Pakistan Quran Memorization Contest Winners Awarded at IIUI

IQNA – Winners of a Quran competition in Pakistan, organized at the International Islamic University in Islamabad (IIUI), were awarded at the closing ceremony.

The final of the All-Pakistan Memorization of the Quran (with Tajweed) competition and the international Mehfil e Qir’at was organized by International Islamic University’s Public Relations Department and Ittihad Al-Qura Pakistan Al-Alami.

The competition, held in the Faisal Mosque of IIUI, was participated by 15 hufaz (memorizers) who made it to the finals after the competition between 500 children from schools and madrasas across Pakistan.

In Mehfil e Husn e Qirat, famous Egyptian qaris Sheikh Samir Bilal and Sheikh Yasir Saraya as well as Pakistani qaris, including Yasir Sohail Tareen, recited the Quran.

Hafiz Moeedullah of Pishin district of Balochistan won the competition and was given an Umrah ticket as a prize. The second position and 20,000 cash prize went to Hafiz Muhammad Nauman of Haripur, while the third position along with 10,000 cash prize was won by Muhammad Mujahid, a student of Lodhran.

In the concluding ceremony, Nasir Farid, Head of Public Relations Department of International Islamic University, Chairman of Ittihad Al-Qura Qari Muhammad Zaman Usmani and Ulema distributed prizes to the winners.

Chief Judge Maulana Qari Mohammad Ibrahim Khalil, Azad Kashmir, Maulana Qari Abdul Sattar Shah, Abbottabad and Maulana Qari Abdul Qayyum Batalvi of Attock District performed the duties of judges.

Source: pakobserver.net