5. Academia

• Abdur Rahman Awan (Pakistan’s first Mathematics PhD Laureate and Senior Scientist at Kahuta Research Laboratories)

• Maulana Ismail Alvi (Prominent Deobandi scholar)

• Malik Mohabbat Hussain Awan (Philosopher)

• Maulana Pir Fakirullah Bakoti (Theosophist)

• Dr. Asif Raza Awan (Distinguished homeopath)

• Mohammad Obaidullah Alvi (Historian, linguist and anthropologist. Also see 'Literature and Journalism' below)

• Maulana Ameer Mohammad Akram Awan (Famed Sufi. Shaikh of the Naqshbandia Owaisiah Order. Mufassir, philosopher and reformist. Dean of the Siqarah Education System. Also head of a welfare organisation, the Al-Falah Foundation)

• Mohammad Ahmed Ali Awan (MS Distributed Systems, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden)