LAHORE: A provincial-level Inter-University Naat, Qiraat and speech competition began here on Thursday at the Government College University Lahore in connection with the Shan-e-Rehmatul lil Alameen week.
Students from different universities of Punjab are participating in the competition, being held under the auspices of the Punjab Higher Education Department.
The competition among students of Lahore Division started on Tuesday. Amima Ashraf from the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) Lahore secured the first position in Qiraat contest in the female category, while Hafiza Anisa Rafi from Lahore College for Women University (LCWU) Lahore and Hafiza Afifa from the University of Engineering and Technology (UET) Lahore secured the second and third positions, respectively.
Maria Munir from the University of Education (UoE) Lahore, Mariam Saddique from the GCU Lahore and Sehrish Khan from LCWU stood first, second and third in the Naat contest among female students.
In male category, Hafiz Muhammad Amir from the GCU Lahore stood first in Qiraat contest, while Abdullah Yousaf from UoE Lahore and Hafiz Muhammad Shakir from UVAS Lahore won the second and third positions, respectively.
Hafiz Anees-ur-Rehman from COMSATS University Lahore Campus, Ali Nauman from GCU Lahore and Shabbir Ahmad from UET Lahore stood first, second and third in the Naat contest among male students.
GCU Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Asghar Zaidi congratulated the winners of the first round, announcing that the grand finale of the provincial-level Inter-University Naat, Qiraat and speech competition would also be held at the GCU Lahore on Saturday, Oct 16, 2021.