National Challenge Cup, Peshawar

National Challenge Cup _ Peshawar
KRL FC 3 _ 0 FATA
Waseem Shahzad was the hero as KRL won the opening match against FATA and earned 3 important points . Murtaza was also on scoresheet.
Murtaza '20'
Waseem '30' '65'
KRL will play next match with WAPDA on 13th Oct at Qayum Stadium.

FSC and Entry Tests. THE REASON OF FAILURE.

Everybody in his life wanted to achieve something. The dream of becoming a doctor or Engineering is common among us because we Pakistani always think about that "K LOG KIA KAHAY GAY"


Fsc in Pakistan is generally extremely corrupted at the core level where the purpose of obtaining the degree is not to groom mind but to obtain highest marks possible.

THE BOOKS:

The Government of Pakistan has prescribed cheap books so that the general public (that is mostly poor in Pakistan) can easily afford education. The intention is commendable. However, the implementation is seriously flawed. While the bad binding or cheap paper quality is an acceptable compromise, the books themselves haven’t been edited for a very long time.

For 16 years, none of the editors cared to remove the old and outdated article. The prescribed reference storybook, Goodbye Mr. Chips, has been around for an incredibly long time. Even my parents, who are more than 30 years older than me, had the same book as a reference.

These complaints are just the tip of the iceberg.

Aside from that, incorrect information with wrong factual data is recurrent, with grammatical errors, spelling mistakes and blank pages occurring every now and then.

Ignoring the errors, the writing itself is very poor indeed. There is no provocative or innovative method of teaching, with the writers usually thinking that adding difficult vocabulary automatically makes the writing professional. The case is the quite the opposite, with good books generally investing more on easy yet associative writing along with examples that readers can relate to. But these books are made on the ground principle that they’ll only be used for cramming.

However, books that do try to explain try, and fail miserably. Take the Physics books, for example. For the sake of making a good impression, everything that is written, is off topic. The solutions are extremely complicated and an article is explained in such a way that the reader has to skim the whole page to find one important point from all the irrelevant data.

Frankly, I wouldn’t mind half of the issues as long as the writers tried their best. Anyone who has read these books will agree with me that they don’t.

Exams:

I always felt pity for the invigilators. Hard working class people who sign up for invigilation to make extra money, to make ends meet. It’s a hard job. They’re vigilant and have to walk around for 3 hours in a hall full of humidity and no air conditioning. and most of the invigilators are corrupt as we are. Every single paper was out before the time and students pay heavy amounts for that.

Institutions and Learning:

There was a time when going to a tuition academy was a little embarrassing. Only the dumbest of us had to go.

Right now, these academies are trampled by a hoard of students. Institutions like Unique and KIPS convert them into an army of crammers. Whose fault is it?

It’s everyone’s actually.

FSc institutions first of all take large sums of fees from students, and then employ mediocre teachers who say “You don’t need tuition if you study what I teach you”, and then remain absent for half of the year. They then teach inadequately and quickly when they realize that they have to finish the course. Students don’t even bother asking questions then, since they know that they’ll eventually just learn the topic without having a remote idea of the concept. Academies aid them in doing so.

In short, these colleges just take fees from students and in return give them the degree. There is no actual learning process. The course itself is too much for anyone who learns everything conceptually. Six subjects. Students have to literally learn a dozen things per page. That eventually winds up to a huge course that is way too much.

I think it’s safe to say that people who have completed their schooling should look into their prospects and what they want to do in their life. This is done by choosing the subjects they are interested in and actually learn something so that they can build themselves for a professional life. Instead, they rather are forced to go to academies that help them decipher whatever the hell Ghalib said.

It’s completely preposterous that people are forced to study Urdu to become a doctor. It’s good for people who are interested in languages and/or who intend to become teachers. But what concern is it of a chemical engineer about when did (spoiler alert!) Katherine die? Does it help in his ability to process or inspect chemicals? No! Though the government thinks so.

Many people, myself included, have been left behind, failed, tarnished. Just because we didn’t know when did Katherine die.

