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Underprivileged Children can Privilege the Nation

Fariyal Mir

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There is a reason behind every creation. Every creation holds a worth and value. The most beautiful and noble creation of the creator is the human being who enjoys power over all the other creations. Every being is full of different skills and potentials. And for the creator, each of us is the same in terms of our worldly etiquette. In His paradigm, there is no class difference. No one is rich nor poor in regards to money. What He judges are the level of humanity, He Judges how much you care, respect, and love others. He might judge your generosity and sincerity. He is the mighty being and nothing is hidden from Him.

We have differences and have been divided into different groups for different purposes. This is somehow understandable that we are different to know about each other and also to have diversity. But I am troubled when I see the divisions within divisions. My heart aches when I come across the underprivileged children who are roaming on the road. Their feet are bare but they are running despite the pain, their heads are uncovered but they sensed to be careless about the heat, they are searching in the pile of waste for something useless but precious for them. They are a part of our society and are much in numbers but are in the category of lowest.

The question is why they have been marginalized to that extent and why they are the underprivileged ones? When they are the same human being when their beauty is no less than our children when they have potential and skill but need to be explored. Their parents have been through the same condition and are still in it. Sometimes I am enraged about their parents that why they have produced them when they already know the situation then I realized that they need to be educated regarding it whereas there is no concept of such education.

Then I used to think about the elites who are earning in billions and then about the proletariat who hardly earning in hundreds. But the basic needs of both the classes are the same. The elite eats food, drink water, and live in a compound and the same is for the proletariat. And both depend on one another and that is the chain of their life.

The major of my point of all the above discussion is why not think about the street children? Why not facilitate them towards a better life? Why not provide them with education facilities? Why not bring out the potentials inside them?

They are roaming in the streets but no one knows how many of them are artists, some of them can be good mathematicians, biologists, physicians, astronomers, some other might become good teachers, many would-be full of leadership skills and what many more they can be. They can benefit this nation with their inborn capabilities if just get a chance.

The government spent money on many things then why not invest in these underprivileged ones. They can return you with much more profit than your expenditures on celebration and enjoyment. A few sweet homes are not enough because there are too many of them who are still on street. You might agree with me that in the territory of Madina no one had slept hungry but here in our country, many are lying down beside the road with an empty stomach. Think about it and do consider.

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Father of Modern Surgery, Abū al-Qāsim al-Zahrāwī

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Early Life:

The well-known Muslim scientist Abū al-Qāsim al-Zahrāwī, also spelled Abul Kasim, in full Abū al-Qāsim Khalaf ibn ʿAbbās al-Zahrāwī, Latin Albucasis, was born in 936, near Córdoba Spain. He had his origin from the Medinan tribe of Al-Ansar. He lived most of his life in Cordoba. It is also where he studied, taught, and practiced medicine and surgery. He was a medieval surgeon of Andalusian Spain, whose comprehensive medical text, combining Middle Eastern and Greco-Roman classical teachings, shaped European surgical procedures until the Renaissance.

The Surgical Man        

Al-Zahrawi remained the greatest surgical man. He specialized in curing disease by cauterization. And invented several devices used during surgery, for purposes such as inspection of the interior of the urethra. He also used surgical devices in applying and removing foreign bodies from the throat, the ear, and other body organs. The man of cure is ranked as the first to illustrate the various cannulae and the first to treat a wart with an iron tube and caustic metal as a boring instrument. He had performed laryngotomy on a slave girl without any experience but became successful and called it not dangerous.

Moreover, Al-Zahrawi is also considered to be pioneered neurosurgery and neurological diagnosis. He is known to have performed surgical treatments of head injuries, skull fractures, spinal injuries, hydrocephalus, subdural effusions, and headache. Al-Zahrawi had given the first clinical description of an operative procedure for hydrocephalus. And clearly described the evacuation of superficial intracranial fluid in hydrocephalic children. Other than this he had written a complete code of surgical conduct that is used by modern surgeons. He had made many surgical tools that became the base for the development of advanced tools.

