Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 18: Former Vice Chancellor of Punjab University Lahore Prof. Khairat Mohammed Ibn-e-Rasa today visited University of Jammu and met Prof. Mohan Paul Singh Isher.
During his meeting, he had informal discussions with Prof. Ishar and he also invited Prof Ishar to visit Lahore along with team of officials from Jammu University, to further explore common areas of academic and cultural interest
Prof. Khairat Mohammed Ibn-e-Rasa, who is on two-week visit to Jammu and Kashmir, visited here on November 2 to visit his birth-place Bhaderwah.
Son of legendary Urdu and Kashmiri poet Rasa Javedani and matrernal uncle of reputed Urdu writer and columnist Prof. Shohab Inayat Malik, Prof Khairat was born at Bhaderwah on October 5, 1926.
He was the first Vice-chancellor of Multan University Pakistan. He also served as Vice-Chancelloor Al-Khair University in Pakistan Administered Kashmir. He remained Vice-Chancellor of Punjab University Lahore from 1976 to 1984.
Prof. Khairat is the first Inida-born citizen who has been awarded the highest Pakistani civilian award, "Sitara-e-Imtaz"by the Government of Pakistan. A recipient of Iqbal Centenary medal, Government of Pakistan, Potter prize, Brown University, USA, he was considered to be a close associate of the former Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and former President of Pakistan Zia-ul-Haq.
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