Accommodation has always been an acute problem for the students who come from outside Lahore. Government College University has the distinction of housing maximum number of such students. It has four hostels - three for boys and one for girls. lqbal Hostel (built in 1891) and Quaid-e-Azam Hostel (built in 1993) accommodate about 150 and 200 Intermediate students respectively. New Hostel (built in 1937) houses about 400 Degree students. Girls Hostel (built in 1975) accommodates about 50 girl students.

GC University Lahore has taken the initiative to establish GCU Faculty Mess for visiting faculty and officers of the other universities and institutions. Lodging and messing facilities are available in the newly established GCU Faculty Mess.

• Intermediate Students

• Postgraduate Students

• Girls Hostel

• GCU Faculty Mess

Accommodation (for Intermediate students)

NEW HOSTEL: RULES & REGULATIONS

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1. Hostel admission is offered for one academic year only, extension for another year is based upon good conduct and academic performance.
2. No concession is offered to students in the hostel annual dues.
3. Absence of a student from the hostel for fifteen days or more without a notice will entail cancellation of hostel admission.
4. The hostel will remain closed during the vacations/holidays or when university is closed for two or more days. None is allowed to stay in the hostel during holidays.
5. Hostel gates are closed at 10:00 pm and no student is allowed to enter or leave the
hostel after the closure time. Every resident must follow the hostel closing hours; anyone falling short of the discipline in this regard will be strictly dealt with.
6. If any student has to attend any function/party/trip of the University after the closing
hours, he is required to submit a recommendation from the head of the department and has to submit it one day prior to the function/party/trip to the superintendent's office.
7. Visiting hours are from 07:00 am to 10:00 pm. Visitors (even parents) are not allowed to have an overnight stay in the hostel. Violation can entail expulsion.
8. Study period is observed from 10:00 pm until midnight. Every resident is required to be present in his room during the study period, and is not allowed to play games, music etc. during this time. Moreover, students are not permitted to visit each other's rooms during this period.
9. Every resident is expected to be present in his room at the time of attendance.
10. Resident must register his entryto and exit from the hostel at the reception.
11. A boarder must pay his mess dues by the 10th of each month. In case of failure to pay the mess dues, mess facility will not be offered and a fine of Rs. 50/- per day will be charged for the late payment.
12. Right of residence will be withdrawn in case of failure to pay the hostel dues if those exceed the amount of mess security.
13. A payment of minimum 50% of the monthly mess dues and flXed charges in full is mandatory while a student remains admitted to the hostel.
14. Smoking, drinking, use of liquor and drugs and keeping of weapons, licensed and unlicensed) is strictly prohibited in the hostel and entails expulsion.
15. Each and every part of the hostel premises can be inspected at all hours by the hostel administration.
16. Residents should not keep costly items and excessive cash with them. Hostel administration will not be responsible for any losses.
17. Resident must not damage the hostel properties. Violation would invite the recovery of losses, heavy fine and may even lead to expulsion from the hostel. Security deposit will also be forfeited in this situation.
18. Hostel administration can impose a penalty or expel a boarder in case he fails to keep his room clean and tidy. Moreover, if a room servant does not work or works improperly then it is the responsibility of a boarder to inform the hostel administration.
19. Every boarder is required to observe discipline and maintain brotherhood and tranquility during his stay in the hostel.
20. No one is allowed to misbehave with the administration and employees of the hostel in any situation. Violation may entail expulsion from the hostel.
21. Resident must not disturb or cause inconvenience to other boarders and should ensure peace.
22. Musical instruments are not allowed in the hostel.
23. No political and (religiously) extremist activity is allowed in the hostel. Formation of any form of student associations/unions is also strictly prohibited, and strict action will be taken against boarders found involved in such actMties.
24. In case of expulsion from the hostel due to indiscipline or misconduct, security deposits will be forfeited in full.
25. Residents who have been expelled from the hostel will not be eligible for re-admission.
26. Additional rules and regulations issued from time to time must be fully observed as well.

NEWS & EVENTS

GCU launches new literary magazine “The Quaid”

The Government College University Lahore Quaid e Azam Hostel (GCU-QAH) has launched a literary magazine “The Quaid” at its silver jubilee celebrations. Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Hassan Amir, QAH Warden Prof Dr Ahmad Adnan and Superintendent Dr. M. Nouman Sarwar Qureshi cut the cake of the hostel’s silver jubilee at the annual dinner along with the students, and they also unveiled the first edition of “The Quaid”.  Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Nouman Qureshi proudly said that QAH had served as home away from home for many toppers, bureaucrats, army officers, entrepreneurs and poets over the last three decades. He said that the hostel arranged different in-house cultural, co-curricular and sports activities every year for the character-building and personality development of its boarders. He said that the main objective of the “The Quaid” was to explore and bring out literary talent among the students and promote hostels cultural activities. Vice Chancellor Professor Hassan Shah lauded the publication of The Quaid, saying that the magazine would serve to focus attention on the literary and cultural life of the QAH and provides the boarders with a medium of self-expression. 

