CHAPTER III

PROf. ASHF AQ All KHAN'S PRINCIPALSHIP

1967 _ 1970

.- AS 'eplA'ed by Prof. A~foll:l Ali KhAn'

Prof. Rashid •••.
1 keenly noliud by 1M
(DfCember 2, 1967}. The ch"nge •••.••

l. B. F••••• "PUI". Fel>ruuy 11, 1911; , ••••Iout oorty edlK.illloo.

G<ljrot; "rniooio" 10 Go'O'""""'1 Col"', 1931; B.A. (wIlt!
110"""•• in ["'M). 193$; MA [",1+"', 19J1; • .n<!d 1110tR;h-
•••••••••••• " p¥H •••• UK"- 01 ltlmll" CoIIqf. Uho' •• 1931;
ioinodGo~n_ CoHoS', ludlli.lna, 1931;,.-a"'oncd 10
"11111
•••, 1938; joined GooI•• nmonl College, L..".C',
19-44;
prlfldllol, Go-ti •.••••~1 (,allege, Campbcl~. 1953-1 %4; I',,,,<~
P"l, Go'.rnmonl Collop, R.>wolpind~ 19&4 • 67; Prlnclpol,
QrI,r:aJ T.-ainlria Collop, , ••••••••••••1961 _ 0..:. ••••••• 1961;
Prin<IpoJ, e;.,.,•• .-nt eorr.... l""",.,Dtcen.c.,1% 7 10
Aul;1I".1970; _er of l numb«' 01100:01odIIwlonolll>odin;
momba of '110 Pllnj.ib C ••.il Sono•••• Appol~ T'ill ••••••, ""' ••••••
1912;" pmlifil;"'itnr. "iii" <llId•••• 1""'.
onU_I of '.kI.l"
""" •••.••"1; fI'tlin oonuibulicln b...... ,f't1Jllstan; A "'-'ion,
publM<d IIfl<lor the •••••• 0' [I-!-tomu In Fobrwory. 1941;
" p~ of lhe "." ••••of """k_l~ ••l1li"'ilwnIl" ..,. ",hldl
he "'""I Ih"l tI>o,.,...." ••••••1 iho<Jld b. COndllCtedby ••••••of
Prol, A"hl~ Ali Kh.n '''''ooicd&. ud nol by " m.oll I'l>UP of but_".-all, '''!Pionl
or PrHidM'" mod.I/o, <W!lUndirc 1oKIIe" In AuCUil. 1%1.
Soo, File "'o.9""1431B, (rtf"'""I); 1Ilro RiM, j ••••• ory, 1968.
pp.1-2.

n
 Gowm••••nl CoIk<Jt,LoIto~ .•7967 - 70
Collei}1!Ga/tlft' .nd Tnt Rolli'. Both ~heorgAns~mired
Ih adminiwative qUi\ilies of Prof. Ri'hid and /!ulog,v:d the
IItl!.ary tall:n15 of Prof. Ashfaq. TM.G":'trt~al"" U'lcd the
R.ivians 10 co-o~rau: witl'lthe new pllllc,p.l.
s.
•s.
,.
..••","'l Ali ,a"",
He, howe~r, made 501Tlr:pltliminary admi"i'd:'aINf
m'''Kt~nu.Or. Muhammad Ainul,he~ of thedepAn_"1
of Psychology, wu appointed "'udell of the Nt ••. Hoslf:1 in
pllcl! of Dr. Hamid<.l(!.Dln, a wnlo. professor of Phllowphy
depal1llll'nt who w,u prumotw and ~polnted director of
!'duCillKlII, SifJlodha. Dr. S.R. Wasti was made the inch.rge
of tht d~rte crichr tum pfrh~.qulll! again" hi, uue and
temp •.,amcnl.' Asghar Salim, l/tcturer In Urdu, was olPPOlnte'd
the prl'Sidtnt of AfrQ- A5ian Ji,tr.uy ei.dt of Ille collrge."
The principii .uned ump.aign of clunliness by pick-
i
ing up pleen of p~er ~nd Hiler th~1 lay K.~llered around In
hedges, I~wns ,md conldars, This had a IOOd effect on the
",udents who 1011oWl:dIhe e •.•.mple sel by their p,lndp~I.'
Prof. "'hAn's urly period ",itnessed "'l1li: olhe' ""l~ble
d~velopmenu. Punlabi "'~S ;nHoduced •• ~nelective wbjecl
~t the inletllll:diate l~el. Pakisun intetwitlll studenlS ~\60ci.
~tion ",n founded. The construction 01 ~ new wing of the
N~••. Hostel ••.as Complcted whkh c~t nine lac of rupees. It
"'~s inauluraled on Febru~ry 10, 1968 by Sheikh Iknmul
Haq, th~ chief Sl'creury. In M¥ch, 1968, the colieF ",as
vlliled by a unlv~n;ily In~ction tum comprising lhe vice.
chancellor, Prof. H¥llid Ahmad "'han, Mian Aful Husain and
Dr. Abdul Ghani Alollhar.They made S(lmr usef"l s"ggrstions
in connection with the leneral uplift of lh~ collog••.'o
7. Pr"'KlusiyOr.W;aslihad b•••n o;>pointedadvi,..,."r oroiln
",,,donlsAff.ir,."
B s..., fll•• of n. G"""''''mtnr c..11tgt GlZ«fle, ""''''Y -
llo•• rrb..-, 1%5.
~, Int•••.;.,••.••.lIlt KIwl Sohib.
\1). The Prin<ip.l.I"Co"-'QI .••" R.pan, April, 1968, p.9.
34 Go••.,,,,,,,,nlCoI~, L<ho~.. 7967 - 70 A.9tf<lq All Kh<m J5

ColJeqt GoJefU' ~nd Tht Rovl'. Bolh ~neorgans ~mired

Iht administ'ollive q""liHn of Prof. R~hid and tulog'-ed the
literary till:n~ of Pmf. Ashfaq. TIN..G":'trt~alw u'&I'd tile
Ravia", 10 co-o~rUt with the notw pllnclpil.
TIM.new principal h;td studied and l;wglll here ~or many
yeus. He had scw:,,11friends and a dozen of old pup,ls among
the tuclling snff.
tie, however, m.ldt lOme plth""nary adminiu.ali><t
man~tmtnu.Dr. Muhammid Ainul, hud uf tile dtpirtment
of PsydKllogy, WiUappointed •••.arden of the Nt •••.Hoslelln
r place of Dr. Hamid••d.Oln, a ~nlor profes!OJl" of Philosophy
depmmenl who wU prorrlO\1Id ind appoinlW dlr«lor of
rducition. Sargodhi. Dr. S.R. Wasti was made the Indla.gt
uf lilt deg~e crkket te= perhilllS""ile agairnt hiSliUle "lid
lempe,a_nL' A!.gl>arSalim, Ieuu,,, In Urdu, \It',,", 'lPP01nt!'d
lhe pr•.•idenl of AffO.Asi~n Ilter~ry (irde of th~ colley."

The prlnclp~( $U"ed i umpiign of clunlineM by pick-

ing up piece of pOlperind Iitler thit lay Katt~red around In
h~dges, lawns ind cOfTidol'i. This hid a ,ood effect on the
",udem, who followed the • ..ample \:et by their principal!

Prof. Khin', early period wlm.s\:ed iOmr olher notable

d~velupmenls. Punjabi was intm<iuced as an elective subject
~t the inlermec iat~ If\'el. Pakistan Interwl"ll stU(!ents llosud-
~tion wn founded. Tile construGiion of a neW W'''ll of the
N~w Hmte\wili completed which COSInine lac of ru~es. II
"'~s in~ugurued on Febru~ry 10. 1968 by Sheikh Ikramul
Haq, tile chief secretary. In M~rch, 1968, tile collell" was
visited by a univer-;ity ln~ction ttam comprising lhe vice-
cha""ellor, Prof. Hamid Ahmod Khan, Mian Aftal HUuln and
Or. Abdul Ghani Asghar. n",y made 50me useful su~i1ions
in connection wjllt lhe HeMral uplift of lhe collej(f. ,.

1. Pr••.io••••V ~,Wllli hid hom oppointed ••M••, "for ••. n

",",dents Afr••.•.••

, a 5«, me< of 110t Go""mmMr

O«.mb ••.•I961:1.
CoJIt'1't GlIlcm, Ilnu ••.y -

•s. 9. 'nt.",it •••witJI Kh.n •••~ih_

o. \0. Thol"I'in<ip.r',CofMX4llonR."en, ApliI,I968,p9.

