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Sajid Mahmood Awan, Senior Research Fellow

Brief Profile

Sajid Mahmood Awan is an unconventional writer and keeps writing on the political, social, historical and literary issues habitually. Presently he is serving as Senior Research Fellow at the National Institute of Historical and Cultural Research (NIHCR), Center of Excellence, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad. Earlier he had been serving the Department of Pakistan Studies, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan from 2004 to 2010. His previous publication The Collection of Multan Records: Pre and Post-Independence Official Documents of Punjab (1852-2004) was an outcome of a joint linkage project of the HEC entitled “Multan Regional Studies Specialisation”. It was run and completed in collaboration with the Royal Holloway College, University of London during his stay at the BZU. During the same period, he was on the Advisory Panel of the GAT, a guide book for the NTS. He had also been on the teaching faculty of Al-Khair Univerity, Azad Kashmir, at its Islamabad Campus. He has published a number of research articles in the reputed journals of social science at home and abroad and has presented papers in the national and international conferences. He had the distinction to present Repertoire Report of three international conferences.   

In addition to his personal research pursuits, he is also discharging his services as Editor to one of the leading HEC recognised journals i.e Pakistan Journal of History and Culture (PJHC). He had also prepared Index of the Journal of Asian Civilizations (Formerly Journal of Central Asia). He was appointed as Editor of a magazine Reflection published by a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) named as AWAZ— Center for Development Services (CDS), of which he was a member of the Board of Governors also. At present, he is on the way to develop an Encyclopaedia of Political Parties in Pakistan.

 


Academic History

PhD Asian Studies

QAU

Islamabad

Completed in 2010 from TIAC, QAU, Islamabad.

M Phil Asian Studies

QAU

Islamabad

Passed in 1998 from Q.A.U.Islamabad,  in 1st Division.

MSc Pakistan Studies

QAU

Islamabad

Passed in 1995 from Quaid-i- Azam,University, Islamabad. With 1st Division.

BA

Punjab University

Lahore

Passed in 1992 from Punjab University Lahore, Securing 1st Division.

Computer Literacy: Diploma in Office Automation, Completed in 2000.


Thesis Examiner

 

Ø  M.Phil. Produced:                             27 M. Phil. Theses Supervised

Ø  M.Phil. Produced:                             Viva Voce of 21 M. Phil. thèses taken as

External Superviser.

Ø  Ph. D. Produced :                              06 in Progress Under supervision


PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS

 

  1. “Faculty Development Course” of HEC Staff Development Course completed from 16-05-2005 to 11-06-2005, in BZU, Multan.
  2. “Social Services for all for HRD” training by SHRDC, from 5-11-11 to 25-11-11 in Islamabad.
  3. To-Day Workshop “Library and Information Management”, April 24-25, 2013, arranged by PASTIC at the NIHCR, Islamabad.
  4. Training Workshop on Grounded Theory, in NIHCR, 21-02-2014 by Irene Brezenger, Austria Hungry.
  5. Training Workshop for the Editors of HEC Recognised Journals at HEC, Islamabad, April 18-19, 2019.

     

 


PUBLICATIONS

             Artiles:-

1.                  Globalization, Ideological Diversity and Birth Control Differentials in Pakistan: A Study of Islamabad, in the Review of Economics and Development Studies (READS), V. 5, N. 2, 412-21, Category Y, ISSN 2519-9706. (read the article)

2.                  Quaid’s Vision of State: Perspective and Prospects for Pakistan, in the Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 39, No. 2: 483 –490, 2019 (PJSS) Category Y, ISSN-2074-2061.(read the article)

3.                  Effect of the Cultural Gender Role Orientation on Advertising Intrusiveness and the Moderating effect of Selfreferencing: An Experimental Study, in the Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, Volume No. 55, Issue No. 1 January - June, 2018.(read the article)

4.                  Comparative Analysis of the Public Service Advertisements Published in the Pakistani Print Media after the Earthquake 2005, in the Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences (PJSS) Vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 409-425, ISSN-2074-2061 (read the article)

5.                  Afghan Displaced Persons: Resettlement, Reintegration and Repatriation, in the Global Social Sciences Review (GSSR), Vol. II, No. II (Fall 2017) Page: 41 – 67. (read the article)

6.                  Fairness and Media Frames in Conflict Situations in the Global Regional Review (GRR), Vol. 2, No. I: 86 ‒ 98, 2017, Category X,  p- ISSN: 2616-955X/ e-ISSN: 2663-7030 | (read the article)

7.                  Varying Written Perspectives on Politics of Pakistan, in the Global Social Sciences Review (GSSR), Vol. II, No. I (Spring 2017) Page: 106 – 114. (read the article)

8.                  Qiam-ePakistan: Mukhtalif Nukta Haey Nazar [Urdu: Establishment of Pakistan: Divergent Perspectives], in the Mujallah Tareekh-o-Sakafat-e-Pakistan, NIHCR, July-Dec. 2017. 83-96.  (read the article)

