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1۔ کہانی پڑھی جارہی ہے

 کہانی پڑھی جارہی ہے

(سید ماجد شاہ)

 چوک میں جہا ز کی ڈمی نصب کی جا چکی تھی۔لڑکی نے چوک سے یو ٹرن لینے کے لیے ،گاڑی کی رفتار آہستہ کی ۔جب گاڑی چوک سے نیم دائرہ بنا کر مڑ رہی تھی تو فرنٹ سیٹ پر بیٹھے ، لمبے بالوں والے لڑکے نے کہا،‘‘ میں ایک منتر نما ایکویشن سے یہ جہاز اڑا سکتا ہوں۔

 لڑکی نے کنکھیوں سے دیکھا جہاز آدھا پینٹ کیا جاچکا تھا۔

 لڑکی، جس کے جسم میں جاری تمام کیمیائی عمل بحالتِ اعتدال کام کر رہے تھے ،جیسے ایک بیس بائیس سال کی مائل بہ فربا خوشحال گھرانے کی لڑکی میں کام کرتے ہیں۔

 اس نے لڑکے کی کپکپاتی مخروطی انگلیوں کو غور سے دیکھا، جن پر سگریٹ کے سرمئی داغ ، تیز گندمی رنگ پر نمایاں تھے۔پھر لڑکی نے بائیں ہاتھ سے اپنی سرخ ٹی شرٹ کا بٹن کھولتے ہوئے پورے یقین سے کہا، ‘‘ میں اس پر اڑنا چاہوں گی۔’’

 گاڑی کا اے سی بند تھا ۔ شیشے تھوڑے نیچے کیے گئے تھے تاکہ سگریٹ کا دھواں خارج ہو سکے، اس عمل سے دھواں باہر ضرور نکل رہا تھا لیکن رد ِ عمل کے طور پر باہر کی شدید گرمی گاڑی میں بھر گئی تھی۔

 جب لڑکی یہ جملہ بول رہی تھی۔‘‘ میں اس پر اڑنا چاہوں گی۔’’تو اس کے لہجے میں مذاق کا عنصر رائی برابر بھی شامل نہیں تھا، کیونکہ جب وہ مذاق کے موڈ میں ہوتی تھی تو اس کی آنکھوں میں شرارت کی لہر ابھر کر بھوؤں کو کمان بنا دیتی اور کمانیں ماتھے پر لطیف شکنیں پیدا کردیتیں۔ اس پر ہونٹوں کے ابھار میں اضافہ اور گالوں کے تھوڑا اٹھ جانے سے اس کا...

حقوق نسواں کا عالمی معاہدہ اور شریعت اسلامیہ: تقابلی مطالعہ CEDAW

Women are confronted with a lot of problems. In different parts of the world, some social and cultural attitudes still discourage the women from getting their established and assigned rights. The factors which are responsible for this phenomenon include societal norms, orthodoxy and some social customs contrary to islamic instructions. For instance, discrimination against women could be in terms of inadequate nutrition, denial or limited access to education, health and property rights, child labor, domestic violence and forceful marriage. So far as the Islamic instructions are concerned, these are derived from Quran and Sunnah and clearly describe women’s rights but, due to some socio-religious customs and undesirable behaviors the societal status and role of women have been badly affected. An international document, the convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women also lists the rights of all girls and women. CEDAW recommends that all discriminations against girls and women must be ended. In this paper, the terms have been analyzed in the context of islamic instructions and teachings, in order to provide academic material for bringing positive change in the society.

Malignant Lymphoma Subtypes in a Private Hospital in Nairobi: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study

Introduction: Lymphoma diagnosis integrates clinical, morphological, immunophenotypical and molecular genetic features as evident from the World Health Organization (WHO) classification of lymphoid malignancies.(1, 2) Although it is standard practice for histopathology laboratories in developed countries to confirm and further sub classify lymphomas using immunohistochemistry and other molecular techniques, the same is not true for developing countries like Kenya. The reasons that prevent the performance of these tests are the prohibitive costs and inadequate trained personnel. Objectives: The aims of this study were to retrospectively classify lymphomas diagnosed at The Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUHN) Laboratory based on the WHO classification system and to describe the demographic and clinical characteristics of the patients. Methods: Tissue blocks of 103 consecutive, lymphoma specimens received between 1st January 2007 and 31st December 2008 were retrieved from the archives at the Department of Pathology. Haematoxylin and Eosin slides were prepared and reviewed for purposes of confirmation and morphologic classification. Immunohistochemical expression for various lymphoma markers were assessed and scored. Findings were correlated with relevant demographic, pathologic and clinical data. Data Management and Analysis: Raw data was entered into Microsoft excel data sheets and subsequently analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 17.0 database. Results: A total of 103 cases were analyzed. 79 cases representing 76.7% of the studied population were classified as Non Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), 22 cases representing 21.4% of the study population were diagnosed as Hodgkin lymphoma (HL), while 2 cases representing 1.9% of the study population were diagnosed as Non hematological malignancies. Diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) represented 63% of all NHL cases. The second most common subtype was Burkitt lymphoma (BL) with 8 cases representing 10.1% of all NHL cases, followed by chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) with 6 cases each. There were 3 cases of Mucosal associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma, 3 cases of Plasmacytoma and 1 case of Follicular lymphoma (FL). Of the 22 cases of HL, 19 cases (86.4%) were of the classical subtype while 3 (13.6%) were Hodgkin Lymphoma - Nodular Lymphocyte Predominant (HLNLP) subtype. All the 19 cases of classical subtype (100%) showed positivity for LMP1 Protein indicating Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) infection, whereas all the 3 cases of HLNLP were negative for LMP1. One case which did not take up immunohistochemical stain due to poor tissue fixation was labeled as “favor NHL” by a consensus panel. This case
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