Types of food people like in Pakistan:

The Pakistani cosines are rich in oil and chillies. Unlike the Indian food, Pakistani dishes must include meat, chicken and beef, though pork is totally forbidden as per Islamic teachings. Although eating habits differ from regions to region, the mainstay of the Pakistani diet is "chapati or roti" made from flour. "Lassi" a usual drink made like a milkshake in a home made utencil from curd/yogurt and water is usually taken at lunch time, specially during the summers as it beats the effects of hard weather. It is usually customary to eat a dessert after the dinner, which mainly comprises "Kheer" (made from rice and milk) and sweetened rice "Zarda". Rice though scarcely eaten in many parts, pulla´o (lightly fried rice with vegetables) and biryani (rice with meat or vegetables and spices) are the tw very favourite dishes of rice, specially on marriages. "Mithai" a kind of sweet made of corn flour, sugar and milk is the favourite sweet for all ages

Pakistanis generally eat three meals a day: breakfast, lunch, and dinner. During the evening, many families have green tea without sugar which goes along with baked/fried snacks from local bakery (or prepared at home). During the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, the eating patterns change to: sehri and iftar. It is considered proper to eat only with the right hand as per Islamic tradition (also a tradition in many other Asian cultures). Many Pakistani families, particularly when guests are too many to fit at a table, eat sitting at a cloth known as dastarkhwan which is spread out on the floor. In NWFP, many street eateries serve food on a takht, in a style similar to Iran & Afghanistan. A takht is raised platform on which people eat their food sitting cross-legged, after taking their shoes off. Most Pakistanis used to eat on a takht. Pakistanis often eat with their hands, scooping up solid food along with sauce with a piece of the baked bread, naan, or rice.

The vegetable and legume dishes are popular in Pakistan. The dishes such as: Baingan bartha and Sarson da saag are eaten in most homes.

Dishes made with rice include many varieties of pulao: • Murgh pulao - Chicken and stock added. Creates a brown rice. • Yakhni pulao - Meat and stock added. Creates a brown rice. • Matar pulao - Pulao made with peas. • Maash pulao - A sweet and sour pulao baked with mung beans, apricots and bulghur (a kind of roughly milled cracked wheat). Exclusively vegetarian.

About the Classrooms in future:

From slates and chalk all the way to laptops and videogames, schools reinvent themselves for every generation. Today, we want to know what you think the classroom of the future will look like.
Will pens and paper become completely obsolete in favor of tablets? Will the rise of online tutorials like Khan Academy make home-schooling even more popular? Will students work on individual schedules or is the classroom model here to stay?
Dodge the holographic hall monitor and slip us a note in the comments (with a picture, please) telling us what the future holds.
Future Classrooms 2013 is Northern Ireland’s first conference designed to help education leaders and key decision makers develop strategies for the creative use of technology in the classroom.
Changes in how our young people learn today will help to prepare our future workforce for a modern competitive economy of tomorrow. This year’s focus will be on the importance of creative approaches across the curriculum and advice on how mobile technology can be deployed to support this.
The Conference would be of benefit to school management, in particular Principals, Vice-Principals and Curriculum Leaders within primary and post-primary schools and policy makers throughout education in Northern Ireland.
The Conference will feature keynote speakers from both Education and Industry backgrounds. It will also launch a Mobile Technology strategy for Schools.
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The Creative Learning Centres:

The Creative Learning Centres forward the agenda of creativity and engagement within the schools and youth sector in Northern Ireland.
Operating across three sites in Belfast (Studio ON), Derry~Londonderry (Nerve Centre) and Armagh (AmmA Centre), they have been driving skills development in digital creative media among teachers and young people as well as building curriculum attainment for almost a decade.
The Creative Learning Centres are funded by the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure, and this funding is managed by Northern Ireland Screen.