The subjects of languages are the worst subjects taught at FSc. The worst institution is the one that says you have to learn languages. For English, forget grammar. Tell us all about Brookfield. I am interested in learning Spanish. I guess instead of learning how to read, write or speak in Spanish, I should just memorize when did the Colombian Pablo Escobar died. While on the other hand, all the international examinations of English request you to read a comprehension or simply write an essay. They then evaluate you on the basis of how good your writing is.

Urdu’s subject is even worse. In essays, you have to write at least 8 pages to get decent marks. 8 pages. Those 8 pages are filled up with big handwriting, stanzas and just plain trash. Instead of just giving a comprehension, they’ll give you a ghazal (poem) and you’ll have to decide who wrote it. I have literally seen people memorizing the names of writers written vertically on the book during the last minutes before exams. Is this what the Urdu language is limited to? Memorizing writers and topic names?

Checking:

I’m sure the reason behind Bill Gates success was not that he gave the general public a software that allowed them to easily use a computer-it was just because he wrote well. He wrote beautifully. Not quite sure about everyone else but our Government thinks so. In order to get good marks, students have to write beautifully. They have to buy cut nib markers, fountain pens (ball pens are condemned) and also have to learn how to write beautifully with headings by markers. To add insult to injury, they have to draw margin lines with a marker too just so that the page looks even more ‘beautiful’. Well, can’t the Board just give pages with printed margins? I’d rather give an extra 1000 PKR for one of those. Why is it that students have to write like Picasso and spend the first 10 minutes drawing lines in the exams?

One word reply: Examiners

People who don’t have enough qualifications to be appointed by any academy just volunteer to check the papers. They are the reason the whole system is corrupted. They get some rupees per paper, so they have to rush and skim so that they can check as many papers as they can before going home and all of this checking has to happen in the summers.

Pakistan is generally known for its extreme temperatures. This is the reason many of our dear examiners are always in an irritable mood as they just want to go home. They check as fast as possible, and that results in them generally favoring a paper with good handwriting. Someone who has written pure baloney in an extremely beautiful handwriting will obviously get full marks in FSc. What’s extremely frustrating is that the Board of Education is so stupid; they don’t even send a marking scheme. This results in every examiner judging every paper differently. Some, admittedly are good checkers, others (I’m not joking) measure the writing with their palm and give 1 mark per palm. I’ve heard many people pray and ask me to wish them luck on their result day. What’s revolting is that they say, “Pray that I get a good examiner”.

Entry Tests:

And the biggest reason behind the failure is that at the end universities try to evaluate you on the basis of your knowledge not the course we have studied in our two year span. Academies charge heavy amounts for the preparation of entry tests that not everyone can afford. 

Entry tests are way too much different from Fsc. to get marks in Fsc you have to learn whole of the book by heart, and teachers only focus on trying to explain that how we should memorize the whole book. but at the end for getting marks in Entry Test your concepts must be clear and you must have to learn and practice so many shortcuts to solve the questions. 

Whole life they try to explain that we should memorize things then at the end they says we should clear our concepts. You only get 40-50 days after your Fsc exams to clear your concepts of 16 years. and in Fsc if you try to write anything rather than which is written in book, you probably will get zero marks.

And all the entry test sessions are in Ramadan. and there are 170-200 students in a room of little space. and academies don't teach anything in these sessions.

In entry tests, averagely you have 40-50 second to read,solve and fill the bubbles of a question. 

Shortly, you can't perform well in Fsc if your concepts are clear but you haven't memorise the book. and if your concepts aren't clear then at the end the results are same. YOU WILL FAIL.

Overview:

Is there any need for an overview after all that I just wrote?

To all those who feel depressed after reading this, don’t worry. The Government has announced that the Orange Train’s coming in very soon!

The article actually appeared on dusk and edited by me.

