Lawrence Public School celebrates Annual Day
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 9: Democratic Azad Party chief & former Chief Minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad hailed the people of Jammu for composite culture and maintaining religious harmony and said that the credit for it goes to its educational institutions.
“The religious harmony and the composite culture in Jammu is all because of the educational institutions which promote it. Schools and other educational institutes accept all faiths and believe in the rich and core diversity of India,” Azad said during an Annual Day function of Lawrence Public School Jammu at General Zorawar Singh Auditorium, here today.
Azad said that across the country Jammu is emerging as an epicentre of tolerance and brotherhood and that is eventually offering it rich economic benefits.
He said its rich cultural and religious diversity has become its identity now. “If you look at the students who are performing here in an Annual Day function, they hail from diverse communities, cultures and religions. “I have seen Jammu as one of the most secular places. That is why I love this place and want to see it become one among the top cities of our country,” he said.
On this occasion, cricketer Abdul Samad was awarded with Ghulam Nabi Azad Rolling Trophy by Azad himself and said that the School is making all efforts to explore the talent of J&K.
Wing Cdr MM Joshi, chairman of the School said, “This trophy has been instituted to recognise students of this School who have achieved remarkable success in any field. It is given for an act which is not just an individual success but has made Lawrence Public School proud.”
The program started with lighting of the traditional lamp and paying floral tribute to founder Principal, Shakuntla Joshi.
Prominent persons including ID Soni, GM Saroori, RS Chib, Padmashri Dr SP Verma, Mahant Rajesh Bitto, Jaswinder Singh Kuku, Gharu Ram, Aslam Goni, Vicky Mahajan, Sohail Qazmi, Salman Nizami, Narender Sharma, Gourav Chopra, Shama Akhtar, Dr Jasbir Singh, Dr R Khajuria, Dr Yudhvir Gupta, Dr Madhu Khullar, Dr Narender Mohan, Nirmal Singh, Kirtan Singhand various Principals of schools were present during the event.
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