Honouring the LUMS
Class of 2020
For students, graduation signifies the successful completion of their studies, and offers them a perfect opportunity to celebrate and reflect on their achievements with their family, friends and faculty. However, due to COVID-19 restrictions, and health and safety protocols, LUMS is marking this momentous occasion with a virtual ceremony. We are incredibly proud of our students, and are looking forward to celebrating graduation with them and their families through a ceremony hosted on Facebook Live on July 25, 2020. We will also be joined by the incredibly brave Malala Yousafzai, who will be our keynote speaker.
Even though this convocation ceremony will be unlike any others at the University, we are planning on making this a memorable day for our students, one that will leave them feeling a sense of pride and accomplishment as they graduate from LUMS. Here you will find all information and updates on the virtual ceremony, stories from your fellow students and ways in which you can celebrate with us on our social media platforms. Explore the schedule below for more event details.
Convocation 2020 Proceedings
July 25, 2020 at 5:00 pm PKT (Facebook Broadcast)
Recitation from the Holy Quran
LUMS - Learning Without Borders
Welcome Note by the Registrar
National Anthem by Students
Passing the Cap: Class of 2020 celebrates the spirit of being together
Messages from Graduates
Message from the Student Council President
Message from Dr. Arshad Ahmad, Vice Chancellor
Alvida – A Tribute to the Class of 2020
Keynote Address by Ms. Malala Yousafzai
Message and Announcement of NMF Medals by Mr. Shahid Hussain, Rector
A note by Mr. Abdul Razak Dawood, Pro Chancellor
A note by Syed Babar Ali, Founding Pro Chancellor
Messages from Alumni
Closing Remarks by the Registrar
Conferment of Degrees
School Highlights
Message by Dr. Kamran Asdar Ali, Interim Provost
Message by the Respective Dean
Announcement of Awards
Conferment of Degrees
Keynote Speaker: Malala Yousafzai
Malala Yousafzai is the co-founder of the Malala Fund. She began her campaign for education at the age of 11 when she anonymously blogged for the BBC about life under the Taliban in Pakistan’s Swat Valley. Inspired by her father’s activism, Ms. Yousafzai soon began advocating publicly for girls’ education, attracting international media attention and awards.
At the age of 15, she was shot by the Taliban for speaking out against suppression. Ms. Yousafzai recovered in the United Kingdom and continued her fight for girls. In 2013, she founded the Malala Fund. A year later, Ms. Yousafzai received the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of her advocacy for 12 years of free, safe, quality education for every child.
Ms. Yousafzai recently completed a degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at University of Oxford.
Previous Speakers:
Dr. Sania Nishtar, Federal Minister and Special Assistant to the Prime Minister of Pakistan on Poverty Alleviation and Social Protection (2019)
Dr. Ishrat Husain, Former Dean, and Director, IBA, Karachi (2018)
Arif Naqvi, Abraj Group (2017)
Dr. Shamshad Akhtar, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations (2016)
Asma Jahangir, Human Rights Activist (2015)
Salman Amin, COO North America Markets at S.C. Johnson & Sons, Inc. (2014)
Dr. Adibul Hasan Rizvi, Surgeon, Scholar, Teacher (2013)
Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy, Pakistani-Canadian Journalist & Documentary Filmmaker, and Oscar Winner (2012)
Dr. Shahid Kardar, Governor State Bank of Pakistan (2011)
Dr. Mehmood Khan, Sen. Vice-President & Chief Scientific Officer (2010)
Shoaib Sultan Khan, Chairman of the Rural Support Programmes Network, Pakistan (2009)
Ahmed Rashid, Journalist and Author (2008)
Dr. Hashmat Effendi, Executive Director at The House of Charity (2007)
Dr. Attila Askar, Turkish civil engineer, scientist and former president, Koç University, Istanbul, Turkey (2006)
Souriya Anwar, President SOS Children's Villages Pakistan (2005)
Mushtaq Ahmed Khan Yousufi, Writer (2004)
Farooq Kathwari, Chairman, President & CEO, Ethan Allen Inc. (2003)
Shamsh Kassim Lakha, President Aga Khan University (2001)
Masood Jabbar, EVP Sun Micro-Systems Inc. (2000)
Professor Muhammad Yonus, Managing Director, Grameen Bank, Bangladesh (1999)
Lubna Olayan, Olyayan Group of Companies, Saudi Arabia (1998)
Aburizal Bakrie, President Indonesian Chamber of Commerce & Industry (1997)
Prof. Dr. Mohd Tajuddin Mohammad Rasdi, UCSI University, Malaysia (1996)
President Farooq Ahmad Leghari (1995)
Dr. Nafis Sadik, Special Adviser to the UN Secretary General (1994)
Shauket Aziz, Executive Vice President, Citibank (1993)
Safi Qureshi, CEO, AST Research Inc. (1992)
Farid Hassan, President Wyeth-Everest Labs, Philadelphia, USA (1991)
Moin Qureshi, Vice President, World Bank (1990)
President Ghulam Ishaq Khan (1988 & 1989)
Degree Conferment
While we are not able to gather in person, the spirit of community has never been stronger. We are celebrating this spirit as we come together virtually to honour the graduation of the Class of 2020. Watch the virtual commencement ceremony for each school here. Listen to messages for the Class of 2020 by the LUMS Provost and the School Deans. Join us in congratulating the talented cohort as they receive their awards, medals and hard earned degrees.
