GCU to set up Kashmir Center of Excellence.

LAHORE -- The Government College University (GCU) Lahore will establish Kashmir Centre of Excellence to effectively highlight the Kashmir issue to the younger generation and the world.

This was stated by Vice Chancellor (VC) GCU Prof Dr Asghar Zaidi during a meeting with President Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Sardar Masood Khan at Jammu and Kashmir House, Islamabad, on Sunday.

Prof Zaidi said that the Kashmir Centre of Excellence would help create opportunities for students and faculty members to fully understand various dimensions of the Kashmir dispute and also produce academic discourses on this issue.

The vice chancellor also apprised the president that the GCU has a very vibrant and active 'Student Societies' which have earned praise from all over Pakistan. He added that various societies like the debating, culture, arts and performance societies would work in tandem with the Kashmir society to produce plays, songs and also hold debating competitions on Kashmir.

President AJK Sardar Masood Khan said: " Our future generation studying in higher education institutions should be trained in new technologies and prepared to face the challenges of the evolving job market. Only then will our youth be...

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