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Posted on : 2021-02-23
ANF holds leadership training for GCU students
The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) Academy, Punjab has organized a three-day intense multi-sectoral leadership training for the students of Government College University Lahore on the request of Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Asghar Zaidi. Besides the members of the University's Anti-Narcotics Society, the presidents of other leading societies including Debating Society and Dramatics Club are also participating in this the training. Addressing the training's inaugural session, emeritus consultant psy... Read More

Posted on : 2021-02-20
GCU 120th Annual Sports concludes
Maliha Yousaf and Hadiqa wins the title of the university's Best Female Athlete The three-day 120th Annual Sports of the Government College University Lahore on Saturday concluded with a colorful ceremony at the university's Oval Ground marked by the Gymkhana events including Girls Chatti Race, Cricket Ball Throw, Staff Children Race, Wheel Barrow Race, Four legged Race, 60 Meter Race for special students and Sack Race. About 8,000 students, teacher... Read More

Posted on : 2021-02-18
GCU 120th Annual Sports begins
The three-day 120th Annual Sports of the Government College University Lahore on Thursday began at a grand inaugural ceremony at the University's New Oval, located at its New Campus in Kala Shah Kaku. About 8,000 students of the University are participating in the annual sports including the march past, athletics meet and gymkhana events. The GCU athletes took oath that they would take part in annual games abiding by the rules and in the true spirit of sportsmanship for the glory of sports and the ho... Read More

Posted on : 2021-02-13
Old Ravians XI wins hockey match by 4-1 at GCU
A festival hockey was played between Old Ravians XI and Vice Chancellor XI on Friday at the historical Oval Ground of Government College University Lahore. The Old Ravians XI won the hockey match by 4-1. Eminent international hockey players including Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) former President Akhtar Rasool Ch, Asian Hockey Federation Chief Executive Tayyab Akram Ch. Manzoor Senior, Manzoor Junior and Olympian Tahir Zaman took part in the match at their alma mater and also shared their life exp... Read More

Posted on : 2021-02-13
The three-day Inter-University Gymnastic Championship
The three-day Inter-University Gymnastic Championship on Saturday began here at Government College University Lahore under the auspices of Higher Education Commission. Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Asghar Zaidi was the chief guest at the inaugural ceremony which was attended by Directors of Sports from different public sector and private universities. Teams from eight universities including Punjab University, Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, GCU Lahore Sup... Read More

Posted on : 2021-02-12
GCU VC incentivizes faculty to carry out research for benefit of society
Prof. Dr. Asghar Zaidi, the Vice Chancellor of Government College University Lahore, has emphasized the need to motivate faculty in universities to carry out research for the benefit of society and economic prosperity instead of just for the appointments and promotions. He was addressing a meeting with the members of Education Reporters Association (ERA) at the University's Meeting Rooms on Friday. ERA President Atif Pervaiz and General Secretary Adnan Lodhi were also present. Talking to educatio... Read More

Posted on : 2021-02-11
GCU holds workshop on
A one-day workshop was held at the Government College University Lahore on "Professional Development Skills" to make graduating students aware of the banking sector trends before landing in the job market. The workshop was organized by the Career Guidance and Placement Centre in collaboration with a leading private bank (Faysal Bank). Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Asghar Zaidi chaired the workshop which was addressed by Muhammad Zeeshan, a banking sector executive, and led by GCU Placement Officer Zainab H. S... Read More

Posted on : 2021-02-09
GCU students design advertisement campaigns
The final-year students of the Government College University Lahore Fine Arts Department Friday put on display the awareness and advertisement campaigns on different brands and social issues, as their semester thesis, which included a new food chain and e-shopping ideas, fashion brands and a digital campaign to promote tolerance in society Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Asghar Zaidi inaugurated the thesis display at the University's Abdus Salam Hall, while Fine Arts Department Chairperson Prof. Dr. Erfan ... Read More

Posted on : 2021-02-06
Commandant Pakistan Naval Academy visits GCU
Commandant Pakistan Naval Academy, Karachi Commodore Sohail Ahmad Azmie on Saturday visited GC University, Lahore and addressed awareness seminar on the importance of maritime security and its role in Pakistan’s economy. Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Asghar Zaidi conducted the seminar which was attended by faculty deans, chairpersons and heads of academic and administrative departments and presidents of students’ societies at the University’s Bukhari Auditorium. Speaking on the occasion, Commodore Azmie said Pakistan Navy is force w... Read More

