Sohail Abbas - The Man of Records

Sohail Abbas, a man of records for being the highest goal scorer in the history of field hockey and captain of Pakistan Hockey team, was the flag bearer from Pakistan in the opening ceremony of London Olympics 2012.

Sohail Abbas is a living – and in fact playing – legend of Pakistan hockey. Although he plays as a defender, he is one of the greatest penalty corner specialists and the highest goal scorer in international hockey today.

The man, Sohail Abbas, is also considered the best short corner expert in world hockey. He has a very strong wrist, a powerful drag flick and a perfected dummy "body dodge" action. He is actually considered the most powerful drag flicker in hockey today. He is immensely accurate with his drag flicks and has a superb conversion rate.

Born on the 9^th of June, 1977 in Karachi, Sohail Abbas comes from a family of sportsmen. Although his father was a first class cricketer, it was his uncle Safdar Abbas, the hockey player (a left-winger who scored at the age of 16 against Argentina during the 1973 World Cup), who inspired him.

Records:

Sohail has no dearth of records. Here is a list of some of his more prolific records:

WORLD RECORDS:

·        He is considered the world's most consistent drag-flick converter with a success rate over 65%.

·        Sohail is also among the seven Pakistani hockey players to be capped more than 200 times in the international hockey circuit.

·        Highest number of individual goals (345 till date) in international hockey -- broke Holland's Paul Litjens record of 267 goals on Oct 08 2004 in test vs India at Amritsar.

·        First international hockey player to score 300 plus goals.

·        Highest number of goals in a calendar year: 60 goals in 1999.

·        Fastest to score 100 goals in international hockey: two years six months and 18 days.

·        Fastest to score 200 goals in international hockey: five years five months and 16 days.

·        He has scored one double hat trick and 21 hat tricks in international hockey: a record unmatched in international field hockey.

·        Highest number of goals in a single edition of Asia Cup.

OTHER RECORDS & FEATS:

·        Sohail's tally of 16 goals in the 1999 Asia cup is a record for a single edition of that competition (which he shares with compatriot Hasan Sardar).

·        He is Pakistan's all-time top scorer in Olympics with 19 goals from two Olympics.

·        For a single edition of Olympic Games also, Sohail's tally of 11 goals in the 2004 Olympics is a Pakistan record.

·        For World Cup also, Sohail is Pakistan's overall top scorer with a total of 16 goals from three appearances.

·        He is Pakistan's top scorer in the elite Champion's Trophy as well with 40 goals. In fact, it was also the highest overall tally for this tournament till this year's Champions trophy. It was broken by another great drag flicker of this age, Holland's Taeke Taekema.

·        In a single edition of the Champion's Trophy also Sohail holds Pakistan's record with eight goals (2001 champions).

·        Overall top scorer of the 2004 Olympics with 11 goals.

·        Joint overall top scorer of the 2002 World Cup with 10 goals.

HBL employees set two Guinness Book of Records

  Last Updated On 09 March,2012 About6 minutes ago

The HBL employees have set two Guinness Book of Records during the sales conference held in Sharjah.

The employees of Habib Bank Limited (HBL) have set two Guinness Book of Records, during the sales conference held during beginning of March, in Sharjah Cricket Stadium.

The achievements pertained to the longest handshake by 274 persons as compared to previous of handshake by 188.

Using spray paint, the longest graffiti scroll titled “colors of Pakistan and China’, measuring 1924 meters as compared to a previous of 1676 was sprayed.

The moment judge of Guinness Book of Records announced the award, the HBL employees rendered vociferous slogans of “Pakistan Zindabad”.

The employees have termed the effort to attain the award as quite a hectic affair, while president and CCOR HBL received the awards during a dinner reception held during Saturday night.

While lauding the efforts of employees the head of HBL declared that the award was for Pakistan while HBL employees would soon present another largest graphic scroll of the world.

Babar Iqbal Sets Another (5th) World Record

Babar Iqbal Sets Another World Record
By Syed Talal · Tuesday, Feb 7, 2012 




Babar Iqbal, a 14 year old whiz kid from Dera Ismail Khan, has set a world record by publishing his first research paper on digital forensic science. The field of Digital Forensic Science covers the recovery and investigation of data in digital devices and is often used to aid computer crime investigations.

Babar’s research pertains to Apple iDevices (iPad, iPhone, iPod) and has been accepted by the 8th IEEE International Conference on Innovations in Information Technology. He has been invited to present his research at the conference as well.

