Punjab Governor Chaudhry Muhammad Sarwar has said that it was his prime mission as Chancellor to improve international ranking of the universities in Punjab and the graduating students of Punjab University must be proud of their institution as it has advanced its international ranking and was the best university in Pakistan.
He was addressing the 131st Convocation of Punjab University at Faisal Auditorium here on Saturday. Senior Provincial Minister Mian Mahmood ur Rasheed, PU Vice Chancellor Prof Niaz Ahmad, Pro VC Prof Dr Muhammad Saleem Mazhar, Registrar & Controller Muhammad Rauf Nawaz, Additional Controller Raja Shahid Javed, members of Senate, Syndicate, senior faculty members and a large number of graduates and their parents participated in the event.
Addressing the ceremony, Sarwar said that it was a good omen that universities in Punjab were making their place in international ranking and especially PU VC, teachers and employees including sweepers deserved the credit for landmark improvement in QS ranking of international universities.
He said that another important challenge for him was to make regular appointments on the designations of VC, registrar, controller, treasurer as in most of the universities, acting charge was assigned to various persons on these coveted posts when he became Governor.
Now, he said, regular appointments had been made on these posts in most of the universities in Punjab.
He advised the students that nothing was impossible and they could achieve their goals through hard work. He said that he himself studied in a school where there were no washrooms, no boundary wall and other basic facilities but he was elected the first Muslim Member of the British Parliament.
He said that the practical life was not easy; however the students must remember that the success was not the wealth and designations they would achieve, rather serving humanity was the real success.
He said that the students must not forget their roots and must respect their parents.
He appreciated the role of the vice chancellors and PU VC in particular for their role in COVID 19 due to which the precious academic year of the students was saved. Congratulating the graduates, Mian Mahmood ur Rashid said that it was his honor that he had also been a student of PU in 1972, the time when polarization on campus was at its peak. Later, he said, the students unions were banned due to conflicts and the university had started losing its magnificence.
