Staff Report
RAWALPINDI: District level competitions of Punjab Talent Hunt organized by Punjab Arts Council Rawalpindi at Government Graduate College Attock have come to an end in which people between the ages of 16 to 40 participated in six different categories and expressed their creativity.
The indoor as well as outdoor competitions went well, the competition look like fair was held in the greenery of the college and a large number of students, parents and guests thoroughly enjoyed these competitions. The various competitions started at nine o’clock in the morning and continued till two o’clock.
Theater and folk dance events were also part of the competitions in which the audience took great interest. Music, painting, handicrafts, fiction were also part of the competition. At the end of the competition, a panel of three expert judges from each category compiled their own results, which were announced at the prestigious awards ceremony.
Addressing the concluding ceremony, Director Arts Council Rawalpindi Waqar Ahmed stated the aims and objectives of the Punjab Talent Hunt Competition. Prof. Majid Waheed Bhatti, Principal, Government Graduate College, Attock, congratulated all the guests and judges for organizing the beautiful competition.
In the stage play, Sarfraz Ahmed and his team came first, Mohammad Obaid and his team came second, and Khalil-ur-Rehman and his team came third. In fiction writing, Noman Younis first, Uzma Parveen second and Abdul Rafi got the third position.
In handicraft competitions, Waqia Saleem came first, Ayesha Bibi came second and Laiba Zafar came third. In painting, Muqaddas Nazir came first, Umm Salma second and Shamsa Kanwal third.
In the singing competition, Hubble Javed came first, Rubin Gulzar came second and Muhammad Usman came third. In the folk dance competition, Altaf Hussain and his partner came first, Abdul Qadeer Khan and his partner came second and Shaukat Khan and his partner came third.
The first, second and third prize winners in all the competitions qualified for the Division Level competitions which will be held on 15th February, 2022 and were awarded cash prizes for their performance.