 The 381h tonygcation of I~ colleg~ was hdel in the
Bokhari audll<>rlumon Aplll 20, 1968. flda Has.iln,the
ac!yiWlr to plesld~nl Ayub Khan, was lhe chi~f g...,SI.69 M.A.
M.x. cmdkbtn ,mel)75 aladuat~s _r~ awarded degrees.II
Himselflin old Ravian,the chiefguest, Inhis addr~" eulogl5ed
[h~ grUIlle"S of lhe college, He tried to highlight [he role
the Ravians pllly~d in Ih~ makiOlland cgnsolldatlon of 1M
nlllion befor, ilI1daflf;r Indep,nde",e, Then lie called upon
the studenu to discipline th,it Ii""s. H~ said thllt Itlosc who
had imp05eli~triet disciplinegn therm.lycs had b~n sueu:ss.
ful in lif~.11
Prof. Khan, in his annulll"port,r.toUnlf\l the a~hleye.
""nu and lIctlvltin of lho college du,ing the lIClldcmlCy~ar
1967 _ 61 lind pllrliculllrlyIfferred \l;Ithe acoommodUIOrl
problem in Ih~ coUegt and gaye an indlut;on llut the We~1
Pakistan chlff wc~tary, Sh.ikh lkramul Haqu<, was of the
opinion thai Ihe silulltion could be ""I by having a goyem-
••.••
nl coll~gc 11which could be lou.ll'd in tM open SlJhurb~
of LatlOr~,maintainin~ a liaison with the ok! place. "Under
~ c!rcumstancos" the J)rlncipalsaid, "this !>NmSto be Inc-
must plausible way of lTlC'etin,; lhe challenge of ~~pansion
and progrrss"u Bul the idea ,of establishing GC II •..••• cr
rnal~liallscd.
During the p~riod 1967 • 68, 1M numbel of staff
mcmben; ro'" to 160.'" More lhAnten ITlI!rnbersof I'" staff
proccedld abroad for further study. Of tile", lWO••ent t~
Canada and eight 10 Britain. Nine leCluren; resIgned 1M."
pMU and thlrt.~n new appointmenb ••e~ made, Raf,q
Mahmood look 0"'" as ",nior p,ofes.sorof Englishat Goyem-
1\. T_ •• ""'~ 1\, p.l ,Col•. S . 6.
1M I'rJI!l<Ian
\1. ~ for Flda'sAddr•••, 1M Mill..,. Tim••• ",..M11, pp. S - 9,
I J. GGJc/leSpecIlJlSuppicment, Priodp"" Ann •••••Reporr, Apra,
1968,11.4.
14, Ibid.
menl CDIIeg"lyallpur (Faisalabacl).MuhammildKhiliidKhan "
aoo I<>ok<>vcras ",n;or proffS60fof E"Rlishit Gowm""nt
Coneg" Hyderibild. Dr. Muhammid Sa.leemof lhe dePMt-
rrn:nt of Zoology be(:llme (utalQr of the: museum of ItIt:
Universilyof Engi",,,lng ind Ted",o!ogy, lahore. Dr. A.H.
Khayal (English) returnld to the college iftet a Sli)' of o""r
two yea~ it th, Unll'!'n.ltyof London. Dr. M, AhSolnAkhta.
obtained Ph.D. degru from Ihe Uni""rsily of GlaS(lo"and
rflUrned to his p<m In t~ deparlrrn:nt of cm-mistry,
Muhammad HlIfeez CllITIIback 10 the Muhfllliltiu elepil1-
menl alur complellng his M.x. from Southampton Unlver.
lily. Dr. M,A, A1:lm (Chemistry) ••.•~ appointfd fellow of
Paklsu.n Audemy of Sciences, which wa~ the highest dis--
tinction for iI sclentist In our (OUntry," Abdul Qiyyum
Bull, i distlngui~hl:'dschoillf of Arahie, retired from goyern-
ment ser.iet (January 14, 1968).
The numh" of students ••as 1800. Of these 1119
~re in tile intermedlau c1••se~, 1037 In lhe d~grre c1a,,,,s
i1nd638 al the M.A./M.Sc. and honoun; Ie",,1.Among Inc-se
~bout 200 were girl "OOenu, About 30 ~tOOenlSwere from
neighbouring (QUnt,ies of Iran, lordan, Kuwail, South
Alrin, Tilnzilnyaetc. 785 WIrescholarship holden;."
Th, college millnulned il~ academic d;stinelion~ al all
level•. Pa"1'ercenuge al eilCh leyel ••u high. AI M.A.I
~tSc, le'Ytl, the first posillons (n the subi"l~ of English,
tconomlcS, Physics and Zuo~y were ~e(Url'd by the
Rudenb of this college."
The 'IIOI1s aelMty i1lsocontinued su<:cessfully.Two
IS. IbkI.[II>.1.J.
16. Ibid.p. J. Therewereabolll700.tud..,,, in [hewllesein 1931
..-henProf, AshfaqAll Khanl<linedlhe ",\leg. as I fhl: y_
""denl.
11. Giuetu SpecIqI5upp~_nt, Princlp-al',AnflflQ/R.pwt, ""'II,
I%S,~.4.S.
35 Ga';<tffll1Wnt O>I~, [;,tn: /967- 70
The 38th CC1nvoc<tl:ion of tM college w.s held In the
Bol<h¥1 auditorium on April 20, 1968. Filla H.wn, the
adv;.;,;r10 prel;ldentAyub "han, wn the thief g~n. 59 M.~,
M.~. cilndiduel;.nd )75 gradllileS were .WlIrdeddegr~ •.
Him•••lf in old Itlvian, the-,hlef gUrl-l,in hi•• ddress eulogl""d
the greatnC"Uof the Gollege.He tried 10 highlight the role
the Itlvi.ns played in lhe ITllIklnll.rid ron""lldition of the
natiQn before .nd after independence. Then he nlled upon
lhe studenl. lO diSGipll~their Ilvu. He ••id th.t too•••who
h.d Impo....:!mitl discip1i~ on themselveshad been SUG~U'
fulln life."
Prof. Khan, in hi•• mllul report, rerounled the a~hieve.
menl. ",rodactivities of the college during the aGiJdemlcyur
1967 _ 68 and particularly retCHed10 the lltwmmod.tion
problem in the college and pwe an Indi",t"'n that lhe West
Pakisu.n chief •••cretitry, Sheikh Ikramul H~~, WHof lhe
opinion thaI the siluition could be mu by hivilll a govern'
menl collegt II which oould be located in Ihe open ~bUrbS
of ~hore, lTllIintiininga li.i""n w'lh the old piace. Under
the Glrcumsun~" the prin~ip.l •.•id, "Ihls seems 10 be ~he
most pliUsible way of mte[jn", the challenge of up.nrwun
illd pf<>grcs."u But the idu .of establishing GC 11 never
ITllIIt
,1.1istd.
During Ihe period 1967 • 68, the number of suff
members rust tQ 160." Ml>fethan ten member. of the naff
p~ed ibroid for further sludy. Of the••• t--:o ",ent '?
Can.di and eight to Briuin. Nine lecturers rt\lgned therr
po." and thirtten new loPPOintments"'ere mide. Rafiq
Mahmoodt(HIkove' loS senior profe!>Wrof Englishit Govern.
t \. "" Pdlrbun r_ •• AprH 21, pol. Col,. S • 6.
12. s.c lor rid." Mdt ••" ~ PIlIrIsrQtl Tn-So
13. Glume Sp«/Q/ 'i<>pplrmrnl, Principlll'.Annwl f&p<JrI,
April,
1%8,p.a,
14 //Hd.
As/If"'lAII K1uln
m~n1CoUege,lyallpur (Fils.alibl.dj. Moo.4mmadKhalld Khan
,Iw look Oweras 'itnior prole""", of E'1!li5hal Government
CoUrge, Hyderabid. Dr. Muhammad S-ileemof the depil1l'
ment of loology b~e curalOr of the mu'itum of the
Universityof Engirleerlngitld Technology, lal>on!. Dr. A.H,
Khiyil (Engli'lhlrell.l,nedto tile oollese dtu i stay of o~,
I••.•
' yun.l the Unlwnity of london. Dr. M. Atuan Akhu.,
obu.,ned Ph.D. degree from tile UniVtlrsityof GI.4sgowand
returROd to ilis pas{ in tile dePUlmenl of ChemiSlry,
MuilammadHafeel Qrnt back 10 lile Matilematk:. dep.rt-
ment after CORl'~tlng his M.Se. from Southunpton Unive,.
lity. Dr. M.A. Alim (Cilcmlstry) wloSappointed fellow of
P,kiuin At.4demy of Sclencfi. which w.u tile higllest dis-
tirKti"" fo, a 5tienllst In lltIr coontry." Abdul Qayyum
BUll, i distinguished Khol~r of Ar.biG, ~tired from lavern.
ice U••••.•ary 14,19681.
mentse•.•••
Tilt number of mldents was 2800. Of Ihese 1119
we,e In the inlermediile doUses,1037 In t/le degree cb_.
ind 6)8.t the M.A.{M.5t.md honou" level. Among the'it
about 200 we'e girl studtMS. Aboot 30 students were from
neit;:hbourlngcountries of tran, Jord.n, Kuw.it, South
Afrlia, T,nuny. etc. 78S werescholar9>lpholden. II,
The college maintained 1" ac.demiG distinctions .t.lI
le~ls. Pns1'ercentage it uch level wu high. At M,A.'
~I.St. level, the first positions in the subjects of Engil5h,
[conomlcs, Physics and Zoology we,e secured by the
students of this college.IT
The sports iClivily .Il"> continued successfully. Two
IS. IINI. pop. 2. 3.
16. Ibid.p, 3. n",n "''''. ~I 700uudon!>in \liewIle•••in t911
AprH 2t, pop. a. 9. whenProf. A!hl,,! All KhanjolRtdthe (011qJeU l rhl y__
>ludem.
17. &no". SpodQISupp/,mu!I, hin<ip;oJ'.kmuttl H."."" April,
t968, pp. 4. S,

