How To Choose Successful Career in Pakistan

In this article I am going to share with you some useful information regarding your career choice in Pakistan. In our country students have to select their specific field as early as in the 9^th standard or 11^th standard but for most of the student it becomes very difficult decision of their life because of lack of career guidance in Pakistan. Dear students, there is no need to worry about because here you can have clear idea that how to choose successful career for yourself, just follow my suggestions after reading the topic carefully.

Keep in mind one thing before choosing a career for you. There is a misconception among people that they relate success with money. People think that the one who is richer is more successful but this thinking is totally wrong. Actually success comes in many different colors and is not only limited to financial terms. Success should not be limited to money.

How To Choose Successful Career in Pakistan

In this article I will tell you the principles/ways that guarantees your success if you follow it. I will also tell you why most people don’t follow that principle and why you should follow that. There is one principle to become successful which is “single-mindedness of purpose”. Now you must be thinking that what does it mean? It means that you should utilize all your efforts and focus on one thing to your fullest extent and that is called as single mindedness of purpose.

Once you put all your efforts towards your aim you get success but a time comes when you feel that your efforts are not going to give any fruitful results and then you think that game is over and left that field or efforts but it is wrong. If you follow single-mindedness of purpose and focus on aim then you can achieve a lot, although hurdles come in life but they are come to check your devotion.

So if single-mindedness of purpose is very important then why most of the people don’t follow it? There are many reasons that people don’t follow it. I will tell you one by one.

• Most of the people believe that they can’t do other things if they choose one thing to focus on. They perhaps think to themselves that I have so many things to do in life, so choosing one thing means that I can’t do all other things. Actually that is a misconception because it is by focusing on this one thing that would allow you to do all the other things.

• The second reason why people don’t follow it is that they are unclear about the purpose. They never spent time to clarify that what they really want in life. Without being clear on your purpose you will get distracted very easily. May be your start a thing and go ahead for a while then stop and then jump onto something else. You may have met people like this who started a thing and stopped and then started another thing and then stop again because people who haven’t decided on their purpose just cannot drift along with the life, they just go along where life takes them. So I know that you don’t want to be like those people.

So here are the couple of reasons that why you should follow the principle of single-minded on your purpose.

• Being a single-minded on your purpose allows you to stay on a certain path, distractions are surely going to come whether you like it or not. There will come a time when life is going to test your commitment. Therefore if you are clear on your purpose and committed to stay on your path then you can achieve our aim.

• The second thing is that you should follow this principle because it will allow you to concentrate all your efforts because greatness does not come with a diversification of efforts it comes with concentration of efforts. Let’s take an example of best tennis player, if during his practice he would think that maybe I should spend half of my time practicing football instead and not focus on one thing. So do you think that he shouldn’t have gone so far?

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Things To Know About Bill Gates

Things To Know About Bill Gates

1. Bill Gates earns $250 every SECOND, that's about $20 million a DAY
and $7.8 billion a YEAR!

2. If he drops a thousand dollars, he won't even bother to pick it up
because in the 4 seconds it takes to pick it up, he would have already
earned it back.

3. U.S's national debt is about $5.62 trillion. If Bill Gates wants to
pay the debt by himself; he will finish it in less then 10 years.

4. He can donate $15 to everyone on earth and still be left with $5
million for his pocket money.

5. Michael Jordan is the highest paid athlete in the U.S. If he
doesn't drink and eat, and keep his annual income at $30 million,
he'll have to wait for 277 years to become as rich as Bill Gates is
today.

6. If Bill Gates were a country, he will be the 37th richest country on
earth.

7. If you change all of Bill Gate's money to $1 bills, you can make a
road from earth to moon 14 times back and forth. But you will have to
make that road non-stop for 1400 years, and use a total of 713 BOEING
747 planes to transport all the money.

8. Bill Gates will be 57 this year. If we assume that he still can
live for another 25 years, he has to spend $6.78 million per day to
finish his money before his death.

9.Gates told his university teachers he would be a millionaire by age 30. He became a billionaire at age 31.

Incredible Health Benefits of Donating Blood

Incredible Health Benefits of Donating Blood

1.Reduce the chance of heart diseases

It has been observed that increase in blood iron level increases the chance of heart disease. Iron is involved in the oxidation of cholesterol and this process is believed to be detrimental for the arteries. Increases blood iron level favors this process ofcholesterol oxidation and thus leads to heart disease. Regular blood donation helps especially males in loosing iron on regular basis. It helps in reducing the chance of heart attack to one third.

2. Enhance the production of new Red Blood Cells

As the blood is withdrawn from the donors body there is decrease inblood cells. To replenish it, immediately new cells are produced bymarrow andthis way blood gets refreshed. Therefore donating blood helps in stimulating generationof new blood cells.

