LAHORE: (Thursday, February 16, 2017): Punjab University Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Zafar Mueen Nasir has said that talented students are real power and representatives of the university and our students must show outstanding performance at every level. He was addressing inter-departmental Qirat & Naat Competition held at Al Raazi Hall here on Thursday. Director Students Affairs Shahid Mehmood Gul, Dean Faculty of Education Prof Dr Mumtaz Akhtar, Chairman Hall Council Prof Dr Abid Hussain Chaudhry, Deputy Director Zubair Akram, Israr Chishtee and a large number of students from various departments participated in the event.

Addressing the ceremony, Dr Zafar Mueen Nasir said that he wanted to bring forward talented students of the university in every field because they were our future. He announced that the students who would clinch gold medal for Punjab University in such competitions of national level would be awarded one hundred thousand rupees cash prize. In boys’ Qirat competitions category, Hailey College of Commerce’s Rashid Ahmed, Institute of Administrative Sciences’ Huzaifa and Institute of Islamic Studies’ Hafiz Muhammad Arshad obtained first, second and third positions respectively. While in girls category, Sheikh Zayed Islamic Centre’s Saman Ali, Department of Arabic’s Saima Manzoor and Institute of Islamic Studies’ Zeenat Akram clinched 1st, 2nd and 3rd positions respectively. In boys’ Naat competitions, Institute of Business Administration’s Tahir Javed, Department of Electrical Engineering’s Salman Amjad and Institute of Business and Information Technology’s Usman Munir got top three positions respectively. While in girls competition, Institute of Applied Psychology’s Mahak Azam stood 1st, Space Science’s Farah Saleem got second position and Department of Political Science’s Hijab Zahra and Sheikh Zayed Islamic Centre’s Saman Ali shared third position. Later, PU VC Dr Zafar Mueen Nasir distributed prizes and certificates among winning students.