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مولانا صبغۃ اﷲ شہیدؔ فرنگی محلی

مولانا صبغۃ اﷲ شہیدؔ فرنگی محلی
افسوس ہے گزشتہ مہینہ جناب مولانا صبغۃ اﷲ شہیدؔ فرنگی محلی لکھنؤ سے بقصدِ ڈھاکہ روانہ ہوکر کلکتہ پہنچے تھے کہ اچانک دوتین مرتبہ استفراغ ہوا،اوراس کے بعد ہی بیہوش ہوئے توپھر ہوش میں نہ آئے، آخر تین روز تک اسی عالم میں رہ کر ہسپتال میں جان جانِ آفریں کے سپرد کردی اور رہ گزائے عالم جاودانی ہوگئے۔ اناﷲ واناالیہ راجعون۔ عمرستر۷۰ کے لگ بھگ ہوگی، مگر قویٰ اچھے خاصے تھے۔ وفات سے ایک ماہ قبل ہی لکھنؤ میں حسب معمول مکان پرحاضری دی تو ہمیشہ کی طرح نہایت گرم جوشی اور تپاک سے ملے، بچّوں اور بچّیوں کوبلواکر سلام کرایا، پُرتکلّف چاء سے تواضع کی اور دیر تک اس شگفتہ مزاجی اورخوش طبعی کے ساتھ گفتگو فرماتے رہے کہ اس کاوہم وگمان بھی نہیں ہوسکتا تھاکہ اب دنیا میں ایک مہینہ کے اور مہمان ہیں۔ مولانا فرنگی محل کے ممتاز علماء میں سے تھے، ایک زمانہ میں آپ کی خطابت کی بڑی دھوم تھی،سیرت اور شہادت پرخصوصاً بڑی پُرجوش اور ولولہ انگیز تقریر کرتے تھے۔ شاعر اوراردو کے زبان دان اورادیب بھی اسی پایہ کے تھے، نعت گوئی میں خصوصاً بڑاکمال تھا۔گفتگو بھی ایسی ہی شیریں و دل چسپ اورادبی وعلمی لطائف وظرائف سے پُر ہوتی تھی۔ قدیم اودھ کی شرافت اور وضع داری، ہمدردی اورغمگساری مرحوم کی طبیعت اور جبلّت تھی۔ راقم الحروف جب کبھی مکان پرحاضر ہوتا تواُن کے ہاں گویا عید آجاتی تھی،ہرخط دعاؤں سے اور شفقت بزرگانہ کے بیساختہ اظہار سے پُرہوتاتھا۔ آنحضرت ﷺ اورآپ کے آل واصحابِ کرام کے ساتھ عشق ومحبت اس درجہ تھاکہ بسااوقات ذکر کرتے کرتے روپڑتے تھے۔ مرحوم، بزرگانِ سلف کے اُس کاروانِ رفتہ کی بقیہ یادگاروں میں سے تھے جس کے دیکھنے کوآنکھیں ترستی ہیں مگر اب اُس کارواں کی گرد کفِ پابھی نظر نہیں آتی۔سدار ہے نام...

Hematological, Biochemical and Etiological factors of Chronic Liver Disease in a tertiary care Hospital of Lahore

Chronic Liver Disease (CLD) progresses from hepatocyte inflammation to fibrosis, regeneration, cirrhosis and in some cases to Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC). In general, the main etiologies of Liver Cirrhosis (LC) are viral infections (hepatitis C and B viruses), chronic alcohol abuse and Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD), including Non-Alcoholic SteatoHepatitis (NASH). Major complications of CLD are ascites, upper gastrointestinal bleeding, jaundice (acute or chronic) and hepatic encephalopathy. Objectives: This study assesses the etiological factors and complications of CLDin a tertiary care hospital of Lahore, Pakistan. Study Design: Cross-sectional. Methods: Study was carried out in indoor and Accident & Emergency Departments of Mayo Hospital Lahore. 100 clinically diagnosed CLD cases were chosen through “Convenient Sampling” technique during 3 months. Observations: Most common complications of CLD were upper GI variceal Bleeding (48%) & hepatic encephalopathy (34%) and acute or chronic hepatitis (AVH) (33%). Other less common complications observed were hepatorenal syndrome (10%), Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (15%), Ascites (5%) and HCC (10%). Conclusions: Hepatitis C was found as main etiological factor of CLD. Bleeding andhepatic encephalopathy are the common complications. Awareness programmes regarding CLD and its complications are mandatory in our society to improve human health.

