Prof. Dr. Shahid Kamal, Vice Chancellor of Government College University (GCU) Faisalabad, died in an automobile accident on Monday while driving from Lahore to Faisalabad, according to several media sites.

Prof. Dr. Shahid Kamal was an internationally famous statistician who received his Doctorate in Applied Biostatistics from Exeter University in Devon, UK.
He formerly served as a professor, director, and dean at the University of Punjab in Lahore, where he had almost three decades of expertise in teaching, research, and administration.

Prof. Dr. Shahid Kamal created various centres and institutions at the University of Punjab, including the Operation Research Centre and the Statistical Databank.