Why watch Pakistani Channels?
April 17, 2012 Leave a comment
Why watch Pakistani entertainment and news channels?
"Religion is sincerity" Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)…To get things organized is just one step away from betterment. "Well begun is half done"…Aristotle
April 17, 2012 Leave a comment
Why watch Pakistani entertainment and news channels?
April 6, 2012 Leave a comment
Those who migrated from India to Pakistan were not “mahajir” but Hindustani Muslims. More than migrants, they were emigrants because they left India permanently with the intention of living in Pakistan as a Pakistani citizen. Their status of migration was only the duration of their journey. As soon as they entered the borders of Pakistan, their identity changed from Hindustani Muslim to Pakistani Muslim.
Now those who still call themselves a ‘mahajir’ are mentally sick people. They are suffering from inferiority complex and only hiding their failure as a Pakistani by spreading this “mahajir’ issue against other natives. No country in the world allow ‘mahajir/refugee’ to be the part of the system. Urdu speaking people of Karachi must clarify their identity whether they are ‘refugees’ or ‘citizens of Pakistan’. If they are refugee/mahajir, then they should go back to India or wherever they want.
Ya Allah! Kindly protect them and their families from evil of enemies and miseries, those who are working hard to make Pakistan an Islamic Welfare State, make their tasks easy for them and lift weakness and weariness from their heart and soul. Ameen!
Ya Allah! Please grant Asif Zardari and his children, Altaf Yazeed and his children, Nawaz Shareef and his children, Shahi Syed and his family and their companions in their evil tasks the most miserable death, like of Pharaohs, Shaddad and Nimrood. May they never find peace and satisfaction in this world and in the Hereafter! Ameen!
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ہجرت حبشہ اور ہجرت مدینہ جیسی ایک عظیم ہجرت بر صغیر کے مسلمانوں نے بھی کی۔۔۔ 1947میں لاکھوں لوگ بھارت سے پاکستان آئے۔۔۔ بہت سے لوگ ہجرت کے دوران سفر مارے گئے۔۔۔ جو پاکستان پہنچ گئے وہ واپس جانے کے لئے نہیں آئے تھے اس لئے وہ یہاں رہنے والوں کی طرح پاکستانی شہری ہوئے۔۔۔
لیکن الله جانے وہ کون سی وجوہات تھیں کہ بہت سے لوگ خود کو سالوں مہاجر کہلواتے رہے۔۔۔ کیا ان کا واپس بھارت جانے کا ارادہ تھا یا پاکستان کو مسافر خانہ سمجھہ کر رہنا تھا کہ جب موقع لگے کہیں اور چلے جائیں گے۔۔۔
اگر ایسا تھا تو ہجرت کے بین الاقوامی اصولوں کے مطابق انھیں پاکستانی نظام یا لوگوں کی شکایت کرنے کا کوئی حق نہیں۔۔۔ ہاں یہاں رہنے کاحق ضرور تھا, لیکن اگر وہ یہاں اپنے قدم نہ جما سکے تو کسی کا کیا قصور۔۔۔
اس سے بڑا ظلم انسان اپنےاوپر کیا کرسکتا ہے کہ قانونی طور پر کسی ملک کا شہری ہوتے ہوئے بھی نفسیاتی طورپر خود کو مہاجر سمجھے۔۔۔ بھلا ایسا شخص دوسروں کے ساتھہ مل کر کیاکسی معاشرے کی تعمیر میں حصہ لے سکتا ہے۔
March 23, 2012 Leave a comment
Those who believe in Pakistan need no logic and no explanation regarding the ideology of Pakistan and its establishment.
They still need to prepare themselves to explain it to those who do not believe in it.
Sometimes, the questions are easy to satisfy others’ queries. Not always, as some elements are not meant to be productive as they pretend. They condition their inner satisfaction to ambiguities, chaos and disruption.
I personally came to face such people in my close surroundings.
1) The demand and making of Pakistan was not rightful?
The question has lost its validity on 14 August, 1947. Those who recall the critics of Quaid-e-Azam only try to justify either their failure in Pakistan or their exit to foreign countries.
2) Did Quaid-e-Azam want to make Pakistan a secular state or Islamic?
This is also not a valid question as Quaid-e-Azam did not create the theory himself. He adopted the Two-Nation Theory from Allama Iqbal and worked on it. One must read and understand Allama Iqbal to find the answer of this question. The people of Pakistan or politicians cannot change it.
3) Indians and Pakistanis shared same culture and traditions so we are same not different?
Allama Iqbal in his presidential address in Allahabad in 1930 stated:
“Let me tell you frankly that, at the present moment, the Muslims of India are suffering from two evils. The first is the want of personalities. The second evil from which the Muslims of India are suffering is that the community is fast losing what is called the herd instinct. This [loss] makes it possible for individuals and groups to start independent careers without contributing to the general thought and activity of the community.”
In his presidential address 0n 23rd March, 1940, Quaid-e-Azam said,
“The Hindus and Muslims belong to two different religious philosophies, social customs, and literature[s]. They neither intermarry nor interdine together, and indeed they belong to two different civilisations which are based mainly on conflicting ideas and conceptions. Their aspects [=perspectives?] on life, and of life, are different. It is quite clear that Hindus and Mussalmans derive their inspiration from different sources of history. They have different epics, their heroes are different, and different episode[s]. Very often the hero of one is a foe of the other, and likewise their victories and defeats overlap. To yoke together two such nations under a single state, one as a numerical minority and the other as a majority, must lead to growing discontent, and final. destruction of any fabric that may be so built up for the government of such a state.”
