This year’s National Science Bowl competition was won by Islamabad’s EMS High School, while the Karachi Grammar School earned both the runner-up and third-place finishes. The semi-finals and finals of the competition took place in person in Karachi Grammar School, Karachi on 31st July 2022.
There were 4 teams that made it to the Nationals of the 2022 competition:
- EMS High School (Islamabad) captained by Zaid Khan,
- Karachi Grammar School (Karachi) captained by Muhammad Tabish Nasim
- Karachi Grammar School (Karachi) is captained by Abraheem Sabir, and
- Beaconhouse College Programme (Lahore ) captained by Muhammad Hashim Bin Quraish
This year’s event started off with outreach to 215 schools across Pakistan out of which 12 teams qualified for the Nationals and 4 teams made it to the Semi-Finals and Finals. Teams from prestigious institutions across Pakistan participated in this event.
The 12 teams that qualified for the regional round robins came from prestigious institutes across Pakistan which comprise of EMSHighSchool, Karachi Grammar School, Beaconhouse Defence Campus, Aitchison College Lahore, Lahore Grammar School Gulberg, Maktab, HabibPublicSchool, Saint Patrick’s High School, Lahore Grammar School (JT) and The City School PAF Chapter.
The event was led by more than 40 volunteers who helped in keeping the momentum going during COVID with the online matches and then with the final in-person match on 31 July 2022. Some of the leading volunteers that deserve a special mention are Hafsa Rashid, Musla Salar, Hashim Salar, Shahram Usmani, and Rafay Asim who wholeheartedly volunteered to manage the matches throughout the event.
Score Sheet
Sunday 31 July 2022
| Finals |
| EMS High School (Winner) |
| Karachi Grammar School |
| Semi Final 1 |
| EMS High School (Winner) |
| Beaconhouse College Programme |
| Semi Final 2 |
| Karachi Grammar School (Tabish Nasim) – Winner |
| Karachi Grammar School (Abraheem Sabir) |
| Third Position Placement |
| Beaconhouse College Programme |
| Karachi Grammar School (Abraheem Sabir) (Winner) |
The goal of NSB-P is to inspire children with a love of science. While there is an impressive “maker” movement in science, NSB-P hopes to complement this by introducing a more traditional memory-based competition that builds upon a rich Pakistani tradition of such competitions as “Bait-Baazi”. Students are asked questions in Biology, Chemistry, Earth & Space, Mathematics and Physics that both test their knowledge base and quick analytical abilities. The team format encourages collaboration and the fast-paced quiz structure generates excitement. The questions are not strictly curriculum-based and therefore encourage students to self-explore and be able to develop their own interests and personal scientific journey. Talent is not confined by race, religion, or income and we seek to celebrate and promote talent wherever it is
While we have achieved a lot of success in the past three years, our hope is to grow on the positive momentum and expand the event so that it not only reaches a wider set of schools in urban areas but also engages with students and schools from rural and more remote areas across the country.
