Documentary Competition at Islamia University Bahawalpur

By Sahaab Akbar

On 2nd Jan­u­ary 2013 a doc­u­men­tary com­pe­ti­tion was orga­nized at Islamia Uni­ver­si­ty of Bahawalpur by mem­bers of Exec­u­tive Club DMS and the Khu­di vol­un­teers. The doc­u­men­taries that were shown in the com­pe­ti­tion addressed key reli­gious, social and eco­nom­ic issues that char­ac­ter­ize the Pak­istani way of life in the 21st cen­tu­ry. The top­ics ranged from child abuse to pover­ty and democ­ra­cy to secu­ri­ty issues.

Each team in the com­pe­ti­tion had to present a max­i­mum of 5 minute long doc­u­men­tary. The mem­bers of civ­il soci­ety, Bahawalpur Cham­ber of Com­merce and Indus­try, and alum­ni of Islamia Uni­ver­si­ty attend­ed the event. ‘Slums’ was award­ed the best doc­u­men­tary award, where­as ‘Malala’s Mes­sage’ and ‘Child Labor’ stood as the run­ner ups. A spe­cial 30 minute doc­u­men­tary titled ‘Love Mar­riage against Par­en­t’s Will’ was also screened exclu­sive­ly at the event intro­duc­ing in-depth views from var­i­ous per­spec­tives.

Dur­ing the whole event, the Khu­di team at Bahawalpur dis­trib­uted Laal­tain’s pro­mo­tion­al copies, Khu­di lit­er­a­ture and Peace Pledges to those who attend­ed the event.

(Pub­lished in The Laal­tain — Issue 7)