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High Achievers of the Class of 2020
Join us in recognising students from our graduating class who have demonstrated exceptional hard work and have excelled academically.
NMF Medals
MPhil Education Leadership and Management
Jannat Karim Khan
MS Electrical Engineering
Rizwana Kausar
MS Computer Science
Nimrah Mustafa
MS Economics
Tehreem Talat
Executive MBA
Ahmed Raza
MBA
Omar Yusaf Khan
Minahil Shahzad
BS Mathematics
Aamina Adil
BS Electrical Engineering
Waleed Akbar
BS Computer Science
Syed Mustafa Ali Abbasi
BS Chemistry
Rimsha Irfan
BS Biology
Namra Aamir
BSc (Honours) Economics
Baneen Abbas
BSc (Honours) Economics and Mathematics (joint major)
Awaid Yasin
BSc (Honours) Political Science
Taha Tariq
BA-LL.B (Honours)
Muhammad Hassan Qaiser Khan
BA (Honours) English
Sofia Ejaz Shah
BA (Honours) History
Rumassah Anjum Chohan
BSc (Honours) Accounting and Finance
Moazzam Ali
Other Awards
Leadership and Service Award
Waqas Manzoor
Best Senior Project in English
Sofia Ejaz Shah
Sponsored Medal - Askari Commercial Bank
Umer Ayub Khan
Sponsored Medal - Mohammad Ali Tariq Memorial
Azlan Shaukat
Dean’s Honour Roll
Suleman Dawood School of Business
Executive MBA
Ahmed Raza
Faizan Tariq
Ummad Zafar
MBA
Omar Yusaf Khan
Minahil Shahzad
Rafey Ahmed Moazzam
Ali Imran
Azlan Shaukat
Muhammad Rafay Siddiqui
Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani School of Humanities and Social Sciences
MS Economics
Tehreem Talat
Uzair Azmat
Sameen Tariq
Ghania Jalil
Bushra Gul
Aiman Asif
Fatima Fida
Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering
MS Biology
Muhammad Saad Khalid
MS Chemistry
Sana Iqbal
MS Computer Science
Nimrah Mustafa
Uzair Ghauri
Naimat Ullah
Tehreem Fatima
Murayyiam Parvez
Muhammad Azam Ikram
MS Electrical Engineering
Rizwana Kausar
Syed Talha Bukhari
Abubakar Siddique
Iqra Javed
Umar Farooq
MS Mathematics
Mahnoor Khan
MS Physics
Syed Hassan Abbas Bukhari
Syed Ahsan Ali and Syed Maratib Ali School of Education
MPhil Education Leadership and Management
Jannat Karim Khan
Hamna Tariq
Yaqoob Ali
Faiza Tariq
Fatima Khan
Ummara Waheed
Shajia Shoaib
Saleha Saeed Olyan
Fatima Farooq
Awards of High Distinction
Suleman Dawood School of Business
BSc (Honours) Accounting and Finance
Moazzam Ali
Fatima Tahir
Ayesha Shahid
Ubaid Ullah Azam
Eisha Abid
Aqsa Saif
Hashaam Javed
Daud Nofel
Shariq Akhund
Adeel Ahmed
Shunaid Ahmed Memon
Sabina Parvez
Muhammad Adil Shahid
Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani School of Humanities and Social Sciences
BA (Honours) English
Fatima Afzal
Sofia Ejaz Shah
BSc (Honours) Anthropology/Sociology
Duaa Asad Khan
BSc (Honours) Economics
Baneen Abbas
Maniha Aftab
Hamza Ahmed Siddiqui
Mahnoor Tanwir
Amina Mohsin Sheikh
Syed Ali Rehan Jaffery
Mareeha Kamran
Tehrema Islam
Dania Mohsin
Talha Ahmad Wani
BSc (Honours) Economics and Mathematics (joint major)
Awaid Yasin
Al-E-Iba Dahri
Qasim Riaz Siddiqui
Muhammad Hashim Nawaz Chattha
Javeria Ashraf
BSc (Honours) Political Science
Mohammad Ahmed Shiwani
Mahnoor Saeed
Rahma Fouad Farrukh
BSc (Honours) Politics and Economics (joint major)
Iman Basit
Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering
BS Chemistry
Rimsha Irfan
BS Computer Science
Syed Mustafa Ali Abbasi
Abdul Rafae Noor
Mohammad Maaz
Hiba Khurshid
Syed Hamza Ahmad
Mohammad Razi Ul Haq
Laiba Abid
Muhammad Adil Inam
Asim Waheed
Abdulhadi Sultan Qureshi
BS Electrical Engineering
Waleed Akbar
Hamza Ather
Syed Hasan Amin Mahmood
Ahmad Bin Waseem
Irtaza Shahid
