پاکستان میں تحقیق اور بالخصوص جامعات میں تحقیقی مطالعات کو جن متعدد مسائل کا سامنا ہے اُن میں شریک مقالہ نگاری (Co- Authorship) کو بھی ایک مسئلے کے طور پر دیکھا جاسکتا ہے۔اس مسئلے نے ایک تو شریک محققین کی نااہلی، جاہ و منصب کی لالچ،اور شہرت پسندی نے حالیہ ایک دو دہائیوں میں خود کو نمایاں کیاہے اور Read More →
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The unpublished letters of Maulana Abul A’la Maududi, the founder of Jamaat-e Islami, are a treasure trove of information about his views on different matters. This article presents his four unpublished letters sent to a renowned orator, hakeem and editor Qari Ahmed Peeli Bheeti. In one of the letters, Maulana Maududi made clarification about the word Khuda and guided the sender that it did no harm in using the word in the sense of Allah as it is used in Urdu language in the same meaning. The views expressed in this regard by Maulana Maududi shows his linguistic approach as well. Qari Ahmed, under the able guidance of Maulana Abdul Hamid Badayuni, started to edit monthly Al-Islam. His grandfather Maulana Wasi Ahmed Muhaddis Surti was reckoned to be one of the prominent religious figures of the undivided India. Renowned Qaid-e Azam scholar Khawaja Razi Haider is a son of Qari Ahmed Peeli Bheeti who is also known for his poetry and literary pursuits.Read More →
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This review article attempts to highlight the importance of Fehrist hai nuskha-e khatti Pakistan (4 volumes) covering 335 collections of Persian manuscripts in Pakistan. The hefty volumes of this catalogue provide details for over 8000 manuscripts archived in various libraries, personal collections and museums. This extraordinary task is done by Dr Arif Naushahi who is reckoned to be known as the only bibliographer and cataloguer about the Persian works produced in the sub-continent. The forth volume of the work indexes the manuscripts covered in the remaining three volumes. The manuscripts indexed in the volumes have a wide range of subjects. The prominent feature of the catalogues is that the cataloguer does not leave any stone unturned to explain the allied information of a manuscript.Read More →