FCB 1-0 Bilbao: Barca lucky to escape with all 3 points againts a resilient opposition

It was not unexpected with San Mames being one of the most hostile stadia in Spain. However, it was a dismal performers from the reigning champions; at least by their standards. They were constantly being forced to pass the ball back and they were lacking their finishing touch.
Atheltic were pressing hard in the opening minutes that gave the Catalans some chances on the break but they were not able to find the back of the net.
It was in the 12th minute that Athletic missed a clear chance. A loose ball by Ter Stegen found Benat within the area but his shot was directed right at the former Borussia Monchengladbach man. 
Barca gained the lead in 21st minute through a beautiful counter attack. Turan received the ball in the area from the No 9 and then lofted it to Ivan Rakitic and the Croat slotted home a beautiful header.
Turan bottled a chance in the dying minutes of the first half when he received pass from Messi and sent it just wide of the goal.
The intensity of the play continued into the second half. Atheltic still pressed and Braca, it seemed, were content to ply on counter. Arda gave beaitiful though ball to Suarez who laid it off to Messi but he lost his balance just when he was about to kick the ball.
The game continued with both sides missing chances. In the drying minutes, Suarez found himslef in front of an open goal but his casual powerless shot was saved by a defender on the line. In the end, that one goal proved the difference as Barca took 3 points from a tough opposition to join Madrid and Las Palmas on the top of the table.

A visit to Pakistan

A visit to Pakistan

When was told I was going to Pakistan I started to think about all the reasons not to go, how to convince my office not to send me. I did not want to spend the next six months of my life in between mud roads and traffic, dirt and smelly donkeys. I definitely did not want to share my time with radical people, extremists, and walk around all covered.

“Prepare to get sick and food poisoned,” they told me. “You should change your job”. "No, I´ve never been to Pakistan but I´ve been to Bangladesh and I know its the same”… or India, or Afghanistan.

Luckily, someone also told me: "When you go to Pakistan you cry two times: when you are sent there and when you have to leave”. Seven months afterwards I indeed have cried two times. The untouched gorgeous beauty of Pakistan is impossible to describe with words. Everything in this country is untouched; the nature, the culture, the cities. Women in their colorfoul dresses and the way they allow their Pashminas to fall loose over their heads, showing their dark hair. Men playing cricket, such a refined English sport to be played in white clothes drinking high tea, is here the street sport by far, played in every corner of every street. I have climbed stunning mountains, swam in incredible clear lakes amidst the most beautiful hills, visited majestic mosques and drank uncountable types of chai. I tasted lots of different dishes. I did not get myself sick or food poisoned at all, but I definitely got myself a bellyache for not being able to stop eating such delicious food! And the mangoes, oh the mangoes.

However… it doesn’t matter how beautiful a country is, you will always remember how it made you feel. And this is what makes the difference in Pakistan. I have never seen so much hospitality anywhere in the world. Incredibly warm people, genuinely kind. I have never felt so welcomed. There is this tendency to smile. A society that has been for so many years oppressed and still can be so tolerant.

I challenge you to come to Pakistan and don´t like it. Cause, so far, I haven´t met anyone who didn´t. I spent seven beautiful months in Pakistan and I encourage everyone to give this amazing country a chance.

Clara Arrighi (Spain)

30 photos of Pakistan will change your perception about Pakistan

These Photos of  Pakistan will change your Perception about Pakistan:

  

1-Duiker Peak, Hunza:

2- Nanga Parbat, Diamer:

3- Gawadar, Balochistan:

4- Frozen Abbottabad:

5- Astola Land, Balochistan:

6- Baltoro Glacier:

7- Islamabad:

8- Phandar Valley, Ghizer:

9- Katpana Desert, Skardu:

10- Naran :

11- M2 motorway, Punjab:

12- Murree:

13- Aansu Lake:

14- Last Push- II- towards Gondogoro La top:

15- Quetta, Balochistan:

16- Twists & Turns of Islamabad:

17- Food Street, Lahore:

18- Beautiful view of Sea, Karachi:

19- Tarakki Railway bridge, Jhelum:

20- Skyline of Karachi:

21- Bala Hisar, Peshawar:

22- The Karakoram Highway:

23- Western route of CPEC:

24- Islamabad:

25- Metro Bus, Lahore:

26- Aerial view of Karachi:

27- Pakistan Monuments, Islamabad:

28- Ravi River flyover, Lahore:

29- Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir:

30- Badshahi Mosque, Lahore:

10 Performances that helped Pakistan to Top.

As Pakistan top the table for the first time after ICC Test Rankings’ inception in 2003, The Express Tribune compiles a list of what we think are the 10 best or most significant individual contributions in each of the ten wins since October 2014.

