Bahawalpur, March 29, 2023 (PPI-OT): Governor Punjab Muhammad Balighur Rehman chaired a meeting regarding the consortium built on top of Character Building at Governor House Lahore today. Convenor of Consortium Dr. Rukhsana Kotter and Vice Chancellor Government College University Sialkot besides Engineer Prof. Dr. Athar Mehboob, Vice Chancellor Islamia University Bahawalpur, Dr. Sulaiman Tahir, Vice Chancellor Khawaja Farid University of Engineering and Information Technology Rahim Yar Khan, Prof. Dr. Mohammad Salim Vice Chancellor Mir Chakar Khan Rand University of Technology, DG Khan, Prof. Dr. Nabila Rehman Vice Chancellor University of Jhang, Prof. Dr. Murtaza Jafari Vice Chancellor National College of Arts and other members of the consortium participated. During the meeting, the Vice-Chancellors briefed the Governor Punjab about the progress made on the consortium on character development.
Speaking on the occasion, Governor Punjab Muhammad Baligh Rahman said that the youth are the most valuable assets of the nation and they need to be given good education along with their moral training and character development. He said that teachers Ikram should tell the students good things about character building along with increasing the syllabus. The Governor of Punjab said that in our religion there is a lot of emphasis on high morals and character building. Governor Punjab directed the members of the Consortium on Character Building to submit final recommendations based on the research in the next meeting. He said that a plan of action will be decided in the light of the recommendations suggested by the consortium formed on character building in the next meeting.
Governor Punjab Muhammad Balighur Rahman asked the consortium members to tell the students case studies of people who have achieved success in the society through hard work and merit. He said to mobilize the students for public awareness campaign on social media regarding character building. Governor Punjab further said that tell the students that there is eternal success in the truth and tell them not to believe what they hear on social media and do not spread it without research but do your own research. On this occasion, the consortium members made other suggestions including making community work mandatory for character building of students, using social media in character building.
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