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This institution will always feel proud in
having produced intellectuals and scientists like Sh. Abdus
Salam, Dr. Z.A. Hashmi and Dr. Israr-ul-Haq and Sportsmen like
Dr. Tariq Aziz, Col. Ashraf Aziz, Mr .
M. Farooq Khan, Mr. Mahmood Ahmad, Mr. Amrat Mal, Haji Muhammad
Chaudhry, Rana Abdul Haq, Col. Shafique, Ch. Fazal Karim Sh,
Major K. Asif, Dr. Khalid Farooqi, Col. Nasrullah Malik and Dr.
Imtiaz Ahmad Chaudhry. Recent Addition to the galaxy of these
super stars are Mr. Jail Aftab, Dr. Javed Iqbal Shah, Dr. Saleem
Shehzad, Dr. Zafar ul Ahsan Qureshi, Col. Abdul Majeed, Col.
Shabbir Ahmad, Mr. Mehdi Chavashi Kolati, Mr. Amir Aslam,
Mr. Amir Ayub and Mr. Tajammal Miraj. This College is proud of
Dr. Tariq Aziz who was Captain of the National Hockey Team that
won a Gold Medal in the world Olympics in 1968. Mr. Ashraf Ali
Qureshi who won a Bronze Medal in 6th Asian Karate Championship
in Nepal in 1994 and Col. Shabbir Ahmad, who was awarded a
trophy in Tent Pegging at the National Horse and Cattle Show,
Lahore in 1995 by the Prime Minister of Pakistan.
The year
1962-63 will long be remembered as the golden era in the 50
years of athletic history of this institution. Our athletic team
participated in Lahore District Athletic Championship. Prominent
amongst them where Mr. Khalid Farooqi, Mr. Mahmood Ah mad
and Mr. Farooq Khan from this College, who however, became the
best athlete of Lahore District. Later on our spirited boys run
away with the relay races and athletic championship of the
Punjab University with ease. Our victory in relay races stunned
the entire sports circles and we received appreciation from
every corner. The team won all the six relay events and became
the first ever champions in the 68 years history of the Punjab
University to win such an honor. They also created a new
University record in Medley relay race, breaking the previous
record by a big margin of 3.7 seconds. In athletic
championships, we became champion by a real convincing margin
and also created a new University record in 400 meters race. Mr.
Farooq Khan brought another laurel to this College when he
became the best athlete of the Punjab University.
Seven of
our athletes, namely Mr. Khalid, Mr. Farooq, Mr. Mahmood, Mr.
Riaz, Mr. Rashid, Mr. Khalid and Mr. Baskaran, were selected as
member from any single institution.
A few
months later, it was another occasion of great pride, when there
of our Punjab University selected athletes, viz; Mr. Farooqi,
Mr. Mahmood and Mr. Farooq, were selected by the Pakistan
Amateur Athletic Federation to represent it in Quetta . Our
sprinter Col. Ashraf Aziz represented the College in the Punjab
University Championship in the year 1964 and created a new
record in 100 meters race which no body could break until 1983.
The
Football team of the college of Veterinary Sciences , Lahore
will go down in the history as the champion of the Punjab
University for many years and we cannot forget our stars like
Mr. Farooq Mir, Mr. Faiz Muhammad (Faizo), Mr. Muhammad Shafi,
Mr. Saeed Khan, Mr. Abdul Majid Kanjoo, Mr. M. Siddique,
Chaudhry Sattar and Mr. Muhammad Younas whose untiring efforts
of late Syed Amanat Ali Bokhari, Director Sports, Our College
Rowing team remained Punjab University Champion and in the year
1955-56 won the West Pakistan Rowing Championship. In 1981, M/S
Raj Kumar, Zafar-ul-Ahsan Qureshi and Nadeem were selected in
Agri-versity Badminton team and Mr. Nadeem was the captain of
the team, which represented University of Agriculture in the
Inter-versity Championship and got 2nd position in the singles.
Mr. Ahmad Raza was another promising player of this institution
who captained the Agri-Versity Lawn Tennis team in the Inter-versity
Championship in 1982. Mr. Hafeez and Mr. Majid deserve
richtributes who brought good name to this College during the
year 1981-92 and 1983 in the field of Foot Ball by representing
the Agri-Versity in the Intervarsity Championship. Mr.
Rameez-un-Nabi represented the Agri-varsity in the Intervarsity
Squash Championship during 1981-82 and 1983. Due to his
outstanding performance he was appointed Captain of the
University Squash team.
Based on
the quality and performance of game the following students of
College of Veterinary Sciences, Lahore were selected as member
of the various teams of the University of Agriculture ,
Faisalabad.
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