Popularity of Television in Pakistan:

Television is the dominant communication medium on a national level in Pakistan, but according to survey findings within certain rural regions of the country, radio is almost as equally popular as television. What factors have prevented television’s reach in some of these areas are continued high levels of poverty, an inconsistent broadcast signal, and a lack of a reliable electricity infrastructure. However, in each of the four provinces surveyed (Sind, Punjab, NWFP, and Baluchistan) television was more highly consumed than either radio or newsprint.

Starting in 2002, the privately run television channels quickly began to push the social and political limits of programming. The private channels have made people more aware of their political and constitutional rights and made them more informed about news and events outside Pakistan. The liberalization of the electronic media sector was originally a strategy to counter Indian media influence, but the empowered group of new television outlets were willing to expose and challenge the authoritarian behavior of the Pakistani government. By 2007, these new outlets had become important conduits for political news and information.
Despite the strife between India and Pakistan, elements of each country’s culture sometimes cross the political divide between the two, finding fans on the other side of the border.
The latest of these is Star Plus, an Indian entertainment channel, which has emerged as one of the most popular in Pakistan. Its success has been driven by middle class housewives, drawn to a programming schedule dominated by glossy soap operas.
Water Pollution in Pakistan:

POLLUTION IN Pakistan is a major environmental and economic concern, growing hastily with the increase in population

Water pollution in Pakistan is potent cause to many environmental and health issues. The main pollutants for the ground level waters are the industrial effluents and sewage waters which contaminate directly into water, while for the underground level, fertilizers and pesticides are key pollutants as they dissolve in water and seep to the underground water bodies. According to UNICEF 20 to 40 percent of the total beds occupied in hospitals of Pakistan are from those suffering from water related diseases, costing nearly 1.81 per cent of the total GDP of the country. Water pollution also influence the agriculture of Pakistan, as increase in salinity and water logging at irrigated land decreases the fertility of soil, costing Pakistan 0.9 per cent of the GDP. In order to reduce the health impacts, provision of drinking water of standard quality at cheap price by water stations to the public is also a feasible alternate, which currently working very effectively in many countries. Moreover to coop with saline land and less productive land, the awareness in the farmers regarding choosing less salt sensitive crop, usage of appropriate fertilizer and right irrigation patterns on the saline land can contribute to enhance production.
Water is the key for survival and for the existence of life, but this precious water lost all the way through the mismanagement for the most part. Water pollution occurs when situations came, in which some useless and harmful material, substance or else a number element in the form of energy gets in the water in a greater extent than can be tolerated by humans, plants, or animals. This pollution can not be tolerated until you get some side effects of this material and without suffering from several kinds of harms and diseases. Life under water is damaged due to the polluted material which most of the factories are sending to the rivers and canals. An immense investment in the repair of existing dams and the large scale construction of new water storage is simple solution of this problem. Almost all the water resources of Punjab have been spoiled by the waste material of different factories. This waste material includes harmful chemicals which cause high rate of death among the life under water. It is very rare to see these fishes now in the rivers of Punjab. Water pollution is spoiling not only the water life; it is also harmful for the land life.
The running water resources are very precious in Pakistan, the Pakistani government should do balance with the competing demands between urban and rural, well-off and the meager, the economy and the environment. On the other hand, because people have them selves generated this problem and they are not cooperating with government in cleaning the water. Government and owners of factories can do it by changing their chemicals and sewerage systems. They should replace the harmful chemicals with some low king of chemicals. Government has the power to prevent water pollution from devastating Pakistan’s factories and economy, and by improving the sanitation system.

Popular Sports in Pakistan:

Field hockey and Polo are the national sports of Pakistan but cricket is the most popular game. Traditional games like Kabaddi and other well known games are also played. The Pakistan Sports Board created in 1962 by the Ministry of Education as a corporate body for the purposes of promoting and developing uniform standards of competition in sports in Pakistan comparable to the standards prevailing internationally, and regulating and controlling sports in Pakistan on a national basis. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, now has control over the Pakistan Sports Board. The PSB controls all 39 sporting federations.
Over recent years there has been an increase in sporting activity in Pakistan, with Pakistani sportsmen and women participating at many national and international events. Also, more international tournaments now take place in Pakistan. The size of the teams Pakistan sends, and the number of events they participate in the Olympic and Commonwealth Games has increased since the turn of the century.

