LAHORE, April 26: The Lahore College for Women University’s academic council on Saturday approved revival of two per cent sports quota for graduate and postgraduate students.

The Punjab government had abolished the sports seats at all the colleges in the province for ‘misuse’ of quota.

The decision was taken at the academic council’s first meeting chaired by Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Bushra Mateen.

The LCWU authorities told the academic council that the Lahore College for Women had the distinction of staying All-round Best Trophy holder from 1992 to 1999 in inter-collegiate Punjab University tournaments.

They said the university should have competitive teams in all the games, as it was competing with other universities since it got the degree awarding status. The university’s major sports teams are of hockey, cricket, lawn tennis, table tennis, athletics, badminton, basketball and handball.

The academic council also approved post of director sports, who would train students and represent the university in the Higher Education Commission as well as inter-university competitions.

The council adopted the financial rules of the PU’s sports committee to fix remunerations to be paid from the sports fund to the officials of various LCWU sports tournaments and competitions. The council planned that it would provide kits and pairs of joggers/canvas shoes to each member of sports teams free of cost. It will also pay Rs3,000 to each recipient of the LCWU colours to meet the cost of blazer/coat.

The LCWU’s council approved nominations of its two members for the planning and development committee of the institute. The members are Begum Zarar Azeem, who is a chartered accountant, and Dr Farhat Saleemi, secretary to purchase committee and dean of management and administrative sciences of the university.