This is natural that when communities live together, they do inspire each other with their living style. Muslims in India were mostly a convert from the religion of their ancestors. They did embrace Islam but still being part of the same community, they couldn’t get rid of many rituals and traditions. They didn’t get a chance to study Islam and understand its teachings. They mostly relied upon their preachers/maulvis who were invited to resolve matrimonial affairs, such as marriage, divorce, aqeeqah, Bismillah, ameen. Otherwise their job was to deliver sermon, adhan and teaching Qur’an in mosques or madrasahs. So people other than that, remained the same as they were before.
So it is not like Hindus and Muslims had the same culture and traditions but Muslims were not aware of the true knowledge of their own religion. Many Pro-India and moderate Muslims do not mind it and are inclined more towards Indians than Muslim communities around the world. As business communities rank financial growth as their first priority, they also avoid to take such issues on serious notes.
4) Why can’t India and Pakistan have friendly ties?
Friendly ties refer to a state of equality and sincerity. There are so many disputes and grave issues need to be solved before dreaming of friendly terms between the two countries.
UN has failed in convincing India to respect UN Resolution about Kashmiri rights to choose their fate. There are water disputes and other political issues that need to be resolved.
The idea of trade between two countries and declaring India a favourite nation without concerning how Kashmiris feel about it is a sin for sure.
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March 23, 2012 Leave a comment
1867 – Sir Syed Ahmed Khan said, “It was now impossible for Hindus and Muslims to progress as a single nation.”
March 12, 2012 Leave a comment

Allama Iqbal, The originator of the Two-Nation Theory (TNT) which was the base of Pakistan (Lahore) Resolution.

Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah, The Founder of Pakistan who presided the All India Muslim League session of 23 March, 1940.
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February 23, 2012 1 Comment
Once there was a town, where lived many families with their children. The parents were worried about their children’s behaviour. They complained to each other that their children are irresponsible, abusive, undisciplined, non-serious about their education. An old scientist also lived there. He wanted to help the parents so he prepares a magical formula called “parentade” to improve children’s behaviour. Parents were excited. The formula worked. Children started doing things on time, by themselves. No more mess on dinning tables, no more shouting and running around, no more fighting. Genius talks, mind blowing ideas, they all got A+ in their exams. That was it. Parents were sick and tired. They were sick and tired of coping with their children’s extraordinary discipline and responsible behaviour. Their children refused to accept the fun ideas their parents had for them, instead they started guiding their parents to make their life useful. Finally, all parents arranged a meeting and invited the scientist. They wanted him to prepare the antidote to that formula. They wanted their children back to normal as they were before.
Above is the summary of an English poem “Parentade”, a very interesting idea for parents and to learn their lesson.
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February 20, 2012 Leave a comment
Dunya main itna kuch dekhnay baad koi tamanna nahi reh jati. So Tamanna nahi raheen.
Tamanna Begum passed away today and even buried before the news of her death would spread. A legendary actress who had 50 years of experience in film, radio, tv and stage. She worked with almost all celebrities of Pakistan including Muhammad Ali, Zeba, Rani, Nadeem, Waheed Murad, Shahid, Deeba, Shubnum, Shamim Ara, Qawi Khan, Babra Sharif, Sangeeta, Abid Ali, Lehri, Rangeela, Munawwar Zarif, Munawwar Saeed, Nisho, Umar Sharif, Moin Akhtar and almost everyone in that field. She was the best pair with Nanna (Rafi Khawar). She usually played loud and evil but was a sweet person in real, a true pure and simple lady.
She was cute, chubby and very confident. In my childhood, I used to get angry on her that why is she so evil and doesn’t let people live happily in movies. But later I started enjoying her characters. Her exaggerated expressions were just like fairy tale characters. I really loved her commanding style.
This is my favourite song and one of the reasons I like it, is Tamanna Begum.
February 18, 2012 Leave a comment
PREFACE:
Islam is a dominating force and due to its flexibility, it has caused ‘a pain in the neck’ for everyone who dared to eliminate it. Iqbal mentioned very beautifully the scientific facts about Islam and Muslims.
اسلام کی فطرت میں قدرت نے لچک دی ہے
جتنا کہ دبا دیں گے, اتنا ہی وہ ابھرے گا
Muslims are like sun, which never sets but to rise and shine on the other half of the earth, keep taking turns. Mujahideen (those who fight against evil) are like leaping fountains, chanting ‘catch me if you can’ to malicious powers.
جہاں میں اہل ایماں صورت خورشید جیتے ہیں
ادھر ڈوبے ادھر نکلے, ادھر ڈوبے ادھر نکلے
Muslims belong to each other. Muslims united have always proved to be an unbeatable force. They will keep growing until the last day on this earth.
SURFACE:
America has appeared as another enraged anti-Islam, anti-Muslims and anti-Pakistan extremist power. The devil is followed by a devil and an evil supports an evil. Americans cannot harm any nation without the support and assurance given to them by their leaders and politicians.
The saviour of American interests in Islamic countries come into power, impose American-planned laws on their people, lead their own people to beggary, distress, default, division, hatred, poverty, starvation, suicide and civil war.
Two things they don’t consider at all; one, that Allah is the absolute power and He is knows how they are betraying their own people. Two, that what traitors think is their success is nothing but working relentlessly through humiliation, mortification, slavery and then their planned assassination by their masters. An ignorant finds no competency in gentleness, this is all I can say for them.
Muslims may have obliterated the memories of Yazeed, Mir Jafar, Mir Sadiq and their end but cannot forget what has happened recently to Husni Mubarak, Qaddafi and Zain bin Ali. They were not promised to this end by their worldly masters but the Almighty Lord.
Who’s next? Country wise, seems to be Syria. Region wise, Balochistan. Person wise, the politicians of Pakistan.
