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ڈ اکٹر وحید اختر

ڈاکٹر وحید اختر
افسوس ہے مشہور شاعر و نقاد ڈاکٹر وحید اختر بھی وفات پاگئے، ان کی پیدائش اور ابتدائی تعلیم اورنگ آباد میں ہوئی۔ جامعہ عثمانیہ حیدر آباد سے فلسفہ میں ایم۔ اے اور پی۔ ایچ۔ ڈی کی پھر علی گڑھ مسلم یونیورسٹی آئے اور پروفیسر، صدر شعبہ فلسفہ اور ڈین ہوئے۔
خواجہ میر درد پر بہت کم کام ہوا ہے، ان کی کتاب ’’خواجہ میر درد۔ تصوف اور شاعری‘‘ سے اس کمی کی تلافی ہوگئی جس کی علمی و ادبی حلقوں میں بڑی پذیرائی ہوئی۔ فلسفہ، ادبی تنقید اور غالب وغیرہ پر انہوں نے جو کچھ لکھا ہے وہ قدر و قیمت کا حامل اور ان کے اچھے ادبی و تنقیدی ذوق کا ثبوت ہے۔ ڈاکٹر وحید اختر کے متعدد شعری مجموعے بھی شایع ہوئے ہیں، انہیں نظم و غزل دونوں پر قدرت تھی۔ ان کی شاعری مسائل عصر کی ترجمانی ہے۔
اﷲ تعالیٰ ان کی بشری لغزشوں سے درگزر فرمائے اور ان کے ساتھ رحم و مغفرت کا معاملہ فرمائے۔ (ضیاء الدین اصلاحی،جنوری ۱۹۹۷ء)

Perceptions of Pakistani Society About Western Enlightenment: An Analysis in the Light of Islamic Teachings

The study was conducted to examine some of the important questions raised by both the religious scholars and the proponents of the Enlightenment movement. The purpose of the study was to interpret enlightenment in Western and Islamic context and to examine the impact of western enlightenment on contemporary Pakistani society in the light of Islamic teachings. The study was quantitative in nature. Survey was conducted to probe into the perceptions of the Pakistani people regarding impact of western enlightenment on various aspects of contemporary Pakistani society. The sample of the study was 1000 people from four provincial headquarters of Pakistan including male and female from urban and rural areas of the provincial capitals. Two research instruments were developed by the researcher based on review of the related literature. First was a questionnaire named WEBI, Western Enlightenment Beliefs Inventory; second was a checklist named WEKAPC, Western Enlightenment Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Checklist. Results showed that most of the respondents were of the view that western enlightenment exerted significant influences on their thinking, lifestyles, and education, culture, media and social practices. Majority of the respondents thought that western enlightenment emphasized on tolerance, cultural harmony, equality, social justice and independent thinking. Gender-wise comparisons indicated that male respondents were more positive towards western enlightenment than the female respondents. It was recommended that Pakistani society needs to be made aware of the philosophy of western enlightenment and Islamic values which are characteristics of western enlightenment movement. There is need to initiate interfaith dialogue to understand socio-cultural dynamics of a Muslim society and a western society.

Evaluation of Different Cropping Patterns under Command Area of Small Dams in Pothwar: A Case Study of Pira Fatehal Dam

