Hazara Islamicus (Jan 2021)
Qazi Bashir Ahmad and his contributions towards establishment of Qazi courts.
Abstract
This article serves to introduce the life and work of a great scholar, Qazi Muhammad Bashir, who did work tirelessly throughout his life for promoting the concept of bringing teachings of Islam to the lives of people both at the individual level and at the level of enforcement by the government of the day. In order to put his work in a proper context, brief biographical information about him and his family is given at the start. Effort is made to point towards his education, exposure and above all towards the process through which he got professional excellence. Afterwards the entire effort for the establishment of Qazi courts in Azad Jammu and Kashmir is given in chronological order. Here one can find for himself/herself the details especially the question, How and why Qazi Bashir Ahmed was instrumental in bringing this concept to reality?, is answered at some length. Here we also tried to highlight various difficulties faced by him and his team and emphasis is being given to the fact that although the government of the day was in support of the entire scheme but this achievement was not possible without him showing character and competence. In the last section of this article a brief account of his professional brilliance is given with a cursory reference to a great philanthropic project and activities he undertook through his life. It is always impossible to cover each and every aspect of a legend’s life in one article but here we tried to incorporate all relevant facets of his life.
