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Thursday, October 29, 2015

سیاچن میں سپاہیوں پر کیا گزرتی ہے


پاکستانی فوج کے تعلقات عامہ کے شعبے کے مطابق دنیا کے بلند ترین محاذ سیاچن پر گذشتہ 30 سالوں میں اب تک پاکستان اور بھارت کے 8000 سے زیادہ فوجی اپنی جانیں گنوا چکے ہیں۔
ان اہلکاروں میں صرف لگ بھگ 400 افراد ایسے ہیں جو گولی کا شکار ہوئے، باقی سب کو شدید موسم نے مار دیا۔ لیکن سیاچن کی جنگ نہ آپریشن ضرب عضب ہے نہ ہی وہاں دہشت گرد موجود ہیں۔ یہاں تک وہ لائن آف کنٹرول بھی نہیں ہے۔ تو پھر اس طرح کے شدید موسمی اثرات میں دونوں ملکوں نے اپنی افواج کے قیمتی سپاہیوں اور جوانوں کو وہاں کیوں تعینات کر رکھا ہے؟
پاکستان میں پہلی بار یہ سوال ، ملک کے فنکارایک تھیئٹر ڈرامے کے ذریعے اٹھا رہے ہیں۔
سیاچن گلیشیئر پر قائم پاکستانی محاذ پر تعینات سپاہیوں کی زندگی پر مبنی اپنی طرز کا ایک انوکھا تھیٹر ڈراما 29 اکتوبر سے اسلام آباد میں پیش کیا جائے گا۔ یہ ڈراما پاکستان کے مشہور ڈراما نگار اور میزبان انور مقصود نے لکھا ہے۔
اسلام آباد میں اس ڈرامے کی تعارفی تقریب میں صحافیوں سے بات کرتے ہوئے انور مقصود نے کہا کہ یہ کھیل موجودہ وقت کا تقاضا ہے۔
’ہمارے ہاں جو بھی فلمیں، ڈاکومینٹریز اور ٹیلیویژن نشریات ہیں، ان میں صرف فوجی افسران کا ذکر ہوتا ہے، مگر میدان جنگ میں سپاہی آگے ہوتے ہیں اور فوجی افسران پیچھے، اور میں نے یہ ڈراما اس لیے لکھا کیونکہ سپاہیوں سے میرا رشتہ بہت پرانا ہے۔‘
لیکن انور مقصود کو سپاہیوں کی یہ کہانی لکھنے میں اتنے سال کیوں لگے؟ جواب میں ان کا برجستہ انداز غالب آیا اور وہ بولے: ’اجازت نہیں تھی، آئی ایس پی آر نے اب اجازت دی اور اب لکھ ڈالا۔‘
انور مقصود کا کہنا ہےکہ اگرچہ اس وقت پاکستان اور بھارت میں کشیدگی کی فضا ہے مگر اس کھیل کو2016 کے ایسے پس منظر میں لکھا گیا ہے جب سیاچن پر دونوں اطراف حالات معمول پر ہیں اوراس کھیل کی بنیادی توجہ پاکستانی سپاہیوں کی سیاچن میں زندگی پر مرکوز کی گئی ہے۔
’اس میں ہندوستان کا ذکر بہت کم ہے ۔اور اس کی وجہ یہ ہے کہ سیاست سے میں اتنی ہی دور ہوں جتنی دور ممنون صاحب صدارت سے ہیں۔ مگر جہاں تک شیو سینا کے حالیہ واویلے کی بات ہے تو مجھے لگتا ہے یہ ایک مرحلہ ہے جسے ختم ہونا ہی ہے۔‘
