SAHE Management Committee

Dr. Hasan Askari Rizvi (Member)

Hasan Askari Rizvi is an independent political and defense analyst. He was Visiting professor of Pakistan Studies at Columbia University’s School of International and Public affairs (SIPA) from January 1996 to 1999, and the Allama Iqbal Professor at Heidelberg University, Germany from 1988 to 1991. Till 2001, he was a professor of Political Science at the Punjab University, Lahore Pakistan. Rizvi obtained his M.A. and Ph.D. in political Science and International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania, and an M.Phil.in Politics from the University of Leeds, UK. He is currently serving as professor emeritus of political science at the Punjab University, Lahore. He also contributes regularly in the country’s various news channels to comment on country’s political and domestic situation. He is former Caretaker Chief Minister of Punjab. He was conferred “Sitara-i-Imtiaz” by the President of Pakistan on March 23, 2010.

Ghazala Irfan (Member)

Ghazala Irfan is the Chairperson and Professor of the Department of Philosophy, School of Humanities, at Forman Christian College, Lahore. She has taught at Lahore University of Management Sciences and Punjab University, and lectured at the Mississippi University for Women, Columbus, USA as Fulbright Visiting Specialist. She has been the President of the Pakistan Philosophical Congress since 2012. She has served as a committee member for numerous councils and associations, including the Higher Education Commission National Program for the development of Social Sciences and Humanities, the Fatimah Jinnah Women University Academic Council, and the Islamic Philosophical Association. She is a keen exponent of classical music and has been serving as Secretary-General of the All Pakistan Music Conference since 2005.