BS Mathematics
Aamina Adil
BS Physics
Minahil Adil Butt
Shaikh Ahmad Hassan School of Law
BA-LL.B (Honours)
Eesha Arshad Khan
Areesha Jawad Butt
Muhammad Hassan Qaiser Khan
Arslan Mahmood
Awards of Distinction
Suleman Dawood School of Business
BSc (Honours) Accounting and Finance
Shajee Abbas Khan
Saleha Nouman Yoshida
Asjad Ur Rehman Khawaja
Hafiz Hamza Mahmood Raja
Shoaib Khalid Mirza
Meerab Malik
Tamseel Asim
Syed Ali Zafar Haider
Muhammad Abdulrehman Sandhu
Syed Asfandyar Banoori
Anusha Riaz
Minahil Khawaja
Asad Alam
Ibraheem Ameer
Muhammad Hamza Dhich
Syed Abid Qadri
Asfand Shehryar
Affan Ahmed
Laiba Maryam
Kinza Sarfraz
Surhaan Qadir
Anand Kumar
BSc (Honours) Management Science
Muhammad Mohkum Awaisi
Zubda Hameed
Nootash Mahmood
Alina Majeed
Muhammad Huzaifa Arif
Momin Maqsood Dar
Syed Wajhee Abbas Naqvi
Murtajiz Abbas Naqvi
Seemal Muzaffar
Muhammad Ahmed
Hira Naseem
Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani School of Humanities and Social Sciences
BA (Honours) English
Maira Rehman
BA (Honours) History
Rumassah Anjum Chohan
BSc (Honours) Anthropology/Sociology
Aqsa Mengal
Fatimah Toufiq
Aimen Khan
Fatima Zahid
Arouba Hussain
BSc (Honours) Economics
Dania Atique
Zain Sarwar
Uzair Shahed Islam
Syed Ghalib Qadri
Umair Zia
Fareeha Hassan
Shayan Tariq
Mishaal Tayyab Pasha
Javeria Suhail Qureshi
Shanze Ijaz Munir
Laiba Muhammad
Muhammad Salman Hanif
Zulnash Shaukat
BSc (Honours) Economics and Mathematics (joint major)
Shaheryar
Maheen Attique
Agha Fahad Abbas
Muaaz Ahmed Noor
Haroon
Sanha Tahir
Muhammad Fateh Farhan
Syed Mehlial Hassan Kazmi
BSc (Honours) Political Science
Taha Tariq
Taha Iqbal
Amen Imran
BSc (Honours) Politics and Economics (joint major)
Muhammad Adil Ashraf
Sharmeen Azeem
Asfa Shakeel
Azka Shahid
Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering
BS Biology
Namra Aamir
BS Chemistry
Ali Arshad
BS Computer Science
Muhammad Hassan Arshad
Ammar Tahir
Muhammad Abu Bakar Aziz
Mohammad Raza Khawaja
Ahmad Hassan
Abdul Manan
Muhammad Haseeb
Moughees Ahmed
Haider Ali
Muzammil Hussain
BS Economics and Mathematics
Muhammad Rehan Khalid
Muhammad Haider Saleem
BS Electrical Engineering
Muhammad Farid Haroon
Muhammad Saad Atique
Hasnain Abdur Rehman
Muhammad Mueed Ul Haq
Sabeeka Khan
Muhammad Usman
BS Mathematics
Amina Hussain
BS Physics
Zain Ul Abdin
Muhammad Muzammil
Shaikh Ahmad Hassan School of Law
BA-LL.B (Honours)
Sara Raza
Sadaf Shahzad
Danish Ali
Aman Rehan
Abdul Wahab Niaz
Maneha Tariq
Messages from LUMS Leadership
Watch video messages from our Founding Pro Chancellor, Vice Chancellor, Provost and Deans congratulating the Class of 2020 on this exceptional milestone and wishing them success and joy as they go out into the world as fresh graduates.
A message from the Founding Pro Chancellor
Watch Syed Babar Ali, Founding Pro Chancellor LUMS, address the Class of 2020 on this memorable occasion, sharing his wisdom, advice and best wishes for the graduating class.
Mr. Abdul Razak Dawood
Pro Chancellor, LUMS
Mr. Shahid Hussain
Rector, LUMS
Dr. Arshad Ahmad
Vice Chancellor, LUMS
Dr. Kamran Asdar Ali
Interim Provost, LUMS
Dr. Alnoor Bhimani
Honorary Dean, School of Business
Dr. Ali Khan
Dean, School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Dr. Sabieh Anwar
Dean, School of Science and Engineering
Dr. Jeff Redding
Dean, School of Law
Dr. Faisal Bari
Interim Dean, School of Education
Dr. Mariam Chughtai
Associate Dean, School of Education
Dr. Adnan Khan
Dean, Office of Students Affairs
Mr. Osman Khalid
Board of Trustees Member