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ہجر زدوں کا در دیکھا ہے

ہجر زدوں کا در دیکھا ہے
ہم نے جی کر مر دیکھا ہے

وقت برا تو آیا نہیں ہے
اچھا وقت مگر دیکھا ہے

دیکھ سکے نہ دل کہ جگر ہے
میں نے وہ خنجر دیکھا ہے

ایک خدا اور ایک محبت
من کو کب کافر دیکھا ہے

تب سے پیاس بڑھی ہے جب سے
آنکھوں کا ساغر دیکھا ہے

بھوک کے نام پہ ڈستے رشتے
زیست کو یوں کیوں کر دیکھا ہے

اُس کو فضاؔ کیا اس دنیا سے
جس نے عشق کا در دیکھا ہے

The Indian Muslims’ Services to Afghanistan & Turkey (1901-1929)

The Paper attempts to highlight the most significant Muslim personalities of British India who rendered services and sacrifices for the cause of pan-Islamism. They travelled to the neighbouring Muslim states of Afghanistan and Turkey for the larger cause of the Muslim brotherhood, and their freedom from the colonial powers. Their visits were either in official or unofficial capacity. The personalities include; Abdur Rahman Peshawari, Zafar Hasan Aibak, Mualana Ubaidullah Sindhi. The paper argues that these personalities have visited the Muslim countries of Afghanistan and Turkey in order to support the cause of Muslim brotherhood and their peace, development, and freedom. Their way of support was in the form of diplomatic negotiation. Descriptive and analytical methods were followed for analyzation/interpretation of data collected.

Christian Minority of Lahore: Socio-Political Challenges and Options 2001-2014

It is a common perception that the Christian Minority living in Lahoreis marginalized, facing socio-economic and political issues in day today life and is excluded from main stream. They have been deprived of the fundamental rights in public and private sectors and are often humiliated by the strange behavior of society, althoughthe Muslims and the Christians have been living side by side in sub-continent for the last many hundred years in complete peaceful and hormonal environment. Some of the proportion of the Christians is of the view that they have been victimized by extremist element among the Muslims. The main objective of the research is to investigate the real nature of the socio-political and economic issues facing by the Christian community of Lahore. It is very imperative to look deep into the genuine reasons behind the problems of the Christians in daily life. Whether it is the state, society or they themselves are responsible for their miserable plight and gloomy conditions. This research will also analyze the role of the Christian leadership towards the uplift and prosperity of its community. In this research mixed method approaches i.e. qualitative and quantitative have been applied. Both primary and secondary sources have been applied in collecting data about the socio-economic and political problems of the Christians and their possible solution. Interviews of prominent personalities have been conducted and the opinion of the common people among Christians was assessed through a comprehensive questionnaire. The Christian leadership and the majority of common people are somewhat satisfied with the sincere efforts made by the Government for their betterment but on the other hand they have some genuine apprehensions that 5% quota in public sector is insufficient keeping in view the present circumstances. They are also of the view that the data about their census is not based on facts because their population is always shown less than their original numbers. Moreover overwhelming majority demands to reinstate the separate electorate system instead of joint electorate system.They find themselves marginalized in decision making process in political scenario of Pakistan. It is the need of the time that the government must take concrete and serious steps in implementation the constitution in letter and spirit to eliminate the issues of the Christian minority in particular and all the minorities in general. The religious leaders should come forward to play their active role in bridging the differences between the Muslims and the Christians and to eradicate extremism. Interfaith dialogue efforts and thirst for the mutual undertaking may bring many minds and hearts together.
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