Posted on : 2021-02-04
GCU marks Kashmir Solidarity Day
A seminar was held here at the Government College University Lahore on Thursday to mark the Kashmir Solidarity Day and highlight the fascist oppression let loose by Indian armed forces on our innocent Kashmiri brothers and sisters.Mian Iqbal Salahuddin, an illustrious Pakistani socialite, philanthropist and maternal grandson of Allama Iqbal, was the chief guest at the seminar marked by the fiery speeches of the University’s orators and an Urdu play highlighting the struggle of Kashmiris for independence.  The seminar, organized by t... Read More

Posted on : 2021-02-01
Intermediate sports gala beings at GCU
The fourth annual sports gala for intermediate students Monday began at the Government College University Lahore with a grand march ceremony at the university’s Oval Ground. Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Asghar Zaidi and Punjab Olympics Association President, Secretary Energy, Aamir Jan inaugurated the sports gala which was also attended by the University’s senior faculty members and intermediate students. Speaking on the occasion, Punjab Olympics Association President Aamir Jan pledged that the association would provide training and schol... Read More

Posted on : 2021-01-30
Varsities stressed to shift focus to applied research
Pakistan Science Foundation Chairman Prof. Dr. Shahid Mahmood Baig on Saturday laid stress on applied research, saying that around 95 percent research done in Pakistan was basic research which didn’t play direct role in the past technological development and economic prosperity of the country. “All over the world research started from basic, but over the decades, developed countries have moved away from basic to applied research. However, in Pakistan, we started focusing on research very late, but it’s high time for our universities ... Read More

Posted on : 2021-01-25
GCU recommends Honorary PhD degree for social worker Anwaar Khan
The Government College University Lahore has recommended to the Chancellor/Governor Punjab that an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Philosophy may please be conferred upon to the country’s one of the top philanthropists and a dedicated social worker, Mr. Anwaar Ahmad Khan, for his meritorious services to the society. Mr. Anwaar A. Khan’s Ghani Foundation spends over Rs. 400 million per annum on marriages of daughters of laborer class, serving food to 10,000 families daily, provision of financial assistance to widows and orphans, operating ... Read More

Posted on : 2021-01-21
Workshop on science of temperaments at GCU
A workshop was held here at the Government College University Lahore on “Science of Temperaments”. Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Asghar Zaidi and motivational speaker Sahibzada Syed Israr-Ul-Hassan shared their experience and knowledge with the university’s faculty. The speakers discussed human temperament from the religious, psychological and social perspectives. Syed Israr-Ul-Hassan talked about “Do You Know Your Self”, saying that the scope of discovery within the human being is as vast as the cosmos itself. He emphasized the mess... Read More

Posted on : 2021-01-20
ORU elections on Feb 14
The Government College University Lahore on Wednesday announced the schedule for the elections of Old Ravians Union (ORU). The elections will be held on Sunday Feb 14, 2021 on the university premises. Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Asghar Zaidi constituted a four-member Election Commission to be headed by former Judge, Lahore High Court and Chairman Red Crescent Society Justice (Retd.) Sheikh Ahmed Farooq to ensure free, fair and transparent elections. Dean Faculty of Languages, Islamic and Oriental Learning Prof. Dr. Sultan Shah, Dean Faculty of Ch... Read More

Posted on : 2021-01-17
No illegal appointment in GCU during Prof. Aftab’s tenure
The Government College University Lahore has clarified that no illegal appointment was made in the university during the tenure of former Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Khalid Aftab i.e. 2002 to 2011. The GCU Lahore has written a letter to Anti-Corruption Establishment Punjab on the matter of illegal appointments made during the last ten years by certain rectifications in the earlier information shared by the University with the ACE-Punjab on the issue. Specifically, it was clarified that during the tenure of Dr. Khalid Aftab, Ex-Vice Chan... Read More

Posted on : 2021-01-14
Minister inaugurates student government for narcotics control at GCU
Federal Minister for Narcotics Control, Brigadier (r) Ijaz Ahmad Shah Wednesday inaugurated a student government for narcotics control i.e. GCU Anti-Narcotics Society, at the Government College University Lahore and administrated oath to the student cabinet.The GCU Anti-Narcotics Society (ANS) is aimed at incorporating, enabling and empowering students through process of leadership and capacity development to promote drug free culture in the university.Speaking on the occasion, Brigadier (r) Ijaz Shah said a Centre of Excellence for Neuroscienc... Read More

Posted on : 2021-01-01
GCU celebrates Founders Day
The Government College University Lahore, one of the oldest seats of higher learning in Pakistan, has turned 157. Founded on January 1, 1864 in the Haveli of Raja Dhyan Singh in the Walled City Lahore as the liberal arts and Science College, it served as a nourishing stream to the generations of talented men and women. A grand ceremony was held at the University’s Amphie Theatre where Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Asghar Zaidi cut the Founders’ Day cake along with the academic and administrative heads. Speaking on the occasion, Vice Cha... Read More