Athlete Aqeela Aziz selected to represent Pakistan in World University Games to be held in China

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Bahawalpur: Aqeela Aziz, an athlete from the Islamia University of Bahawalpur (IUB), has been selected for the Higher Education Commission (HEC) Judo team in the 52 kilogram weight category, on the basis of her previous year’s achievements to represent Pakistan in the World University Games to be held in China in August this year.

Vice-Chancellor Engineer Professor Dr Athar Mahboob has congratulated Aqeela, Director sports Amjad Farooq Waraich and Director Women Sports Ambreen Maqsood on this achievement of bringing IUB to the international horizon.

The World University Games, scheduled to be held every two years. They were pushed back from 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. China is also scheduled to hold the Asian Games from September 10-25 in Hangzhou.