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Young students honoured 10 girls and boys who won art and writing competitions


Our Correspondent March 30, 2017
Young students honoured 10 girls and boys who won art and writing competitions. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE

ISLAMABAD: Young students, representatives of youth organisations, scholars, media persons and civil society activists gathered on Wednesday to honour 10 young girls and boys who won art and writing competitions on culture of democracy, tolerance and inclusion.

According to a statement, Trust for Democratic Education and Accountability – Free and Fair Election Network (TDEA-FAFEN), hosted the event, which was part of its larger campaign titled as Sab Ka Pakistan.

Laiba Saeed, Rida Zahra and Farhat Shaheen received cash prizes of Rs50,000 and Rs25,000 each in essay writing competition. Hira Bibi, Asif Sultan and Aarti Partaap were winners of Poster Designing and Photography competitions while Sadaf Hanif, Muhammad Arslan, Iqra Samad and Muhammad Adnan were winners of the drawing competition, who also got similar cash prizes.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 30th, 2017. 

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