List of Ravians

Alumni of the Government College University, Lahore are called Ravians. Following is list of notable Ravians.

Politicians

Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister of Pakistan

Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali

Sir Muhammad Zafrulla Khan

• Lord Malhi - Quaid-e-Azam's close aide and one of Pakistan's founding fathers. Former Minister of Education, Law & Parliamentary Affairs
• Nawaz Sharif - current Prime Minister of Pakistan^[1]
• Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali - former Prime Minister of Pakistan
• Yousaf Raza Gillani - former Prime Minister of Pakistan
• Moeen Qureshi – former interim Prime Minister of Pakistan
• Muhammad Zafarullah Khan – first Foreign Minister of Pakistan; President of United
• Aitzaz Ahsan – barrister;Former Federal Minister of Interior, Law & Justice; President of Supreme Court Bar Association
• 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
• Nations General Assembly; President of International Court of Justice^[2]

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

Armed Forces officers

• Lieutenant General Hamid Gul – retired, Pakistani Army
• General Shamim Alam Khan, NI(M), SJ, SBt
• General Raheel Sharif - current Chief of Army Staff^[3]
• Air Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali Mir - Former Chief of Air Staff
• Major Shabbir Sharif - 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

Nobel Laureates

• Dr. Har Gobind Khorana - Nobel Prize in Medicine;

• Dr. Abdus Salam - Nobel Laureate in theoretical physics; astrophysicist^[4]

Actors

• Dev Anand – Indian actor^[5]
• Ali Zafar - Pakistani actor
• Khushwant Singh - Indian Actor

Poets

• Faiz Ahmed Faiz^[6]
• Muhammad Iqbal – Pakistan's national poet^[7]
• Noon Meem Rashid - poet^[6]
• Sufi Ghulam Mustafa Tabassum – poet^[6]

Writers

• Vasay Chaudhry - Film, Drama writer, Actor
• Mustansar Hussain Tarar
• Ashfaq Ahmed – Urdu writer, playwright, broadcaster and intellectual^[8]
• 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

Journalists

• Khaled Ahmed - Consultative Editor of The Friday Times and contributor to Daily Times
• Aftab Iqbal - TV host
• Amir Mir - investigative journalist
• Hamid Mir – journalist, political analyst and TV anchor
• Wakas Mir - radio host
• Ahmed Rashid – UK-based journalist, analyst and writer
• Junaid Saleem - Senior Journalist and Anchor of the show Hasb-e-Haal.

Judiciary

• Javid Iqbal – scholar; former Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court; Judge of Supreme Court; son of Dr. Sir Muhammad Iqbal^[9]
• M. R. Kayani – former Chief Justice of Lahore High Court
• Makhdoom Ali Khan - barrister, former Attorney General of Pakistan
• Nasim Hasan Shah - former 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

Scholars

• Allama Iqbal – poet, philosopher, politician, lawyer, architect of the idea of Pakistan
• Mirza Athar Baig – novelist, play write and philosopher^[10]
• Muhammad Ajmal – founder of psychology in Pakistan,^[11] former Principal of Government College^[12] and Vice Chancellor of the University of the Punjab^[13]
• Muhammad Asir Ajmal – prominent academician and psychologist^[14]
• Javed Ashraf – economist, academician and Vice Chancellor of Quaid-e-Azam University

Others

• Chetan Anand – producer and director from India; elder brother of Dev and Vijay Anand
• Sarvadaman Chowla – Indian-American mathematician^[15]
• Khushwant Singh – Indian novelist and journalist
• Prakash Tandon – Indian businessman
• Zahid Iqbal Mirza - Media Expert
• Salman Mahmood Qazi - Visual Artist

References

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3. "Profile: Lt General Raheel Sharif". Dawn. 27 November 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
4. Fraser, Gordon (2008). Cosmic anger: Abdus Salam - the first Muslim Nobel scientist. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. pp. 78–80. ISBN 978-0-19-920846-3.
5. Dewar, Ramesh (2006). "Dev Anand". Bollywood:Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow. Star Publications. p. 2013.
6. "Poets". Encyclopedia of Pakistan. Overseas Pakistanis Foundation. December 2006. Archived from the original on September 22, 2008. Retrieved July 23, 2011.
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8. "Ashfaq Ahmed". Ibitians.com. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
9. "Justice (R) Dr. Javed Iqbal". Senator biographies. Pakistan Senate. 2004. Retrieved July 23, 2011.
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