Small dams have been constructed in Pothwar region with huge investment for supplementary irrigation. However, farmers in command area (the area around the dam where the irrigation water reaches or that can be irrigated from a dam and is fit for cultivation) of small dams have not benefited from this precious water and are still doing traditional agriculture such as summer fallowing etc. Non-existence of suitable cropping pattern may be one reason. Therefore, different cropping patterns (i) fallow-wheat (Fallow-Triticum aestivum) (CP-1), (ii) mash bean - wheat (Vigna mungo-Triticum aestivum) (CP-2), (iii) sorghum - wheat (Sorghum bicolor-Triticum aestivum) (CP-3), (iv) maize (grain) - wheat (Zea mays-Triticum aestivum) (CP-4), (v) maize (grain) - chick pea (Zea mays-Cicer arietinum) (CP-5) and (vi) mung bean - canola (Vigna radiata -Brassica napus) (CP-6) were evaluated for agro economic efficiencies under command area of Pira fatehal dam as well as for adjacent uncommand or rain-fed area, on sandy loam soil for two years. Highest grain yield of wheat (winter crops) was obtained from mash beanwheat (Vigna mungo-Triticum aestivum) (CP-2) as compared to those from maize-wheat (Zea mays-Triticum aestivum) (CP-4), fallow-wheat (fallow-Triticum aestivum) (CP-1) and sorghum - wheat (Sorghum bicolour-Triticum aestivum) (CP-3) cropping patterns, respectively, under both the environments. Chick pea grain yield remained lowest under both the environments. Regarding summer crops, sorghum fodder (Sorghum bicolour), maize grain (Zea mays) and mash bean (Vigna mungo) performed excellent in terms of economic and grain yield. On the other hand, mung bean (Vigna radiata) reflected poor response for grain yield under both the environment. Benefit cost ratio of 7.17% and 5.35% for mash bean-wheat (Vigna mungo-Triticum aestivum) (CP-2) was highest under both the environments, while lowest benefit cost ratio (5.12 %) was exhibited from maizechick pea (Zea mays-Cicer arietinum) (CP-5) under irrigated and (1.37%) 19 from mung bean-canola (Vigna radiata -Brassica napus) (CP-6) under rain-fed environment, respectively. Highest net returns were obtained from maize-wheat (Zea mays-Triticum aestivum) (CP-4) cropping pattern under irrigated while from mash bean-wheat (Vigna mungo-Triticum aestivum) (CP-2) cropping pattern under rainfed environment. Mung bean-canola (Vigna radiata -Brassica napus) (CP-6) proved the lowest in terms of net returns from both the environments. Highest marginal rate of return was exhibited by mash bean-wheat (Vigna mungo-Triticum aestivum) (CP- 2) when compared with fallowwheat (Fallow-Triticum aestivum) (CP-1), while maize-wheat (Zea mays-Triticum aestivum) (CP-4) and sorghum - wheat (Sorghum bicolour-Triticum aestivum) (CP-3) ranked 2nd and 3rd on marginal rate of return basis in the same comparison, under irrigated environment. On the other hand, mash bean-wheat (Vigna mungo-Triticum aestivum) (CP2) ranked 1st and mung beancanola (Vigna radiata -Brassica napus) (CP-6) ranked 2nd when compared with fallow-wheat (Fallow-Triticum aestivum) (CP-1) for marginal rate of return in rainfed environment. Water use efficiency of wheat, following mash bean under both the environments exhibited higher values when compared with those from sorghumwheat, fallow-wheat and maize-wheat cropping patterns. Mung bean showed poor response among all the cropping patterns for exhibiting water use efficiency under both environments. Cropping intensities (of 200 %) from all the cropping patterns except fallow-wheat (100%) were recorded from both the environments. During the course of study, 2nd year summer and winter crops received higher rainfalls than that of first year, which affected the economic yields of crops under rain-fed environment, where as performance of all crops remained better under irrigated environment during both the seasons and years, as below average rainfalls were compensated by supplementary irrigations. Hence, this study concludes that farmers having supplemental irrigation water resources should adopt maize (grain)– 20 wheat (Zea mays-Triticum aestivum) (CP-4) cropping pattern, based on economical return as well as efficient utilization of available supplemental water, whereas, based on improved nutrient utilization and monetary outputs, mash bean-wheat (Vigna mungo-Triticum aestivum) (CP-2) cropping pattern should be followed under rainfed areas for better resource management. Also summer fallowing practice is not economical for farmers under both irrigated and rain-fed environments.
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