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ELECTION FEVER STRIKES A LEVEL SECTION

Thursday, 11th September: Its official. Election time has come upon us, and it truly has started raining banners, posters, slogans, stickers, and of course all the rest that comes part and parcel of campaigning. As soon as the list of Headboy and Headgirl nominees was put up outside the office around midday Wednesday, the race was on. Tension gripped the humid air as groups gathered, handshakes were made, and masterplans hatched. The morning started off with speeches from the four headboy and headgirl candidates, some impromptu, some well-rehearsed in front of mirrors. The usual chants from the loud group of boys in a corner belonging principally to A2C6 made more noise than the candidates, most audible when cries of 'Saad Saeed ko hatao' and 'Phuppa' were made. Risalat was loudly cheered by vocal supporters, while Zara Naeem and Ali Ahmad Khan received a share of the boos alongside applause. Faraz Butt and Shahzaib Arif looked mild and relaxed, even though Faraz's everlasting microphone problems could have hampered his performance. Fatima Hafsa was laid back and friendly while Palwasha Ali made the aggressive speech, reminding everyone of her past reigns as Head Girl, and hoping for another one. As assembly dispersed, Ali Ahmad Khan could be spotted running up and down the stairs, planting his posters in selected positions, while others had classes to attend. As the day wore on, stickers and posters could be seen to occupy every nook and corner and every shirt and dupatta, as many enjoyed an event that comes only once a year. Support for Risalat Hussain's support was the most vocal, with rallying calls made while some 'Ali as HB' stickers were cleverly converted to 'Risalat as HB' thanks to the craftiness of his supporters. Shahzaib Arif was not seen for most of the day, but that did not hamper his campaign, as his posters and stickers could also be seen floating around the section. Faraz Butt made use of his last name in his posters and tag lines, and the students enjoyed a bit of fun with it too. Around midday was when the crowds started becoming lethargic, owing probably to low blood sugar levels, and many more students could be seen sitting and resting. Sana Ahmed and Palwasha Ali could also be seen making their evident efforts for campaigning with colourful posters, while Fatima Hafsa's attendance in classes could not hamper her efforts, as her friends worked their fingers to the bone. Much verbal support-gathering could also be seen, and A1s had the opportunity to meet some of the candidates. Lastly, of course, Ms. Shireen came to snap pictures with her ultracompact digital camera while students prayed for Iftar to arrive soon. A day of frantic activity was soon to come to an end. Still, small groups could be seen working away, talking, pasting stickers, making some, and rallying for support. As the day finally came to a close, students lugged their bags with them, still discussing popular future leaders of the section, discussing strategies for the next day. The candidates are strong and the campaigning intense. The stage is set for a truly dazzling showdown for the most coveted positions in the Student Council.

Ali Ahmad Khan
A2S1

Welcome Juniors aka As level

School started on 4th september 2008, when you guys tht is the juniors got ragged some were enjoying and some were annoying for your kindest info we were only messing around wid you guys nothing serious there is a whole year around and we ll hav a blast together we both As and A level can create history and examples for others in every possible way =D

till thn cheers hav fun

Saad Saeed,
Admin,
The City School Blog n Forum Unofficial :P

Happy Vacations

Happy Summer Vacation and Good bye to Our Seniors

It was a great time with u all we learnt alot from u guys had a great blast enjoyed with you and we will remember times spent wid u guys and we will miss u alot on the behalf of all your juniors WE WILL MISS YOU, YOU GUYS ROCK



Special thanks to Zufah Ansari, Ibad Rizvi, Fazil Maniya, Zain ul Abideen, Leena Khan, Hamza Mahmood Ansari, Alyzeh Rizvi, Hammad Hameed, Mahrukh Imtiaz, Farah Akhtar Khan, Mansoor Azam Khan, Muzamil Uddin Syed, Abdullah Rauf and Sumra Jehan

TEAM,
PAF CHAPTER BLOG N FORUM

Under Construction

The Blog and Forum is under Construction will be working back from August 4th

School's Unofficial Magazine

School's Unofficial Magzine is out now just for Rs 200 limited copies get yourself one now for further information contact the blog email id is saaad.saeed@gmail.com

Past Paper Resources

Many of you might already know this site, so for those of you who don't, www.blackpapers.info is a great resource for past papers, marking schemes and whatever else to help you prepare well for the CIE exams.

Best of luck to all!

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Script: Arsal
Graphics: Lamak

Search for your soul... [arzal]

Suddenly I realized what I was facing all the time. The façade was no more there… my real master was revealed. I was tearing apart my own people on his commands and I had killed my own soul for his lust. I closed my eyes and saw a small child, who was begging for his mother’s life, but I didn’t see the innocence in his eyes. I was given commands that I had to fulfill and we killed them all. I could hear the cries of the mothers who had lost their sons… I was in front of a young boy, who was standing firmly with his sword, he was ready to kill me and that was the first time my soul asked me if I was on the right side or not…. I replied in the affirmative and the boy was killed after a brave battle.
Now for the first time I knew what I had to do… It was neither about religion nor about my color. It was about my identity which I had lost… left behind… I picked up my sword again but this time it was in search of my own soul.
Let me set the fire this time because I know I will not be here after that. Maybe this dream needs blood let it be mine but when I’ll be gone don’t let this dream fade out.

1857- Révolte
Arsal Hasan
A1- G2

The Forgotten Feel by Zufah Ansari

Shame: a negative emotion that combines feelings of dishonor, unworthiness, and embarrassment
Disrespect: to show a lack of respect for somebody or something.

Two negative words are all I can use to describe what I assume when I observe the attitude of my peers when we assemble to recite the anthem. It pains me to say so but this the most accurate illustration I can think of to describe my resentment over the fact that we Have "FORGOTTTEN THE FEEL”, the feeling of pride, the feeling of patriotism.

“Straighten up, the national anthem is about to start.” The usual response I get to that instruction is a loud sarcastic laugh, followed by a smirk from students. Nothing bothers me more than the lack of respect students’ show to the National anthem these days. Standing behind a massive crowd of 600 students, observing the crowd from one end to the other I see young adults who are definitely a valued asset of the country, fidgeting, fixing their “oh so very important hairdo’s”, chatting and laughing precisely at the very moment when they are suppose to be singing the national anthem in unison. While on the other end I see young children of age 8-9, filled with reverence, passion and enthusiasm; singing the national anthem in their true spirits of patriotism although at this very young age the notion of patriotism has not even been instilled in their adolescent minds.

Over the past years I have seen that as students hit their teenage years or reach high school they tend to think that showing respect or singing the national anthem becomes against the norm of being a teenager or makes them look “dorky” among their friends This lax attitude also persists because the students’ minds have been molded to believe that Pakistan is a self destructing nation and showing respect to a bunch of phrase won’t change its situation so it’s easier to disrepute your country than defend its pride. Well I would like to contradict this perception that exists amongst the peers and students in all schools. Lack of respect is just not what our anthem, deserves. The anthem is like a prayer that is taught to us from the day we step in to an institution and even after years of reciting it there are still many ignorant people that have failed to learn it.

The National Anthem is the vivid representation of what should be the core of our responsibility as a citizen of our nation. Letting the respect of our country down ourselves will definitely allow others to disrespect it too and thus I strongly extend my plea to my peers, that give our anthem the due respect it deserves, recite in a dignified manner and nationalism because once the future of Pakistan loses the respect it holds for its country, will be the time when our nation will be lost.

ZUFAH ANSARI
A2C1

Campus Criminals by Q.I.S

Guess whose back: back again.It’s not really a shocker to see a crowd around the soft board titled as campus confidentialThis confidentiality being conducted by some “smart” ladies of our school have spread a vibe no one ever imagined to experienceThough campus confidential has had its own ups and down we don’t seem to see any fringe of hesitation in them. These much UPDATED ladies very conveniently budge into others lives and publicize others lives for no reason at all. Too bad they don’t have their own spice in life to deal with so they go around school easdropping or socializing with people in order to victimize some other innocent creature of the city school: some friends for benefits.Apart from all the interviews and popularity they are rewarding people these Campus criminals are really think they are real journalists. All the gossips and budging was enough to terrorize the red bricks: these campus criminals have leaked out another weapon to persecute their fellow students: a mere camera. Well yes it might seem like the most irrational statement but truthfully these campus confidential*just feel like saying criminals again and again and again * are totally gone outrageous over people in school. No matter how badly they need a picture of someone in school there is no point, rather it is totally not required to be a paparazzi .NO POINT AT ALL.Taking pictures of students have made many furious. But these ladies really think the school lobby is a Hollywood lane and they just don’t stop snapping pictures without asking!!!It has also been witnessed that people don’t want these ladies to be around. People actually leave the place this gang settles themselves. what harm could they cause us I thought one day but sooner I got to know their obsession to paparazzi so I thought to give a signal to all those who are not fond of being the center of attention and are totally comfortable with the inattention they acquire. Why do they even have to try to make someone popular while ending up turning someone’s life a little more miserable? There still exist some other things that can be talked upon other then just spreading news that might just not be what their soft board is showing Someday we hope they understand and totally comprehend the word PRIVACY which is not to be invaded because if these unknown photo shoots persist there just might be a big indifference between the victims and the campus criminals I mean the confidential