3. Helps in fighting hemochromitosis

Hemochromitosis is a genetic disorder; also know as iron overload disorder wherein iron accumulates in the body tissue because or improper iron metabolism. This condition may lead to organ damage.3 Though this problem is uncommon in Indians4, people with little iron overload also can easily donation blood and reduce their iron content.Taking example from other countries, one in every 300-400 people in England suffers from this disorder and American Red Cross blood services accept such donors as safe donor as it’s a genetic disorder,it won’t be harmful to the person receiving blood from such donors.

4. Burns calories

One can diet or remain fit by donating blood regularly. One pint of blood (450 ml) when donated burns 650 calories in donor’s body. 3, 5 Invigorated feeling in elderly people It has been mentioned in various sites though not proved that elderly people in good health have reported feeling invigorated or reenergized by giving blood on a regular basis.

5. Basic blood test is done

Apart from all these benefits a donor gets a mini blood test done before donating blood. This includes Hematocrit i.e. HB level test, Blood pressure is measured, body weight is checked. After the blood is collected it tested for 5 major diseases. Those are Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, HIV, Syphilis and malaria. Donor is immediately informed if any of these test found to be positive.

10 Job-Interview Mistakes to Avoid

10 Job-Interview Mistakes to Avoid

1. Joking around. Don't tell jokes. Don't consider it a fun opening line or ice-breaker. The odds of you offending someone (or even worse telling a bad joke) are too high. Don't do it. If humor is an important part of who you are, find a way to share an interesting anecdote about a work-related event. Not a joke.


2. Using bad words. No matter which interviewer you get and no matter what you know about them, don't swear. Not even the minor words. Besides the obvious risk of offending you someone, you also can look smug and too comfortable.

3. Telling really long stories. You might be incredibly nervous or excited to share something, but don't get caught in the long story trap. Long stories are boring, often off topic, and slow the interview to a terrible crawl.

4. Wearing uninspected clothes. Old twisted ties, blouses that are falling apart at the sleeves, poor fitting shirts. No matter your clothing fault, it sends the wrong message. And yes, the hiring manager notices.

5. Getting too personal. We all have tough times in life. But tough times are personal and should stay private. Whether answering a question about a gap in your resume or explaining why your last boss didn't like you, do everything you can to keep it objective. No emotion and no personal stories.


6. Being a copy cat. The interview preparation expert who suggested many years ago to match the body language of your interviewer was wrong. If you have ever interviewed someone who sat up when you did, leaned back with you and crossed his or her legs in concert, it is a bit creepy. While there is a way to generally match the overall tone of the serious or social job interview, don't do it literally.

7. Can't stop talking. Some people just love to talk. Are you trying to fill up time to avoid more questions? Are you just a social person? Either way, some interviewers don't know how to stop you. So you have to stop yourself.

8. Avoiding details. Sometimes an interviewer will ask the same question three or four times. They do this because job candidates don't answer them. Whether or not it's on purpose, it is frustrating for the interviewer. Often they keep asking because they believe the person has the answer and the candidate just needs some help. And sometimes they just do not want the candidate to blatantly avoid the question.


9. Unwanted hair. Hollywood actors are famous for wearing a thin mustache or goatee. They get away with it because they are famous people preparing for an important part in a new movie. You are not famous, you are not preparing for a movie role, and the facial hair probably doesn't look good on you.

10. Toughing it out. If offered a drink of water, take it. If offered a chance to use the rest room, take it. These are legitimate offers, not cruel tricks to see if you'll bite. You do not look weak by accepting a glass of water.

More than 100 Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard Shorcuts (Microsoft Windows)
1. CTRL+C (Copy)
2. CTRL+X (Cut)
3. CTRL+V (Paste)
4. CTRL+Z (Undo)
5. DELETE (Delete)
6. SHIFT+DELETE (Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin)
7. CTRL while dragging an item (Copy the selected item)
8. CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item (Create a shortcut to the selected item)
9. F2 key (Rename the selected item)
10. CTRL+RIGHT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word)
11. CTRL+LEFT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word)
12. CTRL+DOWN ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph)
13. CTRL+UP ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph)
14. CTRL+SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Highlight a block of text)
SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text in a document)
15. CTRL+A (Select all)
16. F3 key (Search for a file or a folder)
17. ALT+ENTER (View the properties for the selected item)
18. ALT+F4 (Close the active item, or quit the active program)
19. ALT+ENTER (Display the properties of the selected object)
20. ALT+SPACEBAR (Open the shortcut menu for the active window)
21. CTRL+F4 (Close the active document in programs that enable you to have multiple documents opensimultaneou sly)
22. ALT+TAB (Switch between the open items)
23. ALT+ESC (Cycle through items in the order that they had been opened)
24. F6 key (Cycle through the screen elements in a window or on the desktop)
25. F4 key (Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer)
26. SHIFT+F10 (Display the shortcut menu for the selected item)
27. ALT+SPACEBAR (Display the System menu for the active window)
28. CTRL+ESC (Display the Start menu)
29. ALT+Underlined letter in a menu name (Display the corresponding menu) Underlined letter in a command name on an open menu (Perform the corresponding command)
30. F10 key (Activate the menu bar in the active program)
31. RIGHT ARROW (Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu)
32. LEFT ARROW (Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu)
33. F5 key (Update the active window)
34. BACKSPACE (View the folder onelevel up in My Computer or Windows Explorer)
35. ESC (Cancel the current task)
36. SHIFT when you insert a CD-ROMinto the CD-ROM drive (Prevent the CD-ROM from automatically playing)
Dialog Box - Keyboard Shortcuts
1. CTRL+TAB (Move forward through the tabs)
2. CTRL+SHIFT+TAB (Move backward through the tabs)
3. TAB (Move forward through the options)
4. SHIFT+TAB (Move backward through the options)
5. ALT+Underlined letter (Perform the corresponding command or select the corresponding option)
6. ENTER (Perform the command for the active option or button)
7. SPACEBAR (Select or clear the check box if the active option is a check box)
8. Arrow keys (Select a button if the active option is a group of option buttons)
9. F1 key (Display Help)
10. F4 key (Display the items in the active list)
11. BACKSPACE (Open a folder one level up if a folder is selected in the Save As or Open dialog box)

