LAHORE: The two-day Punjab University’s Annual Cricket Festival 2018 was held under the auspices of Dr Shazia Naureen Qureshi, Principal and Patron Law College Sports Committee, here the other day. The festival was held at PU Law College Ground. Fourteen teams, comprising 12 players each, took part in the festival. Dr Shazia Qureshi performed the opening ceremony in presence of a large number of students, both male and female. Pakistan cricketer Humayun Farhat and his wife also attended the festival on the invitation of Dr Shazia Qureshi. The festival was a T10 tournament, which all teams enjoyed in a good spirit and thanked Dr Shazia Qureshi for encouraging the students for holding sports activities. In the final match, Youngster Club defeated Proclamied offenders Club in a close match.
Raja Farzan of LLB Part-I was given man of the match award, Bashir Ahmed Khan was awarded player of the tournament trophy and Faizan Ali of LLB Hons was also awarded man of the match prize. Special prizes were also awarded to Amjad Ali, Amjad Riaz, Israr Ahmad, Nayah Farooq and Sharafat Ali. Dr. Shazia Qureshi was awarded a beautiful shield by all the captains of the participating teams and organisers for her efforts to provide excellent opportunities for holding a well organised and disciplined cricket festival.
Published in Daily Times, March 13th 2018.
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