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19th Annual Sports Day held at UVAS

LAHORE (09-03-23): The University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Lahore organised its 19th Annual Sports Day in its City Campus Sports Ground.

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

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 evening.

Addressing the inaugural ceremony, Mr Aslam Jawaid said that it is best opportunities for students to take part in such sports activities which is key way for grooming their personalities.

In the concluding ceremony, Prof Dr Sarwar Khan appreciated UVAS Sports Board efforts especially in getting UVAS ranked 4th among public sector universities in 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.

While addressing the staff at the cake-cutting ceremony, Prof Dr Nasim Ahmad congratulated all the students who actively participated in different competitions and won positions. He said UVAS will establish wrestling academy with the financial assistance of HEC, state of the art swimming pool & Resource Center as per international standards. He also lauded the UVAS Sports Board for arranging such a mega sports event in a befitting manner.

The 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.

Mr Tasawwur from CVAS Jhang won the title of Fastest Man of UVAS while Mr 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.

The Chairman Sports Board Rana Muhammad Ayyub, Prof Dr Aftab Anjum and a large number of staff members and students from all campuses of UVAS were present on the occasion.