Enzyme Expression Studies in Plants under Exposure to Some Abiotic Stresses

Abiotic stress is a natural part of every ecosystem that adversely affects the population‘s performance or individual physiology of the organism in a significant way. It is essentially unavoidable. Abiotic stressors are most harmful when combined with other stresses. These stresses alter morphological, physiological, biochemical, metabolic and molecular parameters. Plants, in general, have the ability to cope with these stressful conditions. They do so by triggering a complex set of defense system to survive and maintain growth. Mechanisms of these events are however, not yet clearly understood. To explore intricacies of stress tolerance processes we need to examine natural phenomenon of plant survival under harsh environments such as arid and semi-arid locals. NaCl or salinity stress is just one among abiotic stresses present around. The project being presented has been conceived with the idea of investigating salinity stress tolerance in Vetiveria zizanioide, a hardy grass, which grows abundantly under the harsh environmental conditions of a nearby arid landmass, the Cholistan desert. During the present study two ecotypes (E1 & E2) of Vetiver grass were exposed to varying levels of NaCl stress (0 to 350 mM). Various morphological features including plant health, plant height, shoot length, total number of tillers, no. of nodes on main stem, no. of internodes on main stem, average leaf area, root health and root length were examined. It was seen that on exposure to salt stress most of the E2 plants exhibited better health as compared to E1 plants. However, in both ecotypes 71% of the plants were of green color indicating healthy status of plants. Rest of the plants was either yellowish green (14.29 %) or pale yellow color (14.29 %) due to adverse effects of high salt concentrations. Better health status of E2 plants was also depicted by higher plant height, shoot length and root length observed in case of E2 plants as compared to E1 plants when treated with 200 mM NaCl. Overall morphological results indicated that E1 is more susceptible while E2 is more tolerant ecotype. Morphological analysis was followed by physico-chemical analysis that included measurement of moisture contents (%), dry mass (%), Electrical conductivity (EC), pH, sodium contents and chloride contents. In both ecotypes of hydroponically grown Vetiver plants, at higher salt concentrations % dry mass was higher in shoots followed by leaves and roots. It is obvious that EC of the nutrient solution increases with the increasing levels of NaCl. A gradual increase in EC was seen with increasing NaCl concentration from T1 to T6 as compared to control. Our results of Na and Cl estimation of plant tissues showed that almost all tissues (leaves stem and root) showed a gradual increase in Na and Cl contents as NaCl concentration increased. This verified that under salt stress all tissues had accumulated a considerable amount of Na and Cl contents. We then documented expression profile of three enzymes guaiacol peroxidase, amylase and catalase and their isozymes, , through native PAGE using enzyme specific staining methods. Level of enzymatic activity was accessed by performing enzyme specific quantitative assays. All morphological and biochemical data were analyzed by ANOVA (one-way analysis of variance) employing Post Hoc multiple comparisons test and Independent samples T-test. Moreover, the average leaf area, plant height, shoot length, root length, sodium contents, chloride contents, and specific activity of three studied enzymes were initially increased under low salt concentration (25 mM to 150 mM NaCl) then at high saline conditions beyond 150 mM NaCl, a sharp declined was observed and both ecotypes exhibited statistically significant variations in almost all parameters (P< 0.0005 or 0.005). Variations in expression of these enzymes in different tissues indicated that these tissues sense and hence are exposed to different levels of NaCl stress. They probably adopt different strategies to generate an effective and beneficial response. It is known that these strategies may include comprised of ‘switching on’ or ‘switching off’ the corresponding genes, enhancing or decreasing their levels of expression, generating a variety of isoforms, and coordinated and sequential expression of the related genes. Vetiver plants were analysed to document expression profile of three enzymes (Guaiacol peroxidase, amylase and catalase) and their isoforms in both ecotypes. Densitometric analysis was done by gel image analyzer software. The result of densitometric analysis depicted that 8 isoforms of guaiacol peroxidase (GPX), seven isoforms of amylase and seven isoforms of catalase (CAT) were identified in roots, shoots and leaves of both E1 and E2 when exposed to NaCl salt stress. In almost all cases the expression pattern of isoforms was dependent on salt concentration. Different isoforms were expressed at different salt concentrations. Thus each ecotype develops a unique pattern of response and hence the related genetic variations. This research has provided insight in the stress tolerance process. The information thus obtained demands exploring these responses at molecular and gene levels. Once delineated these genetic components could help to develop transgenic commercial varieties for cultivation in arid land masses such as Cholistan.
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