FACE-TO-FACE
Do Pakistani hoi polloi ever sense the danger before believing in what America say through their mouthpiece, the Sardars in Balochistan and KPK, the Wadairas in Sindh, the Chaudhrys in Punjab, the alumni of Karachi University and through liberals?
America promising anything to anyone means ‘nothing but complete destruction for everyone’. This is what all Balochis, Pakhtuns, Punjabis, Sindhi and Karachiites and minorities know very well.
If anyone would remember how Changez Khan trapped Muslims one by one and perished them in destitute. Americans are nothing less. They are the worst enemy of Islam and Pakistan. India is certainly and foolishly helping them at every level. They both, wouldn’t let anyone enjoy freedom as they are promising now. Pakistani politicians are cunning enough to protect themselves and present people of Pakistan for slaughter instead.
The only people Americans and their allies can let prosper are the criminal minds of our society, the true traitors. Those who plan to…extirpate our economy, promote prostitution, nudge nudity, ruin our reputation, proliferate fear, impregnate illiteracy for imparting irrationality and invalidate our integrity.
TO-FACE
Before speaking up for Balochistan, Americans ignored the state-sponsored brutalities of Indian armed forces in Occupied Kashmir and of Israeli armed forces in Palestine.
The first step to abolish American interference should be to root out these parasites who are aiding their hosts to turn each Pakistani province into another Kashmir or Palestine.
Very difficult, it is to raise voice against violence at home, to repudiate vain rituals, to resist peer pressure – but this is sunnah, the prophetic methodology, we can’t refrain from it.
Any disobedience or refusal American orders results in frequent incidents of bomb blasts, street crimes, robberies, kidnapping for ransom, murders, bans, gas and electric load-shedding, etc. No normal person can be so brutal – common people can be. These are common people who live among us and know all the places, people and their activities very well and they are in abundance. They have free time to wait for instructions, they don’t fear arrest or punishment.
Who instilled so much hatred and ferocity in their hearts – their parents, neighbours, friends, teachers? Why do they do all that – just for adventure? What do they get at the end – freedom to enjoy money they get, respect from their own family members or death?
FACE-OFF
How much common Pakistanis are concerned with the issue of Balochistan?
Are common Pakistanis aware of the importance of Balochistan and Kashmir in this region?
Do common people of Balochistan know how they are being trapped by America and India?
How should Pak-based American citizens react regarding Balochistan resolution that their government has prepared?
January 21, 2012 Leave a comment
The shining star of Pakistan, the bearer of soft and soothing voice, widely known as “The King of Ghazal”, Ustad Mehdi Hasan Khan Sahib is a valuable asset of Pakistani music. The singer and composer of numerous musical masterpieces has proved himself to be the best vocalist in South Asian region. Being honest to his profession, this legend has produced thousands of enchanting songs and ghazals that will be remembered for centuries.
Born in 1927 in Rajhistan (Indo-Pak Subcontinent), he inherited the talent from his forefathers and was groomed by his father Ustad Azeem Khan and other family members. He sang for radio and in films as a playback singer and ruled the two medias for years. His national songs are a precious possession of this country. He has entertained his listeners for more than four decades with his soothing, melodious voice. It is a very difficult task to sort out the best audios out of his entire presentations.
His work had been highly appreciated by the presidents of Pakistan which happened to be Army dictators. He was awarded “Tamgha-e-Imtiaz” by Gen. Ayub Khan, the “Pride of Performance” by Gen. Zia-ul-Haq and “Hilal-e-Imtiaz” by Gen. Pervez Musharraf. He also achieved the “Saigal Award” in Jalandhar, India and the “Gorkha Dakshina” award in Nepal in recognition of his matchless performance in traditional music. This is very strange and a sad reality that his passion was never recognized by any civilian government of Pakistan.
Whatever the awards he has been granted, but the fact is that the real pleasure touches an artist’s mind and soul when he/she is being applauded by the audience, the common people.
Death is the ultimate reality of this life. Mehdi Hasan Khan Sahib, no doubt a grand name and one of symbols of Pakistan, at the age of almost 85 is living his last moments. A bouquet, a Get-Well-Soon card, a note of thank to admire his dedication, few gentle words and a face-to-face smile can make this end “pleasing” instead of “suffering”.
He lived an honorable life and his farewell should be remarkable as well, I wish!
May Allah (SWT) make his last moments and his return easy and peaceful for him. May he be blessed with peace and mercy in both worlds. Ameen!
I am always lost when try to find the best piece out of his collection. Following are the few of the best of his performances.
December 25, 2011 Leave a comment
Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, The Founder of Pakistan (25th December 1876 – 11th September 1948)
“Expect the best, prepare for the worst!”
“Failure is a word unknown to me.”
“No nation can rise to the height of the glory unless your women are side by side with you.”
“With faith, discipline and selfless devotion to duty, there is nothing worthwhile that you cannot achieve.”
“Think 100 times before you take a decision, But once that decision is taken, stand by it as one man.”
“The policy of the Pakistan Government is to stabilize prices at a level that would be fair to the producer, as well as the consumer.”
“You have to stand guard over the development and maintenance of Islamic democracy, Islamic social justice and the equality of manhood in your own native soil.”
“We are victims of evil customs. It is a crime against humanity that our women are shut up within the four walls of the houses as prisoners. There is no sanction anywhere for the deplorable condition in which our women have to live.”
“We must work our destiny in our own way and present to the world an economic system based on true Islamic concept of equality of manhood and social justice. We will thereby be fulfilling our mission as Muslims and giving to humanity the message of peace which alone can save it and secure the welfare, happiness and prosperity of mankind” ……….Speech at the opening ceremony of State Bank of Pakistan, Karachi, July 1, 1948
65 years have passed, Pakistan still exists…those who argued that making of Pakistan was a mistake are not here, those who are still arguing will pass away too….why play a negative role and promote negative thoughts? why don’t they accept the reality that Pakistan’s establishment was a reality and it still exists? It has survived regardless of their ill-expectations and it will continue to survive, inshallah!
