Professor Karrar Hussain (1911-1999) was a Pakistani educationist, writer and literary critic. In his student days in British India he was affiliated with the Khaksar movement, which he later parted ways with due to a difference of opinion.[1] He migrated to Pakistan in 1948 where he continued as a lecturer in English at several colleges, and most famously was appointed as the first vice-chancellor of the University of Balochistan in 1976.[2]
Among his many writings is a biographical treatise about the Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib commissioned by the Idara Yadgaar-e-Gahlib titled "Ghalib: Sab Achcha Kahein Jissay".[3]
Professor Karrar was also renowned as a scholar of Islam, though he advocated that secularism provided the best environment for an Islamic society.[4]
After Professor Karrar's death in 1999, an annual Professor Karrar Husain Memorial Lecture has been held in Pakistan, at which several prominent speakers have spoken, including the noted sociologist Hamza Alavi.[5]