Microsoft Natural Keyboard Shortcuts
1. Windows Logo (Display or hide the Start menu)
2. Windows Logo+BREAK (Display the System Properties dialog box)
3. Windows Logo+D (Display the desktop)
4. Windows Logo+M (Minimize all of the windows)
5. Windows Logo+SHIFT+M (Restorethe minimized windows)
6. Windows Logo+E (Open My Computer)
7. Windows Logo+F (Search for a file or a folder)
8. CTRL+Windows Logo+F (Search for computers)
9. Windows Logo+F1 (Display Windows Help)
10. Windows Logo+ L (Lock the keyboard)
11. Windows Logo+R (Open the Run dialog box)
12. Windows Logo+U (Open Utility Manager)
13. Accessibility Keyboard Shortcuts
14. Right SHIFT for eight seconds (Switch FilterKeys either on or off)
15. Left ALT+left SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN (Switch High Contrast either on or off)
16. Left ALT+left SHIFT+NUM LOCK (Switch the MouseKeys either on or off)
17. SHIFT five times (Switch the StickyKeys either on or off)
18. NUM LOCK for five seconds (Switch the ToggleKeys either on or off)
19. Windows Logo +U (Open Utility Manager)
20. Windows Explorer Keyboard Shortcuts
21. END (Display the bottom of the active window)
22. HOME (Display the top of the active window)
23. NUM LOCK+Asterisk sign (*) (Display all of the subfolders that are under the selected folder)
24. NUM LOCK+Plus sign (+) (Display the contents of the selected folder)
25. NUM LOCK+Minus sign (-) (Collapse the selected folder)
26. LEFT ARROW (Collapse the current selection if it is expanded, or select the parent folder)
27. RIGHT ARROW (Display the current selection if it is collapsed, or select the first subfolder)
Shortcut Keys for Character Map
After you double-click a character on the grid of characters, you can move through the grid by using the keyboard shortcuts:
1. RIGHT ARROW (Move to the rightor to the beginning of the next line)
2. LEFT ARROW (Move to the left orto the end of the previous line)
3. UP ARROW (Move up one row)
4. DOWN ARROW (Move down one row)
5. PAGE UP (Move up one screen at a time)
6. PAGE DOWN (Move down one screen at a time)
7. HOME (Move to the beginning of the line)
8. END (Move to the end of the line)
9. CTRL+HOME (Move to the first character)
10. CTRL+END (Move to the last character)
11. SPACEBAR (Switch between Enlarged and Normal mode when a character is selected)
Microsoft Management Console (MMC)
Main Window Keyboard Shortcuts
1. CTRL+O (Open a saved console)
2. CTRL+N (Open a new console)
3. CTRL+S (Save the open console)
4. CTRL+M (Add or remove a console item)
5. CTRL+W (Open a new window)
6. F5 key (Update the content of all console windows)
7. ALT+SPACEBAR (Display the MMC window menu)
8. ALT+F4 (Close the console)
9. ALT+A (Display the Action menu)
10. ALT+V (Display the View menu)
11. ALT+F (Display the File menu)
12. ALT+O (Display the Favorites menu)

MMC Console Window Keyboard Shortcuts
1. CTRL+P (Print the current page or active pane)
2. ALT+Minus sign (-) (Display the window menu for the active console window)
3. SHIFT+F10 (Display the Action shortcut menu for the selected item)
4. F1 key (Open the Help topic, if any, for the selected item)
5. F5 key (Update the content of all console windows)
6. CTRL+F10 (Maximize the active console window)
7. CTRL+F5 (Restore the active console window)
8. ALT+ENTER (Display the Properties dialog box, if any, for theselected item)
9. F2 key (Rename the selected item)
10. CTRL+F4 (Close the active console window. When a console has only one console window, this shortcut closes the console)
Remote Desktop Connection Navigation
1. CTRL+ALT+END (Open the Microsoft Windows NT Security dialog box)
2. ALT+PAGE UP (Switch between programs from left to right)
3. ALT+PAGE DOWN (Switch between programs from right to left)
4. ALT+INSERT (Cycle through the programs in most recently used order)
5. ALT+HOME (Display the Start menu)
6. CTRL+ALT+BREAK (Switch the client computer between a window and a full screen)
7. ALT+DELETE (Display the Windows menu)
8. CTRL+ALT+Minus sign (-) (Place a snapshot of the active window in the client on the Terminal server clipboard and provide the same functionality as pressing PRINT SCREEN on a local computer.)
9. CTRL+ALT+Plus sign (+) (Place asnapshot of the entire client window area on the Terminal server clipboardand provide the same functionality aspressing ALT+PRINT SCREEN on a local computer.)

