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Islamia College (Lahore)
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Headquarters
Lahore, Pakistan
Notable alumni
Wasim Akram, Fazal Mahmood, Muhammad Abdul Wahhab, Amjad Islam Amjad, Sartaj Aziz
Similar
Islamia College University, Government College of Science, Government College University, Islamia University, University of the Punjab
Islamia College (Urdu: اسلامیہ کالج ) is a group of three colleges in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan affiliated with the University of Punjab. They were nationalised by Z. A. Bhutto in the 1970s. The college is run by the Ministry of Education (Higher Wing), Government of the Punjab. Pakistan.
Founded in 1892 by the Anjuman-i-Himayat-i-Islam, the oldest of the three colleges was one of the focal points for the Pakistan Movement. The founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, visited this college to address and confer with its students. Graduates and students of this college are referred to as "Habibians" named after the name of the college's oldest and central building.
The Islamia College on Cooper Road, Lahore, Pakistan is an all-girls college and was also established by Anjuman-i-Himayat-i-Islam in 1939.
The Islamia College Civil Lines in Lahore in Pakistan was founded in 1947 on the premises of the famous DAV (Dayanand Anglo Vedic) College which has now shifted to Ambala City, Haryana, India after partition. Graduates and students of this college are referred to as "Faranians". This is also the college near which the freedom fighter Bhagat Singh killed the British SSP J.P. Saunders.
The first principal of Islamia College railway road was Syed Mohammed Ali Jafri, who served for four years. At the same time the college was shifted from Australia Building railway road. Mr Jafri held Master's degrees in six subjects from Allahabad University in India . He was also the founder member of Anjuman-i-Hamay-i- Islam. A picture of the college's stone laying ceremony is still in the Nawab Palace in Lahore. The stone was laid by Afghanistan Shah. That ceremony was attended by Allama Iqbal, Sir Fatah Ali Khan, Qazulbash Sh Barket Ali and other senior staff and Muslim League persons.
Notable alumni
Religious scholars
Haji Abdulwahab, Ameer-e-Pakistan
Politicians
Sartaj Aziz,former Finance Minister of Pakistan
Choudhary Rahmat Ali, the person who coined the name "Pakistan"
Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan, Founder and First President of The Azad Kashmir.
Chaudhary Muhammad Ali, former Prime Minister of Pakistan
Malik Meraj Khalid, former Prime Minister of Pakistan and former speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan
Moeen Qureshi, former interim Prime Minister of Pakistan
Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, former Prime Minister of Kashmir (India)
Maulana Abdul Sattar Khan Niazi, religious scholar and politician
Mian Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo, Federal Minister and former Chief Minister of Punjab
Raja Zulqarnain, General Secretary Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBAP)2009-2010.
Mian Mahmud Ali Kasuri, former Law Minister
Jamil Ahmad Gondal, Founder Pakistan Socialist Democratic Party (PSDP)
Judiciary and Government Officials
S. A. Rahman, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan
Muhammad Yaqub Ali, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan
Amir Alam Khan, former Judge of Lahore High Court
Chaudhry Ijaz Ahmed, Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
Mian Mahmud Ali Kasuri, former Law Minister
Manzoor Hussain Sial. Former justice Lahore High Court.
Gen.Tariq Majid, Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee
Sheikh Anwarul Haq,former Chief Justice of Pakistan
Sheikh Riaz Ahmad, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan
Rashid Aziz. Former Chief Justice of Lahore High Court.
Sports personalities
Fazal Mahmood, former captain of Pakistan cricket team
Abdul Hafeez Kardar, first Captain of Pakistan Cricket Team
Khan Mohammad, former test cricketer,who took the first test wicket for Pakistan
Imtiaz Ahmed, former captain of Pakistan cricket team
Nazar Mohammad, former test cricketer, who scored the first century for Pakistan in test cricket
Zameer Haider, international cricket umpire
Gul Mohammad, former test cricketer, who represented India and Pakistan in test cricket
Maqsood Ahmed, also known as Merry Max, former test cricketer
Saeed Ahmed, former captain of Pakistan cricket team
Asif Masood, former test cricketer
Jahangir Khan, former squash player
Wasim Akram, former captain of Pakistan cricket team
Aleem Dar, international cricket umpire
Aaqib Javed, former test cricketer and coach of Pakistan Team
Khalid Mahmood, former captain of Pakistan hockey team
Samiullah Khan, former captain of Pakistan hockey team
Salim Sherwani, former captain of Pakistan hockey team
Khawaja Zakauddin, former Olympian (hockey)
Ashraf Ali former Test Crickter
Asad Rauf Test umpire
Khwaja Abdur Rab Legendary Cricket Coach
Journalists
Hameed Nizami, founder of the Urdu newspaper Nawa-i-Waqt
Majid Nizami, editor in chief of Nawa-i-Waqt Group of Publication in Pakistan and a columnist
Writers, Poets and Artists
Majeed Amjad, Urdu poet
Nasir Kazmi, Urdu Poet
Wasif Ali Wasif, Eminent Sufi author and poet
Amjad Islam Amjad, poet and playwright
Rafi Khawar Nanna, comedian of PTV and film industry
