To highlight the talent of young fine arts students from different universities, a painting competition was held at the Alhamra Cultural Complex, Qaddafi Stadium. The competition was organised by the Lahore Arts Council with aim to promote the talent of fine arts students and to encourage their painting skills. The competition was sponsored by Master Paints which provided students the easels, canvas, paints, brushes, turpentine oil, container, pencils and duster on the spot. The Lahore Arts Council had invited fine arts students from all educational institutions to participate in this landscape competition. The basic purpose of the competition was to generate a healthy activity for the students of fine arts. The jury comprising Sarosh Tariq, Zulfiqar Ali Zulfi and Rafia Tariq, selected the winner. More than 36 students from 17 universities took part in this competition. Lahore Arts Council Executive Director Athar Ali Khan along with jury members distributed the cash prize and shields to the winners. Asif Husain was declared the winner in the competition, Danish secured the second position, Mariam Qazi won the third and Mariam Shahid got the fourth position. While speaking on the occasion, LAC Executive Director Athar Ali Khan thanked all the universities and students for their participation with a great enthusiasm. He congratulated all the winners who the scored the position. Ather Ali Khan said that Lahore Arts Council hopes to organise such competition in upcoming years with more zeal. He said that the competition provides important encouragement to the talented young artists by facilitating their access in Alhamra the cultural hub of Punjab. This competition would be the yearly feature of Lahore Arts Council in future, he added. He further said I hope that our young artists from all universities will make use of this opportunity; this competition reveals how our students can produce great works within hours. Lahore Arts Council will keep continuing this effort to encourage, engage and empower our youth, as they are the actual source to achieve a better future for our beloved country, Khan added. Published in Daily Times, February 15th 2019.