500 participate in online qirat, naat competitions
Peshawar
May 11, 2021
PESHAWAR: On the directives of secretary Sports, Tourism, Archaeology, Culture, Museums and Youth Affairs Department, the Directorate of Youth Affairs and PMRU jointly arranged the first phase of online qirat and naat competitions in Ramazan.
The online competitions were held on E-Muqabla Hamd-o-Sanaa Portal due to the prevalent Covid-19 pandemic. Around 500 males and females aged between 15-29 years participated in the competitions. Of them, 253 participated in qirat competitions while 247 presented naat in sweet voices in the videos of 3-4 minutes and sent to E-Muqabla Hamd-o-Sanaa Portal.
The contestants are being shortlisted by the judges comprising Muftis and Qaris. The list of top-10 would be prepared during the second phase of the competitions through the recorded videos of qirat and naat. The position holders would be given cash prizes of Rs0.1 million, Rs70,000 and Rs50,000, respectively.
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Function held to celebrate Christmas in Peshawar Wed 23rd December 2020 | 02:58 PM
Directorate of Youth Affairs arranged a function in connection with Christmas celebrations at Hayatabad here on Wednesday
PESHAWAR, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 23rd Dec, 2020 ) :Directorate of Youth Affairs arranged a function in connection with Christmas celebrations at Hayatabad here on Wednesday.
Arranged by the District Youth Officer (DYO), Wilson Wazir, a Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) Khyber Pakhtunkhws fromminority community attended the event as chief guest while Sofia Javed, South AsianGold medalist boxer, Itrat Nazir, an international referee and general secretary Khyber PakhtunkhwaBoxing Association, Irfan, DYO Peshawar along with a large number of men, women and children also enjoyed the Christmas festival.