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Picture Of Lab of IT in Post Graduate and Government College Sahiwal.

Information About Sahiwal

Sahiwal is a city in Punjab, Pakistan. It is the administrative centre of Sahiwal District and Sahiwal Division. Sahiwal is approximately 180 km from the major city Lahore and is the city between Lahore and Multan. The population is 207,388 (1998 Pakistan Census).
A small village on the Karachi-Lahore railway line during 1865 was named Montgomery after Sir Robert Montgomery, then Lieutenant-Governor of Punjab. was made the capital of the Montgomery District. It was renamed Sahiwal in 1967 after the Sahi clan of Kharal Jatt who were the inhabitants of this area.

The city is in the densely populated region between the Sutlej and Ravi rivers. The principal crops are wheat, cotton, tobacco, legumes, potato and oilseeds. Cotton goods and lacquered woodwork are manufactured.

Climate Of Sahiwal

The climate of Sahiwal district is extreme, reaching 52 °C in summer, and down to -5 °C in winter. The soil of the district is very fertile. The average rainfall is about 2000 mm.

Broadcast Media

There are various radio and cable networks broadcasting in the city, such as Sun Rise FM 96 Sahiwal radio and cable networks like Voltas Cable Network, Galaxy Cable Network and Geo Cable network. The main companies providing dial-up internet facilities are BrainNet and CyberNet. World Call Wireless has also started its operation in Sahiwal. World Call provides wireless telephones at low call rates and a wireless internet facility which is much faster than the dial-up service providers in the city. Recently, Wateen Telecom has also opened its office in Sahiwal. Wateen offers landline telephone, cellular phone, HAQ television, high-speed internet and WiMax.

Educational Institutes

Sahiwal houses several educational institutes of quality. Government College Sahiwal is one of big institute in the city. It has 100 acres of land which includes the college building, a separate library building, a recreational building having swimming pool inside two hostels named Jinnah Hall and Iqbal Hall and vast green playgrounds. Government High School, Government High School Urban Area, Government Comprehensive High School, Government High School 86/6.R, Government High School 89/6.R and Government Pilot Higher Secondary School are the leading high schools of the city. Junior Model High School, Divisional Public School (DPS) and St. Mary's Convent School are also providing education. Educator School, Government College for Women, Sahiwal, also contains the Baha-u-Deen Zikria University (BZU) sub-campus. One of the oldest Institutes of Commerce is the Government College of Commerce, Sahiwal. Royal College of Commerce Sahiwal is a very fast growing Commerce College in Sahiwal and is ahead of many contemporary educational institutes of Sahiwal Divisioon.Royal College of Commerce is in the main area of the city of Sahiwal. St. Mary's Convent High School, is a well reputed English medium institution run by Italian nuns. Many among the elite of Sahiwal send their children to St. Mary's. A lot is being planned for the education sector in Sahiwal. BZU Multan is planning its separate sub-campus in Sahiwal, and land has been acquired for this purpose. It is hoped that the university will be complete in two years and will be called the 'University of Sahiwal'. The Virtual University of Pakistan has opened its regional as well as private campus in Sahiwal, and offers distant learning programmes. Regional Campus is situated at college chowk upper building of Bakers Inn. The private sector is playing a major role in primary education: renowned schools in this regard are Gehwara-i-Taleem High School Sahiwal. The Educators, The Beaconhouse School System, Bloom Field, The City School and Pre-Forces Cadet School. A new building of The City School is under construction in front of Comprehensive School Sahiwal. After completion it will be the largest private school campus in Sahiwal. Another new school established in 2007 is the Dare-Aqram Model School. The Educators College has separate campuses for boys and girls. The Commission on Science and Technology and Sustainable Development, in the South, i.e., COMSATS has opened its sixth campus at Sahiwal. It is a Public Sector University, Chartered by Federal Government providing quality education in the field of Management Sciences and Computer Sciences at both undergraduate and post graduate level. COMSATS has an edge over its competitor institutions and it has foreign qualified and experienced faculty at its Sahiwal campus.

There are two Government Colleges for Technical Education that offer three years DAE & B.Tech in various disciplines. There are many Private Technical Education Institutes that offer DAE & B.Tech. Allama Iqbal Polytechnic Institute is the first institute to offer DAE in Mechanical Technology (since 2003). Faridia Islamic University is also located at Sahiwal

GC College Walk For Denguee

Government College Sahiwal is working hard for humanity. On 3rd September 2012 Government College staff and student arrange a walk for Denguee virus.

Recent Achievement of Govt. College Sahiwal

ACHIEVEMENTS 
1. More than 500 student have qualified for Cheif Miniter Laptop Scheme 2012. Among these 500 students there were 350 female and 150 male students.
2.  In the year 2009. More than 18 positions in “different faculties of the Post-Graduate classes have been won in BZU. Pass percentage of this college has been much better than the average pass percentage of BZU i.e in English pass percentage of BZU. Is 40% while it is 93% in this college, and similarly in Mathematics pass percentage of BZU is 51% while in this college it is 81%, In Botany, Urdu and Political Science etc. the result of this college is 100%.

3. 30 thesis at M.Sc Botany and three theses at M.Phil level have been completed under the supervision of Dr. Muhamamd Yasin (Late) thesis of M.Sc Physics were completed under supervision of Dr. Anwaar Ahmad Principal of Govt. Post-Graduate College, Sahiwal.
4. The federal Ministry of IT Islamabad awarded scholarship to the students of this college to study BSCS in FAST National University in the year 2006. This was the maximum number of students from any institution from all over Pakistan.

5. Govt. Post-Graduate College, Sahiwal has been nominated as one of the Model colleges in the Southern Punjab.
6. Govt. of the Punjab has also selected this college for the introduction of Pilot BS-4 year program and a grant of approximately Rs. 36.175 Million has been allocated for the uplift of the Infrastructure of the college. Only twenty six colleges have been selected for the said pilot program in Punjab and Govt. Post-Graduate College, Sahiwal.
7. Govt. of the Punjab also selected the college for BS-4 year program in nine subjects.
8. Chief Minister of the Punjab awarded Merit certificate to the college in 2011.
9. Three research papers published in the journals in 2011.
10. The seven students of the college were selected to the participate in the Chief Ministers co-curricular contest and won third position in English debate at the provincial level in 2011.

History Of Government College Sahiwal

Government College Sahiwal was established in 1942. It has become a distinction of Sahiwal on account of its beautiful building, captivating mosque, grand hostel, unique pond, fantastic library, pavilion, spacious canteen, colorful Rose-garden, Sunken-garden, Terrace-garden and the big and wide Oval (crickezt ground).
Government College Sahiwal is a college in Sahiwal, Punjab, Pakistan. It is situated next to Canal Colony, beside Farid Town, an upscale planned residential area of Sahiwal.
College faculties include Zoology, Botany, Chemistry, Mathematics, English, and Philosophy. Students from all over the district and from neighbouring districts come to study at the college.

The college is situated on lands of 100 acres (0.40 km2). Buildings include the main college building, a library building, a cafeteria, a recreational building with a swimming pool, a masjid, two hostel buildings (Jinnah Hall and Iqbal Hall), and a building for senior classes which is being used by Baha-ud-Din Zakaria University Multan.

Programs Offer

Govt. Post Graduate College Sahiwal is offering following list of programs;
MSc (Physics, Mathematics and Statistics)
MA (English, Urdu and Economics)
BS (Honours) degree Programs (4 years)
FSc (Pre-Engineering, Pre-Medical, ICS)
FA (Arts, General Science)
ICS (Computer Science)
Short Courses