Microsoft Internet Explorer Keyboard Shortcuts
1. CTRL+B (Open the Organize Favorites dialog box)
2. CTRL+E (Open the Search bar)
3. CTRL+F (Start the Find utility)
4. CTRL+H (Open the History bar)
5. CTRL+I (Open the Favorites bar)
6. CTRL+L (Open the Open dialog box)
7. CTRL+N (Start another instance of the browser with the same Web address)
8. CTRL+O (Open the Open dialog box,the same as CTRL+L)
9. CTRL+P (Open the Print dialog box)
10. CTRL+R (Update the current Web )

USEFUL AND HANDY USES OF SALT !!!!

1. If you drop a whole egg on the floor, pour salt all over the egg, let it sit for awhile, then use dustpan, the egg will come right up, without all that mess.

2. Soak stained hankies in salt water before washing.

3. Sprinkle salt on your shelves to keep ants away.

4. Soak fish in salt water before descaling; the scales will come off easier.

5. Put a few grains of rice in your saltshaker for easier pouring.

6. Add salt to green salads to prevent wilting.

7. Test the freshness of eggs in a cup of salt water; fresh eggs sink;bad ones float.

8. Add a little salt to your boiling water when cooking eggs; a cracked egg will stay in its shell this way.

9. A tiny pinch of salt with egg whites makes them beat up fluffier.

10. Soak wrinkled apples in a mildly salted water solution to perk them up.

11. Rub salt on your pancake griddle and your flapjacks won't stick.

12. Soak toothbrushes in salt water before you first use them; they will last longer.

13. Use salt to clean your discolored coffee pot.

14. Mix salt with turpentine to whiten you bathtub and toilet bowl. 

**Story of Appreciation**

**Story of Appreciation**

One young academically excellent person went to apply for a managerial position in a big company.
He passed the first interview, the director did the last interview, made the last decision.

The director discovered from the CV that the youth's academic achievements were excellent all the way, from the secondary school until the postgraduate research,
Never had a year when he did not score.

The director asked,
"Did you obtain any scholarships in school?"
The youth answered "none".

The director asked,
" Was it your father who paid for your school fees?"
The youth answered,
"My father passed away when I was one year old, it was my mother who paid for my school fees.

The director asked,
" Where did your mother work?"
The youth answered,
"My mother worked as clothes cleaner.
The director requested the youth to show his hands.
The youth showed a pair of hands that were smooth and perfect.

The director asked,
" Have you ever helped your mother wash the clothes before?"
The youth answered,
"Never, my mother always wanted me to study and read more books.
Furthermore, my mother can wash clothes faster than me.

The director said,
"I have a request. When you go back today, go and clean your mother's hands, and then see me tomorrow morning.*

The youth felt that his chance of landing the job was high. When he went back, he happily requested his mother to let him clean her hands. His mother felt strange, happy but with mixed feelings, she showed her hands to the kid.

The youth cleaned his mother's hands slowly. His tear fell as he did that. It was the first time he noticed that his mother's hands were so wrinkled, and there were so many bruises in her hands. Some bruises were so painful that his mother shivered when they were cleaned with water.

This was the first time the youth realized that it was this pair of hands that washed the clothes everyday to enable him to pay the school fee. The bruises in the mother's hands were the price that the mother had to pay for his graduation, academic excellence and his future.

After finishing the cleaning of his mother's hands, the youth quietly washed all the remaining clothes for his mother.

That night, mother and son talked for a very long time.

Next morning, the youth went to the director's office.

The Director noticed the tears in the youth's eyes, asked:
" Can you tell me what have you done and learned yesterday in your house?"

The youth answered,
" I cleaned my mother's hand, and also finished cleaning all the remaining clothes'

The Director asked,
" please tell me your feelings."

The youth said,
Number 1,
I know now what is appreciation. Without my mother, there would not the successful me today.
Number 2,
By working together and helping my mother, only I now realize how difficult and tough it is to get something done.
Number 3,
I have come to appreciate the importance and value of family relationship.

The director said,
" This is what I am looking for to be my manager. I want to recruit a person who can appreciate the help of others, a person who knows the sufferings of others to get things done, and a person who would not put money as his only goal in life. You are hired.

Later on, this young person worked very hard, and received the respect of his subordinates. Every employee worked diligently and as a team. The company's performance improved tremendously.

