The Government College University Lahore has announced establishing the Law Department this year to open admissions to the five-year LLB (Hons) in Fall 2021.

Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Asghar Zadi said that the five-year LLB (Hons) programme is very carefully designed under the valuable guidance of best legal minds including honorable former chief justice of Lahore High Court, Justice Mamoon Rashid Sheikh, and honorable sitting judges of the Lahore High Court including Justice Masud Abid Naqvi and Justice Jawad Hassan

Prof. Zaidi said the vision is to establish Dr. Muhammad Iqbal Law School, where we will offer LLM and PhD in legal studies. “Our LLB programme will be intellectually challenging and rigorously taught by leading Pakistani and international legal experts,” he added. 

Earlier, the university had also announced establishing a full-scale Media and Communication Studies Department which would also offer BS (Hons), MPhil and PhD programmes.

The Vice Chancellor said that the board of studies and GCU Academic Council have already approved the new programmes, and now they would be placed before the university’s Syndicate for final approval.