9.                  Moderation of  the Ethnocentrism in Relationship of the Stereotype Statements in the News and the Attitude Towards the Organization, in the Journal of Research Society of Pakistan – Vol. 54, No. 1, January-June, 2017. (read the article)

10.              Gender Quotas as an Instrument for Women’s Empowerment in Legislatures, in the FWU Journal of Social Sciences, Summer 2017, Vol.11, No.1. (read the article)

11.              A History of Visual Art in Pakistan: Studying the Resistance Against Zia-Ul-Haq’s Military Regime, in the Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan  Volume No. 54, Issue No. 2 ( July - December, 2017. (read the article)

12.              What are Your Children Watching? Teacher’s Evaluation of the Educational, Emotional, Behavioral, Psychological, Physical & Religious Impacts of Cartoons on the School Going Children in the Journal of Philosophy, Culture and Religion (JPCR), Vol.22, 2016, Category X, ISSN 2422-8443. (read the article)

13.              The Problematic of Regionalism: Theoretical Debates and the Case of Multan Region, in Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences (PJSS) Vol. 34, No. 1 (2014), pp. 69-81, Published in 2015. (read the article)

14.              U.S. Interests in the Central Asian Energy Resources in the Business Perspectives Vol. 14 No. 1 January-June 2015 BIMTECH, India. (read the article)

15.              Education and Neo-colonization: A Critique of English Literature Curriculum in Pakistan, in Research Journal of South Asian Studies, South Asian Studies, Vol. 29, No.2, July – December 2014. (read the article)

16.              Nature and Functioning of Local Government in the British India (1680-1947), in Pakistan Annual Research Journal, Vol. 50, 2014. (read the article)

17.              Discourse Analysis of Coverage Regarding Drone Attacks: A study of Pakistani Print Media, in Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences (PJSS) Vol. 33, No. 2 (2013). (read the article)

18.              Pakistan’s Security Quandary in the War against Terrorism, Pakistan Journal of History and Culture (PJHC), XXXIII, No. 1, June-July, 2012. (read the article)

19.              The Upsurge of Religious Extremism: A Challenge to Democracy, Governance and National Unity in Pakistan, Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences (PHSS), Vol. 32, No. 2, 2012. (read the article)

20.              Jinnah and the All India Muslim League 1906-1924 Journal Of Social Sciences. Vol. 4, No. 2, August 2011. (read the article)

21.              Elections of Pakistan and Response of Social Scientists: A Study of Theoretical Understandings in the Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences (PJSS) Vol. 30, No. 2 (December 2010). (read the article)

22.              Political Development and the Political Parties in Punjab 1849-1947, in the Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 29(1), June 2009. (read the article)

23.              Xenocentrism in Pakistan published in the Journal of Research (Humanities), Vol. 24, 2005, B.Z.U, Multan. (read the article)

24.              Year-Wise Index of The Journal of Asian Civilization, Vol. XXVIII, No. 2, December 2005, QAU, Islamabad. (read the article)

25.              Author-Wise Index of The Journal of Asian Civilization, Vol. XXVIII, No. 2, December 2005, QAU, Islamabad. (read the article)

26.              Subject-Wise Index of The Journal of Asian Civilization, Vol. XXVIII, No. 2, December 2005, QAU, Islamabad. (read the article)

27.              Elections, Political Parties and Political Development in the Punjab: 1947-1988, Accepted in the Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences (PJSS), Vol.34, No. 02, 2014.

28.              Distance Learning for Prisoners: Prospects & Challenges in Pakistan, Jahan Tehqeeq,Vol. 4, No.1, 2021

29.              Seeing is Playing Out: Violence on TV Cause Violence in a Child's Behavior, Jahan Tehqeeq,Vol. 4, No.3, 2021

30.              Impact of Violent Video Games on Children Mental and Physical Health, Harf-o-Sukhan,Vol.5, No.2, 2021

31.              Job Acceptance in Money Mule Recruitment: Theoretical View on the Rewards, Pakistan Journal of Psychological Research,2022, Vol. 37, No. 1, 111-117

32.              Seven Decades of Pak-China Relationship: An Overview, Farabi Journal ?f Social Sciences (FJSS),Vol.9, No.1, 2023

Books:-

1.      The Collection of Multan Records, (2010)BahauddinZakariya University, Multan. (read the book)

2.      Muslim World View and Family Planning in Pakistan: A Case Study of Islamabad (2013), NIHCR, QAU, Islamabad. (read the book)

3.      Pakistan Abstract of Social Sciences (PASS)¸ (2014) NIHCR, QAU, Islamabad. (read the book)

4.      Cumulative Index of PJHC(2014) NIHCR, QAU, Islamabad. (read the book)

5.      Asian History, Culture and Environment: Vernacular and Oriental Perspectives¸  Vol. 1, Vol. 2  & Vol. 3   (2016) NIHCR, QAU, Islamabad. (read the book, Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3, )

6.      Asian History, Culture and Environment: Vernacular and Oriental Perspectives¸ Vol. 4, (2018) NIHCR, QAU, Islamabad. (read the book)

