Human Rights Organization of Pakistan
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The Human Rights Organization Of Pakistan Urdu
: اداره حقوق انسانى پاكستان or HROOP, is an independent, non-profit organization
, founded in 2009,made by Old Ravian's(old student GC University Lahore) and Government approval number RP/4742/L/S/09/118.Which is not associated or affiliated with the any political party.
Where the Organization believes human rights
are not being adequately protected, it will say so clearly and strongly, and will actively seek change in the law, policy or practice concerned.
In carrying out its functions, the organization will operate in an independent, fair, open, accessible and accountable manner and will seek to use to the full the powers conferred upon it.
The Organization will seek to increase awareness of human rights protections and how to access them, striving to create a strong, pervasive culture of human rights at all levels within the State.
The Organization will work closely and, where appropriate, collaboratively with statutory bodies, Government Departments, non-governmental organisations and all involved in human rights issues, It is committed to act with Impartiality and objectivity in all matters. Among its main aims are spreading awareness of Human Rights among the people, mobilising public opinion, collecting information and disseminating knowledge about human rights abuses.
The Organization focus on various activities under following components
HROOP Moto.
To Prosper Humanity Rights
To Protect Human Rights
Active to protect the basic human rights like
Article I
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Article 2
Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.
Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.
Article 3
Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.
Article 4
No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.
Article 5
No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
Article 6
Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.
Article 7
All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination.
Article 8
Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the competent national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted him by the constitution or by law.
Article 9
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.
Article 10
Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him.
Article 11
Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defence.
No one shall be held guilty of any penal offence on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a penal offence, under national or international law, at the time when it was committed. Nor shall a heavier penalty be imposed than the one that was applicable at the time the penal offence was committed.
Article 12
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.
Article 13
Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each State.
Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.
Article 14
Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.
This right may not be invoked in the case of prosecutions genuinely arising from non-political crimes or from acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.
Article 15
Everyone has the right to a nationality.
No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality.
Article 16
Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution.
Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses.
The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State.
Article 17
Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others.
No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property.
Article 18
Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.
Article 19
Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.
Article 20
Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.
No one may be compelled to belong to an association.
Article 21
Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives.
Everyone has the right to equal access to public service in his country.
The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures.
Article 22
Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization, through national effort and international co-operation and in accordance with the organization and resources of each State, of the economic, social and cultural rights indispensable for his dignity and the free development of his personality.
Article 23
Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment.
Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work.
Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection.
Everyone has the right to form and to join trade unions for the protection of his interests.
Article 24
Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay.
Article 25
Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.
Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.
Article 26
Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit.
Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace.
Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children.
Article 27
Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits.
Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author.
Article 28
Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can be fully realized.
Article 29
Everyone has duties to the community in which alone the free and full development of his personality is possible.
In the exercise of his rights and freedoms, everyone shall be subject only to such limitations as are determined by law solely for the purpose of securing due recognition and respect for the rights and freedoms of others and of meeting the just requirements of morality, public order and the general welfare in a democratic society.
These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.
Article 30
Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth herein.
In 1864,about 144 years ago,Government College Lahore was founded. from 144 years, the period of Government College Lahore is very significant due to the reason that, its majority of student also worked volunteerly along with the study and showed great performance at both national and international level.Its first principal was W.Lines who was come from the University fried breg which is also a back bone of Punjab University.After 138 years,from foundation,it became an independent University in 2002,GC initated its work also as a University.It is one of the greatest institutes of Pakistan,in which the most intelligent/hardwork students of the country take education.Old students of GC are called Old Ravians. One of the Most interesting thing of GC is that, it is also an education place of many great and famous people of Pakistan.In Pakistan, there are 37 scientists who involed in making Pakistan Atomic Power the 27 scientist out of these 37 are Old Ravians and it making it (GC) Paris worthy.
Politicians
Government officials
Army officers
Nuclear scientists
Nobel Laureate
Scientists
Actors
Poets
Authors/writers/novelists
Journalism
Judiciary
Sportsmen
Musicians
Scholars
Other Notable Alumni
Urdu
Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
: اداره حقوق انسانى پاكستان or HROOP, is an independent, non-profit organization
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
, founded in 2009,made by Old Ravian's(old student GC University Lahore) and Government approval number RP/4742/L/S/09/118.Which is not associated or affiliated with the any political party.
