PESHAWAR:
Government Frontier College for Women organised its first-ever Old Alumni Reunion ceremony on Thursday. The 61-year-old college organised the event in collaboration with National Bank of Pakistan. A large number of alumni were present.
Speaking on the occasion, speakers threw light on the importance of the college. One speaker said, “This institution was not built in a day, it took years.”
The speaker added that in the college’s initial year, only 14 students were enrolled, but now more than 3,000 students enrol here in every session.
The institution has built marvellous personalities, another speaker said, such as Begum Sardar Haider Jafar, who hoisted the Pakistani flag at the Civil Secretariat in 1947, US-based cardiologist Suhaila Ali and novelist Razia Butt among others.
Fatima Jinnah also expressed her desire to attend this institution, the speaker said.
The speakers agreed that the college held a historic significance for Peshawar and was providing quality education to its students.
They stressed the need for extracurricular activities alongside education and noted that such events in order to provide a source of entertainment to its students while reducing stress.
Principal Nuzhat Liaqat said that the purpose of the alumni event was to gather old alumni, who cannot meet each other because of hectic schedules, under one roof. The old students met each other cordially and expressed their experiences.
Later, some alumni sang songs and recited poetry.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 17th, 2011.
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