The University of Agriculture Faisalabad attracted scores of art and literature lovers on the third day of ongoing sixth Lyallpur Art and Literature Festival.

The University of Agriculture Faisalabad attracted scores of art and literature lovers on the third day of ongoing sixth Lyallpur Art and Literature Festival. The event, which will continue till April 6, is organized under the banner of Senior Tutor Office, UAF The festival featured different events including Qirat and Naat and Essay Competition, bilingual declamation, essay competition, Bait Bazi contest, Model United Nations (MUN), drama and documentary contests and web designing, speed programming, and mushaira, Bait Bazi, script writing and others. . As per results, in the Essay writing competition, Ragheeba Sahar from Nusrat Jahan College Rabwah got the first position while Namra Arooj from Riphah International University stood second and Iqra Naseer from University of Sindh Jamshoro got the third positon. In the Punjabi Takra, Usman Asghar from Government College University Faisalabad got the first positon while Sultan Altamash from Government College University Lahore and Mubashir Saeed from Punjab University Lahore got the second and third positions respectively. In the Urdu Declamation, Abdullah Warraich from University of Lahore clinched the first position while Kashf Sehar from GCUF and Ali Rajboot from Tabbani School of Accountancy Karachi got the second and third position. In the English declamation, Muneeb ul Hassan from University of Lahore bagged the first position while Zoraiz Nasir from Punjab University and Areej Nasir from CMH Lahore got the second and third positions respectability . UAF Vice Chancellor Dr Muhammad Iqbal Zafar said that art and literature was the identity of nations. He said that nations who don’t save their culture and literature are wiped out from the map of the world. He added that there is a need to promote the literary activities for the coming generation. He said the country are blessed with rich language, culture and traditions that must be saved for coming generation. Senior Tutor Dr Athar Javed that the university was used to organize the festival once in a year in which educational universities across the country participated. He said that such forum are meant for providing a platform to the students to exhibit their skills.