Lahore, March 20, 2023 (PPI-OT):The Alumni Association of the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS) Lahore arranged its 13th annual reunion here at City Campus Lahore. Founder Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Manzoor Qureshi presided over the reunion function while former Vice-Chancellors Prof Dr Muhammad Nawaz and Prof Dr Talat Naseer Pasha were the guests of honours and a large number of alumni from abroad, across Pakistan and officers from the Livestock Department participated.
Various activities like special prayers for the deceased alumni members, sports competitions (rifle shooting, rowing), stage performances (singing, derwaish raqs, dhamaal, cultural walk), fireworks, funny questions and answers featured the event. Renowned comedian Jawad Waseem also performed and entertained the participants with his stand-up comedy. Speaking on the occasion, founder Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Manzoor Qureshi said that UVAS is a historic institution where students are getting education from all over the Pakistan and even from different parts of world. He said it is direly needed to share across Pakistan the cultural activities performed by UVAS students for national integration. He said I am glad to see the day by day progress of UVAS through its quality of education and research to solve livestock issues emerging challenges including deadly diseases and plays its key role in the uplift of livestock sector and national economy.
In his welcome address, Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Nasim Ahmad welcomed the participants and spoke about UVAS flood relief activities in the worst flood affected areas in different provinces of (South Punjab, Sindh, KP and Baluchistan) during flood 2022. He called for more donations from UVAS alumni for providing livestock under the initiative “Economic revival of flood affected families”. He said UVAS added a new course “Livestock Emergency and Disaster Management” to DVM curriculum. At the end of event, Prof Manzoor along with Prof Nasim and other dignitaries distributed prizes and gifts among the winners of rifle shooting and rowing competitions.
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