AIT plans two sports festivals

KARACHI: The Convener of the Aligarh University of Technology (AIT) Engr Syed Anwer Ali, who is also the Vice President of the Aligarh Muslim University Old Boys Association (AMUOBA), desires to inculcate the famous Aligarhian sporting spirit among the youth of the country to let them excel in sports and education.

Himself a former first-class cricketer, Anwer remains committed to facilitate the AIT students in their quest for knowledge and sports excellence. “Sports used to be one of the strengths of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). We are endeavouring to revive that sports culture at our institutions,” he said while talking to ‘The News’ here on Friday.

“During my tenure as Secretary Sports (2007-2011) I had turned it around at the SSUET which became proactive in sports and its students started winning laurels at all levels. Now having taken over as the Convener of the AIT in November 2015, I have been making efforts to lay a strong platform for sports studies,” Anwer stated.

“The majority of the students enrolled at the AIT are in the age group of 18 to 22 and we are working accordingly to take care of their sports needs besides providing them the best possible facilities for studies. We are among the top educational institutions of the city and are eager to expand our sports department,” he revealed.

“We are planning to organise two sports competitions at Karachi level during the current academic year. In the first festival there will be tournaments of cricket, hockey, football and basketball. The other festival will comprise competitions of indoor games,” Anwer disclosed.

“Our objective is to take the AIT to the top in sports too among the institutes affiliated with the Sindh Board of Technical Education (SBTE),” he declared.