Intisar-ul-Haque

Dr. Intisar-Ul-Haque , 20th Oct, 1935 - 4th August, 1996

M.A. (Punjab), Honours (London University), Ph. D. (Edinburgh). Retired as Professor and Chairman Department of Philosophy University of PeshawarHolder of Post-doctoral Alexander von Humboldt Senior Fellowship, Germany, 1974-76, Senior Fulbright Fellowship, 1984-85.

The first student from Pakistan to do his Ph.D in Analytical Philosophy and Logic from Edinburgh in 1966 became the well-known logician of South Asia and got the honour of being declared as the Man of the year 1996 by the American Biographical Institute, Washington..

Dr. Intisar-Ul-Haq was serving as the Chairman and Professor at the Philosophy department of the University of Peshawar. He served the University for over 3 decades. He remained very active in research on analytical philosophy. [http://www.crvp.org/book/series02/iia-3/chapter_v.htm Chapter V ] ] He was a fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation [ [http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/ Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation -

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Early Life

Dr. Intisar-Ul-Haque was born in Oct 1935. He got his Masters Degree from Lahore and did his B.A honours from University of London in 1961.He later went to the University of Edinburgh where he completed his Ph.D in Analytical Philosophy. He joined Peshawar University and continued to teach there till his death.

Achievements

Dr.Intisar-ul-Haque, former head of the department of Peshawar University, wrote several books and articles on Philosophy and Logic. His books "Philosophy of Religion" [ISBN: 9690100769] and "Logical paradoxes" attracted international reviews. His writings on technical topics as logical paradoxes, theory of perception and philosophy of logic are still used in Postgraduate level in the country. He also has 40 articles published in international journals of repute to his credit. Dr. Intisar was the member of the curriculum committee of the UGC where he influenced the development of curricula in area of logic and philosophy. He was responsible for establishing teaching of analytical philosophy and logic in the country through Pakistan Philosophical Congress of which he was the serving Vice President at the time of his death.

Dr.Intisar-ul-Haque represented Pakistan at an international conference in Thailand of UNESCO. He remained affiliated with the famous University of Massachusetts [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Massachusetts_Amherst] as a senior Fulbright Fellow. He was chosen as the Alexander Humboldt Fellow of the prestigious Humboldt Foundation of Germany. He also had the privilege of working with some of the famous 20th century philosophers such as A.J Eyer and PF Strawson who did wonders to him. He remained in contact with American logician Irving.M.Copi for guidance.Dr. Intisar's Prime areas of interest included Logic, Philosophy of Logic and Analytical Philosophy. [ [http://www.crvp.org/book/series02/iia-3/biographical%20note.htm Biographical Notes ] ]

Dr.Intisar-ul-Haque had command over English, Arabic, German and Persian languages.He was compiling an English-Arabic-German dictionary which he had completed up to the alphabet 'M' when death stopped his pen.

His students, colleagues, friends and relatives thought of him as a man who always kept himself above negative attitudes and possessed tremendous moral energy. They still remember him as he had left an everlasting impression on their minds. He was a teacher who touched their hearts and created their minds to positive and constructive channels. Serving the Peshawar University for around three decades, he created thousands of minds which have served the nation in different areas. Today, his students remember him as someone who created a difference in their lives. It was all due to untiring efforts of Dr. Intisar that the Philosophy department in Peshawar was considered the best across the country.

He is also listed among 'Famous Kakazai of Pakistan' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakazai]

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