(11-05-2018)

Security exercise performed at GCU

The law enforcement agencies staged a security drill on Saturday morning at Government College University (GCU) to improve preparedness for any kind of security situation, says a press release. Besides City Division Police, quick response force, bomb disposal squad and Rescue 1122, the security guards of the university also participated in the drill and countered mock terrorist attack on the university.

Later, SP City Haroon Joiya addressing the boarding students of the university said it was a routine security drill and it didn't mean there was any specific or immediate threat. He said exercise was just aimed at providing optimum security to the future of the country. He called on the students not to fear evil saying they were on a sacred mission to get education for their enlightenment and prosperity of the country. The SP City requested the students to always remain vigilant. He shared all the emergencies with the students asking them to report any suspicious activity immediately to the police. He also briefed them about the Standard Operating Procedures for any emergency or security situation.

Speaking on the occasion, Vice-Chancellor Prof Hassan Shah lauded special efforts of police for providing security to GCU. He said chief minister also held a detailed meeting with vice-chancellors to ensure safety and bright future of the youth of the country, while Higher Education Department was providing extensive support to the students.

The students also showed great enthusiasm and requested the police to provide NCC training to them. 

(01-02-2016)

Iqbal’s first residence in Lahore discovered

The ambiguity that surrounds the first residence of Dr Allama Muhammad Iqbal in Lahore has finally ended as a committee comprising distinguished professors and experts have discovered the room where Poet of the East had shifted to from his hometown Sailkot in 1895 and spent five crucial years of his student life till 1900.

The cubical, located at the then Boarding House (now Allama Iqbal Hostel) of the Government College (University) Lahore most astonishingly, is still in the same condition as was during the Allama Iqbal’s stay, and no renovation or alteration has been made to it during the last 120 years, said GCU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Hassan Amir Shah while inaugurating the Iqbal’s room along with his grandson Muneeb Iqbal.

The committee comprising Distinguished Professor Dr Khursheed Rizvi, Distinguished Professor Dr Zaheer Ahmed Siddique and Iqbal Hostel Superintendent Dr Khalid Mahmood Sanjarani, who is PhD on Iqbal from Germany, searched and reviewed all the available literary and historical references to ascertain the room at the GC Boarding House where Allama Iqbal spent the most memorable and precious time of his youth.

Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Hassan Amir Shah and Muneeb Iqbal, the grandson of Allama Iqbal, inaugurate the

Allama Iqbal’s room discovered through an article of Ghulam Bhik Nairang at the Government College University Lahore.

The most authentic evidence which helped in tracing the room was an article of Iqbal’s contemporary at the Government College Lahore and close friend, Ghulam Bhik Nairang (September 26, 1876 - October 16, 1952), who had elaborately sketched Iqbal’s personality as student and the exact location of his cubical in the college’s Boarding House which was later named after Allama Iqbal.

Addressing the inauguration, Muneeb Iqbal said it was one of the last wishes of his father (the late Justice Javed Iqbal) that the room of Allama Iqbal at the Boarding House of GC be ascertained and preserved. He said this room was first residence of Allama Iqbal in Lahore and it was here his journey to become Poet of the East had started and flourished. Muneeb said no other residence of Allama Iqbal was 100 percent preserved as this room where not a single brick was replaced. He wished that he could spend time in this room and feel the spirit, feelings and thoughts of his grandfather. 

The Vice Chancellor said it was a national obligation on the part of the university administration to discover and preserve this national heritage site. The committee has recommended to the Vice Chancellor that instead of converting this room into a museum; it should be maintained in its original condition and the academic toppers be given opportunities to stay in the room for shorter periods.   

A list of poems written by Allama Iqbal during his stay at the Government College Lahore was placed in the room along with the books and manuscripts of his poetry. The excerpts from the article of Ghulam Bhik Nairang are also exhibited in the room. Even, the wooden chair and table placed in the room was also from the hostel’s furniture stock of 1890s.

Dr Khalid Sanjarani said it had always been evident from college records that Allama Iqbal had stayed at the GC Boarding House but nobody knew about the exact room. He said that the complete hostel had been declared the National Heritage Site by the Pakistan Archeology Department.

Professor Khusrheed Rizvi said Ghulam Bhik Nairang had given a crystal clear location of Iqbal’s room and without his article, it was impossible to locate this national heritage. He said that there were other articles about student life of Iqbal in the books of history and literature but nobody had elaborated the location of Iqbal’s room in the hostel.

Later, Vice Chancellor Prof Shah and Muneeb Iqbal inaugurated the 125 years celebrations of the Boarding House which was established in 1891 and named after Allama Iqbal in the year 1967. Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) Director General (licensing) Javiad Iqbal and former superintendents and wardens of the hostel also attended the celebrations.

(11-01-2016)

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