PAKISTAN ZINDABAD!
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November 9, 2011 Leave a comment
“Individuals and nations die; but their children i.e. ideas never die.” — Pakistan is Allama Iqbal’s idea, it won’t die.
“I have the greatest respect for Aristotle, not only because I (living in the twentieth century) know him much better than the older generations of my community, but also because of his vast influence on the thought of my people.”
“I confess I owe a great deal to Hegel, Goethe, Mirza Ghalib, Mirza Abdul Qadir Bedil and Wordsworth. The first two led me into the ‘inside’ of things, the third and fourth taught me how to remain oriental in spirit and expression after having assimilated foreign ideals of poetry, and the last saved me from atheism in my student days.”
The Jewish race has produced only two great men-Christ and Spinoza. The former was God incarnated in the Son, the latter in the universe. Spinoza was only a completion of the greatest teacher of his race.”
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October 10, 2011 Leave a comment
Unified educational system is in favour of common Pakistanis and is necessary for Pakistan’s peace and progress. Those who are sincere to Pakistan must keep it a priority even if it take years in implementation. It is going to be the most difficult task to gather the representatives of public schools, private schools, madrasahs, schools run by political figures, Agha Khan system, O’ Levels and home-schooling for the purpose to help in designing a unified syllabus from first to matriculation.
یکساں تعلیم کا کوئی بھی آئیڈیا فضول ہے اگر وہ عام لوگوں کو ملک کے سیاسی عمل میں حصہ لینے کا اوراقتدار کے ایوانوں تک پہنچنے کا موقع فراہم نہ کرے۔۔۔۔۔۔ لہذا پاکستان میں امن, ترقی, خوشحالی اور مضبوط دفاعی طاقت کے لئے یکساں تعلیم کے ساتھہ ساتھہ قوانین میں تبدیلی یا نئے قوانین ضروری ہیں۔۔۔
مثلا سیاسی عمل میں حصہ لینے کے لئے انٹرمیڈیٹ کے ساتھہ سیاسیات, بین الاقوامی تعلقات, معاشیات کا علم لازمی ہو۔۔۔ امیدوار لازمی طور پر حکومت پاکستان سے سند یافتہ ہو۔۔۔ لازمی طور پر پاکستانی قومیت رکھتا ہو۔۔۔ اپنے علاقے میں اسکا کردار کیا ہے۔۔۔ ذریعہ آمدنی, ذاتی اثاثے کیا ہیں۔۔۔
ایک یکساں یا قومی تعلیمی نظام کے لئے ضروری نہیں ہوتا کہ مضامین اور موضوعات سب کے لئے لازمی ہوں۔۔۔ بلکہ ایسا نظام تعلیم جس میں مختلف عقائد, مختلف نظریات اور مختلف زبان بولنے والوں کے لئے چوائس موجود ہو۔۔۔ اوریہ کسی کے لئے بھی علم وہنر سے متعلق بنیادی معلومات فراہم کرسکے۔۔۔ لیکن ہوں مرکزی حکومت کے کنٹرول میں۔۔۔
دنیا کا کوئی ملک اورکوئی نظام اس سے زیادہ یونیفائیڈ تعلیمی نظام نہیں دے سکتا۔۔۔
اگر کسی جگہ کے لوگ ایک زبان بولتے ہوں, انکے عقائد ایک ہوں اور نظریات میں بھی فرق نہ ہو۔۔۔ اسکے باوجود بھی وہ اس سے زیادہ یکساں تعلیم کا تصور نہیں دے سکتے۔۔۔ کیونکہ بہرحال اگرانھوں دنیا کی باقی قوموں کے ساتھہ معاشی اور سیاسی روابط رکھنے ہیں توپھران کے نظام اور نظریات کو کسی حد تک اپنے تعلیمی نظام کا حصہ بنانا پڑے گا۔۔۔
اور یہ کوئی نیا آئیڈیا نہیں۔۔۔ دنیا کے بہت سے ملکوں میں موجود ہے ۔۔۔ اور غیر اسلامی بھی نہیں۔۔۔
کیا پاکستان میں مدرسے, سرکاری اسکول, پرائیویٹ اسکول, آغا خان سسٹم, اولیولز, خیراتی اسکول, یتیم خانے, سیاسی شخصیات کے اسکول اور ہوم اسکولنگ مرکزی حکومت کے تحت کام نہیں کر سکتے۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔ کرسکتے ہیں اگر بنیادی تعلیم کے علاوہ پرائیویٹ اسکولز کے مشکل, مہنگےاور درآمد شدہ سلیبس کو اور مدرسے کے کورسزکو ایڈوانس مضامین کی فہرست میں ڈال دیا جائے۔۔۔ اس طرح بنیادی تعلیم تو سب کے لئے ایک جیسی ہو گی لیکن ایلیٹ, غیر ملکی, مذہبی, صوبائی یا اور دوسری زبانیں بولنے والوں کے لئے اختیاری مضامین کی شکل میں چوائس موجود ہوگی۔۔۔ اہم بات یہ ہوگی کہ سند حکومت پاکستان کی ہو۔۔۔ اس کے لئے جگہیں بدلنے کی بھی ضرورت نہیں۔۔۔ اپنی اپنی جگہوں پر تعلیم حاصل کریں اور امتحانات دیں۔۔۔ اسکا مطلب یہ بھی نہیں کہ تعلیمی اداروں کو نیشنلائز کردیا جائے۔۔۔ پرائیویٹ اسکول کالجز, مدرسے۔۔۔ سب اپنی جگہ پر بنیادی تعلیم کا سرکاری ریکوائرمنٹ پوری کریں۔۔۔ پھر طلبہ چاہیں جو مضامین ایڈوانس لیول پرپڑھیں۔۔۔