Cricket

Cricket has a huge following and based on attendance figures at games, is the most popular sport in the country. Pakistan has produced many multi-talented players who have been among the best batsmen and bowlers in the world. Almost all districts and neighborhoods in Pakistan have a cricket team and people start playing from a young age. Pakistan has won a lot of international cricket events, including the World Cup in 1992, besides finishing as runners up in 1999 World Cup and 2007 World Twenty20. Pakistan's cricket teams take part in domestic competitions such as the ABN-AMRO Cup, the ABN-AMRO Patron's Trophy, ABN-AMRO Twenty-20 Cup, and the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. International test and one-day matches are played between the Pakistan national team and foreign opponents regularly. The Pakistan Cricket Board controls both the men’s and women’s game. Women’s cricket is also very popular, with Kiran Baluch holding the current record of the highest score in a women's test match with her 242. Notable cricket players from Pakistan include Wasim Akram, Javed Miandad, and Imran Khan.

Field Hockey

The Pakistan men's team has won three gold medals at the Olympics and lifted the Hockey World Cup four times. It has also won the most number of Asian gold medals and is the only Asian team to have won the prestigious Champions Trophy three times.
It has been consistently ranked amongst the top teams in the world. Notable players include Sohail Abbas, Mohammed Saqlain and Waseem Ahmad.
The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) is the national governing body of field hockey in Pakistan. The Pakistan Hockey Federation Women Wing (PHFWW) is the official organization of women's field hockey in Pakistan.

Squash

Squash is another sport that has a large following in Pakistan, with Pakistan dominating the sport for a period of time.
Jahangir Khan and Jansher Khan are considered legends of the sport and have won several World Squash Championships and other tournaments.
Pakistani players have won the squash World Open 17 times, and British open 12 times, the highest by any nation.
The Pakistan Squash Federation is the governing body of the sport in the country.
Every province of the country holds its own men's and women's championships. Some other notable players from Pakistan include Hashim Khan, Torsam Khan and Qamar Zaman.

Polo

Polo is one of Pakistan's national sports. Polo is believed to have originated in Central Asia, and continues to be an important sport there with several large annual competitions.
The Pakistan Polo Association (PPA) organise the sport, and the national side takes part in the Polo World Cup. Polo is played professionally with a number of Argentine players playing in Pakistan.

Benefits of playing sports:

Physical Benefits • Increased strength and stamina • Better body shape increased agility • They help burn calories and shed those extra pounds • They give the body a good exercise

Psychological Benefits • They encourage you to give your best every time • They help build your planning and analytical skills and increase concentration • Sports boost confidence • They build leadership and team skills
The Bigger Picture • Achieve social integration • Lead to infrastructural developments • Create employment opportunities • Boost the tourism industry
Playing sport has many benefits – I believe you can classify them in four categories:
- Recreational
- Personal development
- Health and wellbeing
- Social and community

Recreational

Sport is fun. There are few better ways to enjoy yourself than playing sport – whether competitively or socially. It provides a welcome respite from work (or homework) and can create a shared excitement that can’t be generated by sitting in front of a computer screen.

Personal development

Sport helps participants to develop important life skills. It teaches and reinforces discipline and hard work through training and setting and accomplishing goals.
Team sports teach the value of teamwork and trust. Playing sport also thrusts participants into leadership positions, enabling development in this important area.
Through sport, participants experience the highs and lows of excitement and disappointment. Playing sport can help with the ability to overcome disappointment and move on.
Sport helps develop motor skills, co-ordination, vision, problem-solving and strategic thinking – useful skills for academic studies and professional/career development.

