19th Annual Sports Day Held At University Of Veterinary And Animal Sciences (UVAS)

The University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) Lahore organised its 19th Annual Sports Day at the City Campus, here on Thursday.

LAHORE, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 9th Mar, 2023 ):The University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) Lahore organised its 19th Annual Sports Day at the City Campus, here on Thursday.

Member Production Sector Wing Planning & Development Board Government of Punjab Aslam Jawed, along with UVAS Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Nasim Ahmad, inaugurated the sports contests, while UVAS former Dean Faculty of Veterinary Science/Director Advanced Studies Prof Dr Sarwar Khan was the chief guest at the prize distribution ceremony.

Students from the City Campus Lahore, Ravi Campus Pattoki, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Jhang and Khan Bahadar Choudhry Mushtaq Ahmed College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Narowal participated in sports fixtures, which continued till late in the evening.

Prof Dr Sarwar Khan appreciated UVAS Sports Board efforts especially in getting UVAS ranked 4th among public sector universities in the HEC national sports ranking. He lauded UVAS students for their outstanding performance in various games. He said participation of students in co-curricular activities in sports is very important alongside curricular activities for their grooming.

Various contests featuring annual sports day included final races of 800, 200, 100 meter for boys and girls, three-leg race, javelin throw, shot-put, long jump, triple jump, discus throw, tug of war, chaati race, martial art presentation/gymnastic show, etc.

Tasawwur from CVAS Jhang won the title of Fastest Man of UVAS while Hasnain Khalid from Food Science & Technology won the title of "Mr UVAS" in body building contest. Tahir Fareed and Aliza Moon both from Medical Lab Technology students were declare the best athletes of UVAS among male and female categories.

Male DVM 4th year with 74 points and female Zoology team with earned 58 points won the general trophies from Ravi Campus. MPhil & PhD male team with 70 points won general trophy and Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences female team earned 74 point won general trophies.

Prof Dr Sarwar Khan, along with VC Prof Nasim Ahmad, distributed general trophies, medals, shields and blazers among the winners of all contests.

Earlier, Director Sports Rana Amjad Iqbal shared the achievements of the UVAS players in various sports competitions held in 2021-22 including volleyball, table tennis, handball, kabaddi, badminton, karate, wushu, rugby, chess, wrestling, weightlifting and bodybuilding, etc.

Chairman Sports Board Rana Muhammad Ayub, Prof Dr Aftab Anjum and a large number of staff members and students from all campuses of UVAS were also present.