Around 1355 students, below the age of 15, from different schools across the country, participated in the 46th letter writing competition— which Pakistan Postal Department (PPD) organises annually.
The competition was conducted under the initiative of Universal Postal Union (UPU) Berne, Switzerland.
This year topic of the competition was “Imagine you are an advisor to the new United Nations Secretary-General; which world issues would you help him tackle first, and how would you advise him to solve it?,” an official of PPD told APP.
According to results of the competition announced by PPD, Annum Tahir, D/o Tahir Hafeez Hashmir of Defence Authority Model High School, 66 Commercial Avenue, Phase-IV Karachi stood first, while Misha Shahzad D/o Muhammad Shahbaz of Dar-e-Arqam School 1, College Road Civil Lines Sheikhupura bagged the second position followed by Muhammad Zeeshan S/o Nasar Ullah of Government Comprehensive School Rahim Yar Khan who secured the third position.
The winners would be awarded the cash prize of Rs 20,000/-, Rs10,000/- and Rs5000/- respectively for first, second and third positions along with the postage stamps albums and certificates of merit on the eve of World Post Day on October 9.
The best letter of Anum Tahir Hashmir, class VII -B of Defence Authority Model High School, 66-Commercial Avenue Phase -IV Karachi has been sent to the International Bureau of Universal Postal Union, Berne, Switzerland for inclusion in the competition organised by the UPU.
The UPU will select three best entries amongst those submitted to it by all the Postal Administrations. The top three winners will be awarded gold, silver and bronze medals respectively bearing a relevant inscription and their names and albums of UPU official postal stamps.