Where the Organization believes human rights
Human rights
Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
are not being adequately protected, it will say so clearly and strongly, and will actively seek change in the law, policy or practice concerned.
In carrying out its functions, the organization will operate in an independent, fair, open, accessible and accountable manner and will seek to use to the full the powers conferred upon it.
The Organization will seek to increase awareness of human rights protections and how to access them, striving to create a strong, pervasive culture of human rights at all levels within the State.
The Organization will work closely and, where appropriate, collaboratively with statutory bodies, Government Departments, non-governmental organisations and all involved in human rights issues, It is committed to act with Impartiality and objectivity in all matters. Among its main aims are spreading awareness of Human Rights among the people, mobilising public opinion, collecting information and disseminating knowledge about human rights abuses.
The Organization focus on various activities under following components
HROOP Moto.
To Prosper Humanity Rights
To Protect Human Rights
Active to protect the basic human rights like
- Child rights
- Women's rightsWomen's rightsWomen's rights are entitlements and freedoms claimed for women and girls of all ages in many societies.In some places these rights are institutionalized or supported by law, local custom, and behaviour, whereas in others they may be ignored or suppressed...
- Minority rightsMinority rightsThe term Minority Rights embodies two separate concepts: first, normal individual rights as applied to members of racial, ethnic, class, religious, linguistic or sexual minorities, and second, collective rights accorded to minority groups...
- Labor rightsLabor rightsLabor rights or workers' rights are a group of legal rights and claimed human rights having to do with labor relations between workers and their employers, usually obtained under labor and employment law. In general, these rights' debates have to do with negotiating workers' pay, benefits, and safe...
- Social rightsSocial rightsEconomic, social and cultural rights are socio-economic human rights, such as the right to education, right to housing, right to adequate standard of living and the right to health. Economic, social and cultural rights are recognised and protected in international and regional human rights...
- Civil rightsCivil rightsCivil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from unwarranted infringement by governments and private organizations, and ensure one's ability to participate in the civil and political life of the state without discrimination or repression.Civil rights include...
- Economic rights
- Legal rights
- Cultural rightsCultural rightsThe cultural rights movement has provoked attention to protect the rights of groups of people, or their culture, in similar fashion to the manner in which the human rights movement has brought attention to the needs of individuals throughout the world....
- Land rightsLand rightsLand law is the form of law that deals with the rights to use, alienate, or exclude others from land. In many jurisdictions, these species of property are referred to as real estate or real property, as distinct from personal property. Land use agreements, including renting, are an important...
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The General Assembly Proclaims this Universal Declaration of Human Rights as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations, to the end that every individual and every organ of society, keeping this Declaration constantly in mind, shall strive by teaching and education to promote respect for these rights and freedoms and by progressive measures, national and international, to secure their universal and effective recognition and observance, both among the peoples of Member States themselves and among the peoples of territories under their jurisdictionArticle I
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Article 2
Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.
Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.
Article 3
Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person.
Article 4
No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms.
Article 5
No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
Article 6
Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law.
Article 7
All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law. All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination.
Article 8
Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the competent national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted him by the constitution or by law.
Article 9
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile.
Article 10
Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him.
Article 11
Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defence.
No one shall be held guilty of any penal offence on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a penal offence, under national or international law, at the time when it was committed. Nor shall a heavier penalty be imposed than the one that was applicable at the time the penal offence was committed.
Article 12
No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.
Article 13
Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each State.
Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country.
Article 14
Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.
This right may not be invoked in the case of prosecutions genuinely arising from non-political crimes or from acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.
Article 15
Everyone has the right to a nationality.
No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality.
Article 16
Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution.
Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses.
The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State.
Article 17
Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others.
No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property.
Article 18
Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.
Article 19
Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.
Article 20
Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association.
No one may be compelled to belong to an association.
Article 21
Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives.
Everyone has the right to equal access to public service in his country.
The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures.
Article 22
Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization, through national effort and international co-operation and in accordance with the organization and resources of each State, of the economic, social and cultural rights indispensable for his dignity and the free development of his personality.
Article 23
Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment.
Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work.
Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection.
Everyone has the right to form and to join trade unions for the protection of his interests.
Article 24
Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay.
Article 25
Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.
Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.
Article 26
Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages. Elementary education shall be compulsory. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit.
Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace.
Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children.
Article 27
Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits.
Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author.
Article 28
Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can be fully realized.
Article 29
Everyone has duties to the community in which alone the free and full development of his personality is possible.
In the exercise of his rights and freedoms, everyone shall be subject only to such limitations as are determined by law solely for the purpose of securing due recognition and respect for the rights and freedoms of others and of meeting the just requirements of morality, public order and the general welfare in a democratic society.
These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.
Article 30
Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth herein.
Old notable alumni GC University Lahore
Notable AlumniIn 1864,about 144 years ago,Government College Lahore was founded. from 144 years, the period of Government College Lahore is very significant due to the reason that, its majority of student also worked volunteerly along with the study and showed great performance at both national and international level.Its first principal was W.Lines who was come from the University fried breg which is also a back bone of Punjab University.After 138 years,from foundation,it became an independent University in 2002,GC initated its work also as a University.It is one of the greatest institutes of Pakistan,in which the most intelligent/hardwork students of the country take education.Old students of GC are called Old Ravians. One of the Most interesting thing of GC is that, it is also an education place of many great and famous people of Pakistan.In Pakistan, there are 37 scientists who involed in making Pakistan Atomic Power the 27 scientist out of these 37 are Old Ravians and it making it (GC) Paris worthy.
Politicians
- Muhammad Zafrulla KhanMuhammad Zafrulla KhanChaudhry Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, KCSI was a Pakistani politician, diplomat, international jurist, and scholar of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, known for drafting the Pakistan Resolution, for his representation of Pakistan at the United Nations, and serving as a judge at the International...
- First Foreign Minister of Pakistan, President of United Nations General Assembly, President of International Court of Justice
- Yousaf Raza GillaniYousaf Raza GillaniYousuf Raza Gilani is the current prime minister of Islamic Republic of Pakistan. He was nominated as Prime Minister by the PPP, with the support of its coalition partners, Pakistan Muslim League , Awami National Party, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam and Muttahida Qaumi Movement, on 22 March 2008...
, Prime Minister of Pakistan
- Nawaz SharifNawaz SharifMian Mohammad Nawaz Sharif is a Pakistani conservative politician and steel magnate who served as 12th Prime Minister of Pakistan in two non-consecutive terms from November 1990 to July 1993, and from February 1997 to October 12, 1999...
, Former Prime Minister of Pakistan
- Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, Former Prime Minister of Pakistan
- Moeen Qureshi - Former Interim Prime Minister of Pakistan
- Inder Kumar GujralInder Kumar GujralInder Kumar Gujral served as the 12th Prime Minister of India. Gujral was the first PM to govern exclusively from the Rajya Sabha; , only he and Manmohan Singh have done so.-Early life:...
- former Prime Minister of India
- Wasim SajjadWasim SajjadWasim Sajjad was interim President of Pakistan on two occasions, serving as interim President prior to elections. Currently, being a member of PML-Q, he is the Leader of the Opposition in Senate of Pakistan.- Early life :...
- Former Chairman, Senate of Pakistan. Also interim President of Pakistan - Wajid Ali Khan - Member of Parliament of Canada and advisor to Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper.
- Harcharan Singh BrarHarcharan Singh BrarHarcharan Singh Brar was the Chief Minister of Indian Punjab from August 31, 1995 to November 21, 1996. He succeeded the assassinated Chief Minister Beant Singh....
- Former Chief Minister Of Punjab (India) & Former Governor of Haryana & Orissa.
- Mahbub ul HaqMahbub ul HaqMahbub ul Haq was an Pakistani economist who is known to be the pioneer of Human development theory and the founder of the Human Development Report...
- Former Finance Minister of Pakistan, Chief Economist Planning Commission, Director of World Bank Policy Planning Department.
- Dr. Ghulam Hussain - Former Federal Minister for Railways and Ex-Secretary-General of Pakistan People's Party.
- S.M. ZafarS.M. ZafarS.M. Zafar, is a Pakistani human rights activist, noted lawyer , politician, and present Senator, PML-Q.-Career:Zafar began his career as a lawyer in the 1950s...
- Senator, Former Law Minister and leading constitutional lawyer.
- Kamaluddin AzfarKamaluddin AzfarKamaluddin Azfar is a politician from Sindh, Pakistan. He was Finance Minister and later Governor of Sindh. Kamal Azfar was elected as a member of Pakistan Peoples Party.-References:...
- Former Governor of Sindh
- Aseff Ahmad Ali - Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and current Deputy Chairman Planning Commission
- Aitzaz AhsanAitzaz AhsanChaudhry Aitzaz Ahsan is a Pakistani lawmaker, barrister, and politician from Pakistan's People's Party who served as President of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan.-Early life and education:...
- Barrister, Former Federal Minister of Interior, Law & Justice, former President of Supreme Court Bar Association.
- Shahbaz SharifShahbaz SharifMian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif is a well-known conservative Pakistani politician and currently President of Pakistan Muslim League . He is the brother of Nawaz Sharif, former Prime Minister of Pakistan. He is the chief minister of Pakistan's most populous province Punjab since 2008...
- Chief Minister Punjab, Pakistan
- Chowdry Anwer Aziz - Former Federal Minister of Agriculture & Food.
- Salmaan TaseerSalmaan TaseerSalmaan Taseer was a Pakistani businessman and politician who served as the 26th governor of the province of Punjab from 2008 until his assassination in early 2011....
- Governor Punjab
Government officials
- S.K. Mahmud - Former Secretary to the Government Of Pakistan & Chief Secretary Punjab
- Aziz AhmedAziz AhmedAziz Ahmed, , HPk, was a career Pakistani statesman and diplomat during the Cold war served as 12th Foreign Minister, serving under executed Prime minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto...
- Former Secretary General Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- Shoaib Sultan KhanShoaib Sultan KhanShoaib Sultan Khan is widely recognized as one of the pioneers of rural development programmes in Pakistan.He served for 59 years in various development organizations including Aga Khan Foundation, UNICEF, UNDP, and Rural Support Programmes Network...
- Former Secretary to the Government Of Pakistan.
- Sikander Hayat Jamali - Former Federal Secretary of Education, Environment,Parliamentary Affairs & Former Chief Secretary Balochistan
- Shamshad Ahmed - Former Secretary Of Foreign Affairs
- Naveed Ahsan - Former Secretary General Ministry of Finance
- Zafar Mahmood - Cabinet Secretary to the Government of Pakistan
- Javed Mahmood- Chief Secretary Punjab
- Musa Javed ChohanMusa Javed ChohanMusa Javed Chohan is the former High Commissioner of Pakistan to Canada, as well as the former ambassador of Pakistan to France and Pakistan's permanent representative to UNESCO from 2001 to 2003. He has previously served as High Commissioner of Pakistan to Malaysia...
- former ambassador to France, Malaysia
- Shahid kamalShahid KamalShahid Kamal is a career diplomat serving as the Ambassador of Pakistan to the Federal Republic of Germany since September 2007.Before coming to Berlin, Kamal was Additional Foreign Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He previously served as Ambassador to Sweden, Finland, Estonia and Latvia...
- Ambassador of Pakistan to the federal Republic of Germany.
- Hafeez-Ur-Rahman - Chief Financial Advisor to Ministry of Interior
- Muhammad Nawaz Chaudhry - writer,analyst,diplomat, served as Ambassador to Myanmar and Serbia.
- Malik Zahoor AhmadMalik Zahoor AhmadMalik Zahoor Ahmad is a former Pakistan diplomat and Middle East expert. He is currently the Chief Coordinator of the Pakistan Trilateral Secretariat and the Director General of NAPHIS...
- diplomat, Middle East/South Asia expert, political analyst.
- Ahmed Waqar - Chairman FBR, Former Federal Secretary of Petroleum & Privatization Commission.
- Kanwar Muhammed Dilshad - Secretary Election Commission Of Pakistan
- Kamran Lashari - Federal Secretary of Petroleum & Natural Resources,Ex-Chairman CDA & LDA.
- Sadatullah Khan - Ex-Inspector General Of Punjab Police.
Army officers
- Air Chief MarshalAir Chief MarshalAir chief marshal is a senior 4-star air-officer rank which originated in and continues to be used by the Royal Air Force...
Mushaf Ali MirMushaf Ali MirAir Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali Mir was four-star general of the Pakistan Air Force who served as the chief of air staff of the Pakistan Air Force from 20 November 2000 until his death on February 20, 2003 when the PAF Fokker F-27 he was traveling in, crashed near Kohat, Pakistan...
- former Chief of Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force.
- Lieutenant General Hamid Gul-Retierd,Ex Director General ISI , Pakistan Army.
- Lieutenant GeneralLieutenant GeneralLieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages where the title of Lieutenant General was held by the second in command on the battlefield, who was normally subordinate to a Captain General....
Muhammad Ashraf Saleem - , Commander Army Air Defence Command.
- GeneralGeneralA general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given....
Shamim Alam KhanShamim Alam KhanGeneral Shamim Alam Khan, NI, SJ, SBt, is a retired four-star rank general in the Pakistan Army was the Supreme Commandant of the Pakistan Defense Forces as Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee from 1991 to 1994...
, NI(M), SJ, SBt
Nuclear scientists
- Dr. Samar MubarakmandSamar MubarakmandSamar Mubarakmand , , is a Pakistani nuclear physicist, who served as the founding chairman of National Engineering and Scientific Commission from 2001 till 2007. Samar Mubarak-Mand launched the Missile Integration Programme in 1987 which was successfully completed in 2005...
, experimental nuclear physicist and missile engineer.
- Munir Ahmad KhanMunir Ahmad KhanMunir Ahmad Khan , HI, was a Pakistani nuclear engineer and a scientist who served as the Chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission from 1972 to 1991...
, nuclear engineer and chief architect of Pakistan's nuclear program and Chairman of PAECPakistan Atomic Energy CommissionThe Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, , is an administrative governmental and autonomous science and technology governmental department of Pakistan, responsible for development of nuclear energy and development of nuclear power sector in Pakistan...
from 1972 to 1991; IAEA Staff Member, 1958–72; Chairman IAEA Board of Governors 1986-87.
- Dr. Ishfaq AhmadIshfaq AhmadIshfaq Ahmad , D.Sc., Minister of State, SI, HI, NI, FPAS, is a Pakistani nuclear physicist, and well-known educationist and academic from Pakistan...
,a well-known nuclear physicist and chairmanof PAECPakistan Atomic Energy CommissionThe Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, , is an administrative governmental and autonomous science and technology governmental department of Pakistan, responsible for development of nuclear energy and development of nuclear power sector in Pakistan...
from 1991–2001
- Dr.Ansar PervaizAnsar PervaizDr. Ansar Pervaiz, also spelled as , Ph.D. HI, is a Pakistani scientist and a nuclear engineer who is the current chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission , and current chairman of the Board of Governors of International Atomic Energy Agency . Dr...
, current chairman of Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission PAECPakistan Atomic Energy CommissionThe Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, , is an administrative governmental and autonomous science and technology governmental department of Pakistan, responsible for development of nuclear energy and development of nuclear power sector in Pakistan...
since 2001
Nobel Laureate
- Dr.Abdus SalamAbdus SalamMohammad Abdus Salam, NI, SPk Mohammad Abdus Salam, NI, SPk Mohammad Abdus Salam, NI, SPk (Urdu: محمد عبد السلام, pronounced , (January 29, 1926– November 21, 1996) was a Pakistani theoretical physicist and Nobel laureate in Physics for his work on the electroweak unification of the...
- theoretical physicist and astrophysicist and Pakistan's only Nobel Laureate in physicsPhysicsPhysics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
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- Har Gobind Khorana - Nobel Laureate in Physiology and Medicine
Scientists
- Dr.Talat Waseem
- Dr.Nyla Hassan
Actors
- Dev AnandDev AnandDharam Dev Anand , better known as Dev Anand , is an Indian Hindi Cinema actor, director and film producer. Dev is the second of three brothers who were active in Hindi Cinema. His brothers are Chetan Anand and Vijay Anand. Their sister, Sheel Kanta Kapur, is the mother of renowned Hindi and...
- Indian
- Balraj SahniBalraj SahniBalraj Sahni , born Yudhishthir Sahni , was a famous Hindi film actor. He belonged to a Punjabi Khatri family from Bhera now in Punjab, Pakistan...
- Indian
Poets
- Dr.Sir Muhammad Iqbal - Pakistan's national poet
- Faiz Ahmed FaizFaiz Ahmed FaizFaiz Ahmad Faiz was a Pakistani intellectual, poet, and one of the most famous poets of the Urdu language. He was a member of the Anjuman Tarraqi Pasand Mussanafin-e-Hind and an avowed Marxist. In 1962, he was awarded the Lenin Peace Prize by the Soviet Union...
- Nasir KazmiNasir KazmiSyed Nasir Raza Kazmi, was a renowned Urdu poet of Pakistan. He was one of the greatest poets of this era, especially in the use of "ista'aaray" and "chhotee beher". Kazmi was born on December 8, 1925 at Ambala in British India.-Education and Career:Kazmi was educated at Ambala, Simla and Lahore...
Authors/writers/novelists
- Patras BokhariPatras BokhariSyed Ahmed Shah HI, was an Urdu humourist, educator, essayist, broadcaster and diplomat from Pakistan...
- Urdu writer, First Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations (1951–54)and Former Under-Secretary General of United Nations,
- Ashfaq AhmedAshfaq AhmedFor disambiguation also see Ashfaq Ahmad, Ishfaq Ahmed and Ishfaq AhmadAshfaq Ahmed, PP, SI was a distinguished writer, playwright, broadcaster, intellectual and spiritualist from Pakistan. His prime qualities of heart and hand earned appreciations across the world...
- Urdu writer playwright, broadcaster and intellectual
- Sahir Ludhiyanvi - Urdu poet/Hindi lyricist and songwriter
- Farkhanda Lodhi - female novelist
- Bano QudsiaBano QudsiaBano Qudsia is a writer, intellectual, playwright and spiritualist from Pakistan who wrote Urdu novels and short storiesregarded among the best Urdu novelists and short story writers of modern times.She is best known for her novel Raja Gidh.She has written for television and stage in both the...
- female novelist
- Qudrat Ullah ShahabQudrat Ullah ShahabQudrat Ullah Shahab was an eminent Urdu writer and civil servant from Pakistan. He is best known for his autobiography Shahabnama.-Early life:...
- famous Urdu writer and civil servant
Journalism
- Altaf GauharAltaf GauharAltaf Gauhar was a civil servant, journalist, poet, and writer from Pakistan. He was born in Gujranwala.-Civil service career:...
- writer, scholar, political journalist, 1923–2000
- Imran AslamImran AslamImran Aslam is a journalist and media personality from Pakistan.Imran Aslam graduated from Government College Lahore, later studying at the London School of Economics and School of Oriental & African Studies where he read Economics, Politics, and International Relations.Before he turned to...
- CEO Geo TV networks.
- Ahmed RashidAhmed RashidAhmed Rashid is a former Pakistani revolutionary, a journalist and best-selling author of several books about Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia.-Biography:...
- Famous Pakistani journalist and the author of the best seller Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia, Yale University Press (March 2000) ISBN 0-300-08340-8
- Hamid MirHamid MirHamid Mir is a Pakistani journalist and editor. He is also a news anchor, terrorism expert, and security analyst who regularly participates in international conferences. He is also known for his columns in Urdu, Hindi, Bengali, and English newspapers and hosts a popular political talk show on Geo...
- journalist, political analyst and TV anchor.
- Khaled AhmedKhaled AhmedKhaled Ahmed , born 21 December 1943, is a best known Pakistani political analyst, his weekly column appears in Pakistan's newspaper The Friday Times. He regularly contributes to The Daily Times, both published in Lahore....
-, Consultive Editor of The Friday Times and contributor to Daily Times
- Wakas MirWakas MirWakas Mir , is a Pakistani-born Norwegian National. He's a Radio Host mostly noted for his hit radio online show called and has also been the host for a radio talk show in Oslo, Norway called ApniAwaz Radio. There he provided his services as an anchor hosting shows on social issues that revolved...
-, radio host
- Atif Khalid Butt - Journalist
- Tariq AliTariq AliTariq Ali , , is a British Pakistani military historian, novelist, journalist, filmmaker, public intellectual, political campaigner, activist, and commentator...
