Father’s Name       Sh. Fazal Karim
Date of Birth          2 December 1961

Academic Qualifications   

                            Examination                            Year                                       Marks                          Division                               Board/University
                                  Matric                                                   1977                                                  592/900                                I                                                    Multan Board 
                                  Intermediate                                          1980                                                  591/1000                              II                                                   Bahawalpur Board
                                  B.A.                                                     1982                                                  394/700                                II                                                    Punjab University
                                 M.A.   Philosophy                                  1984                                                  600/1000                              I                                                    Punjab University 
                                 M.A. Dissertation                                 Contemporary Exposition of Sufi Doctrines
                                 Ph.D.                                                   Registered Student at Dept. of Philosophy P.U. Lahore. Since (23-8-2004) : “Wittgenstein’s Conception of
                                                                                            Philosophy as Therapy and His Treatment of Solipsism”
 
Distinctions
• First Position in the Departm ent of Philosophy, Government College, Lahore, in M.A. Philosophy.
• Second Position in the University of the Punjab, Lahore, in M.A. Philosophy.
• Academic Roll of Honour, Government College, Lahore.
Experience
• Assistant Professor of Ph ilosophy, University of th e Punjab, Lahore, from October 2001.
• Lecturer in Philosophy, University of the Punjab, Lahore, from 21 January 1988 to October 2001.
• Lecturer in Philosophy, Government College, Attock, from 10 December 1986 to 20 January 1988.
• Visiting faculty at University of the Central Punjab Lahore, Dec.2005-todate.

Publications (Books)
• Contemporary Ethical Theories (Urdu). Vehari: Idrak, 1997.
• Modern Philosophical Movements (Urdu). Lahore: Izharsons, 1999.
• Wittgenstein’s Philosophy of Language (Urdu ). Lahor e: Attiya Publishing House, 2000.

Articles
• Is Religion Possible? In Companion to Allama Iqbal’s Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam edited by Dr. Abdul Khaliq. L ahore: Departm ent of Philosophy, University of the Punjab, 2001.
• Meaning and Hum an Nature (Urdu), Al-Hikmat (Research Journal of the Department of Philosophy University of the Punjab Lahore), Volum e 23 (2003), pp. 9-20.
• Environmental Ethics (Urdu), Leaf Annual 2005-06. Lahore: Lahore Arts Forum, Volume 1, pp. 186-193..

Office Held
President, Brett Phil osophical Society, D epartment of Philosophy, Government College, Lahore, 1984-85.

List of Seminar/Workshops/Conferences conducted at University level/Department level/participated and presented papers at University/ Department level
1. Workshop on “Writing on Philosophy in Pakistan by Pakistani Authors” held at South Asian Study Center, University of the Punjab Lahore organized by Pakistan Philosophical Congress in Collaboration with Pakistan Study Center, Islamabad, March 1989.
2. Khalifa Abdul Hakim’s Concept of Tawheed , Paper presented at Khalifa Abdul Hakim Memorial Lecture, at Quad-e- Azam Library Bagh-e- Jinnah Lahore,1990.
3. Participated in 30th Annual Session of Pakistan Philosophical Congress, and presented paper as Sectional Presidential Address, “Wittgenstein and Nietzsche; a Comparative Study” organized by International Islamic University Islamabad, at I.I.I.T. Center Islamabad, 1994.
4. Participated in 32nd Annual Session of Pakistan Philosophical Congress, and presented paper, “Meaning and Human Nature”, at University of Baluchistan, Quetta, 1996.
5. Participated in 33rd Annual Session of Pakistan Philosophical Congress and presented paper “Moral Values in a Developing Society; with special reference to Pakistan”, organized by University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir at Rawalakot (A.J.K.), 1997.

Seminar Conducted
1. Seminar on “Values of Philosophy” held at S.Z.Islamic Center, University of the Punjab Lahore, on Silver Jubilee Celebrations of the Department of Philosophy, University of the Punjab Lahore, 1988.
2. Seminar on “Philosophy and World Peace” held on WORLD PHILOSOPHY DAY at Institute of Bio-Chemistry & Bio-Technology, University of the Punjab Lahore.20-11-2003. 3 Seminar on “Values of Philosophy in the Cyber-Age” held on “World Philosophy Day” at Lahore University of Management Sciences Lahore. 18-11-2004

Conferences Attended
1. Pakistan Philosophical Congress, 28th Annual Session held at Baragali , organized by University of the Peshawar, 1990.
2. Pakistan Philosophical Congress, 29th Annual Session held at Karachi, organized by University of Karachi, 1992.
3. Pakistan Philosophical Congress, 30th Annual Session held at I.I.I.T.Islamabad, organized by International Islamic University, Islamabad,1994.
4. Pakistan Philosophical Congress, 31st Annual Session held at Quad-e- Azam Library Bagh-e- Jinnah, organized by Department of Philosophy University of the Punjab Lahore, 1995.
5. Pakistan Philosophical Congress, 32nd Annual Session held at Quetta, organized by University of Baluchistan, 1996.
6. Pakistan Philosophical Congress, 33rd Annual Session held at Rawalakot, organized by Azad Jammu & Kashmir University, 1997.
7. Pakistan Philosophical Congress, 34th Annual Session, held at S.Z Islamic Center, Organized by Department of Philosophy University of the Punjab Lahore, 2000.
8. Pakistan Philosophical Congress, 35th Annual Session held at Lahore, organized by Government College University Lahore, 2002.
9. Participated in South Asian Youth Friendship Camp New Delhi, organized by Servants of the Peoples Society, New Delhi, 1991.
10. International Conference on “Ethics, Values & Society: Social Transformation”, held at LUMS March 31-April 3, 2005.

List of Research Supervision: (M.A.Thesis)
1. “Vindication of Logical Positivism” Gulnaz Shaheen, 1990
2. “Rumi’s Concept of Meaning” (Urdu) Shameela Hameed 1995
3. “Wittgenstein Concept of Religious Language” Farzeen Akram 2004