Punjab Study

Lahore: 09 June: University of Central Punjab (UCP) Lahore has announced that IT Support Department of UCP, organized a gaming competition from the 17th May to 19th May, 2012 which received an overwhelming response from all the faculties of the university. A record number of 700+ students participated and competed against each other. During the three day event, students participated in a variety of gaming competitions in an effort to make their way to the top. The organizing team was headed by Prof. Armghan Shahid and Prof. Imran Arshad who led a team of twenty student volunteers.
The Pro Rector, Dr. Muhammad Zafarullah inaugurated the competition, and Dr. Iftikhar Hussain Shah, Head of Computer Science Department at Forman Christian College graced the prize distribution ceremony of the event as the chief guest.
In his address, Dr. Zafarullah emphasized the role of IT industry in economic growth of any country. Citing specifically the case of gaming industry, he compared Pakistan with its neighboring countries and urged students to help Pakistan increase its share of this billion dollar industry. Dr. Iftikhar continued thoughts of the honorable Pro-Rector and discussed importance of programming related courses in computer science curricula.
The ceremony concluded with prize distribution.
The winners in single player games were:
Angry Birds
Winner: Uzma Ahmad from Faculty of Information Technology
Runner Up: Hira Naveed from Faculty of Information Technology
Need For Speed Most Wanted
Winner: Asad Ghaznavi from Faculty of Commerce
Runner Up: Umer Tariq from Faculty of Information Technology
FIFA '11
Winner: Faizan Ahmed Cheema from Faculty of Information Technology
Runner Up: Abdullah Malik from Faculty of Information Technology
Winners of multi-player games were:
Counter Strike 1.6
Winner: Generals, a combined team of students from Faculty of Management Studies and Faculty of Information Technology
Runner Up: Clan Gambit, a team of students from Faculty of Management Studies
DoTA
Winner: Team Arslan, a combined team of students from Faculty of Management Studies and Faculty of Information Technology
Runner Up: Team Umair, a combined team of students from Faculty of Management Studies, Faculty of Information Technology and Faculty of Commerce
Call of Duty 4
Winner: Team XOPS, a team of students from Faculty of Management Studies
Runner Up: Team TBD, a team of students from Faculty of Information Technology
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