clicht pl.yen, W<lq.r AllrNd ."" MoIjid J.ll.ngir ""ele
selecled to pl.y in interwnity ch.mpion~ip~. Tiley .150
repleoenled P.ki-un in • ~rin of m.tet"ls in U.K. M~id
l.ll.ngir ll~ ttle distinction of being IIIe skipper of tlle
I".klst.n combined unl""Bily e\eVlln .gainst 11M:Common.
""ultll Tum in Ille m.lcll pl~yed In Lilhore. Mun."".r lqb.l
• 00 H~roon R~llim loured E'1lI.nd ~nd Russi. 10 pl.y
~.rious fi><lulesin tennis."
During the ll'SWon under r••••.lew, the studenl5' union
retmined busy n usu.l. It Ileld fourleen maior functions.
Tile outst.nding future ""'" oiln extempore prlLe deb.llll
.00 .n U.troilOrdin.ey 1-k>tJ-eof Commons Slyle deNte whicll
"'.s conducted In Irllingu.1 medlil I.e. in Engli""'. Urdu and
Punj.bl." Tile proposilion "dop.~ed by lile lloose "'.s
,-J!A--------i,-..-t. "l:-'l;.ff "TlIe elution of
unfVllRe Is in Inieresl!ng""ioke."t5'~;'ng Ihe \>eulon. Itle union
b"ll&ed68 lrophies brukingl11e pre~lous r«ord.:IO Tile union
lleld AU-P.klUoiln mushtllra In ""lIicll eminenl poets of
P.klS\Ml p.r1iclp"led. Tile number of 50cictirs "nd clubs
ro~ 10 soY Tiley held m(!flings, .rr.nged ullibilions,
symposia "nd wmpetltkms. Invited lu'ned "Pukers fmm
",illlin lIN: country .nd from .brooild.:l>I"unl"bl m.ills (fie.
18. ItmI, PI', S.6
19. Puni~i .n •••••• popul.il'/ d•• ~ lho ",,>Ion und••. I""n. II
.•••' Introduced.1 inlerm«!iollte1e",,1I""ugh GI••••• in Punjlbl
o<"a1IVu.,od In 1975. A Pun~; "'ljli•••••• 1•••orpniood•
••hio:h>tMledII>lul>Cliorn..P•••joilbl .1-.;..1'
••' ••••• 'he'."". 01
d<b:o'",.
20. 1M RtNI. M.v. \%8. p. 9\.
21. So"" "" •••.••
flio:w,1
I«ielin .ho tnJ,"",DOmed in 1968.An inler.u.
"8 lO<iolV"''' ,he ""••u.r "Ud••..lS. ",,;elV". h •• im •••• :the
unlm.tl••• t.blhhmen, of • <•••••1 world, In ,,,,,lt~ •••• : 'Llf.
i. for "' ••••1, 10r•• ukif. ""'u di.". TN GDwrnment QH~
G<um., MM<h7.1968.p.S,
AJhftlq All Khwr
briltd Sh.h Huwin diY ",ltllll'ut enlhllSii5m. Tilt Pernin
",defy ceiebr~ld ~oroniUion uremony of Shih 01 lrin.
!'olitic.l Soceincesociely ob"' •..•.•d HUm.ln RighU Diy. The
furKliort "'oilSpresided over by CII, Zif.'ull.1l Khn. Judge 01
Inte,n;llion.l CoUll of lustlr;e.llTlle G.rreftllisloriC<lI society
lisu .rr ;lnged l number of eHension If<tures. Rich",d Symond •
ill emlrtem Briti'" ",hol.r, visited Ille d.p.nmem .nd Ilid
discuWon ",jtll til. stud.nr:. of hi'lory." English Ilterity
~"k: "'U In tile forefronl of llle ,ollege ",Iivllin. Under il~
luspi<:n. s"fd.r Mir .Ii", I'no.nd Iia Molly-utl.dln addrn .
••d Ill. Sluden, •. 10 Dr. livid Iqbillliw ~ brief ulk on the
bfe .rod "'ork 01 his illustrious h,I1ltI. AII.mi Muhimmid
Iqb.1. Prof. Erll: Cyprj.n g.Vt .n iIlumin.ling .nd compte-
hl:n"ve talk on "Tile Trigl< Hero", He com.nded Ill., t'ill"
he,o "I. of three kinds: of higll mimetic lIilledy. lo",er
mimtlic tr.gedy lnd ironk Ir.lXedy",H ROVf'1""outs Cre",
wn il", very l~liv. during Illi. stssion, A tninlng ump ""••
held al W.lton •••d .nOlll., n MU'Fft ltill. in Ill. wimer.
For Ihe fi,st ti""" BoildenI"o""ell <Loy••.•••uiebr.l.d In ,he
rol~ge."
Tile principal enrourotged cultur.l.rod stlldy lours both
in ind outside tile counuy, The Gi"tll llistoriul ~iely
mide. study tour of [iiSt P.kist.n (Much 28 _ April 10.
1968), 1Owhich wa•• ponsurtd by Pakisun council. SimiI.rly
oIP'lOthe.r
group of students under Prof. Siddique Killim, loIler
prin<lp.1 of the college. visited [is! p.kiSlln.'f The studenn'
22. Ibid. 1'.8.
23. rhr RVo'I, ) ••••• v, 19611,pp. 108 .110.
24 "'- RVo'I, ~.1968.p.92
2S. rhr Rf1I!l.J ••••.•• V.1968,p.l08.
21>. rho Go..,rnment CDn.1/OGaltn., FobfUifY IS. 1968. PI'. 2.3;
Fobfllorv 29. p. S.
'II. r1>f fMoI, M.V. I %/I. p. 93,
2$. r1>fG<:wt.CDIIe". Gtlrt,ft. iIl>ril 18. 1968. W. ;\ • S.
29. Ibid. 1'.6.
 Go•• ,m""n' CoI'*'JI. llJilMf .• /967 - 70
"
crickd players, Wiq;t. Ahnud ud Mijid JahMlg;r •••• e~
~lecled to play in lnterversily championVllps. They al'lO
reJIre'ICnted Paki••un In a serb of mate"'" In U.K. Mijid
lahangir h;od thoe di'tinction of being the skipper of the
Paki.tan combined univer\,ly e~"en agair>S1,1M:Commun-
wultll Tum in the: mald\ played in LIlIore. Munawar IQbal
and Hamon Rahim loured E"4lland and Ru.~1 10 play
"ario". 'idurn In ttnnls."
During lhe lIl:"ion under .nit •••, the ~lldent.' union
rcmoined bu"Y as \1",.1. It held foun~n maio' funnlon •.
The oulSlIndinll future ",;os an extempore prize debate
.mel an el(1r;1ordinary House of CommonHlyle debate which
wa. COOOlKted in trilingual mdia I.e. In Engiiv" Urdu aOO
Punjab!." The proposition idop'.ed by tM house w,u
~ J(;,-,....!,-'i ." L;:{~ "The erulion of
unr~r", k in In~ltre.ITng'j;;ke.'.t5".j;lng the ",ssion, Ihe union
bagged 68 trophies b 'CdklnllM pre_lOlls rerord. "" The union
held AIl.f'.I<iSlan musJIIJlrQ in which eminent poets of
PdklSlan p.rtlcip.led. The numner of so,'eties .00 ,lubs
ro'-' to 50.lL Tney held "",etinIS. a,,,,,,ged uhibitioni,
sympo<la MId compelitions, Invited lurned ",ukers from
within Ihe country .nd from abroad.:> Puniab; IThIliiscele.
19. Punj.t>1~t1aintdpopo!.ity d•• ing tho >hOIonund••• ev>tw.II
"'., inuoduced .1 ;"l••medi.ou """""though ,10"". 111Punjabi
~lu.lIv "arnd in 1975. A runj.bi fl'w,ili.",as ~I""<><1.nitod,
.••.
hi<h -..10<1II<luna""". r""jobl .In beu.ne 1!Ie1o'1l"oge01
debolt>.
20. ThoR•••••M.y.19611,p.91.
21. So"," l'IO"",m,i.ol""lelie •• h"mu"'roonit<l in 19611.An In~.'"
"'I ""dety w•• the ".,.",.1 students' ."d.,y". h. aim w•• ,\lie
uKlmlle ...ublill>mont01 a u",al """Id. h. mollo "'U: 'lh
•• for COl",al" '" 'egul ••.• """" die". The Go!¥rn""ml Ccllqt
