LUMS holds first virtual convocation
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Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, LUMS hosted its first-ever virtual convocation ceremony for the graduating batch of 2020 via Facebook. Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai delivered the keynote address on the occasion.
The university’s leadership including LUMS Rector Shahid Hussain, Founding Pro Chancellor Syed Babar Ali, Pro Chancellor Abdur Razzaq Dawood and Vice Chancellor Dr Arshad Ahmad shared congratulatory messages with the 1,092 graduating students. Parents of the graduates, LUMS faculty and staff also attended the virtual ceremony.
Dr Arshad Ahmad congratulated the students and urged them to serve society as they ventured forth. “This is a time when the calls for help are getting louder, when economic and personal losses are more visible, and when social distress and inequity have taken on new meanings.”
Sharing her thoughts on the occasion, Yousafzai said that her journey taught her that change does not occur on its own and requires one to step forward, speak out and do something. She urged the students to encourage the government to invest more in quality education.
The LUMS rector advised that the graduates should find creative solutions to problems once they step out into the practical world.
Degrees were then conferred online to the graduating students.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 26th, 2020.