Javaid Laghari

Javaid Laghari (Urdu: جاويد لغارى) TI is a Pakistani American who has served as the Chairperson of the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan from August 2009 to August 2013 with the status of a Federal Minister.^[1]

Javaid Laghari
Born	1960 (age 64–65) Hyderabad, Pakistan
Nationality	Pakistan
Citizenship	Pakistan
Awards	Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (1999) IEEE Leadership Award (1994)
Scientific career
Fields	Electrical engineering

Javaid Leghari
Chairman of the Higher Education Commission
In office 14 August 2009 – Incumbent
President	Asif Ali Zardari
Prime Minister	Yousaf Raza Gillani
Preceded by	Atta-ur-Rehman
Pakistan Senator to the Senate Secretariat
In office 23 March 2006 – 11 March 2009
President	General Pervez Musharraf Asif Ali Zardari
Prime Minister	Shaukat Aziz Yousaf Raza Gillani
6th Science Adviser to the Prime minister Secretariat
In office 1 August 1993 – 5 November 1996
President	Wasim Sajjad Farooq Leghari
Prime Minister	Benazir Bhutto
Preceded by	Munir Ahmad Khan
Succeeded by	Ishfaq Ahmad
Personal details
Political party	Pakistan People's Party

Publications

Books

• Solomon’s Dream, January 2023, Amazon Publishing, ISBN 979-83-742-07-330
• Solomon's Magic, November 2022, Amazon Publishing, ISBN 979-83-659-20-354
• Solomon's Demon, August 2022, Amazon Publishing, ISBN 979-884-8052-107
• Challenges in Higher Education, June 2021, Amazon Publishing, ISBN 979-851-8200-623
• Ifrit, January 2019, Austin Macauley, ISBN 978-1528906623
• Reflections on Benazir Bhutto, SZABIST Publication, ISBN 978-969-8666-13-2, February 2008.
• Leaders of Pakistan, SZABIST Publication, ISBN 978-969-8666-14-9, August 2009.
• The Wizardry of Leadership, Paramount Publishing, ISBN 978-969-494-846-1, September 2011.
• Dielectric Films for High Temperature High Voltage Power Electronics, Materials for Electronic Packaging, by J. R. Laghari and edited by Deborah D. L. Chung, Butterworth Publishers, 1994.