From whitewashing Australia 2-0 to squaring the four match Test series in England 2-2, Pakistan have won 10 out of their last 17 Tests, drawing three and losing only four.

Pakistan have won four out of the six series since their overwhelming triumph against the Michael Clarke-led Australia and other than the England series, Pakistan also drew with New Zealand in November 2014.

Against Australia in 2014: Zulfiqar Babar’s five-for in Dubai.

The Test was dominated by Younus Khan who scored brilliant centuries in each innings. Ahmed Shehzad and Sarfraz Ahmed also notched a ton each as Pakistan batsmen grounded the visitors on a typical Dubai pitch.

Australia replied with a ton by David Warner in the first innings but the wind was knocked out of their sails in the second innings as Zulfiqar entangled them with a five-wicket haul, Pakistan won by 221 runs.

Against Australia in 2014: Misbahul Haq’s 101 & 101* at Abu Dhabi.

Pakistan batsmen were even more dominant in the second match of the series, as the middle-order doyen Younus hammered a magnificent 213 off 349 balls an innings that included 15 fours and two sixes. Azhar Ali and Misbahul Haq scored centuries in the first innings before Test captain’s belligerent second innings record-equalling fastest century razed the tourists to the ground.

Misbah reached the three figures mark on the 56th delivery of his innings to equal Vivian Richards’ record. Pakistan romped home to a 356-run win on the final day with Zulfiqar collecting his second five-wicket haul of the match, Azhar also hit two centuries in the match.

Against New Zealand 2014: Ahmed Shehzad’s 176 at Abu Dhabi.

After thrashing Australia, Pakistan pulverised New Zealand in the first Test of the three-match series with brilliant batting contributions by Mohammad Hafeez, Younus, Misbah and Shehzad.

Shehzad set-up the dominant win with a 176-run knock which only ended with an unfortunate blow on the head. He was attempting a pull-shot and the impact made Shehzad drop his bat back on to the stumps. Rahat Ali took six wickets in the match to snare the man-of-the-match award as Pakistan completed a 248-run win on the last day of the Test.

Against Bangladesh in 2015: Azhar Ali’s 226 in Dhaka.

Azhar Ali’s maiden double century — 226 off 428 balls, 20 fours and two sixes — set-up a crushing 328-run win in the second Test of the two-match series. Pakistan were stung by a Bangladesh fight back in the first Test which forced a draw but in Mirpur Azhar, Younus and Asad Shafiq piled on the runs to ensure that the hosts fail to claw back for the second successive time. The batsmen were backed well by the bowlers with Yasir Shah taking five and Wahab Riaz collecting four wickets in the match.

Against Sri Lanka in 2015: Yasir Shah’s 7-76 at Galle.

Pakistan recorded their first win in Sri Lanka in nearly 10 years on the back of a tremendous fight back with the bat courtesy Sarfraz Ahmed’s 96 and Asad Shafiq’s 130. Their contributions after the cheap demise of the top and middle-order helped the team gain a 117-run lead.

Yasir than bamboozled the Sri Lankan with his leg-spinners despite the presence of no less than four left-handers in the hosts’ batting line-up to pave the way for a 10-wicket win in the dying moments of the final day. Yasir’s first big match-winning performance was all the more noteworthy considering the Sri Lankan expertise in tackling slow bowlers.

Against Sri Lanka in 2015: Younus’ 173* in Pallekele.

Arguably the greatest chase in Pakistan’s Test history away from home was made possible by an epic contribution by Younus who used all his craft, skill and calibre to score a sublime 173 not out as the tourists hunted down the target of 377 runs on the final day of the Test. The chase began in the second session on day four to not only win the match but also the series 2-1.