BasketBall Team Strikes Again!

BASKETBALL TEAM:
1 . Hammad Z
2 . Muzammil
3 . Raja J
4 . Maaz S
5. Aman A
6. Qais R

This match was at the NAD UNIVERSITY and it was arranged by our own coach SIR TARIQ.
The team was not in the form firstly as RAJA and MAAZ were unable to make there three pointers and there was a lack of co-ordination but out of nowhere MAAZ made three consecutive three pointer *SWISSH* then AMAN made his signature Lay-Up, every one started playing and co-ordination started to build. The FINAL SCORE was "42 PAF - 29 NAD" yes thats right 42-29 nobody can stop our team from playing the best and wining all the matches. WAY TO GO TEAM!!

Bake Sale 2008 (Coming Soon)

Karachi.

This is series of photographs shot by one of our own students, Syed Arsal Hasan from A1.G2, this post shows the colors of our city that one so easily over looks. I would request you all to give each of these pictures some of your time to ponder over. Have you seen such scenes while you are driving back home.. taking a walk... sitting idle on your window..


Try Observing things.. try appreciating things... the moment you do that you will see that one simple object that might seem useless to others can give you a lot of inspiration, reasoning and sometimes the answers you have been searching for,

Pictures taken by Syed Arsal Hasan
and are taken in Karachi.

We are proud to say that we have a batch filled with so many awesome writers..speakers..artists..designers.. photographers and singers
but you guys need to do a little effort to come up and participate making an image for the school and get recognized.
mail us if you think you have some creativity to offer.. be it anything.. just let us have a look at it.. we study in the same School .
How unfortunate would it be if we never got to know that you had a talent or an idea that could make a difference.


please mail us at pafchapter.blognforum@gmail.com

School Re-opens 7th January

The School will resume on Monday, 7th of January. The Sindh Government has announced this change because the elections got postponed following the unfortunate incidents that took place in the recent past.

Young Graphic Desingers

We have graphic designers in school who work like professional here are some posters they made and they all are from A1:

by Subul Hamid Syed


by Saria Iqbal


by Samar Hassan Bhatti


by Arsal Hasan

Some more graphic designer work couldnt be published due to loss of pictures, other graphic designer are :

1. Saad Saeed
2. Maha Asif
3. Badar Sohail
4. Umair Amir
5. Farzal Aziz
6. Shaheer Iqbal Rajput
7. Jam Shahzeb
   
8. Rohail Safdar Munshi
9. Anum A.Qadir
   

Bonfire 2007

Preparations were going on at 1 pm when i went to school to collect my stuff from school. Then i thought that they are providing us with vast space so the bonfire will turn out to better than the welcome party we had. At 6.30 people started to come to the bonfire and people who were without slips werent allowed to enter by strictness of Sir yahya...still some managed to come to in. It was a slow start we forced to sit down...some thought that there had been chairs and tables but they didnt understand that other people enjoyed the night by sitting on the floor. We had two girls *i dun rmr their names* giving a start by singing songs thn umair asif aka Birdie was called to song followed by PAF CHAPTER IDOL Umar bin Zaheer. Agha Shahzaib and M. Sadiq came out infront of the crowd dancing

What people expected was :

1- MELA PEOPLE DOING BHANGRA
2- ALYZEH RIZVI SINGING AN OLD SONG
3- HEADS CATCHING STUDENTS SMOKING
4- FOOD WILL FINISH EARLY!!!!
5- NO DJ
6- SOME ONE WEARING STUPID CLOTHES
(sources. forum )

The music society president promised for a rock gig later that evening. They didn't have proper music arrangements. When the guitar used to word the drums stopped working when the drums they than bass bass guitars stopped and when instruments workd than the vocals mic stopped if it started working than both the A1's and A2's bands could have rocked the evening. A1 band gave up by not singing because there guitars werent working. Than we didn't have welcome party wala DJ so u can expect wht type of music we got but tht other DJ tried hard and did boost up the bonfire.

