# 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.

## Nobel Laureates

* Dr. Har Gobind Khorana - Recipient of Nobel Prize in Medicine;
* Dr. Abdus Salam - Nobel Laureate in theoretical physics; astrophysicist

## Scholars

* Muhammad Iqbal – Poet, philosopher, politician, lawyer, architect of the idea of Pakistan
* Mirza Athar Baig – Novelist, playwright and philosopher
* Muhammad Ajmal – Founder of psychology in Pakistan, former Principal of Government College and Vice Chancellor of the University of the Punjab
* 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 – Former Vice Chancellor of Government College University (GCU)
* Khalid Manzoor Butt – Pakistani Political Science Scholar.
* Sarvadaman Chowla – Indian-American mathematician
* Abdul Hafeez Mirza - Pakistani writer, educationist, tourism worker and cultural activist.
* Mohan Singh Diwana - Historian of Punjabi literature and poet
* Farkhanda Manzoor - Former Vice-Chancellor of Lahore College for Women University

## Writers

* Vasay Chaudhry – Film, drama writer, actor
* Mustansar Hussain Tarar – Writer, poet, storyteller, and intellectual.
* Ashfaq Ahmed – Urdu writer, playwright, broadcaster and intellectual
* 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
* 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 – Former three-time Prime Minister of Pakistan
* 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, former 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 - 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
* 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.
* 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

* Dev Anand – Indian actor
* Balraj Sahni
* Ahsan Khan
* Usman Peerzada
* Sarmad Khoosat

## Poets

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

## 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
* 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