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HIGHLIGHTS
2020

Government College
University Lahore

Flag-hoisting ceremony on Independence Day

he Gover nment College University (GCU) Later, the Punjab Governor inaugurated the newly-built
celebrated the day with special prayers for peace Health and Wellbeing Centre at the Government College
Tand prosperity of the country and paid tribute to the University and planted a tree at the Bukhari Lawns.
frontline corona warriors, especially doctors and
paramedics.
Punjab Governor Chaudhry Sarwar along with Vice
Chancellor Government College University Lahore Prof. Dr.
Asghar Zaidi and academic heads hoisted the national flag
in the Bukhari Auditorium while a limited number of faculty
members, staff and students were in attendance.
Speaking on the occasion, the governor said the
government's smart lockdown strategy had yielded
excellent results.
Prof. Zaidi also spoke while a special video message of
Mushaal Hussein Mullick, the wife of Kashmiri Hurriyat
leader Yasin Malik, was also telecast on the occasion.
The members of GCU Nazir Ahmed Music Society Page 36
presented the national anthem and songs.

Prof. Dr. Asghar Zaidi awarded Tamgha-i-Imtiaz

he President of Pakistan has the tremendous achievements he has
conferred Tamgha-I-Imtiaz on made at the GC University since his
TProf. Dr. Asghar Zaidi, the Vice arrival. In a statement, GCU ASA
Chancellor of GCU Lahore, for his termed this achievement a stepping
outstanding contributions in the field of stone for his future work at GCU and
research and education especially offered their fullest suppor t in
attributing to his innovative research on achieving the strategy of uplifting the
population ageing. glorious position of GCU Lahore.
Working along the lines of the Human Professor Zaidi, who holds a PhD in
Development Index of Dr Mahbub ul economics from the world's top
Haq, Prof. Zaidi developed two global university, University of Oxford, is a
indexes, namely Global AgeWatch social policy analyst and renowned
Index and Active Ageing Index. These researcher. He holds vast experiences
indexes provided insights in studying of working and teaching at the world's
the well-being of older populations top universities around the world and
around the world. His contributions are would wish to bring this experience
also recognised for the first of its kind towards improvements in higher
study of dementia experiences in education in Pakistan.
Pakistan with Alzheimer's Pakistan and Asghar Zaidi's reward was attributed to
in developing a nation-wide survey of his international research works on
human rights of older population for population ageing, on older people and
British Council Islamabad. people with disabilities. Last year, the
The GC University's Academic Staff Government of Shanghai also
Association, faculty members and Old awarded him the 1,000 Foreign
Ravians congratulated Prof. Zaidi on Experts Scholarship in 2019.