Letter No.

7005-IST/TCIUC-2009 Date: February 24, 2009

The Manager / Incharge

Student Affairs

Subject: Invitation - “IST Twin City Inter-University Challenge 2009”

Respected Sir/Madam

You would be pleased to know that, Institute of Space Technology, IST, Islamabad, is
organizing “IST Twin City Inter-University Challenge 2009”, on Fri, March 27 – Sat,
March 28, 2009.

In the back drop of prevailing Socio-political scenario, it is the need of time to share ideas
and strengthen the social fabric of the society. Youth are the vital players of the society and
they are the future leaders. IST envisages to provide a platform for the students to interact
and share their potentials though IST Twin City Inter-University Challenge.

The institute would appreciate if the students from your prestigious institution participate in
the following activities

 Bilingual Declamation Contest  Bilingual Essay Writing

 Mushaira (Serious – Humorous)  Bilingual Story Writing
 Arts Contest ( On-Spot-Prepared)  Drama Competition (One man –
 All Rounder Competition Group)
 Video Shoot ( On-Spot-Prepared)  Singing Competition ( Sufi/Folk –
 Photography ( On-Spot-Prepared) General)
We would be grateful if you would kindly confirm your event-wise participation by Friday,
20th March, 2009 at the latest.

Detailed schedule, Rules registration form and event poster is attached herewith.

Thanking you in anticipation and looking forward for your active participation in the event.

Regards

Assistant Director Student Affairs

Najam Abbas Naqvi
92.51.9075454, 03215862019
(Fax) 92.51.9273310
Email: twincity.challenge@ist.edu.pk
www.ist.edu.pk

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 INFORMATION PACKAGE FOR PARTICIPANTS
Schedule of Events

Friday, March 27,09

Singing Competition

(1430 hrs -1630 hrs)

Declamation Contest
Rehearsal
(0900 hrs-1230 hrs)
(1000 hrs – 1300 hrs)

Drama Competition

(1730 hrs - 2030hrs)

Mushaira

(1430 hrs-1630 hrs)

On Spot Arts Contest
On-Spot Video Shoot
(0900 hrs -1200 hrs)
(1000 hrs-1900 hrs)
Essay and Story Writing
On-Spot Photography
(0900 hrs -1200 hrs)
(1000 hrs-1800 hrs)

Saturday, March 28,09

All Rounder Video shoot Competition

Prize Distribution Ceremony
Competition (1400 hrs -1630 hrs)
(1700 hrs -1800 hrs)
(0900 hrs -1300 hrs)

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 General Instructions
1. Eligibility: Undergraduate/Postgraduate University/College students
2. Registration Dead Line: Friday, March 20, 2009, 1600 hrs. Kindly send
the nominations on official letter head with official seal along with the name
of the faculty member and correspondence address and contact number
either by email, fax or courier.
3. Student ID / NIC: Bring the original Student card /NIC card at the time of
event.
4. Timings: Follow the timings strictly for smooth execution of the event.
Reach at least half an hour before the start of the event.
5. Faculty Member: At least one faculty member should accompany the
Institution team.
6. Judgment: Decisions of the honorable jury will be final and cannot be
challenged.
7. Decorum:
a. The contents of the competitions must not contain any slang, abusive
or inappropriate language.
b. There must be no offensive remarks of any sort against any political
party/personality, sect etc.
c. Violation of any of the defined rules may either result in deduction of
points or may even lead to disqualification.
8. Registration Fee: There is no registration fee for any competition.
9. Transport: No transport will be provided due to security and scale of the
event.
10. Boarding and Lodging: Neither TA/DA nor boarding and lodging will
be provided.
11. Prizes: Each competition/Category will have THREE individual prizes.
12. Prize Distribution Ceremony: All prizes will be awarded on
Saturday, March 28, 2009 at 1700 hrs in the prize distribution ceremony.
Participation certificates will be given to all the participants. Event Trophy will
be awarded to the institute/University winning maximum points.
13. IST will participate in the contests but they will not compete for the
Prizes.
14. Venue: All competitions will be held at the IST campus, near DHA,
Rawat Toll Plaza, Islamabad Highway, Islamabad.
15. Details: For queries and details
a. Website: www.ist.edu.pk
b. Email : twincity.challenge @ist.edu.pk
c. Phone: 051-9075454
d. Fax : 051-9273310
e. Cell : 0321-5862019; Najam Abbas
0301-7608857; M. Fiaz
0345-7321584; Zeeshan Fareed
e. Postal Address: Institute of Space Technology,
P.O.Box 2750, near DHA, Rawat Toll Plaza, Islamabad
Highway, Islamabad 44000.