Health and wellbeing

It is no secret that people who participate in sport will live a healthier lifestyle.
Playing and training in sport has physical benefits for cardiovascular and muscular fitness, but also associated benefits of promoting a healthy diet and personal care.
Children who participate in sport are more likely to continue involvement in social and/or competitive sport into adulthood.

Social and community
There is nothing quite sport to bring a community together.
From the army of volunteers who drive the operations of local clubs, to the parents who support their children, sport has benefits to everybody associated with it.
Sport provides the opportunity to meet new people from varied backgrounds and communities. It is a level playing field where everybody participates equally.
Whether you are involved in a team sport, or simple actively exercising, sport improves your lifestyle.
As a community, we need to do more to promote the benefits of sport. Everybody should have the opportunity to experience the many life-changing benefits that sport provides.

How can sports bring people closer?

I believe that sports have the power to bring people together under any circumstances. There are only certain things that have the power to bring people together, and I believe that sports are one of them.

Popular events like the Football World Cup and other international sporting occasions are essential in easing international tension and releasing patriotic emotions in a safe way.

Every four years, the whole world stops to watch international sporting events such as the Olympics and the Football World Cup in which athletes show their best performance to make their country proud. These sporting occasions have proved to be helpful in easing international tension in difficult times when powerful leaders were trying to control the world’s economy and other governments were fighting over the land.
The Olympic games are one of the best examples, which prove how sporting events can bring nations together, at least temporarily. From the ancient History, when Greeks and Romans would interrupt battles to participate in the games, to the more recent international disputes, when athletes from Palestine and Israel would forget their differences, compete peacefully and even embrace each other after an event. Moreover, these popular events have called the world’s attention to the terrible consequences of wars; thus some leaders have tried to reach agreements to end their disputes and live peacefully.
Similarly, international sporting events show benefits in some developing countries, which live, in a daily internal civil war. For example, Brazil has a high rate of unemployment, lack of education, hunger, crime, poverty and corruption which leads to an immense embarrassment of being Brazilian and a low self-esteem. However, when the Football World Cup starts, the Brazilian squad, which is considered the best team in the world, provokes an amazing feeling of pride in their country. Most people seem to forget all their problems and even the criminal activity decreases. They paint roads with the national colors, wear the Brazilian team shirts and buy national flags. Moreover, the competition brings families and neighbors together and even rival gangs watch the games and celebrate peacefully.
In conclusion, popular sporting events play an important role in decreasing international tensions and liberating patriotic feelings as history has shown.

Leisure Activities in Pakistan:
According to a Gilani Research Foundation survey carried out by Gallup Pakistan watching TV, resting to relax and visiting friends are top three leisure time activities of Pakistani Men.

A nationally representative sample of men from across the four provinces was asked What do you do in your spare time? What is your hobby? Responding to this, 30% of men said watch TV , 28% said resting to relax and 18% said visit friends , 8% said other outdoor activities , 6% said reading , 6% said do household chores .
The study was released by Gilani foundation and carried out by Gallup Pakistan, the Pakistani affiliate of Gallup International. The recent survey was carried out among a sample of 1380 men in rural and urban areas of all four provinces of the country, during October 07 to 13.
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Importance of time for Leisure activities:

The last decade has seen a shift in awareness of the importance of leisure time activities in the development of a young person. There is growing recognition of the vital contribution that discretionary time can make for young people in terms of promoting social inclusion, access to opportunities and overall development. Terms such as "leisure", "informal learning" and "play" imply a casualness of purpose and practice that does not do justice to the way in which a majority of young people use their free time. Young people's leisure time and volunteer activities relate directly to many of the issues affecting them, such as education and employment. They are increasingly seeking and finding new ways to spend their free time.

Leisure time is much important for all humans, because every one need to release their stress of work and everyday life. Personally, I am using my free time for relaxing and listening music, because I am a job holder and I need to have keep my limbs freely and I need refresh my mind, but leisure time can be used for various reasons.

