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LITERARY WEEK 2010
Event coverage by Faria Naeem
2nd yr
DAY
1 (QIRAT AND NAAT COMPETITION)
It’s been a tradition of Punjab Medical College
Faisalabad to celebrate literary week every year. This not only
refreshes the mind of students but also depict the literary
taste among the medical students which is very well appreciated
by everyone. So keeping up the tradition this year literary week
was celebrated on 12th and 13th of May,2010 with Miss Arifa
Javed(final yr) as General Secretary and Mr. Ahsan Mehdi (4th
yr) as the Additional General Secretary. They had with them the
Literary Society team which was selected under the supervision
of Prof. Dr. Janbaz Ahmad (HOD Pathology Department).

It was a two day function. On 1st day the competition of
Husn-e-Qirat and Naat was held. The function started at 5:00 pm
sharp with the arrival of Chairman of Literary and Debating
Society Prof. Dr. Janbaz Ahmad , Prof. Dr. Khalid Mahmood
(Anatomy Department), Prof. Dr. Ahmad Saeed (HOD Forensic
Department), Dr. Ijaz Hussain Shah (Oncology Department). The
guests were received by the members of Literary Society and were
warmly welcomed. After being seated on the stage the function
formally began. Miss Asma Hafeez of 4th yr (Secretary of Naat)
mentioned the rules which were to be followed by the candidates.
Then Hafiz Muhammad Yasin (2nd yr) and Hafiz Muhammad Zaman (3rd
yr) invited the participants one by one. There were 3
participants from each class. The participants recited verses
from the Holy Quran in their beautiful voices. The audience was
deeply involved and there was pin-drop silence in the
auditorium. After all the participants had recited verses from
the Holy Quran, the judges were invited on the stage and were
presented souvenirs by the Chief Guest and Chief Guest was
presented the souvenir by Chairman Literary Society, Prof Dr.
Janbaz Ahmed.
Then finally the judges 'Maulana Ubaid' and 'Allama
Noor-ul-Islam' announced the results which are as follows:
1st position: Hafiz Zaman Malik (3rd yr)
2nd position: Hafiz Muhammad Yasin (2nd
yr)
3rd position: Marium Khalid (1st yr)
Then the function commenced to the Naat Competition. There were
3 participants from each class. Asma Hafeez (4th yr), Hooria
Asghar (4th yr), Dabeera Masood (1st yr) and Jawad Iqbal (1st
yr) conducted the stage and invited the participants one by one.
After all the participants had paid homage to the Holy Prophet
PBUH in their unique styles, the judges were presented souvenirs
by the worthy Chief Guest. The Chief Guest was also presented a
shield by the Chairman Literary Society.
Then the judges 'Shahid Niazi' and 'Zakir Hashmi' announced the
results which are as follows:
1st position: Asma Hafeez (4th yr)
2nd position: Mehwish Masood (final yr)
3rd position: Khakan Ahmad (2nd yr)

