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HIGHLIGHTS
                2020

          Government College
            University Lahore





                           HED XI beats GCU VC XI by six wickets

               he Higher Education Department, Punjab (HED XI)   har  Zaidi  won  the  all  round
               beat  the  Government  College  University,  Lahore   performance  award  for
          T(GCU VC XI) by six wickets at a friendly cricket   scoring 23 runs and getting
          match  here  at  the  University's  Cricket  Ground.  Vice   two wickets for just 18 runs.
          Chancellor Prof. Dr. Asghar Zaidi led the GCU VC XI while   Speaking  on  the  occasion,
          Secretary Higher Education Punjab Sajid Zafar Dall was   Vice  Chancellor  Prof.  Dr.
          seen in action from HED XI.                    Asghar  Zaidi  said  that  that
          Earlier, winning the toss GCU VC XI chose to bat first and   the  friendly  match  was
          posted 119 runs in just 20 overs. Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr.   organized  in  the  spirit  of
          Asghar Zaidi scored 23 quick runs in the early overs of   University Sports League to
          the  inning.  Engineer  Dr.  Junaid  Zafar  scored  34  runs   inspire youth towards healthy
          which included six boundaries. The HED XI chased the   sports activities. He said that
          score in the 19th over. Secretary HED played fine innings   faculty  and  staff  members
          of 15 runs, while Prof. Anees scored 46 runs.  from  private  universities
          Prof. Anees declared man of the match while Prof. Dr.   including  LUMS  and  FCC
                                                     A   U n i v e r s i t y   w e r e   a l s o
                                                         participating  in  this  friendly
                                                         match  which  would  foster
                                                         their  relationships  with  the
                                                         H i g h e r   E d u c a t i o n
                                                         Department.  He  also  said
                                                         GCU  was  providing  ample
    PAGE 21                                              sports facilities to students in
                                                         diverse  fields  such  as
                                                         athletics,  cricket,  hockey,
                                                         t e n n i s ,  g y m n a s t i c s ,
                                                         basketball,  table  tennis,
                                                         boxing,  swimming,  rowing
                                                         and squash.

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                        Seminar on “Peaceful Pakistan - our right our duty”

           Minister talks about history of violence in student unions

             h e   G o ve r n m e n t   C o l l e g e   tolerance and harmony,” said Prof. Zaidi in   parties or any other organization for their
             University Lahore is going to set   his address at the seminar organized by   ulterior motives,” the Prof. Zaidi added.
         Tup  the  Vice  Chancellor's  Web   GCU  Lahore  in  collaboration  with  the   Raja Yassir talked in detail about history
         Portal  as  a  formal  communication   Inter  University  Consor tium  for   of  violence  in  student  unions  due  to
         channel  between  students  and   Promotion of Social Sciences (IUCPSS)   exploitation  by  political  and  religious
         university  administration,  to  listen  to   and Centre for Inclusive Governance.  parties. He also underlined importance
         their  issues  and  have  a  continuous   “Educationists are not against the union   of campus-based student societies and
         feedback for different initiatives.  of students but they are just cautious that   clubs  for  effective  engagement  of
         This  was  announced  by  Vice   these  energetic  raw  minds  are  not   students  in  various  co-curricular  and
         Chancellor Prof. Dr. Asghar Zaidi while   manipulated  or  exploited  by  political   healthy activities.
         addressing  a  seminar  on “peaceful
         Pakistan  –  our  right,  our  duty”.  The
         concluding  session  of  the  seminar,
         chaired by Punjab Minister for Higher
         Education  Raja  Yassir  Humayun
         S a r f r a z ,  w a s   d e d i c a t e d   t o
         commemorate the sacrifices rendered
         by the young martyrs of Army Public
         School, Peshawar.
         “Our people, our armed forces and our
         children  have  made  incredible
         sacrifices  for  restoring  peace  in
         Pakistan  and  it's  our  sacred  duty  to
         maintain  this  peace  and  promote
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