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Pakistani-American political scientist and professor (1930–2020) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hafeez Malik (Urdu: ڈاکٹرحفيظ ملک) (1930, Lahore – 20 April 2020)[1][2] was a Pakistan-American political scientist and the professor of political science at Villanova University in Pennsylvania.[1][3]
Hafeez Malik was born in 1930 in Lahore, Punjab, British India.[2][3] After a high school education at Mission High School, Lahore, he graduated from Government College, Lahore with a BA degree in 1949. After a year in law college, he came to the US as a student at Syracuse University, where he completed a double master's degree in journalism and international relations, and then a PhD in political science in 1960.[2]
While a student, he also worked for a Pakistani Urdu newspaper as a correspondent. In 1961, he joined Villanova University, where he was working as a professor of political science. From 1961 to 1963, and from 1966 to present, he has been a visiting professor at the Foreign Service Institute of the U.S. State Department. From 1971 to 1974, he was president of the Pakistan Council of Asia Society, New York; director (1973–1988) of the American Institute of Pakistan Studies; and president of the Pakistani-American foundation. Since 1977, he has been the editor of the Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies (Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania). In 1992, Malik (along with Dr. Sakhawat Hussain) founded the Pakistan-American Congress, and then served as the chairman of its advising council (which was later converted into PAC Board of Trustees).[2][3][1]
Hafeez Malik died at his home in Radnor Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania on 20 April 2020 at age 90.[2][3]
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