Prof Rafique Memon, Principal GMMMC Sukkur welcomed all the guests and congratulated the successful students who have won the laptops due to their hard work and commitment. He said this is a great initiative of the Government of Pakistan to encourage meritorious students and to motivate them to perform even better.

Mr Roshan Ali Shaikh, Director of ICT and Focal Person for PM Laptop Scheme briefed the guests about the importance of the Laptop Scheme. He said the Prime Minister’s Laptop Distribution Scheme had started in 2016. He said a total of 214laptops have been received from HEC Islamabad for our University and hopefully we will get more Laptops in coming days. GMMMC Sukkur has received 37 Laptops for their students.

Laptops were distributed among 37 meritorious students of all five batches of GMMMC Sukkur by Prof Nusrat Shah, Prof Rafiq Memon, Director Postgraduate Studies Prof Altaf Shaikh, Vice Principal Gmmmc, Dr Ghulam Rasool Bouk, and Director IT, Engr Roshan Ali Shaikh.

The Chief Guest of the event, Vice Chancellor, Prof Nusrat Shah congratulated the students who received the Laptops. She thanked the government of Pakistan and HEC for this initiative and said we would like to request the government to provide this facility to even average students who cannot afford to buy their own laptops. She said students are lucky to be born in today’s internet era where all the advanced learning tools eg mobile phones, tablets, and laptops were available. They also have access to artificial intelligence and chat GPT which can provide all the necessary information for their questions and assignments. She said our students are more comfortable with technology than us as our generation was not exposed to modern technology. She said but in those days we used to read books, play in play grounds and also people used to communicate directly with each other rather than through text and WhatsApp messages and emails. Today’s children are not learning the art of conversation. Also, nowadays students are addicted to screens and are not physically active which is causing stress among young people and predisposing them to high blood pressure, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. She said students have to manage their studies but also take care of their physical and mental health.

The ceremony was attended by Prof: Dr. Nusrat Shah, Vice Chancellor SMBBMU Larkana, Prof: Muhammad Rafique Memon Principal GMMMC Sukkur, Prof: Altaf Ahmed Shaikh, Director Postgraduate Studies, Prof: Ghulam Rasool Bouk, Vice Principal GMMC Sukkur, Engr. Roshan Ali Shaikh, Director ICT & Focal Person for PM Laptop Scheme, Faculty Members, Officers, Staff and students.