اسکے فوائد کیا ہونگے۔۔۔
سارا کا سارا تعلیمی نظام ایک مرکز کے تحت کام کرے گا۔۔۔ جس سے مرکزی حکومت کو اہمیت حاصل ہو گی, وہ مضبوط بھی ہوگی ۔۔
علمی بنیادوں پرلوگوں کی تقسیم اور تفاخر بہت حد تک کم ہو جائے گی۔۔۔ کیونکہ تمام کے تمام مضامین پر تعلیمی اسناد پہ ٹھپہ یاسیل مرکزی حکومت کی ہو گی۔۔۔
پاکستان میں سب سے بڑا تعلیمی فرق مدرسہ اور اسکولز کی تعلیم میں ہے۔۔۔ ایک کو شرعی تعلیم کہہ کر محدود کردیا۔۔۔ دوسرے کو جدید تعلیم کہہ کر کفر یا غیر شرعی یا دنیاوی قرار دے دیا۔۔۔ پاکستان کے ماحول میں دینی اور ماڈریٹ کا فرق بھی کچھہ کم ہوگا۔۔۔ اوردینی لوگوں کی آئے دن کے نفاذ شریعت کی دھمکیوں کا زور بھی کم ہوگا۔۔۔ اور دونوں قسم کے لوگ ایک ہی مرکز تلےآجائیں گے۔۔۔
صوبوں کے درمیان تعلیمی فرق بھی کم رہ جائے گا۔۔۔ ایک صوبے کے رہنے والے کو دوسرے صوبے میں جاکر تعلیمی سلسلہ بدل جانے کی شکایت نہیں ہوگی۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔۔ خیراتی اسکولوں اور فلاحی اداروں کے بچوں کا کم از کم علمی بنیادوں پر احساس محرومی ختم ہوجائے گا۔۔۔ انکے پاس بھی کیونکہ سرکاری سند ہوگی۔۔۔
پھر یہ کہ پرائیویٹ یا ہوم اسکولنگ والے بچوں کے لئے جو سائنس نہ لینے کی پابندی ہے وہ بھی ختم ہو جائے گی کیونکہ سائنس تو میٹرک تک لازمی ہی ہوگی۔۔۔
یہ سب کرنا آسان نہیں۔۔۔
چوں کہ ہمارا حکمران طبقہ جاہل اور ذہنی طور پر غلامانہ سوچ رکھتا ہے وہ امریکہ اور مغربی دنیا کےاشارے کے بغیر کچھہ نہیں کرتا۔۔۔ اس لئے عوام کو ہی شور مچانا پڑے گا۔۔۔ اپنے اپنے علاقے کے سیاستدانوں اور حکومت پر دباؤ ڈالنا پڑے گا۔۔۔ اور وہ بھی کافی عرصے تک۔۔۔
دوسرا بڑا مسئلہ دینی فرقے ہیں۔۔۔ انکا کسی بھی معاملے کو سمجھداری سے نمٹانا نہ ممکن سا لگتا ہے۔۔۔ لیکن بہرحال معجزات بھی تو ہو سکتے ہیں۔۔۔
تیسرا مسئلہ او لیولز اور آغا خان بورڈ۔۔۔ پرائیوٹ اسکولز اور برٹش تو او لیولز کے نام پر کڑوڑوں روپے احمق پاکستانیوں سے کمارہے ہیں۔۔۔ بھلا وہ اس لوٹ مار کو کیسے بند ہونے دینگے۔۔۔ دو سال بعد کا کورس دوسال پہلے پڑھا دیا تواس سے معیار بلند تو نہیں ہو جاتا۔۔۔
چوتھا مسئلہ ہے ہمارا طریقہ تعلیم جو خاص طور پر ابتدائی درجات میں اور ویسے بھی کتابوں اور کاپیوں کے گرد گھومتا ہے۔۔۔ اکثر تین یا چار سال کےبچوں کو بھی کتابوں اور کاپیوں سے لکھنے پڑھنے پر لگادیا جاتا ہے۔۔۔ یکساں تعلیم کا سن کر سب کا ذہن جائے گا ایک جیسی کتابوں کی طرف۔۔۔ حالانکہ یکساں تعلیم کا مقصد یکساں نتیجہ حاصل کرنا ہوتا ہے نہ کہ یکساں طریقہ تعلیم۔۔۔
پانچواں مسئلہ ہے خیراتی اسکولوں سے مطلوبہ نتائج حاصل کرنا۔۔۔ یہ تو چلتے ہی عطیات زکات پر ہیں۔۔۔ کوئی معیارقائم ہوگیا تو چندہ کون دے گا۔۔۔
چھٹا مسئلہ وہ اسکول جو سیاسی شخصیات نے کھولے ہیں یا انکے پرنسپلز بنکے بیٹھے ہیں۔۔۔ وہ برداشت کر لیں گے کہ انکا اور انکی مخالف پاڑٹی کے اسکول کا معیار ایک جیسا ہو۔۔۔
ساتواں مسئلہ یہ کہ حکومت کی طرف سے بنیادی تعلیم کا سلیبس ترتیب کون دے گا۔۔۔ ملک میں ہزاروں کی تعداد میں بپبلیکیشنز ہیں اور ساری ہی کہیں نہ کہیں استعمال ہورہی ہیں۔۔۔ اسی طرح مدرسے کے کورسز ہیں, سینکڑوں کی تعداد میں کتابیں ہیں۔۔۔ کوئی کسی کتاب کو ابتدائی درجہ کے لئے موزوں سمجھتا ہے تو دوسرا اسے ایڈوانس لیول رکھتا ہے۔۔۔ کیا مدرسے, سرکاری اسکول, پرائیویٹ اسکول, آغا خان سسٹم, اولیولز, خیراتی اسکول, یتیم خانے, سیاسی شخصیات کے اسکول کےنمائندے اور ہوم اسکولنگ کی طرف سے والدین اس میں ایک سطح پہ آکر حصہ لیں گے۔۔۔
آٹھواں مسئلہ بنیادی تعلیم کی تعریف اور اسکا معیارکیا ہونا چاہئے۔۔۔ یہ کون بتائے گا۔۔۔
What could/should be the definition of unified education in Pakistan? Is unified education the synonym of fundamental education?
