Events

“ 1st Punjab Medical College Spring Festival …… An Unmatched Success”

It was idea of Prof Zahid Yasin Hashmie, Principal Punjab Medical College Faisalabad. In a meeting with Dr Khurram Raja & Dr Mohammad Irfan, in September 2012, he said, “I wish that our students can have a dress exhibition in the college. Why our children should go out to see dresses & to have entertainment outside?? We can provide them healthy entertainment here”.

And when the EVENT CALENDER for the year 2013 was prepared by the Student Affairs Committee of the institution, Dr Khurram Raja recalled the words by the Principal & proposed a Spring Festival, for the 1^st time in the college. And during the selection of the events by various student organizations, Dr Humaira Arshad chose Spring Festival on behalf of Emed.

The Executive Council of Emed had an uphill task when they started planning for the occasion. They had no experience of such event what so ever. Never in its 10 years, had Emed ever organized such event. They had no penetration in the business circles & no team of organizers skilled in that.

But they started gradually with hit & trial method. Guidelines from Agriculture University people & certain other quarters showed the pathway & a small event in the start became the biggest event in the history of Punjab Medical College.

Emed showed best team spirit while preparing for the occasion & all the doctors, students, nurses, paramedics & public members worked day & night for the successful event that proved to be the turning point in the history of Punjab Medical College Faisalabad.

1^st Punjab Medical College Spring Festival (8^th – 9^th March 2013) had a colorful & wonderful inauguration session. Director Liver Centre Faisalabad, Dr Shaheena Zahid was the Chief Guest & Principal Punjab Medical College; Prof Zahid Yasin Hashmie was the Guest of Honor. Large numbers of faculty members including Vice Principal & Chairman Student Affairs Committee, Prof Mohammad Ali Tirmazi were present on the occasion. After inauguration, the guests visited various sections of the PMC stadium including floral decoration competition.

Sections included:

·         Floral decoration competition

·         Textile exhibition

·         Food Street

·         Play land & Joy land

·         Free Magic & Puppet show

·         Health theatre

·         Jhoomer show

·         Free car ride

·         Free baghi & horse ride

Stalls by the students of Punjab Medical College, Independent Medical College, Social welfare department, Home economics department Agriculture University, NFC University, School of nursing Allied hospital, FM radios & Smart gym

On the 1^st day (Friday, March 8^th 2013) total number of 7631 & on the second day (Saturday, March 9^th 2013), 16290 people visited the festival which was a mammoth crowd (23921) in the institution’s history.

The credit of the successful event goes to the Principal Punjab Medical College Prof Zahid Yasin Hashmie, Chairman Student Affairs Committee, Prof Muhammad Ali Tirmazi, tireless efforts of Dr Muhammad Iran, Chief Organizer Dr Humaira Arshad & organizers Prof Mehdi Rizvi, Prof Ahmed Bilal, Dr Khurram Raja, Dr Jahanzeb Iftikhar, Dr Syed Ali Raza & all the student organizing committees working under Nimra Ahmad & Ahmad Usman.