Khurshid Rizvi
Khurshid Rizvi is a Pakistani businessman.
Rizvi was born in Amroha, British India, to a Sunni family of Saddat on 19 May 1942. In 1948, he and his family immigrated to Montgomery in Punjab, Pakistan. In 1959, he studied at Islamia High School and Government High School, and he later graduated from Government College, Montgomery. In 1961, he moved to the Oriental College, Lahore, and earned his M.A. in Arabic. In 1981, he obtained his Ph.D. in Arabic from the same university.
Career
Rizvi began teaching at age 19 as a lecturer in Arabic at Government College in Bahawalpur before being posted to Government College in Sargodha. In 1984, he became the principal of Government Ambala Muslim College Sargodha. In 1985, he was seconded to the Islamic Research Institute, International Islamic University, Islamabad, where he served as Chief Bureau of Translation for six years. In 1991, he became Head of the Department of Arabic at Government College Lahore, retiring early in 1995 to focus on his research.
Personal life
Rizvi is fluent in Hindi, Urdu, and English.