The Shifa International Hospital (SIH) organised soccer matches at its Sports Complex on Monday as a part of its ongoing campaign against cancer. The two-day event was organised in collaboration with the Falcon the Planner. The Ghauri Football Club, Falcon FC and 18 other teams participated in the soccer tournament, aimed at creating awareness among the masses about cancer and promoting a healthy lifestyle. A large number of people from all walks of life, including young people and families, gathered to watch the matches. The final was played between the Ghauri Club and Falcon FC. While both the teams played with spirit and enthusiasm, Ghauri managed a 2-1 win.
SIH Consultant Oncologist Dr Muhammad Ali Afridi, the chief guest at the event, presented Rs 15,000 to the winning team’s captain, Umar Farooq Dar. The Falcon FC’s captain Taha Bin Tahir was given the Rs 7,500 runner-up prize. Dr Afridi hailed the efforts of Falcon the Planner and Shifa for organising a healthy activity to spread cancer awareness. He said cancer is a dreaded disease but it can be managed if diagnosed in time. He urged the participants to live a simple and active life to avoid serious diseases. SIH Strategic Planning Director Mahmood Mirza said as part of Shifa’s cancer campaign, a Cancer Walk would be held on Tuesday, January 31, from China Chowk, Jinnah Avenue, to the Parade Ground. He added that Islamabad Chief Commissioner Tariq Pirzada would be the chief guest at the event, which would be attended by people from all walks of life as well as cancer patients.
Women are better at parking than men, study suggests
ISLAMABAD
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The idea that women cannot park is simply untrue, according to research indicating that female drivers are more adept than men at maneuvering into a space. Covert surveillance of car parks across Britain has shown that while women may take longer to park, they are more likely to leave their vehicles in the middle of a bay.
The study is one of the most comprehensive ever conducted on gender driving differences, and took into account seven key components of parking styles.
Women were also found to be better at finding spaces, more accurate in lining themselves up before starting each maneuver, and more likely to adopt instructors’ preferred method of reversing into bays.
Men were shown to be more skilled at driving forwards into spaces and more confident overall, with fewer opting to reposition their car once in a bay.
But once all the elements were taken into account, women were ranked first with a total score of 13.4 out of 20, compared to 12.3 points achieved by men.
Neil Beeson, a professional driving instructor who devised the experiment, described the results as “surprising”.
The results also appear to dispel the myth that men have better spatial awareness than women. Each aspect of a person’s parking was marked and added to a final tally to produce a “parking coefficient” for the two sexes.
Researchers found that impatience caused many men to drive too quickly around car parks. Meanwhile, women’s slower approach meant they were better able to notice spaces, or spot when other drivers were about to leave.
The study concluded that women spend 12 days of their lives parking compared to nine days for men.
The findings contradict not only popular belief but also previous research that disclosed that thousands of women fail their driving test on parking errors.
