Philosophy in Pakistan

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This article deals with philosophy in Pakistan since the formation of Pakistan as an independent state in 1947.

When Pakistan came into being there was only one department of philosophy in the country, at Government College Lahore. Now there are seven departments of philosophy at different Pakistan universities, and many Pakastani philosophers are doing research in diverse fields of philosophy.

Notable Pakastani Philosphical organisations include The Pakistan Philosophical Congress, which was founded by M M Sharif, a pupil of G E Moore, in 1954, and the Islamic Philosophical Association. In addition there are various smaller groups devoted to promoting philosophical study and reasearch.

While philosophy in Pakistan has been greatly influenced by Western philosophy it nonetheless retains strong elements of the tradition of Muslim philosophy. While the Pakistani philosophy community includes adherents of all the major strands of contemporary western philosophy, there are also a significant number of Pakistani philosophers who are inclined towards more traditional, metaphysical, positions.

Pakistani philosphers include: Allama Muhammad Iqbal, M M Sharif, Khalifa Abdul Hakeem, C A Qadir, Kazi A Kadir, Ather Rasheed, Absar Ahmad, Intasar ul Haq, Waheed Ali Farooqi, B H Sidiquei, Sajid Ali, Abdul Khaliq, Naeem Ahmed,Abdul Hafeez, Muhammad Maroof, Mirza Ather Beig, Shahid Hossain, Fazuler Rehman, Shehzad Qaiser, Mazoor Ahmed, Ghazala Irfan, Javed Bhuto and Robina Lodhi.