LAHORE: The Government College University (GCU) Friday held a cultural evening in the honour of 193 students from different colleges and universities of Balochistan visiting the provincial capital under the ‘Youth Mobilisation Campaign’ of the Punjab government.
“We must be proud of our cultural diversity, and should adopt a pluralistic approach, besides appreciating each other’s culture, faith and languages,” said GCU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Hassan Amir Shah while addressing the cultural evening, which was marked by melodious performances by the university’s Nazir Ahmed Music Society (NAMS).
Officials from the Punjab Higher Education Department and senior faculty of the GCU also attended the cultural evening.
Prof Shah said pluralism was not merely tolerance towards each other’s cultural differences; rather it also required knowledge, acceptance and appreciation for them.
The VC said that the GCU was a mini-Pakistan where students from different ethnic and cultural backgrounds studied together and also learnt from one another.
Earlier, GCU students enthralled the visiting students with traditional music and cultural dance performances. The GCU and Baloch students together presented the Balochi cultural performance at end of the ceremony.
The visiting students also visited the atomic and laser research facilities, museum, Naqoosh Centre, Sports Complex and the Allama Iqbal’s Room at the GCU.
