Government College University, Lahore
The Government College University is a public research university in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. GCU is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in Pakistan. Founded as Government College, Lahore, in 1864 under British administration, it became a university in year 2002.
Asghar Zaidi, a former VC of GCU Lahore
Government College, Lahore circa 1880
Main Building, GCU
GCU's Iconic tower
Sir Muhammad Iqbal was a South Asian Islamic philosopher, poet and politician. His poetry is considered to be among the greatest of the 20th century, and his vision of a cultural and political ideal for the Muslims of British-ruled India is widely regarded as having animated the impulse for the Pakistan Movement. He is commonly referred to by the honourific Allama. and widely considered one of the most important and influential Muslim thinkers and Western religious philosophers of the 20th century.
Iqbal in 1938
Allama Iqbal with his son Javed Iqbal in 1930
Plaque at Portugal Place, Cambridge, commemorating Allama Iqbal's residence there during his time at Trinity College
The tomb of Muhammad Iqbal at the entrance of the Badshahi Mosque in Lahore