(;,In,u, Mrn:K7.1%8,1', S.
A1Irf"'l All Khllft
bWw Shah H" •.•l" day with I'ut emhu,lnm. The hl'Sian
IOcitly celrb.ated coron.lion c.'emony of Sh.h of Iran.
Poill,cal Sce'nce soc;itty observ.<J Hum.on Rlghls Day. The
function wu pre.idw o"er by Ch.I.luullah Kh.n. Judge of
Intun.I'Orial CoUll of IUSlkeYThe GnretthiSiorleal society
ilso arrangw a n"mber of enemton k:,turu. Rich"rd Syrn<Jnd,
Ml .minent Brlt,Y\ schol"r, VNted the dep.lrt ••.•.• nt and had
dlo;cussion with the .tuden" of hi'>!ory.'" Engli5h litelary
"rcle wu in the forefronl ollhe ,ollege .lu._itks. Un<JerIt.
auwiees. Safdar Mi. ,lia, leno and II" Mohy .ud .din wdr ••..
sed the students." Dr. J.vid Iqbal ga~ ~ brid t~lk on lhe
life and work of hi, iliustrious (;athef, Allilma Muhamn1.ld
Iqb.1. Prof. Eric Cyprj~n ll~••e an illuminating and eomp'e-
Ite~",,~ talk on "The Tragi' Hero". He ool1tend.d that HAgie
hef1) "is of Ihre~ kinds: of high mimetic Irog~dy. lower
mi_tk lfiljledy and Ironic tragedy ••.•• Rover scouts erew
",n ~Iso ~~ry "Cli~t:"during Hils ,,",Woll. A tr"ining calflClwu
lteld at Wahon "nd anolher al Mutree hills In the wintef.
For the fit'>! lime, B~Jen Pow~ll day ••••• s celebru~d in Ihe
cotlegt'3'
The prln<;lp,J./~rn:our'llw wltural ~nd study tour~bolh
In and outside the oountry. Th~ Gartett hi~torlcal society
m,d~ a ~Iudy tau. of h.1 Paki,tan (March 18 - April 10,
1968)," which waHponwnd by Paki,tan council. Simil•• ly
another group of '>!udents under Prof, Siddique K"lim, tuer
prlnclp~ ofthe eoll~ge, ••isited East P.lki~Un,'" The Sludent~'
l:l Ibid.p.8.
n. The RM, J •••••• y, 1%11. 1'1'. lOB. 110.
14 n.. RtM, May.1968,1'.92.
25. The RoYI, Jinu.y. 1%8, 1', lOB.
')t;. n.. GoMrmmtnrCol. Gaun<. February I S, 1968,PI'. 2 . 3;
FobN ••.•••29, p. S.
l1. The R"".M.y,1968.p.91.
28. Tht G<M. Colle" Ganr/<. 1>p<1118.1968, I'P. 4. S.
29, Ibid, 1'.6.
 6<>","''''''"1 CoII#gt, LtJIlrn, /967 - 70
lugu~, • cullunll body, made. \ludy 10<1'of AfRllani~lan,
I'im and Tu,kty,'"
Tile lutorial ~y\lem .••.a' fl,~t Inlroduced in lhe college
in 1902 dUTing lite principill..tll$l of Rob'ion." The ~ludenls
.••.
er~ divided InlO ten groups. EacllllrouP .••.u pul undtl llle
care of a profe.~r wOOaCled '" 'coll'1letuIOl'lo Ille .luden"
of 1Ii\ g.oup. This brouglll proff''''''s and sludent'; inlO
clo~. I'O/1tacl, and enabled tacll prore,,,,,r 10 e""rt I more
powerful ar>d p"rmanenl Inftuenee 0" IIIe' ,hl'aCler of hrs
pupils, In ma"y Ca'ie' profe,o;ors look a ""iou. view of Ille!,
du lit. and rt'l'onslbilll,", and the 'nullS of tho 'yslem wert
excellent. The e""mple ~1 by GC In Ihi~ mall'" was follo .••.ed
by ITl<>\I of otll •• coliege. In Ill" provlnce.'l Prof.kllan paid
'l'eelal atlenlion 10 lhe .y.rem. H" wa, fully con"lnced of In
importance aOOUIllily. I.
In Oclober, 1968, r.M. Ayub's regime rompleltd ten
years of lIS rule, lilt l>«M:le of Rtlonn. and Prog''''' .••. a.
officially ob'iCrved all ove. lhe country. The eduu.liorW
in\lilUlions .1"" p"nicipaled In tile. D«ade celeb, allon •. GC
celelHaled Ihe decade of prog«'ss - roueall"" w~l -
Oct"l>t. 21Q O<;lob., 8 Willi g«,al R",IO."
But mo,e conS/ruClive and "aluaole ,",rk wu done: by
III editorial board, Qf 1M COllfl}" Garette and 1M Ralli.
They worked round lhe c10cl and 'lUc«eded In producing
~,
31.
1t>kJ.
Rob",n .••a. III< princip.1 of lhe college from 1898", 19\2.
n. H.LO. Cmelt.A Hi,to/)' of 1M G_m_1I1 CoII.~,l.al\O'e,
1914, p. 12&.
B. ~ G.-rn"","1 wlkge~,It (Erelklll. 0<1.000 11, 1968,
pp.1.2.
).4. SH, Tilt G<Wl". Q>I~ GaRtt., s.:...•• n;,. Supplmntnl: Dee_
r>! Dew!opme'" Qnd R#fr>rmJ, On. 10, 1961l; ~ RIM (Dcud.
<JIR.fr>'•••••OcIr>ber,1%&).
••
,ped.1 nurnben in recOld tIme to mark IIIe'ocu.lon.
T1J<,movemenl rr>f the revival of parl~mentlfY demo.
".cy had gained momenlum lO.••uds the end of 1968.
The poliliul agitalion was intensified. The students, the
"angu,lId of Il>.emovemenl, had Iltromt uncoRtroliable aOO
in No"emOef, the llO"ernmenl was «>mprl1ed 10 clolr IIlr
ooUejrs ror an ind.fini,r pe,iod, The conditi<ln> bUIJI'If
.••orse in ll>.rearly montk. of 1969.J' Pandrmonlum pl ••.•aile<:l
ltlro",ghout tke ,ountry. Oemon'ltt'iltions, r,r"ion 144 and
uOilfary arrfiU Ila<l become the order of the day." So
Vahya Kh••n, llle ~ommaOOer..jn-clllt-f of Pakistan, imposed
marti ••1 I••.••.on M•••.
ek 24, 1969. Prewrnl AylJO Kllan .••..os
ouSled. Law aOOordtr w••••restored. The coll'1ltS r.-opeRed
In April, 1969,
This year (I.e. 1968 .69) IWO mON: tuea,,11 journal.
..ppured. The }oo.ool of Cconom/(S appured undtr the
edltorsllip of Prof. Flll-llr.Rehman, head of lhe department
of ECUfI(Imlcs.J' C~plQl'rlflom.a journal of Engli'" dep ••n.
menl, ume 01,11 unde' the editonhlp of Prof. Siddlq...., Kalim.
II' purposr wu 10 e"plaN: rlfw I«,Ullrn of Utt~I •••.• and
critici.m. ,.
)S. !>Iefor detail, , Ill. RatlqlfO Abo!, f'rJJ/I/OIII'<1n~ '" """1st •• ,
19~1t• 19~9 _ r,rI II, hJ•••••bod. 1987,pp. 175 . 209.
36. ""'RIM,SepI~ •• ,I%9,p,86.
31. .".,., n..RoM (ERli,,o,l,Sepwnb", 1969, p. 93-
l8, n.. RIM (E"III"'), Sq:>~_, 1%4, Pll. 94 • 96. The fI", i_
of ,~ •• u,,1r>nzr1oM conllinod Oft,,1Mwr~1fJtl b~ •••••1nenI r.l"' ••
ION """~ ••
no. Eq/(J(arloll< .•••• li"td •• BowIrrr', 11I1."wr_1 ftt/od/ctll
Di"rtory ond &"' ••n a p.r ••••""'" ulOlolfu. n",nb•• by lhe
libJ..-y of eo •••"". (USA).The l"I'O>dern laf@~•••• A"",iolion
of """,,rica d f>l>'ibul.e'110ton~nu to I" ",.".ob,•••• mo'. Ilion
10 tountrin of Ik. "",rid.•••••, only lhe •••••1,"""I •• bullor ••iIf'l
,,~olon .lfo ..,ntribu," .1 •..1•••10 ,II;, •••••••;no. In'•.••••••. illl
Prof. R•••f Ani",m.

