MULTAN, Nov 25: A slogan writing competition among students of the Bahauddin Zakariya University (BZU) held here on Tuesday in connection with the International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women.

The competition was organised by the White Ribbon Campaign Pakistan and BZU Career Development Centre at the university’s IMS Hall.

BZU Vice-Chancellor Dr Muhammad Zaffarullah was the chief guest at the competition in which 169 students from various BZU departments participated.

The slogan, Gongian Cheikaan or mute shrieks written by Munaza Rasool, a student of the philosophy department, stood first, while Kiran Zuhra of Gender Studies and Ayesha Romaan of the IMS Department won second and third positions, respectively.

Dr Zaffarullah said there was a need to make efforts to end discrimination against women and to involve every individual as a responsible stakeholder in women’s development.

He said the participation of women in socio-economic development of the country was a prerequisite to compete in today’s world of globalisation, adding that poverty and ignorance were the root causes of women rights abuse in Pakistan.