Stay updated with breaking news from Charlesw forman. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Belarus envoy, UET VC discuss promotion of education Lahore March 5, 2021 LAHORE:Ambassador of Belarus in Pakistan Andrei Metelitsa along with Secretary and Consulate Officer visited University of Engineering and Technology (UET) on Thursday and had a meeting with Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Syed Mansoor Sarwar. Speaking on the occasion, the Ambassador Andrei Metelitsa said that strong, productive and uninterrupted bilateral relations between Pakistan and Belarus could boost up the academic connections for progress. Prof Syed Mansoor Sarwar said that many students from various countries were enrolled at UET and added the university was developing linkages with national and international organisations. The Ambassador assured that the embassy would facilitate to develop progressive liaison between both countries for promotion of engineering education. ....
Forman’s legacy March 3, 2021 March 3, 2021 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles W Forman, founder of Forman Christian College (A Chartered University) in Lahore. Born in the frontier state of Kentucky in 1821, he later attended Princeton University before joining the Presbyterian Foreign Mission Board. This in turn paved the way for his departure to the Indian port city then known as Calcutta in 1847 at the age of twenty-six. Two years later he reached Lahore, the place where he would spend most of the rest of his life. Embodying the phrase ‘missionary zeal’, Forman let nothing stand in the way of his education-focused mission. Rather than charge fees, he paid his first few students one paisa a day to meet for lessons under a tree outside the Old City. Only later was he able to hold classes in a ‘real’ school building. ....