lugue, a rullu'.1 budy, made a r.ludy lou. of Aighan;~tln,
han and Tu.key,"
The tlHo.ial ~ystem WiI' fi.~t IntrodUCeC!in I~ college
in 1901 during the p,inti~ll5hip of Robson." TIIr ~ludenl~
were dividod into ten group~. EKh g'oup WI~ ~•••t unde. I~
care of a profes!Or who I"'~ oK 'collegelulor'to the ~••••
den\~
of his l'oUP, Thi~ broulht profes~s and studenu into
clow. contlCl, In<! eroabled uch profes"" 10 e~ert a more
~owerful Inri pe'INntnt Influeroct on lhe chuacttr of his
~u~ils, lro maroy u""~prolH",," look alotriotJ\ v~w of their
dulie~ and rtloPon.;bm!It~, and tht rHulls of the sys,em ~re
e~celltrot. Tht eumple SCI by GC;ro Ihis muter wa~ followed
by must uf other college~ I" the province." Prof. Kha" paid
special aUe",ion 10 Ihe system, He was fully convin<;ed of its
importJtlCe .nd u rllily. )J
In Oclol>et, 196il, F.M. Ayub's regime completed Ill'll
yn" of its rule, 1M Decide of Reforms and PrOllre16,•.•s
offlclally ob"" •.•.ed all uVe' the country, The ed •••~lionll
inSiitulio'u also participated in tnt Dccadeceleb.alioflS.GC
«lebrned Ihe decade of progress _ c-duc.lian week -
October 1 to Oclober 8 with g~.t lfU~lo.,lOl
Bul more constfueti~ and valuable work wlS done by
th editorial b<u.tds of TM College Garette and The RaII/.
They worked round the dock and ••••cc"ded In produdng
30. Ibid.
31. Roboo" "'a, lhe principolof III< <ollof,elrom 1898 \Q 1912.
32. H,l.O. Gar.ell, A Hj,rof)Jof ~ G_mmtnl G>11o~,Lohore,
1914,p. 128.
B. TM G_mlntnl G>IWgt~tN (["Ihlll, October 11,1968,
pp.I.2,
.l4. ~, 1110Co""". Ceil. Gfu"", Sw'enir Sul'l'lement: D«:#<k
of DM-Iopmtrrl _ R.Jumrt, oa. 10, 1968; "" Rowf [O.:ocl.
." R.to •.••••, Oc1ob •• , 1963).
speci.a1numb"" in recotd time 10 mark 1M ocusian.
Tht mowlTlf:nt fur tM revivil of ~arliamenlOly d=o'
""'Y hid gilned momenlum IOwards the encl of 1968.
The polilical a&iUliun was inten.;lied. The students, the
vanguird of the movement, hid become uncorotrollable and.
in Nc>vember, the lovernment .••• i~ compellec! to ~lo" the
coll~g'" ror in Indefinile perlQd, The conditions became
••• "l"<C In the urly months of 1969." 'Olldemoniurn p.tv.iled
lhrollghout the country. Demon~tFiltiuns, ","ion 144 and
arbllfary Ilresu hid become the ord.r of the day.'" So
Vahya Khan, the comnund.r.ln..:hitf of ,.kl,u.n, imposed
mirtiil I.w on MilCh 14, 1969. Pre~ldent Ayub Khan wiS
ollSled, Law onll order wlS rHloreO, The colleges re-opened
in I>.;Jril,1969.
This year (I.e. 1%8 . 69) IWO more ruurc.h journi"
appe.rt!d. The-jourffll/ of Economics appeared ••• nder the
edilorship uf Prof. Flza-ur.Rehman, hud of lhe d~artment
of hlJf\Omles.I' E~pIOilltiom, a jour nIl of Enlllisll depirt.
menl, eime oul under the editorship of Prof. Siddique Kalim.
Its pllrpose wlS to explore new Irei$U't~ of Uteralufe ind
criticism.'"
J5. ••••• rOf dO'toli. , M. RiflQuo Al:zal, 1'bJ1I/C411't1n1a •• /WIlY •• ,
1958 • 1959 _ Pin II, I\lomobad, 1987, pp. 175 . 209.
36. ThoRiM, Seplernber,1969,1'. B6.
)l. !>eo, Tho _ (EllIlithl,S<pten'b••, 1%9, p. 93,
18. Tho RVoIi(Encllfl1l.Sop,embK,1%9, 1'1'.94 . 96. The flnl 1_
of tloeE~pionlt_ """laine<:!••••1tI•••-..' ~\tft b~ ••••lncn! Plk••
l Wli Kh<>~•.
Tho ["Plot_10m "' •• li9.ed In Bo ••*tr~ /nltmofionrrlf'<rlDdial
DiftCtory and liven 0 p••"",ntltl Cilo!oCl'. IVJmllerby the
libr..-y of (:onere•• lUSAI_ The rrx><l.rn Lo""'lInA""cilrion
01 Americadiwibllle' ito<onltnl< \Q lISmember, In mo.e thon
70 counu;•• of ,ll. _nd. Nol enly lhe I_I tchol•.• bill fore'"
",1H>l1"Ill•• <ontribute ••tir.~ lOIhi'tnIjiline. In•••.•••••willi
pror. R•• I Anjllm.

