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HIGHLIGHTS
                2020

          Government College
            University Lahore



















                             GCU VC gets additional charge of

                                 Baba Guru Nanak University

                overnment  College  University  Lahore  Vice   this new university an international centre of excellence for
                Chancellor  Prof  Dr  Asghar  Zaidi  has  been  given   the  study  of  Sikhism  and  for  promotion  of  the  Punjabi
          Gadditional charge of the post of vice chancellor, Baba   language.
          Guru Nanak University.                            Earlier, the Punjab governor introduced Prof Asghar Zaidi to
          A notification in this regard was issued by the Punjab Higher   the global community of Sikhs in a video conference.
          Education  Department  after  the  approval  of  Chancellor  /
          Punjab Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar.
    PAGE 37  foundation  stone  of  the  university  in  Nankana  Sahib,  the
          On  Oct  28,  2019,  Prime  Minister  Imran  Khan  laid  the
          birthplace of Baba Guru Nanak.
          According to the notification, Prof Zaidi will hold the additional
          charge  of  the  post  till  the  appointment  of  regular  vice
          chancellor at the university. Prof. Zaidi is an eminent social
          policy analyst and a recent recipient of Tamgha-i-Imtiaz.
          Speaking to the media, he said it was a matter of great pride
          for him that he would work as the first VC of Baba Guru Nanak
          University. He pledged to work towards the goal of making


                                                                         VC visited the GCU

                                                                       blood donation camp
                                                                          rof. Dr. Asghar Zaidi, the Vice Chancellor of
                                                                          Government  College  University  Lahore,
                                                                     Pvisited the GCU blood donation camp and
                                                                     donated a pint of blood for the cancer patients.
                                                                     The camp was organized by the university's Blood
                                                                     Donor Society (GCU BDS) in collaboration with
                                                                     the Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital
                                                                     and Research Centre , Lahore.
                                                                     GCU BDS Incharge Dr Babar Naseem Aasi said
                                                                     that this donation by the Vice Chancellor would
                                                                     also inspire other students and faculty members
                                                                     to  donate  blood  for  saving  lives  of  people
                                                                     suffering from different diseases.
                                                                     Vice Chancellor Prof Zaidi appreciated the efforts
                                                                     of Blood Donor Society members that donated
                                                                     more than 1600 pints of blood every year for the
                                                                     people suffering from different diseases including
                                                                     cancer  and  thalassemia.  The  VC  also  briefed
                                                                     students and faculty members about the health
                                                                     benefits of blood donation.
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