A child, who has been protected and habitually given whatever he wanted, would develop "entitlement mentality"and would always put himself first. He would be ignorant of his parent's efforts.
When he starts work, he assumes that every person must listen to him, and when he becomes a manager, he would never know the sufferings of his employees and would always blame others. 
For this kind of people, who may be good academically, may be successful for a while, but eventually would not feel sense of achievement.
He will grumble and be full of hatred and fight for more. If we are this kind of protective parents, are we really showing love or are we destroying the kid instead?*

You can let your kid live in a big house, give him a Driver & Car for going around, Eat a Good Meal, learn Piano, Watch a Big Screen TV. But when you are Cutting Grass, please let them experience it. After a Meal, let them Wash their Plates and Bowls together with their Brothers and Sisters. Tell them to Travel in Public Bus, It is not because you do not have Money for Car or to Hire a Maid, but it is because you want to Love them in a right way. You want them to understand, no matter how rich their parents are, one day their hair will Grow Grey, same as the Mother of that young person. The most important thing is your kid learns how to appreciate the effort and experience the difficulty and learns the ability to work with others to get things done..

10 things you need to know about Stephen Hawking

1) Born in Oxford on January 8 1942 - 300 years after the death of astronomer Galileo Galilei - Professor Hawking grew up in St Albans, Hertfordshire. After being diagnosed with a rare form of motor neurone disease - amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) - at the age of 22, Hawking was given just a few years to live.

2) Hawking is as much a celebrity as he is a scientist, having appeared on The Simpsons, Star Trek and having provided narration for a British Telecom commercial that was later sampled on a Pink Floyd album.

3) He had a difficult time at the local public school and was persecuted as a "swot" who was more interested in jazz, classical music and debating than sport and pop. Although not top of the class, he was good at maths and "chaotically enthusiastic in chemistry". Hawking has said of his workload as an undergraduate at Oxford "amounted to an average of just an hour a day". He also said: "I'm not proud of this lack of work, I'm just describing my attitude at the time, which I shared with most of my fellow students. You were supposed to be brilliant without effort, or to accept your limitations and get a fourth class degree."Despite his workload confession, Hawking got a first and went to Cambridge to begin work on his PhD - but he was already beginning to experience the first symptoms of his illness, having fallen over twice for no reason during the last year of his undergraduate degree.

4) Hawking has credited his marriage in 1965 to Jane Wilde, a language student, as a turning point in his life at a time when he was unsure as to what the point of a degree was if he was to die soon. They went on to have three children - Robert, Lucy, and Timothy.


5) At a meeting of the Royal Society meeting, Hawking interrupted a lecture by renowned astrophysicist Sir Fred Hoyle to let him know that he had made a mistake. When asked how he knew there had been an error, Hawking replied: "Because I've worked them out in my head."

6) During the 1970s Hawking produced a stream of first class research, including probably his most important contribution to cosmology: the discovery of Hawking radiation, which allows a black hole to leak energy and gradually fade away to nothing.

7) In the 1980s, Professor Hawking and Professor Jim Hartle proposed a model of the universe which had no boundaries in space or time. The concept was described in A Brief History Of Time, which sold 25 million copies worldwide.

8) In February 1990 he left his wife of twenty five years to set up home with one of his nurses, Elaine Mason. The couple married in September 1995 but divorced in 2006.



9) Among some of his more unconventional theories, Professor Hawking has predicted the end of humanity - due to global warming, a new killer virus, or the impact of a large comet.

10) In 2009 he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States. Hawking was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge for 30 years, taking up the post in 1979 and retiring on 1 October 2009. He is also a Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge having held many other academic positions. In recent years, Professor Hawking has examined the relationship between science and religion, writing a 2010 book Grand Design, which argues that evoking God is not necessary to explain the origins of the universe.

BRAIN DAMAGING HABITS

1. No Breakfast

People who do not take breakfast are going to have a lower blood sugar level.

This leads to an insufficient

supply of nutrients to the brain causing brain degeneration.

2 . Overeating=2 0

It causes hardening of the brain arteries, leading to a decrease in mental power.

3. Smoking

It causes multiple brain shrinkage and may lead to Alzheimer disease.

4. High Sugar consumption

Too much sugar will interrupt the absorption of proteins and nutrients causing

malnutrition and may interfere with brain development.

5. Air Pollution

The brain is the largest oxygen consumer in our 20 body. Inhaling polluted air

decreases the supply of oxygen to the brain, bringing about a decrease in brain

efficiency.

6 . Sleep Deprivation

Sleep allows our brain to rest.. Long term deprivation from sleep will accelerate

the death of brain cells..

7. Head covered while sleeping

Sleeping with the head covered increases the concentration of carbon dioxide

and decrease concentration of

oxygen that may lead to brain damaging effects.

8. Working your brain during illness

Working hard or studying with sickness may lead to a decrease in effectiveness

of

the brain as well as damage the brain.

9. Lacking in stimulating thoughts

Thinking is the best way to train our brain, lacking in brain stimulation thoughts

may cause brain shrinkage.