The Sandhi lr~nsl~lion sociely playt'd a dinin.live
role. It undert""k ~n ..-nbll;"u~ venture. Under Its auspi.:elo
the ,rllkal ankl« of ""~ eminent ea~tern and ""'''ern
lherary ,rltic~)O of the Iwemlf{h cenwry were tr~",lated
into Urdu by a number or ~hol~Tl' of the coliege, wllich were
complied ~nd edlled in a book-form by Prof. Siddiq\IC Kalim
wilh the u'>lst~nce of lahur-ul.H;>q Shaikh, ~ promising
Rivian of tile pe,lod The collecl;on was ~bli~d In "by,
1969 under Ihe caption. "Nai Tanq«d". (modern litcr~,y
crltlcllmj .••• The No! TOIfqecd received conskler.blt publkity
.nd ••.is r..ourably ""iewed In The Rl;1vi Ind The Col/e'l"
Gc~nu."
,he Rovl m.nilgl'mcnt changed hand •• Dr, Imdad
Huuin" (Engil'" ,.ction) ••••
as loUccetdt'd by Prof. Skldique
Kalim, Kh.wala Saeed (Urdu ,.ction) ••as repl.ced by
Mun~wl! Mirza. Under Ihe new man~gement, 'M R"'"
r;.;lme
out with two 'PC'c1alnumb<:!r5,n.mely ,M Ghaflb Number
(April, 1969), StwJ Nomah Iqbal (September, 1969). EmiMnl
$Chola.s contributed 10 tllese loPCclalnumbe~. ,~ GhtJlib
Numb" Wi. highly' apprecialed .nd widely revle"",d in the
nalio •••1press."
The martl.l law iuthoritlH Imp$td restrict~s on
hulding mectin~. So there was littlc room for ~Iivity in
the college KJcielles. Similarly, ~ns lOurl\il11enlScould not
bc held (du,ing April _ Seplembcr) parli.lly because or the
heal ~nd partlaily due to the p.welty of funds ..••
39. MootlyIhe lOC~iotunk,.ne! lI"n~." ~iWtl.
40. l1tc R...-IE"IliO<hl.
September.1969,PII.90 _91.
4l. ThoRxMlU<du), ~wrb •• , 1%9. p. 171.
41. Or. Imdod Hu••;n •••••. ed ., the m"""llorof TIl. Rqv/ for .bout
8 . 9 y•••.•. 0Ur1•••hi, m.rugemonl,hopro""'led tho:lhin~•• ~nd
anI ••• ultnl, .""' •.• Iho:Rro;.n,.
43. 5<10,
l1tc RM (E•• IWI).Seplemlt«, 1%9, pp.145 .163.
44, "'" Raw, Sept_or, 1969,p, 97.
A"""'1 A/i Kh",
The Rowing dub, ho_', ••.itneWO lOtm' p'<Jg,eYo.
T••.o new bOits'Ashfa(j' Ind 'AJim'were added to lhe fleet of
Ihe dub .nd Ihe membership ,o~ to Iwo hundred. A 'Pedal
wu,se for girls was organiSil'd IAp.il, 1969). Simil.r1y tm
R..vlan cadet corps mAinnined A rUloOnible .moont of
uti.ity tllmughoul llle loC~ ••on. The nu;n future waS lhe
Ir~ining of one hundred students In 303 ,ifll: WUfloC.For thor
first time in Ihe dub's hi~lory, ~I<I~were .1';0 included.<
TIle academic loe~wonof 1968 - 69 also continoed 10
wilMS'>cha"ges In the cullelO".talf. Dr. L.M. Ch.wal •• the
hud of the Mathem.tics dep.r1menl took over iii Ii'll' p.inci.
poll of Cenual Training College. He w'~ wcceeded by S.M.
YAWnwho returned 10 GC aller ,haut~" yu~. Dr. AhSinul
hbm returMd from lo;brN;bad 10 i1'lSU~ tht headship of the
Zoology departmenl in plll;e of N•• lruddin ":00
rellr~d.
R...flq Mahmood who su",eeded Df. Imdad Husa,n as ~nlOr
profmor of English wtnt bad, 10 Lyallpur (Faiulabad)
after. sLay of fivc months. His r.ucce""r wiS Khalid Kh~n,
~nolher old teachel of this dcp~rtment.-
Thc 39111 convouti"" of thc college was held in the
Bokhari .uditorium on October II, 1969. Shamsul Haque,
.:ennal mlnl~lcr of eduullon .nd $Cien<c",•• Ihe chief gue~t.
Dcgrct\ werc wnlerrcd on 351. M.A./M.Sc. and B.A.{B,Sr;.
elC. Sludcnu; mcdals wetC awudcd 10 15 students for lhorh
oUllunding aciderrnc periorman<:c and dln,n<:livc position,
In VU;OUIuniver5hy uarrnnalion.; cerlifiUles of merit "",re
gi'lcn 10 19 ~tudentS; 117studcnl~ were plAet'd 1~ lhe Roll~
of Honou' for acadcmic di!otinctiuns, c"tr •. cu."cul •• and
.thletit' activities."
Dellvl:fing his <o""ocalion addre •••• lhe chief guc.t
l.id emph,.is on re~ureh and urged Ihe teachers 10undertake
45. TIItt1bwI, Mordt, 1970. pp. 60 • 62.
46. TIlt RtM, (E•• lithl,S<c>temb
•• , 1969,p. 98,
41. 11>tG/>own"",nl CoII¥ GoBrte, <kIobe< 16, 1969, p. 1.
 The Sondhi "ans/dlilln soci~ly playw a diSlinClift
.ole. It unde.ll>o~ an .ambilious venlure. Under lis ••u~lu"
lh~ Crillcal drtkles of wme ~minenl e<15lem ~nd weu~rn
lil~'''y trilles" of lhc lwenlielh cerllury .••ere Iranslalcd
into Urdu by a number lIf .a.olMl' of lhe coll~&C,which wcre
eompll~d <lOO~dlle" in ~ book.form by rroF. Siddiq ••••.• Kllim
Wllh th~ assisl••nc~ of llhu,.ul-H~q Sh.1ikh, I promising
Ravlan of lh~ perilld Tllr ColieClion "'.1" Ilubli!oh~" in ~\ay,
1969 under lhe callI ion, "Nli TiflQce"". (modern litewy
cillici,m I....
The Nal Tanqeed received consider ab'" pull lieity
and w<15fa,ourably ~viewed In The Ravl and The Colleqt
Gaurte."
The RQvl malUit'ment ehinsed hands. Dr. Imdid
Hus"in'l (Engli!oh seCllon) was ""ceeded by Prof. Siddiqlll:
Kalim. Kha_ia 5.1eed (Urdu section) "'u replaced by
Munaw••, Min:1. Under rhe new mafllgcment, TIw RINI came
oul with 1'10'0 special numbel'1', umely HI' Ghallb Number
(April, 1969), Sao! Nwnah Iqbal (Seplember, 1969). Eminent
scholal'1' conlribuled 10 these special numbtfl. The Ghallb
Numb" wu highly "PPred .•'ed and widely reviewed in lhe
nalional p ••.•••.••
The manlil I.•••.luthotities Impo<ed restrict!ons on
holding meetin~. So there WiS liltle room for actiYity in
Ihe r;.ollegesocielles. Simll.u1y, lopOrlstourn.unenu eould nOI
be held (during April _ September) parllally bec;lllst of lhe
hut and pin lilly due 10 lhe pludt y of funds ..••
39. MaRly the "",ialiS!<,~it,
.nIl 11lIn~e"(t<l11O<l.
«). 1htI RwllE nglioh). ~I.orb••.
, 1969, PlI. 90 • 92 •
.( \. 1M RrNf llkdu),Soptomb••, 1969,p. 271.
41. Dr. Imdod Hu••in •••••ed a, tllo nIINIt""lIf 1htI RwI for abuul
8 . 9 yean. CUI"i hi, m'nqom.nl,h. promot.d tllo lhlnk•• u,;l
•••• liv.t,.).nt, 'mo"lllhc R;rvl~._
4l. Soc, 1htI Rwi (E,.liohJ,So!>temb
••, 1969, PlI. 14S. 1~3.
«, "'" RwI, Septemblf", 1969, p. 97.
The Rowing club, however, wil~"Cd lOme progre"'.
Twu new boal,,'A,hrlq'IOO 'Alim'wtre ..Jdtd 10 Ih~ fleel of
lhe club Ind Ih. memb.",hip fl)~ 10twa hundred. A \peeill
wu'''' for gi.ls W.1' o'lllni",d (April, 1969). Simll••rly lilt'
R.vl ••n C<>delCOIP' malnlained a ' •••••••.• able amounl of
auivily throughoul the 'IoCs!oion. The lTI.iI.in
feature Wa' tt.
lIiinlng of ont hundl.d Siudents in 303 rifle to",se. For the
firsl lime In lhe club's his lOry, gl.ls wCre .1'00 lno;luded"
The Icwemic session of 1968 • 6'1 <lIse continued 10
wllne'ioSchange, In lhe colletle ~H.Dr. L.1lIl.Chawili, Ihe
. hud of Ihe Malhem"I;CS depirtmcnl look over is Ihe prir>ci.
pal of Cen"al Trilining Coliege. He wail sunff<lcd by S.IlIl.
Yasln who relurned to GC ••ftc, ihQul"j~ YUfl. Dr. AhSolnul
lslilm 'elumed ffQm l!oIimabad '" •••••me the hud!ohip of lhe
loolugy depolf1mcnl in pl<lte of Ni\!;lruddln who relirl!<l.
Itoflq M.hmood ",ho """ceded Dr. Im.bd Hus.lin n ~nior
profes~. of EIl&\Is/1 went bick to lyallpur (F;dSollaba.d]
ifler I ~y of nve monlhs. His ""cesso' wlS Khllid Khln,
Inolher old teac:hc, of Ihis departmenl."
The 39th convo'alion of the ,ollege wu held In lhe
lk>khilllludilOrlum on O,,,,bel 11,1969. Sharmul H-.que,
cenllal mlnl",er of eduutlon and .dc-nce Wi. the ,hlef gues!.
Degree' were conlerrC'd on 352. "'.A.IIlIl.S<:.Ind B.A./B,x.
ele, studcnll: m.d.ls were IWlrded 10 15 sludentS for their
outsundlng ",..Jemie performance irld distinction posllions
In Ylrious unM.l'1'ily eumlnali.;ms; «rllflcales of meril were
givc-n 10 29 students; 87 .lud~nlS w.r~ pllct<! In lhe Rolls
of Honour for academic distincilom, ntll.culliculi' 100
a1hlelic actiYilles."
Dellyering his corwoutilln addrt'ioS, the chief gunl
llid emphasis on re~arch md urged the leachc", 10undertake
4$. "'" RwI, Marcll, 1970,pp. &0 . 61 .
46. "'" RavI, (£rell"'l, ~let'No••, 1969, p. 98.
41. n.. Gooorr,,,,.••nt CoII~ Gc<rorre,Oclober 1~, \969, p. ,.
 AshflJil ,1,/1K/NJr>