What sets his method apart is that it doesn’t require jailbreaking and can image an iDevice in less than 30 minutes.

Jailbreaking is gaining illegal root access to iOS, Apple’s operating system, through use of custom kernels. Devices which run iOS include the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. On a jailbroken device, one could download application, themes and other stuff that is unavailable through the official Apple store.

This new method can aid law enforcement agencies in retrieving digital forensic evidence present on the phone including contacts, texts, all multimedia items as well as GPS info and Cellphone tower logs which can triangulate location of device at certain point in time.

This isn’t the first time Babar has been in the spotlight, a programmer since the age of 5, he became the youngest Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) as well as the youngest Certified Internet Web Professional (CIWA) at the age of nine.

He then went on to become the youngest Certified Wireless Network Administrator (CWNA), youngest Microsoft Student Partner (MSP) and youngest Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) in .NET 3.5 at the age of 10, 11 and 12 respectively.

Babar is currently in Dubai, where he is training and working with Microsoft. The links for his website and Students Café, his initiative to create awareness about Information Technology in Pakistan and around the world at all levels of education, are given below:
•Babar Iqbal World's Youngest MCTS , MCP , CIW-A & CWNA
•Students Cafe - IT For All-Join Babar Iqbal,MSP,MCP,MCTS,CIWA,CWNA

Babar Iqbal Sets Another World Record

Arfa Karim Scholarships - Centre for Emerging Sciences, Engineering & Technology (CESET)

Centre for Emerging Sciences, Engineering & Technology (CESET) 

is instituting Fully-funded scholarships in the name of Late Arfa Karim. 05 Arfa Karim Scholarships will be awarded to the meritorious students applying in its BS Software Engineering Program commencing from 22nd February, 2012. These scholarships are purely based on merit and equal opportunity. The scholarship committee comprises of senior researchers and academicians, will finalize the results and announce the awards. The eligibility to these scholarships is at least 80% marks in F.Sc. or equivalent and its continuation will be subjected to the consistent performance of the students in higher semesters, as per CESET's policies. The last date for applications is 18th February, 2012. Please encourage the meritorious students to visit the CESET Campus (#61 - SERVICE ROAD (NORTH) , I - 10 / 3, ISLAMABAD) or contact: 051-2541101, 051-2541103, 051-4101902, 051-4307338 the Admissions team for further queries.

CESET is a National Project of Science & Engineering Trust (SET). The Centre is established in 2011 in the heart of Islamabad (in the vicinity of International Islamic University, NUST and NESCOM) with a mission to create knowledge economy in special reference to the national needs. The vision of the Centre is focused on Human Resource Development for the broader objectives and scope of the Science & Engineering Trust. For the purpose, CESET aims to focus to bridging the gap between existing undergraduate and graduate education particularly in inter- and cross disciplinary programs in disciplines related to emerging sciences, engineering and allied management.

Currently over 30 PhDs are associated with the Centre on permanent and adjunct basis in Five broader areas, namely, Applied Radiation Physics, Material Science & Nanotechnology, Telecommunication Engineering, Advanced Electronics & Controls and Engineering Management. CESET's academic programs are in affiliation with prestigious and reputed public sector universities along with collaborative linkages with top-ranked foreign universities.

For further information on Admissions in spring 2012, ARFA KARIM Scholarships and Research Opportunities, please visit the CESET web (www.ceset.pk) CESET Face book Page or drop a line on info@ceset.pk

Zoha Abdullah Malik. Who Topped O Level Examination in Biology All Over World... A New World Record

Zoha Abdullah Malik. Who Topped O Level Examination in Biology All Over World... A New World Record 

Pakistan Student Zoha Abdullah Malik. Who Topped O Level Examination in Biology All Over World.. New World Record.

No doubt its a great news for all Pakistanis that Pakistan is making new education records every day. Its quite interesting news that Zoha Abdullah of Beacon House School System has just made her record in Biology O Level exams all over the world by getting highest marks. Zoha lives in Islamabad and has been a student of Beaconhouse Wah Cantt from Nursery till O Level. She has always been a bright student, who excelled in curricular and co-curricular activities. She is a source of inspiration for many of her fellow students. While talking to media, Zoha’s mother said that Zoha wants to become a doctor, she has the qualities to understand the principles of life and achieve her target.

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