10. Talking Rarely

Intellectual conversations will promote the efficiency of the brain

Career Oreintation

Career orientation is the most significant aspect of one’s life. The better prospects exploration may bring a positive change in the adjustment of better position. The change of career is not so easy task to perform, it is quite problematic and sometimes unseen or odd situations may occur. To acquire a better position you should have a vision and mission statement by asking yourself, a simple question that’ in what direction it will be suitable to move in order to uplift the career.’ Once it becomes clear in mind, it will allow you to decide accordingly. Life is full of uncertainties and a better vision will help to maintain the inner motivations in a positive manner.
The visualization of present career review and the requirements of starting up a new career may require enhancing communication or leadership skills. The emotional intelligence and adversity quotient will also be vital in proceeding further. The main feature for hiring revolves around the particular skills and no doubt it becomes the prime reason for any sort of selection for employment, so the continuous development of skills may favor a lot.
The buildup network of contacts within and outside the company may become a reason to get a better employment. A good contact may bring a better priority to work upon. We are the segment of knowledge based economy and better trainings would help to enhance career. The up gradation of skills and degrees will provide a boost because some jobs are based on allocated criteria and certain qualifications are required to justify the status of job so elevation in knowledge means elevation in status.
The role of leadership skills is just like moving up the organizational ladder, this skill will be quite important to be required to lead less experienced staff or colleagues. Some companies do manage in-house programme that equip the present staff to learn the leadership skills. The advantage of developing leadership skills will provide an edge to move forward and find a better place by motivating others also. The ultimate choice of attaining better qualifications is the key to success and paving new ways as well.                
  

Ranking of Pakistani Higher Education Institutions

Quality and Research based Ranking

 OVERALL TOP TEN UNIVERSITIES OF PAKISTAN

1. Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad
2. Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences
3. Aga Khan University, Karachi
4. University of Agriculture, Faisalabad
5. University of The Punjab, Lahore         
6. National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST)
7. Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi
8. University of Health Sciences, Lahore
9. COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), Islamabad
10. Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore.

 Agriculture/Veterinary

1. University of Agriculture, Faisalabad
2. Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi
3. University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore
4. KPK Agricultural University, Peshawar
5. Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam
6. Lasbela University of Agriculture, Water and Marine Sciences

 Art & Design

1. National College of Arts, Lahore
2. Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, Karachi

 Computer Sciences & IT

1. COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT), Islamabad
2. National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (NU-FAST), Islamabad
3. Qurtaba University of Science and Information Technology, D I Khan
4. Balochistan University of Information Technology and Management Sciences, Quetta
5. City University of Science and Information Technology, Peshawar
6. CECOS University of Information Technology and Emerging Sciences, Peshawar

 Business Education 

1. Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore
2. Institute of Business Administration Karachi
3. Iqra University,Karachi
4. Sukkar, Institute of Business Administration, Sukkar
5. National College of Business Administration & Economics, Lahore
6. Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science & Technology, Karachi
7. Institute of Management Sciences,Peshawar
8. Lahore School of Economics, Lahore
9. Imperial College of Business Studies, Lahore
10. Institute of Management Sciences, Lahore
11. Institute of Business Management, Karachi
12. Institute of Business and Technology, Karachi
13. KASB Institute of Technology, Karachi

 Engineering & Technology

1. Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Islamabad
2. National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad
3. Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences & Technology, Topi
4. University of Engineering and Technology- Lahore
5. University of Engineering and Technology-Taxila
6. Institute of Space Technology, Islamabad
7. KPK University of Engineering and Technology
8. Mehran University of Engineering & Technology, Jamshoro
9. NED University of Engineering & Technology, Karachi
10. Air University, Islamabad
11. National Textile University, Faisalabad
12. Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering, Science & Technology, Nawabshah
13. Balochistan University of Engg & Technology, Khuzdar
14. Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology, Karachi
15. Mirpur University of Science & Technology, AJ&K
16. Dawood College of Engineering & Technology, Karachi

 Medical

1. Aga Khan University, Karachi
2. University of Health Sciences, Lahore
3. Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi
4. Isra University, Hyderabad
5. Zia-ud-Din University, Karachi
6. Khyber Medical University, Peshawar
7. King Edward Medical University, Lahore
8. Baqai Medical University, Karachi
9. Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences, Jamshoro
10. Gandhara University, Peshawar

  General Universities (Large-student enrollment > 7000)

1. University of the Punjab, Lahore
2. University of Karachi, Karachi
3. Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan
4. University of Peshawar, Peshawar
5. International Islamic University, Islamabad
6. Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science & Technology, Islamabad
7. Govt. College University, Faisalabad
8. University of Sargodha, Sargodha
9. Hazara University Mansehra
10. The Islamia University of Bahawalpur
11. University of Sindh, Jamshoro
12. Bahria University, Islamabad
13. University of Education, Lahore
14. National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad
15. University of Gujrat, Gujrat
16. Preston University, Kohat
17. University of Lahore, Lahore