PHONICS:
I totally disagree with introducing phonics to our educational system at any level except for if there is a dire need of it. Such as for especial children.
Pakistan’s modern education system is founded upon foreign-based ideas, methods, contents and curriculums. Phonics is one of the method that was introduced with the purpose of quality education. On one side, we have a government that consists of illiterate ministers and parliamentarians like Jamshed Dasti who are possessed with ignorance. On the other side, we have educated people who are obsessed with imported items. Both groups are dangerous for our identity as they both lack confidence, wisdom and spirit of freedom. In short, they are slave-minds.
Western countries are developed and advanced countries. One reason of their progress is that they don’t import but introduce ideas. Now, instead of learning from them, we try to copy them as it is. We waste our energy and time in convincing people that this imitation will get us some respect in the Western world. What a rubbish!
These countries introduced phonics as a technique to enhance reading ability through sound of letters. It is sound of a letter at the beginning or at the ending of a word, sound of vowels and sound of a compound. English is their mother tongue. This is the language they communicate in 365 days a year. Before introducing any idea to their system, they study their people and the nature of requirement, they design it in a form of step-by-step guideline, they compose it in a timely manner, they train faculties, they prepare parents’ mind to accept it, their purpose of introduction is not to rip off money, it is to bring improvement. Phonics may be good for them because they are not in hurry. They don’t teach in large groups. They don’t have to pressurize their children for quick learning so that they can get first position. They don’t want to run away from their country after higher education.
Still I don’t get it that how do they figure out that at what age or level, their student should know the sound of letter ‘c’ as /s/ or /k/ — or ‘g’ as /g/ or /j/– then the difference between c and k and g and j –or the sound of ‘ph’ as /f/– or the sound of letter ‘u’ in but, put, use, blue — or merging the sounds of two vowels like in ‘road’, ‘lead’, belief — or when to use ‘the’ as ‘tha’ or ‘thee’ — or when do letters become silent?….at what age or level, students won’t need to use phonics?….. is phonics really meant for all students in general or only for special children?
In alcoholic societies, children are born with slow mental progress, brain disorders, mental retardation, low tolerance, difficulty in reading and relating connections and reasons. So phonics is a useful technique for them in general.
Pakistanis are very talented people. Lacking healthy environment and health facilities, our children are still born normal. It is parents and the overall system that suck their abilities to progress.
Phonics is not good for our children. It is damaging their brain, slowing down their learning abilities, burdening them with confusing sounds of a foreign language. Our Montessori teachers are intermediate or B.A, B.Sc or B.Com. They are not trained to deal with children, how to teach, how to behave, how to handle them. Even the ones certified from Early Childhood Training Centers don’t know how to plan for phonics. Even their sounds of letter differ in length and pronunciation. For example, 95% of them mix up the short vowel sounds of ‘a’ and ‘e’, ‘v’ and ‘w’…. pronouncing very to vaary, was to vas, bed to baad, red to raad. Also, it is a non-sense to teach normal children the normal things sounding like animals, aa, baa, caa, daa, skipping e, faa, haa, skipping i, at ‘G’ they are confused if alone it sounds like ‘g’ or ‘j’. A child who is not even familiar with the sequence of letter, how can he learn their sounds skipping vowels and with exceptions?
If this is all we are doing to teach English as a language, both in speaking or reading, then we should focus on improving children’s listening skills, through stories, discussions, discipline and instructions.
MATRICULATION:
Matriculation is the tenth year of regular schooling system. Generally, matriculation is defined as a process that prepares students for college level. In America, it is part of the high-school which ends at Twelfth Grade. Prior to partition, in South Asian region, it was regarded as a sign of honour and wisdom. Even after the establishment of Pakistan, “matric paas students” were preferred for jobs and matrimonial proposals.
One aspect of our overall failure is that our governments never planned for improving educational system according to the growth in population and in comparison to the new world challenges.
The situation we are facing right now is that on one hand we have masters and bachelors complaining about suitable job opportunities while lacking professionalism. On the other hand, we have a huge number of matriculated youth being hired at low salaries obviously not fulfilling any professional requirements. Another horrible reality that we face in our system is that we never think of solving problems according to the mental and social level of our own people. Most of our celebrities from different fields of Fine Arts, when don’t find anything else to do or let’s say when they think of serving nation, they start opening school or join some famous chains at high position. Durdana Butt, Rahat Kazmi, Huma Akbar, Afshan Ahmed, Khushbakht Shuja’at, Jawad Ahmed, Shezad Roy and many more. Have they ever tried to sit together and discussed how they can bring a change in the existing system, how they can get together to build a unified educational system that has something to do with Pakistan and with the people of Pakistan???
