A LUMS Student Left Their Laptop in the Library — Here's How They Got It Back
A student rushes from the library to an exam, forgets their laptop bag. Another student finds it, scans the QR tag, and the laptop is recovered with all data intact.
Note: An illustrative scenario based on real patterns of lost items at Pakistani universities. This represents how Nishaaan QR tags are designed to work.
The Exam Rush
Sara was a second-year Business Administration student at LUMS. Finals week. She'd been in the Mezan Library from 7 AM, working on a case analysis on her laptop. At 11:45 AM, she received the message she'd set to remind her: "Exam at 12:00 — SSE Conference Room."
She closed the laptop, grabbed her pen case, and ran. The laptop bag — a distinctive gray Targus bag with a Nishaaan QR tag on the handle — stayed on the study desk. She didn't realize until she was sitting in the exam, 35 minutes later, when she reached for her pen case and realized she'd grabbed it from beside the laptop bag, not from inside it.
The Find
At 12:10 PM, Hamza — a final-year Law student who'd taken the desk next to Sara's after she left — noticed the gray laptop bag. He waited 15 minutes, assuming someone would come back. At 12:30, he brought it to the library reception desk. The reception staff noticed the Nishaaan QR tag.
The receptionist scanned the tag. The page loaded immediately: "This bag belongs to Sara [surname], LUMS student. If found, please contact: [number] or message on the Nishaaan system."
The Message
The receptionist sent a message through the Nishaaan system: "Your bag is at the Mezan Library main reception desk. It has been handed in safely." Sara received the notification on her phone at 12:33 PM — still in the exam, but immediately relieved. Her laptop, with three months of coursework, 50+ browser bookmarks, and her case analysis in progress, was safe.
She collected it at 2:15 PM when the exam ended. The laptop was exactly as she'd left it. She bought the receptionist a coffee from the Aman cafe and added the library desk to the tag's notes.
How to Protect Your Belongings on Campus
- Nishaaan QR tag on your laptop bag — library staff can scan and contact you within seconds
- Nishaaan QR tag on your water bottle, lunch bag, and jacket — all regularly left behind
- Save the library, canteen, and admin reception numbers in your phone for quick follow-up
- Set a phone alarm for 10 minutes before any exam or scheduled event when working in the library
- Don't pack up in a rush — take 30 seconds to verify everything is in your bag