5-day Co-curricular Competitions Begin At PU On Monday

LAHORE, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 22nd Apr, 2018 ) :Aimed at promoting national solidarity, the Second 5-day All Pakistan Co-Curricular Competitions 2018 with participation of over 1500 students from Punjab, Sindh, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, Kashmir in 14 competition categories, will begin on Monday at the Punjab University.

The event is a joint venture of the Punjab Higher education Commission (PHEC), Punjab University, The Educationist, NAB and Lahore College for Women University, said the varsity spokesman here Sunday.

He said that Punjab Higher Education Commission's Chairman Dr Nizamuddin would be chief guest of the opening ceremony at PU New Campus. The ceremony would be held in four hall of the university, simultaneously including Faisal Auditorium, Al-Razi Hall and Waheed Shaheed Hall from April 23 to 27.

He said that 920 participants would be from Punjab, 15 from Sindh, 11 from KP, 18 from Balochistan and five from Kashmir, while groups of students of schools from across Pakistan would also visit the varsity to watch the competitions.

The main purpose of conducting the mega event, he said, was to promote national unity and harmony among provinces. It was also aimed to provide a chance to the people, coming from different provinces to come forward and talk with one another.

The event comprises competitions of Qirat, Naat, Debates (urdu, English, Punjabi), Photography, Essay writing, poetry, Painting, National Songs and Theatre Dramas among schools and university students in three separate categories including school Junior, School Senior and College/University, he concluded. APP/maa/rsd