In Ninth and Tenth Grades, subjects are divided into three or four main groups which doesn’t make a sense. At least not now. Students have to choose to study either from Science Group, Arts or Humanitarian Group, Commerce Group or may be computer. After two years of study, the Science group students have no idea about even the basic concepts of Economy, Psychology, Sociology, Education, Political Science, Sociology etc. The Arts/Humanitarian group remain ignorant about simple Math, the basics of Zoology, Botany, Biology, Physics, Chemistry etc. In Science group they don’t focus on writing skills and speech power. Now what if a Science student has to deliver a speech about plantation to grow economy or write an essay on wild life in Sindh or prepare a Science syllabus for Elementary classes. The career choices for Arts group students are to become a writer, singer, musician, performer, painter etc. What if they have to write a true story of a zookeeper hero falls into love with a marine-biologist or a drama about a singer studying plants part-time. All of them have zero knowledge about environment.
I just remembered this drama of Indus TV (I forgot the name) that was about a hospital, doctors, nurses and patients. I really thought that it was a parody of some American medical shows because the whole serial was totally non-scientific. The serial didn’t teach a single medical term to the viewers, neither it brought any awareness about health and hygiene. They didn’t even discussed the problems of doctors and patients in our society. Each episode was focused on the make up and style of female actresses (doctors/nurses), love affair between the staff, emotional scenes of patients coming depressing background.
Back to the point, this two-years of matriculation becomes useless if they decide not to (as most of the students do) join any college or institution for further studies. The matriculated students are not given jobs on the basis of subject grouping. The idea is to eliminate grouping subjects in Ninth and Tenth Grade and to introduce an intensive occupational studies course of one or two year instead to equip our students with the fundamentals of main subjects in each existing group. Girls are usually hired as assistant teacher, teacher, receptionist, office-helper, factory worker etc. Boys get jobs as sales person, clerk, cashier, messenger, dyer, courier etc. Many other countries are doing it. My two-years of occupational studies course was composed to accounting, business maths, writing skills, keyboarding, typing, business law, psychology, personal management, fundamentals of computer, literature, business management etc. Why can’t we introduce such kind of grouping here?
ہمارے ملک میں تعلیم کی منصوبہ بندی کی جتنی کمی ہے اس سے کہیں زیادہ زندگی کی منصوبہ بندی کی کمی ہے۔۔۔ تعلیم کا معیار جتنا کم ہے تربیت کا معیار اس سے بھی کم۔۔۔ جتنا تعلیمی نظام بگڑاہواہے اس سے زیادہ سماجی اورسیاسی نظام بگڑا ہوا ہے۔۔۔ حالانکہ تعلیم سے پہلے ان سب چیزوں کاہونا ضروری ہے۔۔۔ یعنی زندگی کی منصوبہ بندی, تربیت کا معیار اور مضبوط سماجی اورسیاسی نظام۔۔۔۔۔۔
ہمارے ہاں عام تعلیم کی حد میٹرک یعنی دسویں جماعت ہے۔۔۔ اسکی ایک وجہ لوگوں کے معاشی حالات انھیں لڑکوں کو آگے پڑھانے کی اجازت نہیں دیتےاور وہ کسی کام سیکھنے پر بٹھا دئے جاتے ہیں۔۔۔ لڑکیوں کی شادی ہوجاتی ہے یا منگنی۔۔۔ پھر وہ جب موقع ملے پرائیوٹ ہی پڑھتی ہیں۔۔۔ اکثر پرائیوٹ اسکول میں میٹرک یا انٹر پاس لڑکیوں کوٹیچرز رکھا جاتا ہے جو کم تنخواہ پر کام کرنے پر راضی ہو جاتی ہیں۔۔۔ دوسری وجہ تعلیم کی اہمیت کو نہ پہچاننا۔۔۔ اکثریت اسے اسکول کالجز کی کاروائی سمجھتی ہے, جس میں امتحان پاس کرنا ایک بڑا مرحلہ ہوتاہے۔۔۔ اور جو اہمیت بتائی جاتی ہے اسکے مطابق ملازمتوں کا نہ ملنا۔۔۔ کم عمر میں کم تعلیم اوربے تربیتی کے ساتھہ آگے بڑھنے کاراستہ کرپشن ہوتاہے۔۔۔
میٹرک پاس بچوں میں ان صلاحیتوں کی ازحد کمی ہوتی ہے جو ایک لڑکا یا لڑکی میں دس بارہ سال کی اسکولنگ اور گھریلو تربیت کے نتیجے میں ہونی چاہئیں۔۔۔ سوچ, رکھہ رکھاؤ, انفرادیت, معلومات عامہ, آگے بڑھنے کا جذبہ, بہتری کی خواہش, مسائل کو سمجھنا انکا حل تلاش کرنا, منصوبہ بندی کرنا, خودانحصاری۔۔۔۔۔۔
ایک مسئلہ یہ بھی ہے کہ نویں جماعت سے جومضامین کی گروپنگ کی جاتی ہے اور اس میں موجود مواد کا انتخاب اکثر بے فائدہ ہوتا ہے۔۔۔ مثال کے طور پر سائنس گروپ کے بچے ایجوکیشن, سیاسیات, معاشیات کے تصور سے بھی ناآشنا ہوتے ہیں۔۔۔ حالانکہ ایک سائنس کے طالب علم کو کمانا تو ہوتا ہی ہے, اس کا تعلق ملکی سیاست اور تعلیمی نظام سے بھی ہو تا ہے, لوگوں کی نفسیات سے بھی ہوتا ہے۔۔۔ خاص طورپر ان بچوں کے لئے جنھوں نےمیٹرک کے بعد تعلیم کو خیرآباد کہہ دیناہو۔۔۔ لازمی ہے کہ وہ ضروری مضامین کے بنیادی تصور اور انکی حقیقی زندگی میں کارآمد ہونے سے واقف ہوں۔۔۔
آٹھویں جاعت کابچہ عموما تیرہ سال کاہوتا ہے۔۔۔ اگر نویں اور دسویں یعنی دو سال مضامین کی گروپنگ کے بجائےایک ایسا تعلیمی کورس مرتب کردیا جائے جس میں موجود مواد انکے کام کاہو تو تعلیمی نظام اورسماجی نظام دونوں میں بہتری آسکتی ہے۔۔۔
فوری طور پر حکومتی سطح پر تو تبدیلی ناممکن ہے۔۔۔ لیکن دن بہ دن بڑھتی ہوئی آزمائشوں کا آسانی سے مقابلہ کرنے کے لئے کوئی نہ کوئی نئی راہ تو نکالنی پڑے گی۔۔۔ لوگوں کے ذہنوں کو بہتر تبدیلی کے لئے آمادہ کرنا شاید دنیاکاسب سے مشکل کام ہوتاہے۔۔۔ باہر ممالک کی طرح اگر ایک سال یا دو سال کا آکیوپیشنل اسٹڈیز کا انٹینسو کورس جس میں کتابوں سے زیادہ تحقیق, بحث اور لکھنا شامل ہو متعارف کرائے جاسکتے ہیں۔۔۔ جس سائنس, آرٹس, کامرس, کمپیوٹر کے بجائے پرفیشنل اسکلز کو ابھارنے پر مرکوز کیا جائے۔۔۔ کیونکہ ابھی تو حال یہ ہے کہ ہمارے ببیچلرز اور ماسٹرز کوبھی ملازمت کی درخواستیں نہیں لکھنی آتیں۔۔۔۔۔۔۔
EDUCATIONISTS:
We all have endorsed the fact that our schools and colleges are worthless places for providing with any useful training or education of at least international level. If they do then what do we complain about. If they don’t then we must think of ways changing it. In order to change it, we must discuss what kind of change do we want and why.