p•• ised lh •.•collel •.•.SJ Tile chief I •••..

". a ma"lal la;wm;niSle,.
tht ta<k of organi!.ing and planning lnlellKtu~1 endeavour. alw tpUke hi&h of demlXraoy. He said, democr.cy "pr •.•.
Refettlng to th•.•dfai~ ofGC, It. pflr>clpal•• id ,000 •••ruo ••ding suppuse. certain bask v~lu~s. ",rlain ba<ic tradllions for
wn the main probl •.• m and many runctions of higher educa. which m4nklnd h•• mid •.•'iO much SM;;rif'i<;e over along p •.•
rlod
lion were lOing by defaull dlHl to grtat rush of 51udC1lt~ of struggle (0 •••• t.iblish. free life in. free society .•••
In thk conn""Uon, he ~ggnted thlt go'itrn •.•••nt should
ocquh •.• 100 OCf1l'lof land in Ihe city for COn'\ltuctl"1l another Th•.•p,lnclpal s;Ud in hi•••.•port that GC "is on •.•of lhose
go~emment colleg•.•.•• in~lilution. which Iik•.•tile National School it r.nl 0' the
univ•.•
rsiti•.•
s of O~ford and ~brldl'" In Gfut Britain aI•.•
1M union eleellans """e held In ~urOOet. 1969, ~PPo\oed 10 b •.•the 'iOurcc a.nd fountain"'.~ of the best
The InStallation ceremony was a grand 4fbir. Air MaMal nalion~l tapa.l>ilities". st
lRetd.1 M, Nur Kh.n, J<!vernor of W~I Pakistan. was tho!
chl •.•f gu•.•st. This function was follo_d by a union •••.••.•
k During this session. the numb •.•r of the I•.•
a.ching .taff
which W4Sstudded with ~arlou. d•.•b.t", aro:la qlfTIt compeli. rose 10 170. Sufi lia.-<JI.Haq. he"'" 01 the department of
tionS.The Irilinguar Hou,,", of Commorn "y ••..d•.•bat•.••••• a1tho! Arable. S.M. Ya!.in. head of the d.pMtmenl of Math•.•mallcs,
ben. Th•.•union Sf:Jlttums 10 rtpr""nt the colleg •.•al ""veral Or. Munff.ruddin, professor of rsychology. Dr. Sullan
debates ind other funniorn. NumeroltS prites and trophies Ahmad h•.• ad of th •.•department of Botany and D•. M.A.
were bagged. The union .Iw tried to sol~e problems such as A,zim. hl;ild of Ihe department of Chemistry, r•.•tired from
paymcnt of fee •.• 'itt}' !.i~ months and pro~i'llon of fund'llo ••
government !iCr~'cc.
The College Galffr •.• , which ••••as also bankrupt. The union
urg•.•d the principal 10 "Ol~e these problems. Aft•.•r along and
heated dl'ICu"",n ••Ith th •.•principal, all the d •.• m4ndsln this
Th•.• ~Iud.nt.' union .nd Vounl Speaken'unlon
snowed good performance during Ih. yu' under ",.iew.
.t..,
conn •.• 49
ction wer•.• ;>eCCpled. TM u~.! coll•.•ge .ctl~ltles, TMWl bodies h.ld sev.ral me"'lings. d.bat •.••, symposia and
r.dld nOi Slart till lanodfy, 1970.
IK>w•.•••.•.• COffllelll;Ofl, of good ~andard. They al<." <;cnt particl.
The 40th con~ocation of lhe colleg•.•took plae •.•on July pa.nt. 10 d •.• s, symposia and muliwiro. ofJIanivd by other
bal •.•
7, 1970.'" G,W, Chaudhury," commundatlon minister in H n.e RiM. (EJlItII"'I,Oou_, 1~70,p. 82.
Gen. Vahy.'s WUJl(II, wu the chief guest. Abuul300 .tud •.• nls S4. rJrt RJWI (E"ll\lll. ~«, 1~lO, p, 84.
w •.•re awarded degrees and a•••• d•.•
mic rolls of honour "nd
55. 1M RwI, o.c...mt>er.1970, 1', 86. p, 74, (Siom,I ••Iy.,," .nother
"•.•nmc"'es of merit." In his convocUion i'dt"e», Choudhury occ.'>ion.lit spok. h'lh of lho '01., fie •••id "Go-- ••nmenl
-la. 1"" PtJItItt<1<OT_ •• Oct,*"", 12. 1989. pp. 1, 9, Coli",. I. 0"" of lilt ••.••1 "",..,." of .".lIen"" and I.ad."hlp.
Its role ••••~ b. oo"'l'orcd 10 I,,"' nf O.lord, H>rv.Ifdor the
49, n.e RIM (I:"lf"'I,"hr,h, 191(1.p. 55.
';olbon"". It producedleader.01••••0 ",110"'••.•endowed",Ithu.e
SC, In Old•• to comp••..
le lilt tQur.uof Itud~. lilt •••• t;,lla ••• ,..,n. I~" oftlb«.IIvn,pr ••.•i<aldV,re....,nablene" and GOnfOk""eIn
••.••
n! hod ro<l""edthe ",mmer •• taL""" to 1_ ""'nih •. TIli. lIIe~ •••~il~ 10 "OP< ••~h .n~ ,;lUation. np t~ ""I ••.•• , tho
~•..,.the 'aUtion JUned !fom July 24. ion,...t numt.. of adminimat;". ~'ir>n. in lhe lo" ••.••••••.• nl. of
tile ",I><,.ot•••nl. thlt I. 10 "'llnd ••• nd P.~;•••••, "'••.•IItk! b~
51. Chubm W••hid Chwdhu,y, Ea.t Pakl",,", P"'f•••.,.. of Pol~i<.ol
Ike ••••mnlof thk .:olloM •.••
So:iencc_ .nd .ulhor of •••••__ of •.••••••
roh'<'Ofk.onP.l ••••n.
56, 1MRwi. ~mb ••.•1910,1'".75 .16.
52, Thtt f'r1IrlmmTimes, July 8. 1970, p. 4, Col•. 1.8.

d
-
p,.I,,4 the coUege.OJ The chief gllfU •• martlll lawminiSfel,
Ille tnk of org~ni~ng and plannirlll; inlellKlual endeaYQ\lr. .llQ ~ke high of 4emocr.cy. He said, de..-.xruy "pre-
Refer,ing 10 the affairs of GC, II><pr;n<; ~i11,..id ,o~ercro•••.
ding suppo,",s cerllin basic v.luu. certlln b••• c tr.dition, for
wa. the main problem ill'd miny hmclions of higher edUCiI- ••hitll mankind hlS mlde 10J much sacrifice over • lore period
lion Were soing by dd'ault due to grut ruloh of swdenU. of struggle to eSl.ltlislt I free life in. free wciety .•••
In lh~ conllKlion, ht loUggnted Ihil government should
..:quil1' 100 ilCre!lof land in lhe thy for conmunlng Il101"", Tile p,incip.1 Slld In his report Ihit GC "is one of tl\ose
go~em~mwlleg.,." inslitutions whkh like the NatlOi'1l1School It Paris a. the
unr.ersities of Oxford. .nd Colmbridge in Grelt Brillin are
The uI'llon elections were held in [)c,«mbC'f, 1969. suppo~d to be Ille source .nd founUin .••ud of the bell
The In~II.lion ce~mony w,n a I"and .Ib.i •. Air /\llf1hiJ n.tional capabilitie's"."
(Rtld.l M. Nu' Khan, go~etnor of WO:SIPakinan, Win ,I><
chief guest. Thh furn;tion was followed by •• uni<;>nw«k During this ~i\.ion. the ••••rrber of the leiChing staff
which .••.U 'luddl'd wllh various debalr1 II'Id a qlrat ((''''petl. ro", III 170, Sufi Zi••.••• I.HiIq. head of the department of
tions, The ltlilngual HQU~ of Commom style debUt was lhoe ....rable. S.M. V•••n. head of the dep.rtment of M••thematics.
best. The union sent It am<. 10 ttpl1''i('nt the college at 'i('ver.1 Dr. MUllffuuddin, professor of Psychology, Dr. Suilin
debate. and otl>l:, funcliUM. Numerous prize'S oIl1dtrophies .•••
hm.d Ilead of ~he department of Bouny ••nd Dr. M,A.
were bagged. The union alw tried to wlw problems "-Icll is Allm head of the dep.rtment of Chemistry, retire4 from
piyl'Mnt of f",
every six months and provlsiOi'1of funds to gOYe'r~mentservice."
r~College Gl1ur/e, which was abo bankrupt. "The union
urged Ihe principal to solve tM~ probleml;. After a long and The ltUdenlS' union .nd Young Spe.ken.'unioo ••Iso
heated dlscus\.ion with Ihe principal, all the demands in Ihi, showed good pt'rformllnce during th~ YUI under re'o'lew.
connection were aCCeptw." The usual college actlvitiCi, TMloe bodies held ",.eral mnling~. deba~", 'Yl\'l'osll ••nd
however.did not Slart till January, 1970. col'I'C'uitlons of good <t.ndlld. They .1", ",nt partici.
pants to debate<, .ympo ••••• nd mu$holros orga.ni'olt'dby othel
The 40Ih convll'ution of U~ college look place on July
1. 1970." G.W. Chaudhury," communc~tion min,~ter in n n.e RIM (Enaliohl.Oe<emb ••.• 1~10. p. 82.
~n. Yahy I'S council. w.iS,"'" chief gue". About 300 Sludents
we~ awarded drgrees Ind uidemlc rolls of oorlOur .nd
S4. n., RIM IE,.li.tol, ~ ••., 1910.11 84,
IS. T/t~RI1V/, Oe<o<nber,1970. p, 86.1'.14, (S•.••,I.,I\o,on .,..,ther
certificates of merit." In his convocation addr~.Chuudhury
occ~lon. he >jXIke~'1h til lroocollew<.He Slid ''Goo.-.,nm""f
48, ~ I'>1kl1l<11l r_J, 00:1<>brtI 2. 1989, I'll' I, 9. Colle&.i. " ••• of tho lrell "~".rle, of .x«lIen« .1Idleadtt.t1lp.
I" role ••••y b. co"", ••rd to that of O,lord, H••.•••d or 1M
rM JW..IIE"Ili..nI.M ••<h. 1910, 55.
49 p.
~<too"M. It p,oductd Iead•• ~.,f"",n ••.1>0 ••• ,e enOOwed
••.ith ,lit
SO. In or<l•• 10 comple« ,•.••<01,1('" of "udy, <henur t;oji••• "''''rn. lift. of'''eoJ;''''.IH"Ktic.lity. roa""nable••••• and rorlfilknc. In
ment lwei roduu:d the """"lOt
.""'tion '" tWOmonth•. Till, tho;' aIId~¥ ID ""'" ••~h "'v ••tUilion. TIll UI<!' ••I•••. tM
yw I"" •••.•Uon It.ted from IU/124. lo"""t numbco'or 4llmini,uoti•• po';, ••", ,n tho &0"<''''''''"'' 01
the ",Ix""tinonl. th.t I, 10 '"1 Indiaand P.k;\Un. "'ere held bv
51. Ghul4m W.hid Clla>dhury.E••t rakiUln. Prof,,_ ofPolilOW
lilt oIumniof thk.col\ef.• ."
xitnce - and author of • numb<fof '••••""'h work, on "kina ••.
52. n., Pr1k1rt"" Tim"" july 8. '970. p. ", Col,. 7 .8.
Sfi, "",RoM,~mber.1970.W.7S.16.
 colleges and I,lnn.erllties. As usuil lhey annued Kores of
trophies.•.• The !IQei•.lle" .00 clubs ""til' .lso active during
thi, yeu. English ljte~ry cittle arranged a coupl•.of leclull''S
of critics like Er,'; Cyprian. Gartut Hlstorlul !IQ,icly mad •.
numerous ~lldy toun TM FrenclHociely,afltt a span of
four yun, organiSl'd an inaugural function in which M.
Calvilido, di'e<;lor, French wlluul cenlre, wn Iht gunt of
llonOln'". ~ funCllon con5l.td of !>Ott.y reading in Punjab!
by Dr. U"'lq Bab,c •. and lIS lraM!.I;"" into Fll'nctl by M.
ClItnlldo."

