The family members of the late Professor M. Rashid donated his personal library and literary collections to the Government College University (GCU) Lahore at a gracefully ceremony here on Wednesday. Vice Chancellor Professor Dr Hassan Amir Shah, Dean Faculty of Social Sciences Professor Dr Tahir Kamran and family members of Professor M. Rashid, the former Principal of GC Lahore, were also present.
Professor M. Rashid, who also served GC Lahore as Head of Economics Department, last year few days prior to his death, announced donating all his personal collections including books and literary journals to GCU Library for the benefit of the University students.
Speaking on the occasion, Professor Hassan Shah said GCU housed personal libraries of fifty-five reputed literary personalities. He said that more than 150,000 books had been donated to GCU to-date. The VC expressed gratitude to the family of Professor M. Rashid for gifting the valuable personal collection to the University.