At around quarter to ten food was served and we had typical City school menu tikkas, bihari kababs and biryani. Desserts were Carrot Halwa and kulfi and drinks were served to. Food tasted fantastically well and than there was coffee at 10.20pm music was started again and that meant to stop eating :P

Over all I enjoyed Bonfire... :)


P.S. Videos and Pictures will be uploaded soon

The Debates Society

Our school has 7 students only!

It has been almost 5 months since the new Academic year started at PAF Chapter. The A-levels Section of PAF Chapter is the only section in PAF Chapter which is very active in Co-curricular and Extra-Curricular Activities. The only section that has Societies that organize regular intra and inter school competitions. Amongst the more active societies of our school is the Debates Society headed by Kaneez Zainab, the Deputy Head Girl and Shoaib Bhatti, a relatively unknown figure.

Team C during the Deabte. From left:

Faraz Butt, Shoaub Bhatti, Ali Ahmed Khan

Like all other societies, The Debating Society has quite a few members. Approximately 50 who have registered. But like all other societies the Debating Society too has apparently short listed a handful of 5 or 6 members who participate in every other competition held in school and represent the school in out of school competitions too. You would be aware of the fact that there are more than 600 students in the A-levels Section. The Societies were formed to give equal opportunity to all the students of A-levels section to participate in the respective competitions; to groom their Public Speaking, Sports, Journalism or Dramatics etc. skills and win laurels for the school. Sadly, as we all know, in City School, you always get the opposite of what you are promised .Whether it be declaring a school holiday on a perfectly normal working day at 7:45 in the morning or charging handsomely the pupils who were promised 100% scholarship. Or, as is the theme of this article, making biased selections in the Societies after promising equal representation for all students.

Being an avid follower of the Debating Society, I will only highlight some of the shady selections it has been engaged in. The Journalism, Sports, Outreach, Science and toher Societies haven't been very transparent in their selections-for-competitions either. Perhaps the worthy Presidents would bless us an explanation anyway.

Let me begin at the beginning. The Debating Society's President, Kaneez Zainab, announced in the assembly at the beginning of the term that trials will be held to rank the debaters in our school and make teams for a Parliamentary Debates competition. These trials did take place in due time. Four Parliamentary Style teams (3 debaters in one team) were constituted on basis of these trials. The actual competition took place in the Basement and Library from 12th to 15th of November, 2007. The final was won by Team A, ( Asad Ayub, Kaneez Zainab and Anadil Faqah) against Team C, (Ali Ahmed Khan, Shoaib Bhatti and Faraz Butt). The judges for this competition were invited from SMC and FJDC. Sounds fair enough, but only thus far.

Audience and the Judges in the School Library

during the Final

As surprising as it is, 5 of these12 debaters shortlisted for the competition are in the same class as the honorable President and Vice President of the Society. The President and Vice President were themselves part of the teams even though they didn't participate in the so-called 'Trials'. Another thing worth noting is the caliber of the rest of the people short listed in the trial for this very important competition. Some of them couldn't even speak for 2 minutes on the podium and after crying things like "I can't do it!" scurried out of the room. These, my friends, are supposedly the top 12 debaters of The City School PAF Chapter's A-level Section!

Or are they? One only wonders how can 5 of the best debaters in a school can be in the same class as the Society President and Vice President. What's more puzzling is the elimination of some of the very good speakers of our school in this and other competions. Some of the key misses I am aware of were Hamza Sheikh (Rotarty Club Public Speaking Competition winner), Farzan Abbas (selected as a LUMUN Delegate), Asad Ayub (shown in the picture above who was later inducted in one of the 4 teams as a substitution and actually proved to be one of the best debaters of the tournament according to judges), Farah Akhtar and Ibad Rizvi (both are very experienced speakers and were selected as LUMUN Delegates). I am sure they would have been able to speak better than many of the short listed 'benefactors' of the Debating Society. The very same friends who are class fellows of the Society Heads. Not to forget those who couldn't even speak for 2 minutes on the podium!