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 Rules and Regulations

1. Declamation Contest
1. Date : Friday, March 27,09
2. Time : 0900 hrs -1230 hrs
3. Medium: English and Urdu.
4. From each participating institute, there should be a team of TWO speakers,
One for English and One for Urdu. One will choose the serious topic
and the second one should choose the humorous Topic.
5. Evaluation will be based on content, language, pronunciation, presentation
style and oratory.
6. Time Duration of each speech should be between 4 - 6 minutes. The first
bell will be rung after 4 minutes and the second one after 6 minutes. If the
speaker fails to leave the rostrum after the second bell, his/her marks will be
deducted.
7. Paper reading and consultation of notes is not allowed.
8. There will be Six Prizes; 3 for Urdu and 3 for English

English Topics

Serious Humorous

1. Freedom of the individual is a 1. When luck runs out

myth 2. Give me one good reason to
2. Power over rules morality study
3. One man’s terrorist is another 3. What’s going on around
man’s freedom fighter campus
4. Where wealth accumulates, men 4. It’s all about IST
decay 5. Hey! Nostradamus
5. Investigate the investigators

Urdu Topics

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2. Bilingual Essay Writing Competition
1. Date : Friday, March 27,09
2. Time : 0900 hrs -1200 hrs
3. A maximum of TWO students are allowed to participate from an institution-
One in Urdu and One in English
4. The writer will have to warp-up within 120 minutes.
5. The topic will be given on spot
6. The essay should have reasonable content of 1500-2000 words
7. Students found with any sort of written material or using mobile shall be
disqualified from the competition
8. Paper/sheets will be provided by IST
9. There will be Three prizes for Each Category

3. Bilingual Story Writing Competition

1. Date : Friday, March 27,09
2. Time : 0900 hrs -1200 hrs
3. A maximum of TWO students are allowed to participate from an institution-
One in Urdu and One in English
4. The writer will have to warp-up within 120 minutes.
5. The story line will be given on spot
6. The story should have reasonable content of 1500-2000 words
7. Students found with any sort of written material or using mobile shall be
disqualified from the competition
8. Paper/sheets will be provided by IST
9. There will be Three prizes for Each Category

4. Arts Competition
1. Date : Friday, March 27,09
2. Time : 0900 hrs -1200 hrs
3. Categories : a) Prepared b) On Spot
4. Theme : Student Life
5. A maximum of Four students are allowed to participate from an institution-
Two in each category
6. Time Duration : Maximum of TWO hours
7. Medium: Any
8. The participants have to bring their own colors, brushes, palates, markers,
stationery and aisles if required.
9. Drawing Sheets and boards will be provided by IST
10.For prepared Category, students should submit their art pieces on Friday,
March 27,09 at 0900 hrs-1100 hrs
11.The best art piece will be selected on the basis of overall impact.
12.There will be Three prizes for Each Category

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5. Mushaira
1. Date : Friday, March 27,09
2. Time : 1430 hrs -1630 hrs
3. A maximum of TWO students are allowed to participate from an institution-
One for Serious and One for Humorous.
4. Medium: Urdu Ghazal
5. Categories : a) Serious b) Humorous
6. Ghazal should contain 5 - 7 verses
7. There will be Three prizes for Each Category

6. Singing Competition
1. Date : Friday, March 27,09
2. Time : 1430 hrs -1630 hrs
3. Rehearsal Timings: 1000 hrs – 1300 hrs on the first come first served
basis.
4. Categories : a) Sofiana / Folk b) General Category
5. A maximum of TWO students are allowed to participate from an institution-
one in each category.
6. Only solo performance is allowed
7. Musicians and sound system will be provided by the IST
8. There will be Three prizes for each category

7. Photography Competition
1. Date : Friday, March 27,09
2. Time : 1000 hrs -1900 hrs
3. Categories : a) Prepared b) On Spot
4. Theme : Student Life
5. TWO Entries per category will be entertained
6. The participant should bring his/her own camera for on-spot
photography. Only digital photographs will be entertained in on-spot
category.
7. On Spot contestants have to submit their photographs by 1900 hrs.
8. The photographs must clearly be student’s original work
9. Prepared Photographs must be submitted by 1100 hrs
10.The subject matter is left to the individual, however IST reserves the right to
refuse entries which offend against its code of conduct.
11.There will be Three prizes for Each Category

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8. Drama / Theatre Competition

1. Date : Friday, March 27,09

2. Time : 1630 hrs-2030 hrs
3. Categories
a) "Individual Drama" ; ONE MAN Performance
(Limited to one person on stage - it should be play and not the Talent show)
b) "Group Drama” - (Two or more persons).
4. Duration : 10- 20 minutes
5. A stage of 30 feet X 15 feet, lights and Sound system will be provided
by IST.
6. A tentative script of the drama must be attached with the registration form
7. Style, Theme and language can be any but should not violate the decorum.
8. Contestants may have up to five minutes to set up props/back drop on stage,
and five minutes to remove all from the stage after their performance.
9. There will be Three prizes in each category and one special prize for the
Best Actor/Actress.

