The Department of Political Science was established in 1952. It has since then initiated programs for the award of research degrees of M.Phil and Ph.D in Political Science and its allied fields. The Department of Political Science has been playing an important role in the overall development of the University. It has been the mother of the Departments of International Relations, Sociology and Publ
ic Administration. At present the department is second in the Faculty of Arts, after Economics, in terms of the number of students enrolled. The Department has, since its inception, very qualified and competent persons in its faculty. Professor (Late) Ilyas Ahmed, Professor Dr. M. Dr. Manzooruddin Ahmed, Professor Dr. Syed Adil Hussian, Professor (late) C.A Salahuddin, Professor (Late) Waheeduddin Kadri, Professor (Late) Syed Sadique Hussain, Prof. (Late) Dr. Syed Shahid Ali Rizvi, Prof. Rizwan Ali Rizvi, Prof. Dr. Arshad S. Karim, Prof. Nihal Hasan Rizvi, Prof. Dr. Tanveer Khalid and Dr. Hafiz M. Abdullah Qadri have served the Department with distinction. Currently Dr. Nusrat Idrees is serving as head of the department.
