Riphah youth festival: Sports gala and job fair attract people in droves
The week-long youth festival of Riphah International University has been attracting fun lovers.
The week-long youth festival of Riphah International University has been attracting fun lovers from the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi.
Islamabad campus
A spring gala, in connection with the Pakistan Day, was held at Riphah’s main campus in sector I-14 on Thursday. More than 65 stalls were set up by different companies.
A large number people including students, parents and teachers visited the stalls and attended the ceremony celebrating Pakistan Day. Students passed a resolution on the occasion expressing their determination to build Jinnah’s Pakistan.
Pro Chancellor of Riphah International University, Hassan Khan, formally inaugurated the event and lauded the idea of holding youth festival to promote linkage between students and the industry and business.
“Programmes like this and healthy activity are an important source of developing talent among the students and giving them a chance to explore employment opportunities on completion of their education,” he said.
Rawalpindi campus
The Al-Mizan campus of the university in Rawalpindi organised a job fair. About fifty stalls were set up by various companies, banks and industrial concerns to apprise the students about their activities and job requirements. A large number of students from various educational institutions of Rawalpindi and Islamabad visited the job fair, which gave students and young graduates from Riphah International University and other educational institutions an opportunity to interact with professionals from the industry. The festival will conclude on Friday, March 25, with a special evening and alumni gathering at the Rawalpindi campus.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 25th, 2011.
Islamabad campus
A spring gala, in connection with the Pakistan Day, was held at Riphah’s main campus in sector I-14 on Thursday. More than 65 stalls were set up by different companies.
A large number people including students, parents and teachers visited the stalls and attended the ceremony celebrating Pakistan Day. Students passed a resolution on the occasion expressing their determination to build Jinnah’s Pakistan.
Pro Chancellor of Riphah International University, Hassan Khan, formally inaugurated the event and lauded the idea of holding youth festival to promote linkage between students and the industry and business.
“Programmes like this and healthy activity are an important source of developing talent among the students and giving them a chance to explore employment opportunities on completion of their education,” he said.
Rawalpindi campus
The Al-Mizan campus of the university in Rawalpindi organised a job fair. About fifty stalls were set up by various companies, banks and industrial concerns to apprise the students about their activities and job requirements. A large number of students from various educational institutions of Rawalpindi and Islamabad visited the job fair, which gave students and young graduates from Riphah International University and other educational institutions an opportunity to interact with professionals from the industry. The festival will conclude on Friday, March 25, with a special evening and alumni gathering at the Rawalpindi campus.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 25th, 2011.