18 افراد کی ٹیم پر مشتمل اس کھیل کے ہدایت کار داور محمود نے بتایا ہے کہ پاکستانی مسلح افواج کے سپاہیوں کو خراج تحسین پیش کرنے کا یہ پہلا موقع ہے اس لیے یہ انتہائی ضروری تھا کہ ڈرامے کی پوری ٹیم سیاچن میں ان سپاہیوں کے ساتھ کچھ وقت گزارے جن کی عکاسی اس ڈرامے میں کی جائے گی۔
انھوں نے کہا کہ ظاہر ہے کہ ’میتھڈ ایکٹنگ‘ کا یہ طریقہ پاکستانی فوج کے تعاون کے بغیر ممکن نہیں تھا۔ آئی ایس پی آر کے تعاون سے اس کھیل کی پوری ٹیم کو 120دن تک فوجی تربیت دی گئی تھی جس کے بعد وہ 15 روز تک سیاچن میں ایک اگلو یا برف گھر میں رکھا گیا، جہاں انھیں وردیاں، اسلحہ اور فوجی تربیت دی گئی جس نے ڈرامے کے کرداروں میں حقیقت کا رنگ بھرنے کا بھرپور موقع دیا۔
28 سالہ داور محمود پہلے بھی انور مقصود کے تحریر کردہ ڈراموں کو تھیئٹر کا روپ دے چکے ہیں۔ ان کا کہنا ہے کہ اسلام آباد کے تھیئٹر ہال میں ایک تھری ڈی سسٹم پہلی بار متعارف کروایا جا رہا ہے جس کے ذریعے اس کھیل کو پیش کیا جائے گا۔ ’ساتھ ہی ہال میں درجہ حرارت انتہائی کم ہو گا اور کوشش کی جائے گی کہ حاضرین کو ڈراما دیکھتے ہوئے موسم کی اس شدت کا احساس ہو جس میں پاکستانی مسلح افواج کے سپاہی اپنی زندگی کے قیمتی سال گزار دیتے ہیں۔‘
داور محمود کے مطابق پاکستان میں یہ تاثر عام ہے کہ ملک کی مسلح افواج کے بارے میں سب اچھا ہی لکھا اور کہا جائے لیکن انھیں ایک مختلف تجربہ ہوا۔
’پہلی بار آئی ایس پی آر کے دفتر جاتے ہوئے یہی احساس تنگ کرتا رہا کہ کچھ ایسے لوگوں سے تخلیقی بحث کرنے جا رہا ہوں جن کا دور دور تک اس شعبے سے کوئی تعلق نہیں لیکن مجھے یہ حیرانی ہوئی کہ اس شعبے میں تمام افراد تخلیقی صلاحیتوں، شاعرانہ مزاج اور حساس دل کے مالک ہیں۔‘
اس سٹیج پلے کو آئی ایس پی آر اور پاکستان کی ایک نجی موبائل نیٹ ورک کمپنی کا مالی تعاون بھی حاصل ہے۔ یہ کھیل 29 اکتوبر سے 19 نومبر تک پاکستان نیشنل کونسل آف آرٹس اسلام آباد میں پیش کیا جائے گا، جس کے بعد منتظمین اسے کراچی، لاہور، پشاور، ملتان اور فیصل آباد کے علاوہ دبئی اور لندن میں بھی پیش کریں گے۔