Younus hammered his runs off 271 balls with the help of 18 boundaries; he shared a 242-run stand with left-hand opener Shan Masood who scored his first Test century. Misbah contributed 59 runs while Imran Khan bagged his maiden five-wicket haul in the longest format to polish off the Sri Lankan second innings.

Against England in 2015: Misbah’s 102 & 87 in Dubai.

An absorbing Test was settled late on day five as England fell 178-run short of the 491-run target. The match was set-up by outstanding batting contributions by Misbah who scored his first Test century against England before following it up with a second innings knock of 87.

Wahab Riaz was named man-of-the-match for his reverse swinging spell on the final day which yielded him second innings figures of four for 87 in 41.3 overs on a largely lifeless pitch.

Against England in 2015: Hafeez’s 151 in Sharjah.

Pakistan sealed a 2-0 series win over England on the final day of the third and final Sharjah Test on the back of a sublime second innings knock of 151 by Hafeez.

The opener was the only one to master the prodigious reverse swing and spin extracted by the English bowlers on day three and four after Pakistan had conceded a 72-run lead in the first innings.

Hafeez’s century was the difference between the second innings efforts by the two teams on a wearing pitch that made England’s 284-run chase impossible. Yasir took four while Shoaib Malik and Zulfiqar snared three and two wickets respectively as Pakistan won by 127 runs on the final day.

Against England in 2016: Yasir’s 10-wicket haul at Lord’s.

In his first Test outside Asia, Yasir played a decisive role in Pakistan’s 75-run win. The leg-spinner’s five-wicket haul on the second day of the Test paved the way for a crucial 67-run lead, he took six in all in the first innings before snapping four more wickets in England’s second innings as Pakistan shocked the cricketing world with their grit, skill and determination.

Misbah also made an immensely valuable century on the first day of the Test, while Asad, Rahat and Sarfraz also chipped in with significant contributions to tilt the scales in team’s favour.

Against England in 2016: Younus’ 218 at The Oval.

Pakistan ensured a draw in the four-match series courtesy a monumental 218 by Younus, who capped off a depressingly lean run in the earlier three Tests to post one of his greatest ever performances in the longest format.

His sixth double ton was scored off 308 balls with the help of 31 fours and four maximums.

Yasir took five wickets in the second innings while Asad scored his first Test century in England to lay the foundations for Pakistan’s 542-run total.

Wahab Riaz breathed fire with his hostile bowling, while Sohail Khan’s first innings five-wicket haul also helped the tourists en route to series-levelling victory.

This actually appeared on Tribune.

Deforestation

Hey , It's Global Bytes .
Today We are going to talk about the Cutting Of trees
Well, over the last 100 years almost 50% Of the whole trees of the world are gone.
That's 40 Football Fields Per Minute.
Dear Future Generations., 
Sorry
Sorry that we left you with a mess of our planet
Sorry we paid so much attention to ISIS and took no attention towards how fast is the Ice Melting In The Artic
Sorry that we poisoned the Air so much that you cannot even Breathe in It
Sorry that we poisoned the Oceans  so much that you cannot even swim in it !
Sorry that we could'nt find another planet in time to Move to!
Sorry that we killed every Animal that you cannot even become friends with them.
Sorry....
Cut the Beat . I Am not Sorry
This Future i dont Accept it
Because an Error does not become A Mistake untill You refuse to correct it
We Can Redirect this
How?
Let me suggest you .. if a farmer sees a tree unhealthy he doesnot look to the branches of that tree he look up to the Root
so like that Farmer We should not talk to the branches of governments we are the root we are the foundation
We are not a part From nature we are a Part Of Nature
Because anything you are Fighting for Racisim or poverty , Gay rights ,Fiminsim or any kind of equality . we dont Work together We will be Equally Extinct.
Sorry.

Written : Ahmed Awan

We all love memes. Don't we? Here are some of the most hilarious memes from all over the Internet

All of us love memes. Don't we? They make us laugh even when we are not in the mood. They express the true realities of the emotions we share but in a very mocking way. These are some of the them. Hope you enjoy them: