List of Ravians

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

Dr. Har Gobind Khorana - Nobel Prize in Medicine;
Dr. Abdus Salam - Nobel Laureate in theoretical physics; astrophysicist[1]

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
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.

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

Muhammad Zafarullah Khan – first Foreign Minister of Pakistan; former President of United Nations General Assembly; former President of International Court of Justice[8]
Chaudhry Naseer Ahmad Malhi - A close aide of Muhammad Ali Jinnah and one of Pakistan's founding fathers. Former Minister of Education, Law & Parliamentary Affairs
Nawaz Sharif - Ex Prime Minister of Pakistan[9]
Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali - former Prime Minister of Pakistan
Yousaf Raza Gillani - former Prime Minister of Pakistan and speaker
Moeen Qureshi – former interim Prime Minister of Pakistan
Swaran Singh, the longest-serving Indian federal minister
Aitzaz Ahsan – barrister; Former Federal Minister of Interior, Law & Justice; President of Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan
Aseff Ahmad Ali – Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and current Deputy Chairman Planning Commission
Dr. Ghulam Hussain – former Federal Minister for Railways and Secretary-General of Pakistan People's Party
Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri – former Minister of Foreign Affairs
Hanif Ramay – intellectual, journalist; former Governor and Chief Minister of Punjab
Shehbaz Sharif -Ex Prime Minister, current president of Pakistan Muslim league

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

Lieutenant General Hamid Gul – retired, Pakistani Army
General Shamim Alam Khan, NI(M), SJ, SBt
General Raheel Sharif - former Chief of Army Staff[10]
Air Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali Mir - Former Chief of Air Staff
Major Shabbir Sharif, NH, SJ - Recipient of sword of honour and only person to receive both Sitara-e-Jurrat & Nishan-e-Haider

Nuclear scientists

Dr. Ishfaq Ahmad - nuclear physicist; chairman of PAEC, 1991-2001
Dr. Mujaddid Ahmad Ijaz - researcher in theoretical physics with PAEC; his son Mansoor Ijaz was involved in the memogate controversy
Munir Ahmad Khan - Chairman of PAEC, 1972–1991; IAEA staff member, 1958–72; Chairman of IAEA Board of Governors, 1986–87
Dr. Samar Mubarakmand - experimental nuclear physicist and missile engineer

Actors

Sarmad Khoosat

Poets

Dr.Muhammad Iqbal – Pakistan's national poet[12]
Noon Meem Rashid - poet[13]
Faiz Ahmed Faiz - one of Pakistan's leading Marxist's who won the Lenin Peace Prize[13]

Journalists

Aftab Iqbal-Investigative Journalist, Infotainment Comedy Anchor
Amir Mir - investigative journalist
Hamid Mir – journalist, political analyst and TV anchor
Ahmed Rashid – UK-based journalist, analyst and writer
Mansoor Ali Khan - Anchorperson To the Point
Mubashir Lucman - Film Director turned journalist
Najam Sethi - News Analyst
Iqrar Ul Hassan - Hosts Sar e Aam at ARY NEWS

Judiciary & lawyers

Muhammad Javed Buttar - former Justice, Supreme Court of Pakistan
Javid Iqbal – scholar; former Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court; Judge of Supreme Court; son of Dr. Sir Muhammad Iqbal[14]
M. R. Kayani – former Chief Justice of Lahore High Court
Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, judge Supreme Court of Pakistan
Makhdoom Ali Khan - Barrister, former Attorney General of Pakistan
Nasim Hasan Shah - former Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Pakistan
Mian Saqib Nisar - Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Pakistan
Asif Saeed Khan Khosa - Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Pakistan.

Musicians

Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan – singer
Mustafa Zahid - pop singer and vocalist of the band Roxen
Hadiqa Kiani - singer
Ali Zafar - pop singer
Waris Baig – singer

Athletes

Rameez Raja - cricketer, who represented Pakistan in 1990s, commentator in international cricket matches

People from film industry

Chetan Anand – producer and director from India; elder brother of Dev and Vijay Anand

Businessmen / Entrepreneurs

Prakash Tandon – Indian businessman

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