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Alumni of the
Government College University, Lahore (GCU), including alumni of its predecessor Government College, Lahore, are called Ravians . Following is the list of notable Ravians.
Government College University
Sir Muhammad Iqbal - national poet of
Pakistan and important figure in
Urdu literature
Har Gobind Khorana - won the 1968 Nobel Prize in Medicine
Faiz Ahmad Faiz - was one of Pakistan's leading
Marxist 's who won the
Lenin Peace Prize
Nobel Laureates
Government College University
Scholars
Muhammad Iqbal – Poet, philosopher, politician, lawyer, architect of the idea of Pakistan
Mirza Athar Baig – Novelist, playwright and philosopher
[2]
Muhammad Ajmal – Founder of psychology in Pakistan,
[3] former Principal of
Government College
[4] and Vice Chancellor of the
University of the Punjab
[5]
Javed Ashraf – Economist, academician and Vice Chancellor of
Quaid-e-Azam University
Tariq Jameel – Islamic Scholar and Preacher
Javed Ahmad Ghamidi – Islamic Modernist Scholar
Malik Ram – Urdu, Arabic, and Persian Scholar and Writer
Ismat Beg – Mathematician and academician. Known for his work in fixed point theory and multicriteria decision-making problems.
Arfa Sayeda Zehra – Pakistani educationist and Urdu language expert
Khalid Aftab _ Founder Vice Chancellor of
Government College University (GCU Lahore)
Asghar Zaidi – Current Vice Chancellor of
Government College University (GCU)
Khalid Manzoor Butt – Pakistani Political Science Scholar & Chairperson of Political Science Department GCU Lahore.
Sarvadaman Chowla – Indian-American
mathematician
[6]
Abdul Hafeez Mirza - Pakistani writer, educationist, tourism worker and cultural activist.
Mohan Singh Diwana - historian of Punjabi literature and poet
Writers
Vasay Chaudhry – Film, Drama writer, Actor
Mustansar Hussain Tarar writer, poet, storyteller, and intellectual.
Ashfaq Ahmed – Urdu writer, playwright, broadcaster and intellectual
[7]
Mirza Athar Baig – novelist, playwright, philosopher, and short story writer
Patras Bokhari –
Urdu writer; first Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations (1951–54); former Under-Secretary General of United
Bano Qudsia – novelist
Qudrat Ullah Shahab – Urdu writer and civil servant
Wasif Ali Wasif Poet and Intellectual
Khushwant Singh - Indian Novelist and Barrister
Politicians
Government officials
Malik Zahoor Ahmad – diplomat, Middle East/South Asia expert, political analyst
Mirza Muzaffar Ahmad – former Secretary of Commerce and Finance; Deputy Director Planning Commission of Pakistan; former Finance Minister Pakistan
Musa Javed Chohan – diplomat, former ambassador to
France ,
Malaysia
Javid Husain - diplomat, former ambassador of Pakistan to
Iran ,
South Korea , and the
Netherlands
Abdus Salim Khan - senior Pakistani diplomat and former ambassador of Pakistan to
Ceylon (now Sri Lanka),
Japan and Deputy High Commissioner to the
United Kingdom .
Kershasp Tehmurasp Satarawala - diplomat, former Indian Ambassador to Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador
S M Zafar – Lawyer, Senator, and former Law Minister
Armed Forces officers
Nuclear scientists
Actors
Poets
Journalists
Judiciary & lawyers
Musicians
Athletes
People from film industry
Chetan Anand – producer and director from India; elder brother of Dev and Vijay Anand
Businessmen / Entrepreneurs
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