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SSUET secure 2nd position in Sports Gala

By Abdul Qadir Qureshi
(Pakistan News & Features Services)

The Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology (SSUET) secured second position in the All Karachi Inter-Universities Sports Gala, organized by the Pakistan Marine Academy (PMA). 

They won three of the five events in which they participated. The SSUET won gold medals in hockey, football and volleyball but crumbled in the semifinals of cricket and basketball tournaments. 

The Sports Gala was held at the spacious Pakistan Marine Academy's complex at Hawkesbay and was participated by Karachi's 18 universities. 

The universities took part in eight male and six female competitions with the SSUET having taken part in five events and winning gold in three of them.

In the hockey final, SSUET easily trounced PNEC 3-1 with Nadeem Akram, Taha Raza and Anis Siddiqi scoring the goals for the winning side. 

In volleyball, none of the universities could withstand SSUET who comfortably defeated DUHS in the final. 

 In football, SSUET won the title by overpowering AKU in the sudden death session. Both the teams were locked at 1-1 when final whistle was blown. They drew level 3-3 in the penalty shootout as well but SSUET emerged victorious in the sudden death session. 

The SSUET's Chancellor Jawaid Anwar has congratulated the university's teams in winning overall second position in the sports gala.  

Felicitations were also extended by Vice-Chancellor, Prof Dr Jawed H Rizvi, Registrar, Syed Sarfraz Ali, Convenor AIT Anwar Ali, Director Sports, Mubbashir Mukhtar besides Convenor Sports, Waqas Bukhari, Arshad Khan, General Secretary AMUOBA and others.
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