The Provincial Minister of Punjab for Literacy and informal Basic Education Raja Rashid Hafeez has said that the Government Graduate College Asghar Mall Rawalpindi administration, teachers and students deserve great appreciation for successfully conducting a week of cocurricular and extra- curricular activities that paraded the latent talents of the youth of the nation and in so doing the College also displayed a rare yet necessary contrast of gender equality and women empowerment.
Addressing the concluding ceremony of the GGCAR Sports Week, the Minister recalled his memories at the College.
He said, “I spent four years here and have witnessed many changes. The teachers deserve acclaim for preserving and improving the great institution of the Rawalpindi Division. It brings immense prestige and honor for me as an alumnus to attend the ceremony as guest at my alma mater.”
Principal GGCAR Professor Dr Abdul Kabir Mohsin said, “I am grateful to the Minister for his commitment to the institution and extended his gratitude for gracing the ceremony as chief guest”.
The Principal and senior faculty presented a souvenir to the Minister where the latter also distributed winning prizes among the victorious athletes.
The College was divided into five houses keeping in view the cultural, heritage and geographical regions of the province namely Potohar, Rawal, Margalla, Punjab, and Kohsar.
The Margalla House was declared the best House on achieving maximum positions and Nousherwan, a student belonging to the same House was declared “The Best Athlete” of the event.