VC of GCU Lahore addressed senior faculty member

Lahore: 26 July: Pakistani universities are required to hone their research potential if they wish to play a dynamic role in stabilizing the national economy and achieve social equilibrium, said noted physicist Prof. Dr. Muhammad Khaleeq ur Rehman while addressing the senior faculty members after taking charge as the vice chancellor of the Government College University Lahore. Prof. Khaleeq was the chairman Physics Department at the university of Engineering and Technology before his appointment as the 28th head of the 148-year-old education institution.
Prof. Khaleeq said that the menus of extremism, sectarian hatred, conservatism and intellectual barrenness can only be wiped out from the national landscape if our academia ventures to play a dynamic role. “If we intend to keep hope alive in the current abyss of gloom and doom, it is the responsibility of the academia to enlighten the nation through research in the domain social science as well as science and technology. He stressed the need to obliterate the chasm between the elite and downtrodden by offering quality education to all irrespective of one’s power to afford it. He said that they should enhance the support for the deserving talented students so that they can continue their studies with any financial pressure. He also shared his recent experience of visiting European universities with the GCU faculty members and wished to bring academic and research activities in GC University Lahore at par with the best universities of the world. “Seeking light from the glorious past, we need to enlighten our future path leading to international acclaim,” said Prof. Khaleeq while discussing in detail the traditions and culture of the GC University Lahore with its senior professors.