Lahore: Eminent industrialist and Old Ravian T. M. Sheikh has donated rupees one million to the Government College University, Lahore Endowment Fund Trust (GCU-EFT) for the fee of deserving students.
T. M. Sheikh handed over the donation cheque to Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Muhammad Khaleeq-ur-Rahman at a graceful ceremony at the university which was also attended by GCU-EFT Executive Committee Secretary Dr Khalid Manzoor Butt.
The Vice Chancellor expressed pleasure on the donation and announced initiating a golden scholarship from it. “The scholarship will be given to a deserving student on merit every year,” he added.
T. M. Sheikh said that his alma mater had given him a lot and the best way of returning it back was helping those students of the university who could not afford their academic expenses.