 General Universities (Medium-student enrollment >3000 and <7000)

1. Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad
2. Government College University, Lahore
3. Gomal University, D.I Khan
4. Kohat University of Science and Technology, Kohat
5. Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur
6. The University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir, AJ&K
7. Riphah International University, Islamabad
8. Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi
9. University of Balochisan, Quetta
10. University of Management & Technology, Lahore
11. Forman Christian College, Lahore
12. Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Karachi
13. Hamdard University, Karachi
14. Jinnah University for Women, Karachi
15. University of Central Punjab, Lahore

 General Universities (Small-student enrollment <3000)

1. Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad
2. University of Faisalabad, Faisalabad
3. Sardar Bahadur Khan Women's University, Quetta
4. National Defence University, Islamabad
5. Karakurum International University, Gilgit
6. Textile Institute of Pakistan, Karachi
7. University of Malakand, Dir, Malakand
8. Foundation University, Islamabad
9. Beaconhouse National University, Lahore
10. Dadabhoy Institute of Higher Education, Karachi
11. Frontier Women University, Peshawar
12. Sarhad University of Science and Information Technology, Peshawar
13. University of South Asia, Lahore
14. GIFT University, Gujranwala
15. Indus Institute of Higher Education, Karachi
16. Mohiuddin Islamic University, AJ&K
17. Hajvery University, Lahore
18. Kinnaird College For Women, Lahore
19. The Superior College, Lahore
20. Karachi Institute of Economics & Technology, Karachi
21. Newport Institute of Communications & Economics, Karachi
22. Greenwich University, Karachi
23. Minhaj University, Lahore
24. Preston Institute of Management, Science and Technology, Karachi
25. Preston University, Karachi

Program/Institution Recognition by Accreditation Councils

A student must not forget to gather reliable information about the Legal status of an institution or that of a program offered at an institution, before applying for admission as this may jeopardize one's career.

For the sake of the students, Eduvision has provided the lists of programs/institutions accredited/recognized by the respective authorities. The information provided has been collected from the accreditation authorities, and not from the institutions.

 Accreditation Authorities

Click on the links below to find the accreditation/recognition of your desired program in an institution.

• Higher Education Commission (HEC)
• Pakistan Medical & Dental Council (PMDC)
• Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC)
• Pharmacy Council of Pakistan (PCP)
• Pakistan Veterinary Medical Council (PVMC),
• Pakistan Nursing Council (PNC)
• Pakistan Council of Architects & Town Planners (PCATP)
• National Computing Education Accreditation Council (NCEAC)
• Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP)

Equivalence Certificate

Equivalence Certificate

Every student who has completed his education from a foreign institution whether, he/she is a Pakistani or a foreigner, has completed his education physically within Pakistan or abroad, he has to get equivalence certificate before getting admitted to an educational institution of Pakistan. Equivalence certificate is issued on the basis of some formulas, other than some general principles there might be some different policies that may vary from case to case.

What certificates are considered for equivalence?

All the certificates and the grades awarded by the accredited foreign Examination Board/ Authority/ Syndicate and institutions recognized by the Education Authority of the country of origin will be considered for equivalence.

Why equivalence is made?

1. The equivalence of qualification is to identify the relevant stage in Pakistani System on the bases of:

• Number of schooling years
• Number of subjects in foreign and local system.

1. The conversion of marks/grades from accredited/recognized Examination Boards will be equated with Pakistani equivalent marks as per approved formula.
2. The actual marks from a recognized foreign Examination Board Authority/Syndicate will not be considered as such.

Deduction of marks at the time of equivalence    

1. Yes there is a deduction of marks at the time of equivalence. First marks/grades will be converted into Pakistani equivalent marks then deduction will be made as per formula.
2. The deduction in marks is made to maintain uniformity and range of scores with Pakistani system.

Conversion of marks

1. The equivalence of O-level and A-level qualifications is determined through criteria as marks for each subject are taken to be 100.
2. Marks should with minimum ‘E’ Grade

Career Planning Seminars (CPS)

Career planning seminars are designed to address career planning needs, practices and utilities for the vibrant institutions which treat their students’ career counseling & guidance as top priority. Unlike one-off exercises with the same title and claim, CPS is a complete-within-itself activity in addition to being a first part of the Career Planning Workshop.

Career Planning Seminars have 3 Sessions:

Essentials of Career Planning (Session – I)  

This session has six modules to broaden the knowledge based of students fundamentals and essentials of career planning

Choice of Professional Domains (Session – II)   

In this session eduvisionists furnish comprehensive information and guidance about the seven fields of studies offered in Pakistan.

Q & A Session (Session – III)

 It's a highly interactive session including the following activities

• General Questions from students, parents and teachers
• Discussion of concerns and queries (General  & Specific)
• Financial, social and family issues and their solutions 

Study in Pakistan

Pakistan has 2,45,578 institutions (Primary schools to University) with 3,09,04,000+ students. In Pakistan, students will have opportunity to experience both modernity and tradition.

