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The final group photo. When Shakespeare assigned the dialogue of 'Beware the ides of March', to the character of soothsayer in his play, 'Julius Caesar', he could not even have imagined that centuries later, the alumni of department of English , Bahaudin Zakria university, ( or  O'D ELL as the prefer to be called) would select the same date, 15th of March for their first formal reunion in the year 2014.  O'D ELL ,  which is actually short form of  OADELL, 'organization of alumni of department of English language and literature, came into existence in March 2013, when a renowned teacher of the department  Ramna Fayyaz , and Fariha Munir Shah (former visiting faculty member) gathered a good number of old students of the department on one platform and organized an informal gathering in Ramada, Multan. Ramna was elected the treasurer of the organization, whereas Fariha Munir was elected as the lifetime chairperson of O'DELL.Whereas...

The group photo. The legendary department of English, Bahauddin Zakria university, Multan was established in 1975. During these thirty eight years, this institute raised innumerable renowned educationists, writers, journalists, CCS officers, entrepreneurs, etc. The degree awarded by this department is acknowledged world over. And their scholars, considered of highest regard. But, not much of an effort was made, to bring them together on one platform. Although, few re-unions were conducted, during these four decades but no organization was formed to link the current students of the department with the old ones. Finally, facebook provided all of the alumni to get in contact with the new students.  Department of English, BZU- Alumni/staff/students , is the official group  page to represent O'Dell. An informal get together was arranged last year, at the office of permanent faculty member, Ramna Fayyaz , when one cherished alumni, Muhammed Khalid Shabbir Leghari , arri...