October 05, 2017
MURREE: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi visited his alma mater Lawrence College Ghora Gali on the occasion of its 157 foundation day on Thursday.
The prime minister addressed the ceremony and reminisced about his youth days he spent in the college as a student.
“Almost 42 years ago I studied from this place and it was a golden time period of my life,” said Abbasi.
This institution is one of the finest and has produced numerous prominent personalities and politicians, he added.
The Lawrence college was formed in 1860 after Sir Henry Montgomery Lawrence.
The College caters to educational needs of students from all four provinces and Gilgit-Baltistan.
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was sworn in as the 18th prime minister of Pakistan on August 1. Abbasi was elected as the new prime minister following the disqualification of Nawaz Sharif by the Supreme Court.