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Physical Education, is a way of education by means of physical movement. Being a natural phenomenon, movement is the essence of life and the entire mechanism of human body is geared to it. Experts believe that Exercise is also as important as food while food provides necessary energy for the body, exercise tones up the human organism so that it can utilize this energy in a better way. As such, both food and exercise go together for developing the human organism and promoting their functioning. Since healthy body is necessary for healthy mind, Physical education as a discipline is intimately concerned with souci cultural development which education in general aims at. In fact it is more intimately concerned with human development than educational disciplines

Physical Fitness is not only a concept but also it reflects a practical approach to human betterment in terms of health.

The survival of a nation is undoubtedly dependent on physical fitness, which ensures general proficiency in all walks of life, and is inevitably linked with better economic growth.

It is needless to emphasize the importance of physical education as a discipline, as it already stands recognized at the university level. All the advanced countries, realizing its virtues and benefits, have included this subject as an essential part of curriculum at all levels of education. Many a Waterloo has been won at the playing fields of many Etons.

The masters course in Health and Physical Education is designed to provide high standard education in this field to the young men and women of Karachi and Sindh in order to create employable cadres of health and physical education, professionals including sports officials, managers, coaches etc.