Some people like to have their free time by watching movies, reading or brows internet. These types of activities may be help to release their stress and they can refresh their mind. I have an experience about this situation, when I was studying my degree course, I liked to spend my free time for playing basket ball and cricket, because I need to keep my physical fitness in good condition.

Job is another factor, which also effect our leisure time. Software Engineer, for example, he has been spending his work until complete of his target or software. Hence, he wants to siting in front of his computer and need to program his software and he needs to directly face to computer screen log time. Then, end of the working day he would like to have relax in a comfortable chair.

Working place also may effect our leisure time. People, who work in indoors, they like to have their leisure time in outdoors also reverse same for the outdoor workers. I am jobholder in a university and all the time I am working in my room, so I like to visit beautiful places and stay with listening music.

Person condition also depends on their free time activities. Pregnant mothers, patients they like to have rest during the free times. Elderly people, who like to read books, listening radio, watch television etc.,

In conclusion, people would like to spend their leisure time by choosing best for them. This is depending on their work, job, condition etc. In my opinion is, it needs to be helped to our future success.

Change in shopping habits in recent years:
Online media has affected conventional Pakistan shopping trends. Significant shift in the traditional shopping trends in Pakistan is evident by the emergence of online gift delivery shops, and stores, selling mobiles, laptops, computers, furniture, garments, etc. With this shift in trends, the merchants started moving to Google Adwords, Facebook advertising and other similar options which look very attractive but need too much of time and enough money for the success.
Traditional online advertising has risks involved along with high costs. The bigger hurdle for advertisers is rightly targeting local audience which needs tons of experience, enough time and testing different strategies that every advertiser cannot afford. Here Groupin.pk helps advertisers by offering them, not to do anything except offering discounted rates to potential customers. And so, now local merchants use online media to attract potential customers with optimum ease.
Advertising affects the way people shop:

Advertising affects consumers is by encroaching on all areas. One example is with public schools getting corporate sponsorships for money to fund the resources that they can't afford to pay for.
Everyone knows that today advertisement appears everywhere, which naturally points out its significant effects on shopping habit of many people. I propose that advertisement affects people’s behavior for two reasons. First, nowadays there are more and more advertisements on mass media that people interact with everyday. Practically, most people have TV, Internet, newspapers available in their house. When going out, your eyes can catch series of billboards, flashes reaching along the street and attractive posters. Those types of advertisement contain words, images as well as short messages designed carefully and creatively, which aims to draw people’s attention. Second, the continuous frequency of ad on mass media step by step forms in people’s mind the product’s positive information. Actually, most people want to buy things which their idols and professional experts use and recommend. Therefore, they are persuaded to consume goods advertised persistently with the images of many famous people and well-know organizations. However, those who disagree with this proposal claim that many people are not affected by ad because they care much about the quality rather than the popularity. In fact, the more products are popular, the more people take up to use. They know the information as well as the quality of a product mainly through advertisements and have a trend to own products widely and longingly because of their quality. Overall, advertisement affects our behavior in many ways, but we should consider its both positive and negative sides in our life.

How People long distance in Pakistan:
Transportation in Pakistan is extensive and varied but still in its developing stages and serving a population of over 170 million people. Getting around Pakistan by bus isn’t always terribly comfortable but it’s undeniably cheap. Within cities, buses provide a significant role in commuting a large number of travelers from one city to another. Recently, large CNG busses have been put onto the streets of various cities, primarily Karachi, Lahore and recently Islamabad as minivans which were originally used were beginning to cause large traffic problems. Minivans are private yellow and white minivans that have services throughout cities in Pakistan and are able to get commuters from one point of the city to the other at low-cost. Since 2000 however, the government has taken a comprehensive initiative to modernize the existing bus fleets and minimally impact the environment. This public-private enterprise would gradually introduce new way of traveling with facilities.

Pakistan Railways provides an important mode of transportation in Pakistan, catering to the large-scale movement of people and freight