The shields were awarded to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd position
holders by the Chief Guest. The members of Qirat, Naat and
Mushaira Section of Literary Society were also awarded with the
shields. This was followed by the refreshment in Pathology
Department. In this way, the first day of the literary week came
to an end and left special memories in our hearts.
DAY 2 (URDU, PUNJABI & ENGLISH
DEBATES COMPETITION)
This function started at 11:00 am sharp, graced by our worthy
Principal Prof. Dr. Riaz Hussain Dub along
with Chairman of Literary Society Prof. Dr. Janbaz Ahmad, the
Guest of Honour Prof. Riaz-ul-Haq (Rector of University of
Faisalabad). It was supervised by
Prof. Dr. Ijaz Hussain Shah (Oncology department) and Dr. Imtiaz
Dogar (Psychiatry Department). Other guests included
Prof. Dr. Hafiz Imtiaz Ahmad (HOD Anatomy Department), Prof. Dr.
Ijaz Hussain Shah (Oncology Department), Prof. Dr. Mian Farooq
Ahmad (HOD ENT Unit 1). Prof. Dr.Muhammad Ali Tirmizi (HOD ENT
Unit 2), Prof. Dr.Ahmad Saeed (HOD Forensic Department), Dr.
Tayyaba (Gynaecology Department), Dr. Khalid Mahmood (Anatomy
Department), Dr. Najaf Gill (Pathology Department), Dr. Zafar
Hussain (Physiology Department) and Dr. Kaisar also graced the
function by their presence. The college auditorium was packed to
the full, even before the function started.
Hafiz Muhammad Yasin (2nd yr) was invited on stage
for the recitation of Holy Quran followed by Naat by Dr. Tayyaba
Khurram. Then the compares Zainab (4th yr), Maimoona
(2nd yr) and Hafiz Muhammad Zubair (2nd
yr) invited participants one by one on stage. There were two
speakers from each class. The participants were very
well-prepared and captivated the audience with their unique
styles and forceful arguments. The participants spoke both in
favour of and against the topic. After all the participants had
presented their arguments over the topic, the judges were called
on stage to announce the results and were presented souvenirs by
the worthy Chief Guest. The Chief Guest also received a shield
from the Chairman Literary and Debating Society.
The judges ‘Allama Zia Hussain Zia’ and ‘Dr. Zafar Hussain’
(Physiology Department) gave the following results:
1st position: Abrar Hussain (3rd yr)
2nd position: Hafiz Muhammad Zubair (2nd
yr)
3rd position: Usman Khalid (2nd yr)

The next section was of Punjabi Debates. Farrukh Aleem (Final
yr), Hafiz Asghar Ali (4th yr) and Hafiz Muhammad
Hanif (2nd yr) invited the participants one by one on
stage and as expected, the Punjabi speakers were deeply
applauded by the audience and the guests.
The judges ‘Ch. Ashiq Hussain’, ‘Allama Zia Hussain Zia’ and
‘Dr. Zafar Hussain’ (physiology Department) announced the
results which are as follows:
1st position: Muneeb Aftab (3rd yr)
2nd position: Rahat Abbas (2nd yr)
3rd position: Hafiz Asghar Ali (4th
yr)
Then the function commenced to the segment of English Debates.
The topics were ‘It’s been so dark, that light I want no more’
and ‘The corpse of one man, the medal of other’. The compares
Faisal Rasheed (4th yr), Sahar Iqbal (3rd
yr), Jamila Ali (2nd yr) and Talha Niaz (2nd
yr) invited the speakers one by one on stage to express their
views in favour or against the motion. Again in English Debates,
the participants were very well prepared and succeeded in
grabbing the audience’s attention completely. At the end, the
judges were presented souvenirs along with the chief guest.

The result were announced by the judges, ‘Ch. Ashiq Hussain’ and
‘Dr. Zafar Hussain’ (physiology Department)
1st position: Ahsan Mehdi (4th
yr)
2nd position: Faria Naeem (2nd
yr)
3rd position: Fatima Madni (2nd
yr)
The participants securing 1st, 2nd and 3rd
positions were awarded with the shields by the Guest of Honour.
Shields were also presented to the General Secretary (Miss Arifa
Javed), Additional General Secretary (Ahsan Mehdi), Deputy
General Secretary (Muhammad Awais Butt) and members of Literary
Society of Urdu, Punjabi and English Sections. The respected
Principal addressed the audience and appreciated the efforts of
the Team of Literary Society and encouraged the students who
participated in these competitions. Guest of Honour also blessed
the audience with his words and Prof. Dr. Mian Farooq Ahmad (HOD
ENT Unit 1) gave his thanking speech.
In the end, the audience was served refreshments in
the hall and the respectable guests and judges were taken to the
Pathology Dept. for hi tea. This concluded what proved to be a
great entertaining and thought-provoking function, one which
most of us will never be able to forget.
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