- Journalist,Author,Political Activist,
Judiciary
- Diwan Sir Abdul Hamid - barrister and public administrator
- Ijaz Batalvi - lawyer, 1923–2004
- Muhammad MunirMuhammad MunirMuhammad Munir was Chief Justice of Pakistan from 1954 to 1960. After doing MA from Government College Lahore he joined Law College to earn his L.L.B. He started his career as a lawyer at Amritsar in 1921, later on he shifted to Lahore in 1922....
- Former Chief Justice Supreme Court Of Pakistan & Federal Court, Member Boundary Commission on partition of India 1947.
- Muhammad Rustam Kayani - Former Chief Justice of Lahore High Court
- Nasim Hasan ShahNasim Hasan ShahBorn in Lahore on April 15, 1929 to Syed Mohsin Shah, an eminent advocate and political activist, Justice Dr. Nasim Hasan Shah, a former Chief Justice of Pakistan, gained international respect and recognition when he restored the sovereignty of the Parliament in Pakistan; the first such instance in...
- Former Chief Justice Supreme Court of Pakistan
- Makhdoom Ali KhanMakhdoom Ali KhanMakhdoom Ali Khan , is a practising Senior Advocate Supreme Court. Makhdoom Ali Khan is a former Attorney General of Pakistan, former Chairman Pakistan Bar Council, former member of the Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan, former Board Member of the Federal Judicial Academy of Pakistan and a...
- Barrister, Former Attorney General of Pakistan
- Javid IqbalJavid IqbalJavid Iqbal HI, , is the son of the poet-philosopher Sir Muhammad Iqbal...
- scholar, former Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court & Judge of Supreme Court and son of Dr. Sir Muhammad Iqbal
- Nasir Aslam ZahidNasir Aslam ZahidThe Honourable Justice Nasir Aslam Zahid , Barrister-at-Law, is one of the most respected names of Pakistani judiciary. Son of the first Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan Mr...
- Former Chief Justice Of Sind High Court
- Khawaja Mohammed Sharif - Chief Justice Of Lahore High Court
- Mian Muhammad Najum Uz Zaman - Former Judge of Lahore High Court
- Riaz Kiyani - Federal Secretary of Law,Justice & Parliamentary Affairs & Former Judge of Lahore High Court.
- S.Ahmed Sarwana- Former Judge of Sind High Court & ex-Chairman of Pakistan Intellectual Property Rights Association(1979–99).
- Mohammed Asif Jan - Former Judge of Lahore High Court
- Choudhry Mohammed Ghulam Sarwar - Former Judge Of Lahore High Court
- Ch. Shaukat Ali Khan - Session Judge, Currently the Chairman Drug Court, Multan
Sportsmen
- Majid Khan (cricketer) - Retired cricketer, specialist batsman and former captain of the Pakistan team.
- Waseem Ahmed - Ex Olympian and former captain of Pakistan National Hockey Team with most caps in the history of Pakistan Hockey
- Abdul QadirAbdul Qadir (cricketer)Abdul Qadir Khan is a former Pakistani international cricketer, later commentator and was recently the Chief Selector of Pakistan Cricket Board. He resigned from the post because of his differences with the top brass of Pakistan cricket board...
- (cricketer), ex Chief selector Pakistan Cricket Board
- Amir Sohail - former Pakistan Test captain
- Ramiz Raja - former Pakistan Test captain
- Aisam-ul-Haq QureshiAisam-ul-Haq QureshiAisam-ul-Haq Qureshi is a professional tennis player from Pakistan. He is currently Pakistan's top player. A top 10 doubles player, his highest Singles Race ranking is 103rd and is the former Asian No. 3...
-,US Open Tennis Finalist
Musicians
- Shafqat Amanat Ali Khan - popular male singer
- Hadiqa KiyaniHadiqa KiyaniHadiqa Kiani is a Pakistani singer-songwriter, and philanthropist.Kiani rose to fame in 1995 with her debut album Raaz. Kiani received instant fame and was nominated and won numerous awards in Pakistan as well as International awards. Since her debut, she has released five albums, all receiving...
- popular female singer
- Ali ZafarAli ZafarAli Zafar is a Pakistani musician, composer, song writer, singer, actor, painter and model, popular in Pakistan for his music, including his hit songs like "Channo", "Rangeen", "Chal Dil Merey", "Dekha", "Masty" and "Sajania"...
