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Interviewee: Siraj Sohail (Most Valuable Player of 11th AKU inter-school/collegiate boys' Under-19 Basketball Tournament)
Interviewer: Hiba Khan

Q1. How does it feel to have been awarded with the Most Valuable Player title at the AKU Basketball Tournament?

Ans. It is, in fact, a matter privilege to have been selected as a best player, i am really honoured and would acknowledge the fact that these feelings are beyond expressions. Yet, i confess that at this moment i feel deeply motivated to enhance my performance to a higher level of perfection.

Siraj Sohail, the player in the middle :) With Wajeeh Ahmed
and Tooba Javaid.
Yes, Siraj was awarded 'The Most Valuable Player' at
Aman Foundation Basketball tournament too.

O2. How long have you been playing basketball for, and has it become more of a passion now than just a game for you?
Ans. I'm playing since 2007. To me, perfection and excellence in any sport can be achieved through passion, if this element is lacking, i think, we can not elevate it to the higher level of achievement. Therefore, for me, it is more of a passion than sport.

Q3. Do you think your basketball talents will end with A-levels?
Ans. I am temperamentally suited to basketball, i believe it is induced in my instinct, it can not and will not end after my A levels.

Q4. Who is your basketball idol?
Ans. Of course, Jordan.

Q5. Do you think you can be captain of the team next year?
Ans. InshAllah. I will be the captain.

Q6. Finally, food or basketball ?
Ans. Definitely fooood, it gives me the energy to play basketball. Hahaha.

Interviewee: Fariz Ahmed (Captain of PAF Chapter Boys Basketball Team)
Interviewer: Minahil Malik

FARIZ :)

Q1. During the last quarter did it occur to you that you might lost the game, or were you sure about winning?
Ans. Of course as a captain i felt the weight was really on my shoulders, but then I saw the score and I saw how my entire team was playing and I knew we were going to win. We were on fire!

Q2. Describe for us how you felt when the buzzer rang and you knew that you had beaten the 'Gulshan A Level Team'?
Ans. Even though I knew we were going to win, I couldn't believe it till the crowd ran to congratulate us, that's when we realized we had done it!

Q3. If a large number of supporters come to watch you play, does that in any way pressurize you?
 Ans. That's what everyone thinks, but the only reason we win is through their support. We win to make them proud. That's not pressure, that's called being united.

Q4. What makes you love Basketball the most out of all the other sports?
Ans. It's the game that i could play everyday for the rest of my life.

Q5. What do you have to say about the efforts of your boys ( team mates)?
Ans. They gave it there best and look what we accomplished, we finally won from City Gulshan. I could not have asked for anything more.

Q6. If you could coach someone for Basketball from the A Level section who would you choose and why?
Ans. Wajeeh Ahmed. He's a great player. However, he needs to learn how to pass the ball sometimes.

Interviewee: Usman Siddique (Vice Captain of PAF Chapter Boys Basketball Team)
Interviewer: Sarmad Pirzada

Meet Muhammad Usman Siddique, the one who constantly
nagged us about how the interviews of the rest of his
team mates should be taken too.
That's the Vice Captain Spirit! :)

Q1) Let us begin this interview by shedding light on your passion, tell me, is basketball the only passion of your life.
Ans) No. Game itself isn’t the passion; being a player is.

Q2) One very common occurring question that I put up to every interviewee and get mesmerized by the answers that I get is, how do you divide your time between studies, extracurricular activities and BASKETBALL?
Ans) Well, to be very honest, I don’t participate in any extra curricular activity other than sports so it isn’t difficult to manage time between playing and studying. Infact I spend more of my time playing.

Q3) A weird question, how do you measure the baskets you have missed till now?
Ans) I believe many, but the fraction I might have scored would be 14/15.

Q4) In 20 years from now, do you still see yourself as a basketball player?
Ans) Not really. Basketball is a passion; I don’t see it as a career.

Q5) That moment when you felt the legendary trophy between your fingers, did the chills run down your spine?
Ans) It felt great. In all the times I have spent at PAF Chapter, it was the best feeling.

OUR BOYS MADE IT TO THE NEWS! :D

Source: Dawn News

OUR BOYS AT AMAN FOUNDATION BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

THE TEAM LINE UP OF 11th AKU inter-school/collegiate boys' Under-19 Basketball Tournament

Fariz Ahmed(c). Waleed Khan. Umar Ayub. Osman Siddique(vc). Bilal Zaheer. Sheryar Shareef. Wajih Ahmed. Shahmir Zaheer. Siraj Sohail. Hammad Ashraf.  Najam Farooq. Yusha Ul Hasan. Waleed Sherdil. Behzad Javed. Paul Naqvi.

KEEP IT ROLLIN' PAFIANS! :)