The coll•.~ hostels also showed some cultural and

Uler<IJYactivltie-;. 8um~.N;lllr. a Illeur.,. body of Ihe New
Hollet, fim foundfd In the memQry of Dr. Nulr Allmad In
November. 1967. was revived. Thr Palros, • litefary journal
•.1,SIJrted in the memory of Ahm.od Stull Bokhiri
of this 1>051
all", Panu, on Iht eve of 11>1'centenary celebr~tlons in 1964,
rupPfufd, TM IIlemy c1rc~ of Ihe lqb~l hostel •••. 01.5 ~I..,
re~l\'ed. The lourn.1 of this hoslel, flnt pubtlshed In 1959
.nd Ihen In 1966 under Ihe n.llllf of "Qu.dr.ngle" no•••.
• ppured under Ihf n.llllf. TM Iqbal. in the memory of lIS
illustrious ~sldenl, All•."., Muh~mmad IqNl."'

During th~ 'fS~n, the !>pOrto .ctlvlties ~150continued

succnsfuUy. Some individual distinctions ""frc made. Agh.
Arshad .nd Ll~quat Hus.ain~presenled Pakistan In the AsIan
g~mes held at B~ngkok.Mun••••. ar Iqb.l •••.
on lhe ndtionallitle
'n lawn tennis. played In the D.vis cup and was selccled to
represent Pakistan it Wimbledon (london). Muhmlmad
Aful Chohan •••.••decl~red lhe best gymnast of Pakist.n.
Sarm,>dMir won distinction at the Asian boxing Chlo"""ion.
!ihip. Soidaq.' All wa. chose-n10 C~tain t/lf Pakistan youth
tum In volleyball, Shahlda Khan wu declared the bN
•••.
oman lolhleteof WCSIPakistan, Two of the college •••eight. 60. 1M RiM. "'.th, 1970,!'P'6! .
S7. Ibid, pp. 77.78. 61. Khalid M•••••.••d <)),"",,1.

S8. TM RiM. (Ef1;li<IlJ. 104..-<1\, 1970, n. Sf>.57. (,2 Interv.,,,, ",i1h Kh..->Sahib.
S9., ••••••TM 1QbQl. 1970 ltd iIorlal _ Urdul. 6). 1M RiM, M.th, 1970 Iodil", •• I)

-- •• 7
 Alhfwl An K/",,,

" r;o..mmtnl
Coll~,~: 1967 _ 70

coll~ges and unlversilies. As llSUoJlhey anne~~d SConi of llhers namtly Muhammad Afli I K.ill. "06 nd Muh"""m"d
tmphlr •.•• Th~ !<lC1~t;~.aOO clubs w,,~
oJ.., active during ~Ioe';'. UUled new Inu,,,, nl~rsily .ecoll.ls.
this yur. Engli5h 111~rarycircle arranged a cOllPl~of leclures
The ~Won 1969.70 .Iso wliRnSfd Ctlilngein the manage-
uf crilics like Erl': Cyprian. Garr~u HI'lorical iOC;ely mad~
_nt of /he Colle~e GiUerte. B.A. Chllhly "'n lransferred.
nu_ro'" itudy to •••.
~. The Fr~nchl<lClt'ly,afler a span of
four yu~, organl",d an inaugural fun"ioo in which M.
K.M.Qu~stli" look over.
~I~alido, director, french cultural cenlre, Win the gunt of P f Alhfiq Ali Khin loft t~ colloge 0" AuguS! 18,
honOllf. The funCllon consiSled of poflry reading in Punjabi mid the memberof the
1970 is he Wi' promoted and ~o nle .
by Dr. La«q Babre~ anodilS Ir.nslalion Into ftel'lCh by M.
Civil Appdlite Tribunil,u During hi. le!\llft o~ OffICC,
Coltnlldo .••
•. 11 e ,n\'pile of political dllOlurbancc, conllllued 10
1,,( co es • . - nd dubs
maionin ilS IIldlllo" •. The tolle~ SOCietieSi f
The coll~ge hostels al••• ""ow~d some cultural and
wort.cd uti,f ~Iorilv. Foreil" tour. were Ufanged .f,,:qu~nty.
IIlerary a"I~It~. Batm~.NOllr, a IIt~rary body of Ihe N~w
The inlelle"u",l and cullu, II iCtivillu f\()l,lfllhcd dIS\lnGllvely.
Ho.I~I, first found~ In I~ memory of Dr. NOllr Ahmad in
The liten.y ind reseu\;h efforts were encouriged. But Ihl.
Novemb~r, 1967, wu revlv~. rllt ParfllS, a literary jOllrnal
~riod .Iso witne~d some unpluynt tendffll'lrs amon~ 1M
of this hostel, itaned in the ••.••mory of Ahm.od Shah B"khafl
alias Palras, on lhe e~e of lhe c~nlen.ry celebrations in 1964,
Slu.dent~ The collqe students develo~
,.
;t Ie"'''! .hall'l
.•• o,.~ Inls"nd innull txam,nillons 'ol'roously.
':I
reappeared. Tke literary circle of the Iqbal hostel wa' also nolla ,ng '''~" _
re~l~ed. The juurnal of this hailel, flrsl publlshed In 1959
and Ih~n In 1966 under the name of "Quadrangl~" now
appeared und~r 1M narne, r~ Iqbt1I,ln the memory of Its
ilTuilrious resld~nt, Allarna Muhammad IqNl!"

During this ,",swn, the sporn actlv1l~ al", conlillUed

suc<e.sfuily. Some Indlviduili dlninClions ~re made. Agha
Arshad and Uaqual Husain represenled Paklslan in lh~ Asian
lamel. held al Bangkok. Munawar Iqblll IVOnlhe nalionallitle
in 11Iwnlennis, pillyed In th~ Da~ls cup and wos selecled to
represent Pakistan 1I1 Wlmbledoo (london), Muhammad
Allal ChQhan was declared lhe best gymnast Qf PaklSllln.
Sa.marl Mir "un distin"ion at the Asilln bo~lnl ~mpion-
ship. Sad;lqal Ali wa. chawn to cllPllIin the Pakistan youth
tum in ~oUeyball. Shahida Kh.an was declared the best
woman athlct~ of Wei! PuiSlan. Two of lhe a)!Ielte weight. 60. rho R<tvI, ~.,h,1970,PlI.6!.
51. Ibid, pp, 77. 7a, 61. Khol'" ~.,!I'I."j Q,o-e</li.

58. n.. RavI, (( ~Ii<tol, "h.""" 1970. 1'9. S6 . 57. 61

6l.
In•.•••.;"••.••.ilh Khan Sahib.
n.. R<tvI, M.,h, 1970 ledito.ial).
59,. Sot, 1M 1qb<JI, 1970 !odilOdal _ URI••).