-, famous Pop singer
- Mustafa ZahidMustafa ZahidMustafa Zahid is a Pakistani Rock artist who has enjoyed a lot of success since bursting into the public eye in 2006 with his hit single "Tera Mera Rishta". Mustafa is also the band leader and the lead vocalist of Roxen, an all out rock band which he formed with some of his friends in 2004...
-, famous pop singer and vocalist of the band Roxen
- Taha Sadaqat-, Manager of Canada based Internationally acclaimed Music Band JoSH
- Jawad Ahmed - Popular Male Singer
- Waris BaigWaris BaigWaris Baig, is a Pakistani singer. He was born in Lahore, Punjab.Waris Baig started his career as a playback singer from Syed Noor's film Sangam released in 1997...
- Popular Male Singer
Scholars
- Allama Iqbal - Poet, Philosopher, politician, lawyer and architecht of the idea of Pakistan.
- Dr. Israr Ahmad - Founder of Anjuman Khuddam-ul-Qur'an, Tanzeem-e-Islami and Tehreek-e-Khilafat. Famous for his Theory of Non-Violent Revolution.
Other Notable Alumni
- Chetan AnandChetan AnandChetan Anand may refer to:*Chetan Anand , Indian badminton player*Chetan Anand , Bollywood personality...
-(producer and director) - producer and director from India and elder brother of Dev and Vijay Anand
- Dr.Safdar Mahmood - retired federal secretary, eminent historian, political analyst, scholar and author of several books on Pakistan history.
- Dr. Khalid RanjhaKhalid RanjhaDr Khalid Ranjha is a lawyer and politician from Punjab. He belongs to a Ranjha Jat family. Also his family is much influential family of Pakistan, moreover he is well known for his knowledge of law and advices to many Presidents of Pakistan, Pakistan who held various government posts between March...
- lawyer, constitutionalist and serving Senator for Pakistan, former provincial and federal minister for Law, Human Rights and Parliamentary affairs
- Dr.Muhammed Arsalan Majeed -MS of Zhengzhou Medical Complex China
- Maulana Tariq Jamil - famous Muslim scholar
- Khushwant SinghKhushwant SinghKhushwant Singh is a prominent Indian novelist and journalist. Singh's weekly column, "With Malice towards One and All", carried by several Indian newspapers, is among the most widely-read columns in the country....
- prominent Indian novelist and journalist
- Sarvadaman Chowla - a prominentIndian-American mathematician
- Syed Imtiaz Ali Taj - College principal and drama writer who wrote a famous stage version of Anarkali
- Prakash TandonPrakash TandonPrakash Tandon was one of India's most influential business leaders in the second half of the 20th century. He also attained fame for his classic account of Punjabi life in the autobiographical book "Punjabi Century," the first part of a trilogy of which the next two parts were "Beyond Punjab and...
- an influential Indian businessman
- Rao Mohammad Hashim KhanRao Mohammad Hashim KhanRao Mohammad Hashim Khan is one of the oldest and most senior members of the Pakistan Peoples Party, He hails from District Pakpattan which is considered a strong hold or Rao Family settled after partition in this area. He was a elected a member of Pakistan National Assembly Thrice since 1970. He...
-, Member of National Assembly, Chairman Public Accounts Committee
- Chorri dildar ahmad,- former stage dancer
- Prof.Dr.Munir-ul-Haq - Former MS of Mayo hospital and founder of ophthalmology department.
- Sufi Ghulam Mustafa TabassumSufi Ghulam Mustafa TabassumSufi Ghulam Mustafa Tabassum was a noted 20th century poet in three languages: Urdu, Punjabi, and Persian. Tabassum was the pen name by which he was universally known....
- noted 20th century poet of Urdu, Punjabi and Persian
- Prof Dr Suhail Ahmad Khan - critic, eminent teacher and poet
- Prof Dr Saadat SaeedProf Dr Saadat SaeedDr Saadat Saeed is a professor of Urdu language and literature at Government College University, Lahore. He is a famous contemporary writer and poet of Urdu language.-Early life:...
- Famous Poet and Writer
- Mian Ata Muhammad Khan Maneka - former MNA and Minister for Education Punjab, Chairman District Council Pakpattan, MPA