Condolence Reference for Dr Tahir Amin (1952-2019)

Dr Tahir Amin remembered

Rich tributes were paid to Dr Tahir Amin during a condolence reference held at IPS on May 3, 2019 by his contemporaries including Dr Ijaz Shafi Gillani, chairman, Gallup Pakistan, Khalid Rahman, Executive President, IPS, Dr Tahir Hijazi, vice chancellor, Muslim Youth University, Dr Nazir Hussain, director & professor, School of Politics and International Relations, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad. Dr Muhammad Islam, vice president, Iqra University, Islamabad, Nisar Bajwa, ex director, Interntional Islamic University, Islamabad (IIUI), Ambassador (r) Ayaz Wazir, Ambassador (r) Mohammad Aqil, Air Cdr (r) Ghulam Mujaddid Butt, Air University, Islamabad, Ambassador (r) Tajammul Altaf and Dr Amin’s family members Air Marshal (r) Athar Bukhari and Col (r) Shahid Bukhari.

The senior academic and international relations expert was one of the founding members of IPS and a leading member of the Institute’s research faculty in 1980s and 1990s. Along with several research papers Amin also authored three books during his association with IPS including Mass Resistance in Kashmir: Origins, Evolution, and Options, Ethno-National Movements of Pakistan: Domestic and International Factors, and Afghanistan Crisis: Implications and Options for Muslim World, Iran, and Pakistan.

Dr Tahir Amin (1952-2019) had served in various leading positions in Pakistan’s higher education sector including as the vice chancellor of Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, and as director of the School of Politics and International Relations, and National Institute of Pakistan Studies in Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.