Wednesday, August 12, 2015

13 Inventions You Didn’t Know Came From Pakistan


Although Pakistan was only established in August 1947, there is a rich history of science and culture within its borders. From useful computer viruses to a generator that runs entirely on water, Pakistan is the motherland of numerous inventions that have changed the world!

  1. The Brain – Chip Connection

Biomedical engineer and faculty member of the University of Calgary’s Hotchkiss Brain Institute Dr Naweed Syed is the first scientist to successfully connect a silicon chip to the human brain. The silicon chip, which was created in 2004, has lead to a variety of biomedical breakthroughs, including reversing memory loss and helping amputees to control their artificial limbs.

  1. The Pleuroperitoneal Shunt

Dr Syed Amjab Hussein of Peshawar was the first to invent the pleuroperitoneal shunt, a surgically implanted catheter used to treat pleural effusions in cancer patients. Once implanted, the catheter delivers fluid, which has built up between the pleura lining (tissue) and the lungs, to the periloneal cavity where it can be absorbed. Once this treatment has been administered patients are usually able to breathe much more easily. Following his invention, Dr Syed Amjab Hussein was inducted into the Medical Mission Hall Of Fame.

  1. The Ommaya Reservoir

Created by Ayub K. Ommaya, a Pakistani neurosurgeon in 1963, the Ommaya Reservoir allows chemicals to be injected into the brain, via a catheter, to treat brain tumors, leukemia and leptomeningeal disease.

  1. The Human Development Index

In 1990, Mahbub-ul-Haq revolutionised economics with the creation of The Human Development Index. According to Mahbub-ul-Haq, the sole purpose of the index was “to shift the focus of development economics from national income accounting to people centered policies.” That is, the HDI focuses on the health, education and living standards of areas to measure development, not on the amount of income.

  1. Higgs Boson

Whilst working with Steven Weinberg, the first Pakistani Nobel Prize winner Professor Abdus Salam predicted the existence of the Higgs Boson subatomic particle.

  1. The SMB Probe

As far as dangerous energy sources go, nuclear power has to be one of, if not the most dangerous of all. Since it’s creation, nuclear power has created multiple disasters around the globe, causing many deaths and toxic environments. In an attempt to counteract this problem, Sultan Bashiruddin Mehmood created the SMB Probe which is thought to reduce the chance of a nuclear disaster by a significant amount. The SMB Probe’s job is to keep power plant operations under control and check whether there are any heavy water leakages, thereby reducing the possibility of accidents.

  1. ( c) Brain

In January 1986, the Farooq Alvi brothers invented the world’s first virus for MS-DOS. Born in Lahoor, the brothers created ( c) Brain , a virus that infiltrates the boot sector of storage media and is still used widely today to prevent hacking and identify piracy.

  1. The Water Generator

Rehan Aziz Farooqi, an engineer from Swat, invented a generator that can not only run on water, but can also allow any engine – whether it’s diesel, gas or petrol – to run on water as well. The generator works by separating the hydrogen and oxygen found in water and converting them into viable energy source. As hydrogen is extremely explosive however, the generator’s inventor wants to ensure there are no dangers before making it available to the public.

  1. Community Sanitation

For many third-world countries, the risk of contracting deadly diseases due to poor sanitation is a huge problem. In an attempt to lower these risks, Professor of Sustainable Infrastructure at Loughborough University Sohail Khan invented a lavatory that transforms human waste into minerals that can be used to enrich soil. The facility also processes water to ensure it is clean and consumable.

  1. The World’s Cheapest Electricity

Shahzaib Hussain, a seventeen-year-old from Quetta, created a device that can be used to reproduce electricity when he was only in Grade 11. The device was first proven to work when Shahzaib managed to light 44 LED lights that would usually require 3 Watts with only 1.5 Watts that were fed through his machine. The device is currently still in it’s prototype stage, but could lead to huge developments in the near future.

  1. The Anti-Terrorist Algorithm

At Startup Cup Pakistan last year, a startup named Go-Fig Solutions dominated the media’s attention. Go-Fig Solutions had created an algorithm that claimed to be able to predict where the next terrorist attack would occur, simply based off of behavioural patterns and data mining. After the algorithm received a success rate of 35%, Go-Fig Solutions won the World Startup Cup.

  1. Non-Explosive Fertilizer

Pakistani firm Fatima Fertilizers has invented a formula for fertilizers that do not contain ammonium nitrate, thus cannot be used to create bombs. Since it’s creation, the fertilizer has been praised by the Pentagon, with US Army Lieutenant General Michael Barbero, the head of the Pentagon’s Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization stating: ‘such a long-term solution would be a true scientific breakthrough.’

  1. The Sagar Veena

Whilst working at the Sanjannagar Institute, Lahore in 1970, Raza Aslam created the Sagar Veena, a string instrument capable of registering a range of pitches that no other instrument can achieve. Although there are already a variety of string instruments used in North Indian Classical Music, the Sagar Veena is unique in its ability to provide a rich array of notes.