Kaneez Zainab raising a Point of Information

in the Final Round

Distinguished Heads of School listning to the

Final between Team A and Team C

Apart from the Parliamentary Deabtes Competition, our school also participated in the Lecol'e Institute Inter-School Declamation Contest. Only 5 or 6 people were part of the auditions for this competition. And I know for a fact that Ibad Rizvi, our Deputy Head Boy, charged upto Miss. Neelum after the audiontion results were announced to demand fresh auditions. He claimed he wasn't given enough time and would do much better than those selected for Lecole. Maybe he would have done much better, I don't know, but the two speakers selected for Leco'le (Maleeha Javed and Maham Rizvi) were eliminated in the first round. Surely, PAF Chapter is not a school that should get eliminated in 1st rounds. It is apparent thus, that the teams our school have been sending aren't the best teams. But the paradox here is that the best speakers in our school are a few. And the Debating Society President and Vice President are two of them! So, is it justified to select these the few good speakers to represent our school over and over again or everyone should be given a chance? If everyone is given a chance, as was the case in The Lecol'e Contest, will our school ever be able to advance more than the 1st round?

The Heads of Societies are there to facilitate the members and prepare teams for different competitions/events. There is a large number of students who demand that they shouldn't be allowed to participate in competitions/events organized by their own Societies. Maybe if the Heads are so good, they should resign from their posts and just be active participants instead. Last year, Imran Hassan and Anam Alvi (President and VP of Deabates Society) didn't participate in a single public speaking competition themselves. Isn't that better way of leading our Societies?

Our Counselor and Headmistress certainly don't think so. The same people are Heads of Societies, Heads of Prfectorial Council and represent our school in Debating or other Competitions every now and then. A selected group of students or 'benefactors' of the Society Heads maybe are being selected for all the Sports, Science, Outreach, Journalism and Debates Society competitions. The Heads of Societies are themselves into everything. Arun Kumar, Faizan Naqvi, Anadil Faqah, Hamad Zafar, Mansoor-ul-Haq, Kaneez Zainab, Shoaib Bhatti etc. are the most frequent participants of the competitions and events being organized by their respective Societies. The A-levels section has 600 students not 7! Where are the rest of the 593 students? Clapping in the audience?!

Mid Terms Examination Time Table

Date Day Subject Timings

4.12.07 Tue Law 8:30 am - 10:30 am
Computing 8:30 am - 10:30 am

5.12.07 Wed General Paper 8:30 am - 10:30 am

6.12.07 Thurs Economics 8:30 am - 11:00 am (A1)
8:30 am - 10:30 am (A2)

7.12.07 Fri Physics 8:30 am - 10:30 am (A1)
8:30 am - 10:30 am (A2)

10.12.07 Mon Mathematics 8:30 am - 10:30 am
Further Math 10:45 am - 12:45 am

11.12.07 Tue Business St. 8:30 am - 10:30 am

12.12.07 Wed Chemistry 8:30 am - 10:30am (A1)
8:30 am - 9:30 am (A2)

Sociology 8:30 am - 11:30 am

13.12.07 Thurs Accounting 8:30 am - 10:30 am
Psychology 8:30 am - 11:30 am

14.12.07 Fri Graphic Design 8:00 am - 1:00 pm

15.12.07 Sa t Urdu 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
Art 9:00 am - 2:00 pm

Mid Terms Examinations

The Mid-term Examinations started along with the beautiful winter of Karachi. If you ask students that is the only good thing about it because they can't find one other reason to welcome this phase of every year

Do not stress yourself too much and don't completely cut off yourself from your routine because your mind will not be able to adjust comfortably to a completely different phase which can hurt your preparation so keep performing your daily activities (few of them) in the preparation week

And whatever the results are, remember It is never too late and you can always start going into the classes and catch up where you left.. =) or start from the scratch (for some very special cases )

The Blog wishes the best of lucks to all our students and promises a edition for you guys right after the Exams. The Blog will keep you up-to-date even when we are not in our school and are on Winter Holidays


Cheerio!