ISLAMABAD: Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) Department of French held a cultural festival (Signing and Poem Competition) in collaboration with the French Embassy (Culture Office) and National University of Modern Languages (NUML). French Embassy Cultural Councilor Andre De Bussy attended the event as chief guest. The students of AIOU French Department excelled in all the competitions and won most of the prizes. In singing competition (solo) AIOU got the 1st and 2nd prize. In singing competition (Group), AIOU got the 1st prize. In poem competition (Level 1), AIOU got the 1st and 3rd prize. In Quiz competition (Level 1), AIOU got the 2nd prize and in Skit competition AIOU got the 2nd prize. De Bussy highly appreciated the rich talents of the Pakistani students and their thrust of learning French. He said he was highly impressed by the performance of the students.