ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JACK A DULL BOY: THE SLOGAN FOR A SPARKLING TODAY

  • Mehnaz Nuruddin Gitey Dow International Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.63050/jpps.20.03.292
Keywords: Sports

Abstract

Living in an era of “Parhoge lihoge banoge nawab, kheloge kudoge tau hogay khrab”(Literacy make a person a leader while sports spoils a person)it is learnt with experience that sports spoils a person’s comfort zone, opens a person up to challenges, challenging a person to meet them. A person engaged in sports is not only physically healthy but is mentally sound too. Sports mentally engage a person into positivity, distracting all physically active competitors away from conflict and negativity.

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Author Biography

Mehnaz Nuruddin Gitey, Dow International Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan

Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry 

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Published
2023-09-28
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Gitey MN. ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JACK A DULL BOY: THE SLOGAN FOR A SPARKLING TODAY. J Pak Psychiatr Soc [Internet]. 2023Sep.28 [cited 2025May9];20(03):36. Available from: https://jpps.pk/index.php/journal/article/view/292
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Vol 20 No 03 (2023): Journal of Pakistan Psychiatric Society
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