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22. Al-Hajj/The Annual Pilgrimage to Makkah

22. Al-Hajj/The Annual Pilgrimage to Makkah

I/We begin by the Blessed Name of Allah

The Immensely Merciful to all, The Infinitely Compassionate to everyone.

22:01
O The People of the World!
Be conscious of your Rabb - The Lord - in reverence, awe, and piety.
Indeed, the earthquake of the Last Hour is going to be a dreadful thing!

22:02
The Time when you all will see it, every nursing mother will be distracted in dread from whom she is nursing, and
every pregnant female will abort her burden of pregnancy prematurely, and
you will see the people as if they were drunk - gone out of their senses because of ensuing fear, while, in fact, they will not be drunk.
They will have been overwhelmed by the dread of Allah’s intense punishment.

22:03
Even still, some from the people dispute Allah, without any knowledge of HIM,
and follow every defiant Satan - satanic impulse with deviant thoughts.

22:04
It is already been decreed that -
Whoever takes him as an ally, i.e., follows any such Satanic impulse,
he will surely mislead him, and guide him to the punishment of the Blazing Fire.

22:05
O The People of the World!
If you are in any doubt about truth of the Resurrection, then consider the fact that,
WE first created you out of dust/earth - as Adam - and
then as his progeny, out of a small drop of male’s and female’s secretion, then from a clinging thing, and then from a lump, formed and unformed, so that WE may make it clear to you.
WE plant in the womb what WE Please – male or female...

The Local Government System of Pakistan: Participation, Representation and Empowerment of Women

Politics is the field where women have been ignored since ancient times, due to the political notions determined by ideological beliefs and cultural norms. Among the United Nations’ measures remove gender inequalities, includes recommendation for reserving 30 per cent seats for women in legislatures. In Pakistan, this remarkable change was effected in 2000, as it reserved 33 percent seats for women at the local government and 17 per cent at the Provincial/National Assemblies and the Senate level, so about 40,000 women entered in local bodies throughout the country in 2000-01, and almost 55,000 women contested local government in 2005. Despite these developments, women are still facing challenges that deter the full realization of their roles as active interlocutors of policy-making. Keeping in view these aspects, this paper has analyzed the local government, focusing on women, exploring whether the increasing number of women in legislatures is merely a numerical strength, or is empowering them, too, Whether they are the ‘subjects of change’ or the ‘agents of change.’ It is calculated that administrative structures of local government is male-dominated, whereas women are trying to ensure their position, however, gendered barriers remain unbroken

A Comparative Study of Management Practices in Multinational and National Organizations in Pakistan

Today’s organization are facing the challenge and threats then ever before due to rapid changes in the business environment. It is not only the change itself; it is the pace of change and the speed of the communication of that change that presents such a great challenge. Thus this creates the need that the profession of management must be harmonized to cope with the speed of these changes. The specific objectives of this study are to obtain an understanding of the general management practices of organizations operating in Pakistan vis-a vis understanding the differences in management practices among national and multinational organizations. A large number of studies and analysis have been conducted in developed countries like USA, UK, Japan, France, Germany etc to gain an insight of the specific management practices and its peculiar aspect that are responsible for performance improvement of organizations. The research in this area is minuscule in Pakistan with a limited number of certain agencies whose research was circumscribed within a restricted domain. However the contribution of Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) is worth mentioning. This study aimed at comparing management practices among national and multinational organizations; therefore the target population was a specified number of national organizations of size medium to large from various fields compared with multinational organizations of various disciplines. Since the basic parameters of management are same for any type of organization, the focus of study was concentrated at its various aspects such as planning mechanism, leadership style, motivation and teamwork, production management, and corporate social responsibility.The diversity of the organizations provided an opportunity to obtain an indepth investigation and determine the causes for the similarity and dissimilarity of the management attributes, which is the main essence of this study. Organizations serve as the backbone for the economic development and prosperity of a country. Pakistan though being an agricultural country but industrialization precedes agriculture in the sense that agricultural developments and advancements is possible through industries only and industries can thrive if they are successful in applying the appropriate and timely management techniques.Pakistan is a country which is of strategic importance to the world; it serves as a hub by linking the economies of the world. The location is strategic with a view that Pakistan is the nucleus of three powerful economies namely Central Asian economy including China, South Asian economy including populous India, Bangladesh and Indonesia; and on the west Middle East West Asian economies which are major sources of oil supply and reserves to the rest of the world.China is one of the fastest growing country in the Central Asian economy. According to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) one of the top business consultancy in its report said that by 2030 the top ten world economies would be China, United States, India, Japan, Brazil, Russia, Germany, Mexico, France and Britain. The Current ten largest economies according to 2008 data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are the United States, Japan, China, Germany, France, Britain, Italy, Russia, Spain and Brazil. The World Bank in its annual report 2009 of ‘Ease of Doing Business’ recognized Pakistan as the 85th most business friendly country in the world. The Ease of Doing Business index is an index created by the World Bank and it is based on the average of ten sub-indicators with the input and verification of more then 5,000 government officials. In this scale Singapore stands top and Central African Republic stands last on serial 183 in the list. Pakistan’s position as compared to neighboring countries is; China is ranked 89, India 133, Afghanistan 160 and with respect to South Asian Countries Pakistan’s rank is better as compared to Sri Lanka which holds 105, Bangladesh 119 and Nepal 123.Unfortunately for the last few years the country is facing a situation of uncertainty and crisis that it had not faced before. The internal turmoil and chaos within the country, the rising rate of inflation, deteriorating law and order situation, terrorism, extremism, shortages of general commodities, electricity crisis, foreign policy issues, and many other related factors has affected the corporate world also that demands an effective management system to survive in the face of these competitive forces.A comparative study of management practices reveals that although Pakistan is suffering a number of anomalies but still the country is ranked to be a business friendly country and their exist immense potential that can be materialized and explored. This requires that the organizations must consider those management areas which need to be focused such as managing quality and productivity through effective planning and proper leadership without creating an imbalance condition in organizations responsible for creating frustration among employees. Thus the organizations in Pakistan have the opportunity to play their roles in this regard by stressing for an effective management system that will allow them to realize benefit from this opportunity.
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