LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan videography contest for universities and colleges in Punjab concluded on Friday evening with the distribution of prizes at its auditorium.

Universities and colleges had been invited to submit videos on human rights themes made by their students.

Entries had been invited for four categories – women, children, minorities and democratic development. Three categories of videos were admissible for the contest – of three to five minutes duration, of five to 10 minutes, and of 10 and more minutes.

The first prizes were won by Beaconhouse National University (women category); Islamia University Bahawalpur (minorities category); and National College of Arts (children category).

No first prize was given in the category of democratic development as only two entries were received and neither of these adequately related to the theme.

The institutions taking part in the contest included University of the Punjab, Beaconhouse National University, Islamia University Bahawlapur, Lahore College of Women University, Government College University, Faisalabad, National College of Arts, Forman Christian College and University of Central Punjab, Punjab Group of Colleges.

Published in Dawn, November 29th , 2014