His Book Kitab al-Tasrif

 Al-Zahrawi’s Kitab al-Tasrif is a medical encyclopedia comprised of thirty volumes that he completed in the year 1000. It covered a broad range of medical topics, including surgery, medicine, orthopedics, ophthalmology, pharmacology, nutrition, dentistry, childbirth, and pathology. The first volume in the encyclopedia is concerned with general principles of medicine, the second with pathology, while much of the rest discuss topics regarding pharmacology and drugs. The last treatise and the most celebrated one is about surgery. Al-Zahrawi stated that he chose to discuss the surgery in the last volume because surgery is the highest form of medicine, and one must not practice it until he becomes well-acquainted with all other branches of medicine.

The work contained data that had accumulated during a career that spanned almost 50 years of training, teaching, and practice. In it, he also wrote of the importance of a positive doctor-patient relationship and wrote affectionately of his students, whom he referred to as “my children”. He also emphasized the importance of treating patients irrespective of their social status. He encouraged the close observation of individual cases in order to make the most accurate diagnosis and the best possible treatment.

The wise surgeon once said about anatomy: “Before practicing surgery one should gain knowledge of anatomy and the function of organs so that he will understand their shape, connections, and borders. He should become thoroughly familiar with nerves muscles bones arteries and veins. If one does not comprehend anatomy and physiology one can commit a mistake that will result in the death of the patient. I have seen someone incise into a swelling in the neck thinking it was an abscess when it was an aneurysm and the patient dying on the spot.”

In short, he had given complete documentation and procedure along with a description. He has made the world of surgery.

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Death anniversary of poet Ahmed Faraz observed

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The 16th death anniversary of renowned Urdu poet, Ahmed Faraz was observed today.

Ahmad Faraz was born on January 12, 1931 in Kohat. The real name of Ahmad Faraz was Syed Ahmad Shah.

He started his career as a script writer with Radio Pakistan Peshawar and later joined Peshawar University as a lecturer.

Tanha Tanha, Be-awaz Gali Kuchon mian, Sab Awazain meri hai and Shab-e-Khoon are among his literary works.

He was a member of the Progressive Writers Movement.

The great Urdu poet was decorated with a number of national and international awards including the Nigar Award, Sitara-e-Imtiaz and Hilal-e-Imtiaz.

Ahmed Faraz died on this day in 2008, due to kidney failure and was buried in Islamabad.

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Standard Education would be the key to change our Mindset and System

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There is a standard of everything and it has the power of attraction and fascination. Most of the time people associate the word standard with life “standard life” and each of them define it according to their approaches. Standard life might be the name of having a good job, a well-furnished house, an accelerating car, servants, meet-ups at expensive points, wearing and eating brands, and walking with human brands. Such standard life is the game of money. The other standard can be of education.

The standard of education is a bit different from the standard of life. But it is the key to have a standard lifestyle. We cannot confine the definition of standard education in one line, or paragraph even on a page. I would like to give my opinion about standard education. For me, standard education is to have well-trained facilitators, good infrastructure, equipped labs, learning environment with advanced technology. There should be a facilitator in learning institutes instead of teachers. And for better learning students should be the center, not the teaching. If the learning would be student-centered then they can learn more and with enjoyment. This sort of education system can help us to educate the nation in true sense and can change the mindset and system as well.

The traditional education system cannot work in this era and we cannot compete with the world. In Pakistan, we have an education system but it needs reforms. The private education system meets with the standard whereas the actual education system is far beyond. Every individual cannot effort private education hence it is necessary and urgent to provide one standard system of education. The government aims to bring reforms to the system and it is really good news for the whole nation. Because education is the only solution to all the problems. The education department of Pakistan is working on the curriculum and will implement the One Nation One Curriculum for the nation (Aik Qaum) . It is good to hear that the Balochistan government announces the establishment of 100 middle schools. And I would like to request Balochistan Govt not to just establish schools but with the standard education system.   If you have a standard education system then you have everything.

The children who are in the playgroup today are going to be the leaders of tomorrow. And it is well said that today’s readers are tomorrow’s leaders. So, train the readers to make them the leaders. Follow one curriculum, maintain one standard and be one nation (Aik Qaum).

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