Since we all know our teachers, most of them have no passion for their profession, others are either over-burned with piles of responsibilities or are obstructed due to limited resources.
The private institutions (from Montessori to college level) can make a difference by using technology at their premises. Few years ago, I gave this idea to a school owner that the principals of different schools in a certain area can arrange a workshop once a month for teachers’ training. They can gather at some place and exchange their expertise. They can exchange good ideas, curriculum and other activities. They can also watch educational videos to learn effective teaching skills. Plus they can plan community visits and inter-school competitions.
Principals can sit together and think of ways to reduce the cost of education and make it affordable for parents. For teachers’ convenience, they must provide them with some kind of help in their daily routine. They must be given enough time to get organized, to check students’ work and a precise syllabus according to students’ level.
Preschools, schools and colleges can use videos, CDs and DVDs to occupy children with educational learning. Children can be kept involved with Adam’s World, Sound Vision and Astrolab productions, Seasame Street, Barney, Between the Loins (children’s show about vowels) and other good shows on daily basis. They can learn new vocabulary, songs, games and manners by watching these videos. Just half-hour video everyday can play a big role in keeping them busy with something interesting for their age. That half-hour or one hour will be a spare time for teachers to relax a little and finish their checking.
Even public schools, colleges and universities can take advantage of the technology (I don’t want to call it a new technology since it belongs to the last century).
If the public and private institutions are not interested in it, still a great idea for charity schools and other places where unwanted or homeless children are accommodated for any reason. Such as Edhi’s children section, orphanages, etc.
Many of our high profiles like Ms. Afshan Ahmed, Madam Khushbakht Shuja’at, Mr. Rahat Kazmi, Madam Durdana Butt, Mr. Shezad Roy, Mr. Jawad Ahmed and many others who claim that they are very sensitive towards the issues of our society, must sit together and plan something. All these ‘sensitive’ educationists can influence the parents with whatever they come up with (something like negotiations or conclusions).
Cost-Reduction in Education: It’s possible.
1) Little children can learn to write and to draw things on slates (old fashioned) instead of wasting money on copies/notebooks and drawing copies.
2) Instead of buying books in Montessori, they can learn alphabets, numbers and words on board or charts.
3) Instead of buying supplies, school can charge a little amount from each parents and purchase the necessary items in bulk on discount, keep them in classes and train children to share them, use them and organize them.
4) Painting school walls with cartoons and animals looks horrible and messy, it doesn’t help them in learning. Instead, take them to the nearby park, zoo, keep a pet or give them some other activities to show them the real colours of life. They need to be trained to face the reality, not to be lost in myths and mysteries or unnecessary imaginations.
5) Avoid phonics, it makes normal children read like foolish. Just teach them the letters like a normal insaan ka bacha is supposed to learn. Children are human beings too, they should not learn to read by making strange animal sounds. After all, our teachers don’t know how and when to teach phonics.
September 25, 2011 2 Comments
Pakistan and many Muslim countries have been the victims of wild American foreign policies and their militant barbarism. That exactly has been the reason for their failure in achieving their goals. Their desire of ruling the world and seize the resources has ruined the world. They have not achieved anything so far and will never because God has created us all to run the world, not ruin the world. So for this particular situation that America has created for Pakistan, “America imposes, Pakistan disposes”.
Pakistani people not only stand with Pakistan Armed Forces against external aggression but also against internal conspiracies through American and European agents.
The point is that – is America’s failure in Afghanistan and Pakistan the only reason for their current threat to Pakistan?
What if a part of this threat belongs to the continuous arrests of terrorists by rangers and now even by police? Would America tolerate Gen. Kiyani’s visit to the flood effected areas, his statements regarding Rangers’ operation in Karachi and his promises to the business community about providing them protection?
What if this threat is a part of their efforts to divert people’s attention from their agents’ (politicians) accountability?
Would America ever appreciate strong ties and support between people and Army of Pakistan while they were expecting and have planned a massacre in the name of revolution like it is happening in Middle-Eastern countries?
A revolution without bloodshed is possible – only people need to unite and encourage their Armed forces to play their role where it is necessary and don’t stand against them.
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