University of Agriculture Faisalabad is making conscious efforts to provide state of the art educational, research, residential and sports facilities to its students and staff thereby to enable them excel in their professional domains. Said Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Iqrar Ahmad Khan inaugurating the Annual Sports Gala 2009-10 organized by Faculty of Veterinary Sciences here at cricket stadium on Wednesday morning.

Prof. Dr. Iqrar Ahmad Khan while appreciating and terming the efforts of Faculty of Veterinary Sciences as role model for other faculties said such healthy activities need to be held on regular basis by all the faculties and inter-faculty sports events would bring closer to each others. Dr. Khan told that facilities offered by UAF could be compared with any university of the modern world “I am proud to say that our facilities are second to none of advanced countries and our students may consider themselves more comfort than in European countries” he added.

Dr. Khan lauded the contributions of Chairman Sports Board Prof. Dr. Muhammad Sarwar in laying a firm foundation of sports facilities told that three basketball courts of international standards have been constructed and the same numbers of cricket grounds have been prepared with floodlights enable the students to keep them busy in sports even in odd hours. He asked the girls to take an active part in the sports as UAF administration was on the way to become gender free in all ways of life “we have established a modern gym in the female hostel and determine to provide them a swimming pool shortly” he told. Later, he was introduced to the players and he opened the games by batting against the bowling of dean Faculty of Vety Sciences Prof. Dr. Laiq Ahmad Lodhi. Inaugural match was played between students of 8th and 10th semester of DVM. The sports gala comprises cricket, football, tug of war, race particularly three legs race.