9. All Rounder Competition

1. Date : Saturday, March 28,09
2. Time : 1000 hrs-1300 hrs
3. Each Institute will be represented by a team of two students.
4. There will be 5 rounds in the event; each team will have to participate in all
the rounds.
o Bait Bazi
 Verse starting from a given alphabet
 Verse containing a given word
 Traditional Bait Bazi
o Kasauti
o Visual Round
o Damp Charade
 (Each member has to perform on his/her given proverb and
second member has to guess the proverb).
o Extempore Speech ( 2 minutes )
 There will be three prizes for the event.

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9. Video Shoot Competition
1. Display / Competition Date : Saturday, March 28,09
2. Time : 1400 hrs-1630 hrs
3. Categories : a) Prepared b) On Spot
4. Only one entry per institute will be allowed in each category
5. On Spot Video shoot
a. Duration must be between 5-7 minutes.
b. Can be Documentary / Short Film / Music Video but must be shot at
IST, Institute of Space technology
c. The participant should bring his/her own camera for on-spot video
shoot on Friday, March 27, 09 at 1000 hrs for registration and
video making.
d. Submit the final version on Saturday, March 28,09 at 1200 hrs
for screening and display
6. Prepared Video shoot
a. Can be Documentary / Short Film / Music Video.
b. Duration must be between 7-15 minutes.
c. Language can be any Urdu / English.
d. The participant should submit the video on Saturday, March 28,09
at 1200 hrs for screening and display
7. The documentaries will be played on multimedia, therefore, they must be
formatted on CD, s. No VHS recording will be entertained.
8. The students must bring an alternate copy of the documentary in case the
original does not play.
9. The documentary must clearly be student’s original work containing camera
work, actualities and script. There should be minimum number of stock
shots/visual referral material.
10.There will be Three Prizes for Each Category.

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 Registration Form
IST Twin City Inter-University Challenge

Name of the institution: _________________________________________

Address: _____________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________

Contact Person: ____________________ Email: _____________________

Contact No.: ____________________Fax No. _______________________

1. Bilingual Declamation Contest

Name of the participant for English: ___________________________

(Serious/ Humorous)

Name of the participant for Urdu: _____________________________

(Serious/ Humorous)

2. Video Shoot/Documentary

Title: _______________________________________________________

Team Lead :____________________________________

2-a. On Spot Video Shoot

Team Lead: ____________________________________

3. Arts Contest

Name of the participant On Spot: __________________________________

Name of the participant On Spot: __________________________________

Name of the participant -Prepared: ________________________________

Name of the participant -Prepared: ________________________________

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 4. All Rounder Competition

Name of the participant No.1: _____________________________________

Name of the participant No.2: _____________________________________

5. Photography Competition

Name of the participant -On Spot: _________________________________

Name of the participant- On Spot: _________________________________

Name of the participant -Prepared: ________________________________

Name of the participant -Prepared: ________________________________

6. Story Writing

Name of the participant- Urdu: ____________________________________

Name of the participant -English: __________________________________

7. Essay Writing

Name of the participant -Urdu: ____________________________________

Name of the participant -English: __________________________________

8. Singing Competition

Name of the participant -Sufi/Folk: _________________________________

Name of the participant -General: _________________________________

9. Drama (Group)

Title: ________________________________________________________

Name of the Team Lead: _____________________________________

Total No of participants: ____________________________________

9-a Drama (Individual)

Title: ________________________________________________________

Name of Performer: _________________________________________

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 10. Mushaira

Name of the participant -Serious: __________________________________

Name of the participant -Humorous: _______________________________

General Information for Correspondence

(Accompanying Faculty Member)

Name: ____________________________________________________

Cell No.:_____________________ Fax No. ______________________

Email: _______________________________________________________

Postal Address: ________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________

Date: ______________

________________________________________

Signature of the Vice Chancellor/Principle Official

Seal

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