Lahore: A meeting of Punjab University Convocation Coordination Committee, headed by Dean Faculty of Science Prof Dr Kh Haris Rashid, held here in the Committee Room of Centre for Undergraduate Studies, New Campus to finalize arrangements for the varsity’s 120th convocation and Department of Sports for Women organized a ceremony to innuagrate two vehicles and awarding scholarship to outstanding women sports player, who won All Pakistan Inter-Universities Championship on Thursday.
The convocation will be held on Saturday, December 31 in the Faisal Auditorium, New Campus. All conveners of sub-committees of the convocation briefed the meeting about the working of their committee. The meeting expressed its satisfaction over the arrangements made so far and gave final touches.
The meeting was informed that the full dress rehearsal of Convocation will be held on Friday, December 30 at 8:00am in the Faisal Auditorium, New Campus. It was also informed the meeting that the participating students and medal winners have been directed to timely attend the full dress rehearsal on December 30 and the convocation on December 31. It is worth mentioning here that 180 Undergraduates, 318 Masters, 258 MPhils and 129 PhD students would be given degrees, while 60 medals to Undergraduates and 77 medals to Masters students will also be awarded to top position holders.
On the sports ceremony, Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Mujahid Kamran was the chief guest while Director Sports Prof Dr Zafar Rashid, Additional Director Sports (W) Mrs Shamsa Hashmi, Additional Director Sports Attia Nawaz, Resident Auditor Naeem Iqbal Qureshi, women players of Postgraduate College Wahdat Road, Govt Home Economics College Gulberg and Fatima Jinnah Degree College also attended the ceremony. It is worthy mentioning here that the PU women players have bagged All Pakistan Inter-Universities Championships of hockey, handball, badminton and rowing.
Addressing the ceremony, VC Dr Mujahid Kamran said it was duty of academic institutes to promote extra-curricular capabilities of students, but unfortunately, he said there was grip of political culture in the Punjab University which now had been removed. “We could not become good human beings if we did not learn from win or defeat,” he added.
Earlier, Shamsa Hashmi, in her address, said sports activities had been promoted under the dynamic leadership of VC Dr Mujahid Kamran. She said scholarship for sports players had been raised from Rs 4,80,000/- to Rs 1.6 million. 52 students were being awarded scholarships worth Rs 3000 to Rs 8000.
She said the Sports Department had purchased vehicles to facilities its women players. She said 25 women players had been provided free of cost hostel accommodation while fee of 41 students had been waived off this year.
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