Whether you are a local student or overseas Pakistani, Pakistani institutions are the best place for you to study. Pakistani institutions are delivering at their best. You need not to go to other countries for quality education, and why should you, when you can get the best education at very low cost, living inside your own country. Pakistani instructions are making history as these are making their marks in the top ranked universities of the world.

The quality of the education and teaching staff at Pakistani Universities offers a world of opportunities to get the skills one will need to compete in the global market.  Degrees granted by Pakistani Universities are recognized around the world.

Higher Education in Pakistan

After 2001 while University Grants Commission was restructured and renamed as Higher Education Commission (HEC), the higher education in Pakistan experienced a dramatic change and progress.  HEC revised previous policies to make the educational system of Pakistan comparable to the international standards. The commission has conceived and implemented a number of programs for promotion and development of higher education in the country.

Entry Test Guidelines

MCAT

Appearing in Provincial entrance test for admissions to all medical & Dental colleges of Punjab (conducted by UHS )and Khyber Pukhtonkhwa (Conducted by ETEA). Domicile Certificate, copies of certificates, pictures are required for application submission. Minimum 60% marks are required. Dow University of Health Sciences Conducts entrance test for medical & Dental colleges of Karachi, while Liaquat University of Medical & Health sciences  (LUMHS) conducts entrance test for medical & Dental colleges of outer sindh

 ECAT

All Candidates seeking Admission to Engineering colleges are required to pass an Entry Test. In Punjab, UET Lahore conducts this test for admissions to all Government engineering universities.  The contents of ECAT are comprised of four Subjects i.e., Physics, Chemistry, Math and English of F.Sc. Pre-Engineering or equivalent level.

NTS

NTS, being Pakistan's first and only public sector autonomous, testing organization, conducts tests and assessments for admissions to universities, scholarships, recruitment and promotion purposes. NTS test is accepted by its affiliated universities in lieu of their entrance test. Some universities only accept NTS test results and don’t conduct their own entrance test.

NTS Test Types

NTS has devised six different tests for different streams of Intermediate students namely

• NAT-IE,    Having 12 years/equal Education in Pre-Engineering Group
• NAT-IM, Having 12 years/equal Education in Pre-Medical Group
• NAT-IA,   Having 12 years/equal Education in Arts Group
• NAT-ICS, Having 12 years/equal Education in Computer Science
• NAT-IGS,                 Having 12 years/equal Education in General Science
• NAT-ICOM,             Having 12 years/equal Education in Commerce

NAT Test formulation

NTS tests of all these streams consist of total 90 questions, and distribution of these is as under:

• English                    20 questions
• Analytical                20 Questions
• Quantitative            20 Questions
• Subjects                  30 questions  (relevant major subjects of each group)

SAT-II

SAT-II is required by most of the universities and medical colleges of Pakistan for admissions against Overseas seats. Minimum 550 score in each subject namely Physics, chemistry and Biology is required for admissions to medical & Dental College whereas minimum 550 score required in each subjects i.e. Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics for admissions to engineering universities on Overseas and Foreign nationals seats.

IELTS / TOFEL

TOEFL or IELT score of 500 or 5.5. may be required in some institutions (especially for medical & engineering degrees) from the students who have obtained their required qualifications from those institution where the medium of instruction for these qualifications is not English. An alternate to TOEFL and IELT is a certification by NUML Islamabad after a one year English language course

CAREER PLANNING PROGRAMME

Career Aspiration – A Diagnostic Exercise

Students expressed their desired career lines based on their existing knowledge, in a survey conducted by Eduvision. This read gave us a platform to discuss the SWOT of each career line. More than half of the total students were utterly confused about their careers. Remaining students were also very traditionally aligned with career aspirations.

Why Career Planning?

Spiral growth in multifaceted industry requires best potentials in their employed resources and deployed infrastructure. So is the aspiration of institution and parents for the young breed, to get settled professionally and to grow vertically in their ‘career of choice’.

What Does Career of Choice Mean ?

Careers are chosen with following as a multitude of causal factors:

• Demand in the industry
• Academic Background
• Parental Pressure and/or Legacy
• Personal Inclination
• Intrinsic Motivation
• Go-With-the-Wind Approach
• And many more

What is the Real Challenge ?

The real challenge is to negate few fundamental myths i.e.

• Career Choice is (or to be) after completion of Formal Education  (Graduation/Post-graduation).
• Selection of or admission in Higher Education Institution itself defines the career path
• At  early schooling or college level, it is premature to assess relevant potentials for ‘right career’ in future
• Only hard work is the key to success (whereby planning is an essential part to make this hard work more result oriented)
• Too much preoccupation with planning exercise is counterproductive at times (as a matter of fact, failing to plan is recipe of planning to fail).

Eduvision Career Planning Programme

Eduvision introduces a powerful programme for developing and expanding student’s enthusiasm for who they really are and what they are truly capable of being. Eduvision offers three types of services in Career Planning Program

• Career Planning Workshop
• Career Planning Seminar
• Assessment & Counseling