MINGORA: The two-day culture expo concluded at University of Swat on Wednesday, giving a message to the participants to promote local culture.

The expo 2018 was organised by Culture and Creative Art Society, University of Swat to strengthening association of youth with the local culture. More than 50 stalls were set up by students of different departments of the university to display local culture through photography, handicrafts and other traditional items of daily use.

Speaking on the occasion, Vice-chancellor Dr Mohammad Jamal Khan said that co-curricular activities were must for grooming of students.

He said that the culture expo provided a platform to the students to showcase their talent in various creative models.

VC says more such events to be held in future

“Our students have a lot of talent,” he said. He added that proper platforms must be provided to youth so that they could utilise their talent for the development of the country.

The vice-chancellor said that University of Swat would organise such events in future to promote a learning environment among the students.

At the concluding ceremony, awards and certificates were distributed among the participants. The first prize was awarded to the students, who exhibited a traditional hujra at the expo.

DRIVE: The officials of Food Safety and Halal Food Authority here on Wednesday said that they issued notices to 110 hotels and bakeries to improve their condition and sealed several ice-cream parlours during their campaign to check substandard food items.

Addressing a press conference, Mohammad Asad Qasim, the deputy director of the authority, and Murad Ali Khan, the assistant director, said that so far more than 400 hotels, food industries and backers were checked by them.

“We have launched a campaign against those, who produce substandard and non-halal food items in Malakand division,” they said. They added that they checked food items in a scientific way.

They said that owing to their regular monitoring and checking, more than 80 per cent milk in Malakand division became chemical-free. “We are in contact with the livestock department for proper checking of milk,” he said.

Published in Dawn, April 26th, 2018