 

 

Sunday, March 22, 2015

Pakistanis won’t give in to anti-state elements: PM



ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said that people of Pakistan had stood up against the anti-state elements threatening not only the lives of innocent people but the very fabric of nation.

“Pakistan is resolved to redeem its pledge given to its founding fathers that it will protect the homeland.
We are also committed to preserve and ensure freedom, equality and social justice as core values of our polity as desired by our enlightened forbears,” he said in his message to the nation on Pakistan Day being celebrated today.

The prime minster said three quarters of a century had elapsed since the Muslims of subcontinent irreversibly resolved to seek their own independent state.
Their revered Quaid-e-Azam, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, declared that Muslims of South Asia were an independent nation by any definition.
He led them to wage a struggle for a state based on principles of social justice, self-determination and equality.

He said the independence struggle witnessed countless vicissitudes but the Quaid never flinched from his avowed objective.
He said with his firm commitment and wholeheartedly backed by the Muslim nation, the Quaid ultimately succeeded in carving out an independent homeland.
The father of the nation bequeathed to his people the promised land with the exhortation to preserve and protect it for future generations.

PM Nawaz Sharif said three quarters of a century later, Quaid’s Pakistan was groping to overcome unprecedented threats and challenges.
The peace loving people of Pakistan are unwittingly exposed to threats posed by extremism and terrorism and Pakistan had been subjected to an existential threat that it has no option but to confront, he said.

The Premier said he was a steadfast believer in permanence of morality based representative plurality envisaged by the Quaid.
He also greatly valued the equality principle and considered it vital for national preservation.

“I am a formidable opponent of anachronistic notions of obscurantism and consider it harmful to our national existence.
I am confident that with the valued assistance of our valiant armed forces, unconditionally supported by the entire array of political opinion, we will surely overpower heartening forces,” he observed.

He expressed his confidence that Pakistan had turned a new leaf in its existence and would soon be able to overcome all odds.
“My government has embarked upon a vast portfolio of institutional and development ventures that will bear fruit in near future,” he said.

The prime minister expressed his resolve to the nation that under his watch, no effort would be spared to bring tolerance and harmony in Pakistan.
“I am committed to ensure that Pakistanis are provided with every opportunity to live freely, seek education, gain employment and practice their faith without hindrance, fear and favour,” he remarked.

Meanwhile, the authorities have adopted strict security measures for the conventional military parade - part of the Pakistan Day celebrations - which is going to be held today after a gap of seven years at the newly constructed parade ground near Faizabad Interchange here.
Mobile phone services will remain suspended in the twin cities from 6:00 in morning to 2:00 afternoon today (Monday) due to security reasons.
According to Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, the decision is part of the security arrangements for the parade.

The conventional military parade is being held under extraordinary security blanket.
Earlier in the day, full dress rehearsal of the parade was held at the newly constructed parade ground.
Around 1,200 policemen will perform duty to secure the avenue and 20 closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras will monitor the parade.
According to a notification issued by the ICT administration, all seminaries, shrines and other business activity falling within 2-kilometer radius of the parade zone will remain closed till Tuesday.

Islamabad Traffic Police have also formulated a special plan to deal with the traffic in the areas adjacent to the parade avenue; Faizabad, Express Highway and Zero-Point.
Islamabad Expressway will remain closed for all kind of heavy traffic from Sunday midnight to Monday noon and only those having invitation for the parade would be allowed to move towards the avenue.

Local police are on high alert ahead of the parade and conducted special checking at the main entry and exit points of the capital.
The local police with the help of other security agencies’ personnel conducted search in the area of Golra and arrested 20 suspects on Sunday.
They also recovered 10 kilashinkovs and dozens of 9mm pistols from the accused.

The Rawalpindi city administration has also taken special security measures so that the parade does not face any security threat.
Rawalpindi Police erected special check posts at the city points leading to the Expressway and subsequently the parade avenue.
City traffic police also chalked out a comprehensive traffic plan to ensure smooth traffic flow in the city on the occasion of the military parade.