Laurelbank School System

Dr. Hamayun Mian Award was instituted in 2011 in the memory of Late Dr. Hamayun Mushtaq Mian, the cofounder member of the Laurelbank School System established in 1989. The award is given annually to the student with the best all-round performance in curricular, co-curricular, and extracurricular activities. For the year 2024, the Dr. Hamayun Mian Award carrying a gold medal and a cash prize of Rs. 50,000/- has been received by Hafsa Qamar from the Girls Branch Shalimar Campus. She has earned the award showcasing excellence in curricular, co-curricular, and extracurricular activities specifically in the field of chess. She scored 1075/1100 marks in the Lahore Board Matric Exams 2023. She won 2nd position in the LPS Annual Speech Contest 2019. She was the sub-editor for Laurels 2022-23 with a contribution of various literary pieces and won 1st position in the LSS Inter-Branch Chess Tournament in 2017, 2018 and 2019. Hafsa brought Laurels to school as follows: She won 2nd position in the Learning Alliance Junior Chess Olympiad 2019. She was 2nd runner-up in the NGS Sports Fest Chess Competition 2019. She won 1st position in the National Junior Chess Championship 2022. She received 1st prize in the Learning Alliance Olympiad 2023 and secured 3rd position in the Punjab Rapid Chess Championship in 2023. She represented Pakistan in the Blitz Chess Championship June 2023 at Maldives and in Kazakhstan from 9th – 21st June 2024. There, She won the ‘Best Question Award’ in Chess Grand Master Alisher Suleimenov’s Master Class. Congratulations Hafsa for receiving the ‘Dr. Hamayun Mian Award’.