SMB Fatima Jinnah School win girls football title

KARACHI: SMB Fatima Jinnah Government Girls School won the Karachi United Inter-School Girls Football Tournament, beating Aga Khan School Kharadar 2-1 in a penalty shootout in the final, says a press release.

SMB Fatima’s Shehrbano Hanif and Rimsha Sami scored goals to help their school claim the second consecutive title. Goalkeeper Hadiqa Shaukat also played an important role by blocking most shoots from the opponents after match was tied 0-0 in the allocated time.

It is worth mentioning that SMB Fatima Government School, adopted by Zindagi Trust, outshined teams from top schools on their way to the title.They downed Karachi Grammar School and Karachi American School in group matches before beating St. Michaels’ in the quarter-final and Lyceum in the semi-final of the tournament. Roshana Jalal of SMB finished as top scorer of the tournament.

Shahzad Roy of Zindagi Trust was jubilant at SMB’s success in the tournament and termed it a result of providing better environment at school to the students.“Every parent dreams of getting their children enrolled in top schools of the city like KGS or Lyceum. The Zindagi Trust provided best environment to students of a government school and they proved themselves as the best,” Shahzad told Geo TV. “Success is linked with how you treat kids at schools,” he said.Meanwhile, Nixor beat Bahria 1-0 to win the boys’ title.