A delegation from HEC (Higher Education Commission) visited Al-Khawarazmi Institute of Computer Science (KICS) UET Lahore on 16^th January 2019. It consisted of Mr. Tanveer Ahmed (Consultant, HEC) and Dr. Rasheed. They attended a meeting with Director KICS UET Prof. Dr. Waqar Mahmood in his office. The discussion was done on the topic of CPS (Capacity Planning Service) Project. Open source was also discussed. The members of the meeting talked about as to how HEC can be beneficial in supporting open source in Pakistan? How it can be done commercially throughout the country? The meeting concluded on good notes.

Dr. Waqar Mahmood, Director KICS UET, chaired a meeting for the expansion and up-gradation of IT Network of University of Engineering and Technology Lahore’s main campus. The meeting was held at Director’s office at Al-Khawarazmi Institute of Computer Science, UET Lahore on 15^th January 2019. All relevant officials from UET attended the meet-up and landed on to the solution for the expansion and up-gradation of IT network by exchanging opinions with each other.

Continuing with its annual gala of cricket tournament, Al-Khawarazmi Institute of Computer Science (KICS) organized a 2-day intra departmental cricket tournament that lasted from 3^rd to 4^th January 2019 in a ground at University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore. 8 teams participated in this tournament namely TICK-SMS, AERIL, IOT, NWN, Admin, SSRG, PDC and HUTIC. All teams played well, but at the end SSRG team emerged as a winner of the tournament. Team SMS was declared the runner up. KICS’s cricket tournament has become a brand now and has been going on quite enthusiastically for last few years. It is much popular among the students, who especially come to be a witness of this cricketing fiesta.

Dr. Waqar Mahmoood, Director KICS UET, was the chief guest at the closing ceremony who distributed the trophies among the winning team, runner up and man of the tournament.

Rao Ahmad Khalid (MD FSK Pvt Ltd), Dr. Usman Ghani (Manager SSRG), Imran Ali Shah (Manager AERIL) and Muzammil Hassan (Asst. Manager SSRL) along with a large number of students and staffers enjoyed every thrill of the tournament with much gusto.

While talking at the closing ceremony, Director KICS applauded and appreciated the efforts of the organizers of the cricket tournament and also showed his interest in organizing more events like this in UET.