The Citizens Foundation (TCF) on Saturday organized the finale of 'Obhartay Sitaray' 2018, at a local hotel where contestants were schoolgoing children brimming with the passion for music and singing. The event organisers said that 'Obhartay Sitaray' is an annual inter-schools singing competition that provides students a platform to prove their passion for singing with an opportunity to raise funds for education of the less-privileged children of TCF. The chief guest of the event was the US Consul General. Grace W. Shelton.

This year, more than 70,000 households from 120+ schools campuses in Karachi participated in the fundraising efforts while over 629 students (277 teams) competed in the school-level singing rounds. For the Team's Final, 88 voices in 32 teams from primary, secondary, senior, & college levels participated in the competition where the judges were maestros like Tina Sani, Arshad Mehmood, Afshan Ahmed and Salman Alvi.

TCF Chairman & Co-Founder, Ateed Riaz said, "At TCF, education has to be more holistic than just textbook studies. Obhartay Sitaray brings TCF children and private school children on the same platform. I am delighted to see such young students perform difficult Pakistani songs with great poise. You see these bright children of private schools sharing stage with TCF children and you cannot help but see a brilliant future of our country."

Copyright Business Recorder, 2018