The objective of this study was to determine the age of fusion of iliac crest by radiological examination of subjects of age bracket 17-25 years coming to Shalamar Hospital Lahore Methods: In this cross-sectional study, radiological examinations (Digital X-Rays) were performed to evaluate the fusion of Iliac Crest in 200 subjects of both genders of 17 – 25 years. Data analysis was done using SPSS Version 23. Conclusions were drawn and compared with available results of previous work done in this field. Results: Out of 200 subjects, there were 132 males (66 %) and 68 females (34%). The mean ± SD age of both genders was 20.41± 2.55. There were 93 cases (70.45%) of complete fusion among males, showing 100 % union in the age groups of 21-25 years, while 40 cases (58.83%) of complete union among females were observed during 20-25 year of age groups. The mean ± SD age of complete union for males was 20.67± 2.61 years and for females 19.90 ± 2.38 years, with a significant p value of <0.05. Similarly, a statistically significant difference was observed among people of different socio-economic statuses. No difference was observed among different ethnic groups. Conclusions: The fusion of the iliac crest is not affected by ethnicity. Factors like diet and nutrition directly affect bone growth and hence bone age. More studies should be conducted across the country to formulate a standard in setting up a uniform criterion for assessing the age of adolescents

Modeling the Effects of Groundwater Pumping on Watertable of a Faisalabad Water Supply Scheme

The Faisalabad city, resident of 2.6 million people, has brackish groundwater in its underlying aquifer. The water and sanitary agency (WASA) of Faisalabad Development Authority (FDA) installed a cluster of 29 tubewells in 1992, each of 114 lps capacity, at Chenab River bed well field aquifer, 30 km away from Faisalabad city in the North-West direction, to supply fresh groundwater for drinking. The continuous operation of all these tubewells resulted in lowering of groundwater level, from 5 m below the ground surface in 1992 to 22 m below the ground surface in 2010, in the study area and has started threatening sustainability of the system. Whereas WASA has installed 25 more tubewells for meeting drinking water demand. This study was undertaken to ascertain the effects of such large abstraction of groundwater on the aquifer while keeping in view the future scenarios. Prior to using a computer simulation model as a management tool, it requires its proper calibration and validation. A groundwater transient model was developed using MODFLOW to study the effect of groundwater pumping on the Chenab River bed well field area. The model was calibrated using water table data from 1992 to 2005 and was validated against independent data set of 2006 to 2010. The model simulation was reasonably acceptable based on model evaluation indicators such as residual mean, root mean square error, sum of squares, coefficient of correlation and coefficient of efficiency, which were within acceptable limits. Sensitivity of the model shows that the model was more sensitive to the hydraulic conductivity. The model simulations showed that major recharge was from the Jhang Branch canal in the range of 6,511 to 8,038 m3 day km-1. The recharge contribution varied from year to year as a function of rainfall and flows in the Chenab River. Moreover, the groundwater head contour showed steep gradient in southern part of the well field. This steep gradient indicates that a steady state condition has reached and the rate of declination will be less as compare to the earlier years. The calibrated model was used to simulate the effects of existing capacity of pumping continued to 2030 and 90% of the capacity, which showed a water table declined rate of 0.6 m year-1 to 1.3 m year-1, respectively. A groundwater recharge option was also simulated by considering a constant head boundary condition of 10 km length along the left side of Chenab River, which results a decline rate of 0.45 m year-1 till 2030. The model simulation showed that sustainability of the system can be achieved only if adequate recharge sites are established to control the falling water table.
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