Punjab Youth Affairs and Sports Department, on the directions of Director General Sports Punjab Pervez Iqbal organized a seminar on the topic of ‘Youth a Hope for Rising Pakistan’ on International Youth Day at SBP E-Library on Monday.
Director Admin Dr M Kaleem, Director Sports Yasmeen Akhtar, Director Youth Affairs Rana Nadeem Anjum and former Pakistan hockey captain Olympian Tahir Zaman were the guests of honour at the seminar.
Besides them, veteran banker and motivational speaker Amjad Siddiqui, E-Rozgar high achiever Saba Khalil Awan, Imran Kadia, Syed Kashf Ahmed, head of Alif Laam Meem organization Bushra Nadeem, Smeda adviser Liaqat Ali Gohar, moderator Ahsan Kamray and a large number of female students and players from different clubs also attended the seminar.
Shaista Qaiser, Assistant Director Farhat, Razia Malik and Librarian Shazia were also present on this occasion.
All the speakers paid rich tribute to Olympian Arshad Nadeem for winning historic Gold Medal in javelin throw event of Paris Olympics.
Addressing the seminar, Director Admin Dr M Kaleem said that our youth has been blessed with abundance of potential. “Our talented youth just need to identify their true strength and focus to achieve their goal instead of wasting their time in useless activities”.
Director Admin Dr M Kaleem said that our youth must spend their time in positive activities. “It is right time for our talented youngsters to learn techniques of modern Artificial Intelligence (AI)”.
Director Youth Affairs Rana Nadeem Anjum presented welcome address and appreciated the discipline of participating girls. “Punjab Youth Department is striving hard for polishing the skills and abilities of talented young boys and girls”. Later, all the speakers were given souvenirs.
Meanwhile, Punjab Youth Affairs and Sports Department conducted a Calligraphy Contest in connection with 77th Independence Day of the country. A large number of female students of different colleges and universities took part in the competition.
Laraib Eman Ali was declared winner of the Calligraphy Contest and was awarded a trophy and cash prize of Rs 20,000. Aysha Fatima grabbed second position while Samara Shahid finished third in the event. Aysha Fatima and Samara were given cash prizes of Rs 15,000 and Rs 10,000 respectively.
Director Admin Dr M Kaleem, Director Sports Yasmeen Akhtar distributed prizes among the top position holders.