7.      Leaders of Pakistan Movement, Vol. I, 2018, NIHCR, QAU, Islamabad. (read the book)

8.      Pakistan Abstract of Social Sciences (PASS), Vol. II, 2018, NIHCR, QAU, Islamabad. (on progress)

9.   Pakistan Abstract of Social Sciences (PASS), Vol. VII,(2017), NIHCR, QAU, Islamabad, 2019

10.  Pakistan Abstract of Social Sciences (PASS), Vol. VI,(2016), NIHCR, QAU, Islamabad, 2020.

Scoping Studies:- 

1.      Public Debt Management and Supervision: Federal Legislative List, Part-II, Section 8 (2015) Pakistan Study Group on Federalism, Scoping Study Paper No. 01, NIHCR, QAU, Islamabad. (read the book)

2.      Mining Minerals: Federal Legislative List, Part-II, Section 2(2015) Pakistan Study Group on Federalism, Scoping Study Paper No. 02, NIHCR,QAU, Islamabad. (read the book)

3.      Inter-Provincial Coordination(2015) Pakistan Study Group on Federalism, Scoping Study Paper No. 04, NIHCR,QAU, Islamabad. (read the book)

4.      Council of Common Interests(2016) Pakistan Study Group on Federalism, Scoping Study Paper No. 04, NIHCR, QAU, Islamabad. (read the book)

 (Note: Two of my other books “A Brief History of Gillani Syeds of Multan” & “The Future of Pakistan”,are under the process of publication)

 


AWARDS/DISTINCTIONS:

  1.                  LIFE TIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD, Awarded by GCUF Faisalabad, Pakistan, on documenting the

             Asian History Culture and Environment: Vernacular and Oriental Perspectives, [April 24, 2018]. 

2.                  Elected the first ever person from Pakistan as a PRESIDENT-IAHA – International Association of Historians of Asia, for a term 2014-2016.


NEWSPAPER ARTICLES:

A number of articles published in English and Urdu daily newspapers.

 JOURNALS PUBLISHED AS EDITOR

  1.  

Pakistan Journal of History & Culture, Vol.XXX, No.1,

January-June 2009

Published

  1.  

Pakistan Journal of History & Culture, Vol.XXXII, No.2,

July-December 2009

Published

  1.  

Pakistan Journal of History & Culture, Vol.XXXI, No.1

January-June 2010

Published

  1.  

Pakistan Journal of History & Culture, Vol.XXXII, No.2,

July-December 2010

Published

  1.  

Pakistan Journal of History & Culture, Vol.XXXII, No.1,

January-June 2011

Published

  1.  

Pakistan Journal of History & Culture, Vol.XXXII, No.2.

July-December, 2011

Published

  1.  

Pakistan Journal of History & Culture, Vol.XXXIII, No.1.

January-June 2012

Published

  1.  

Pakistan Journal of History & Culture, Vol.XXXIV, No.2.

July-December, 2012

Published

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Pakistan Journal of History & Culture, Vol.XXXIV, No.2.

January-June, 2013

Published

  1.  

Pakistan Journal of History & Culture, Vol.XXXIV, No.2.

July-December, 2013

Published

  1.  

Pakistan Journal of History & Culture, Vol.XXXV, No.1.

January-June, 2014

Published

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Pakistan Journal of History & Culture, Vol.XXXV, No. 2.

January-June, 2014

Published

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Pakistan Journal of History & Culture, Vol.XXXVI, No.1.

January-June, 2014

Published

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Pakistan Journal of History & Culture, Vol.XXXVI, No.2.

January-June, 2014

Published

  1.  

Pakistan Journal of History & Culture, Vol.XXXVII, No.1.

January-June, 2014

Published

  1.  

Pakistan Journal of History & Culture, Vol.XXXVII, No. 2.

January-June, 2014

Published

  1.  

Pakistan Journal of History & Culture, Vol.XXXVIII, No.1.

January-June, 2014

Published

18.

Pakistan Journal of History & Culture, Vol.XXXVIII, No.2.

January-June, 2017

Published

19.

Pakistan Journal of History & Culture, Vol.XXXIX, No.1.

January-June, 2018

Published

20.

Pakistan Journal of History & Culture, Vol. XXXIX, No.2.

January-June, 2018

Published

21.

Pakistan Journal of History & Culture, Vol.XXXVL, No.1.

January-June, 2019

Published

22.

Pakistan Journal of History and Culture, Vol.XL, No.2, July-December, 2019 Published

23.

Pakistan Journal of History and Culture, Vol.XLI, No.1,  January-June, 2020 Published

24.

Pakistan Journal of History and Culture, , Vol.XLI, No.2, July-December, 2020 Published

25.

Pakistan Journal of History and Culture, , Vol.XLII, No.1, January-June, 2021 Published

26.

Pakistan Journal of History and Culture, , Vol.XLII, No.2, July-December 2021 Published

27.

Pakistan Journal of History and Culture, , Vol.XLIII, No.1, January-June, 2022 Published

28.

Pakistan Journal of History and Culture, , Vol.XLIII, No.2, June-July, 2022 Published

 


ATTENDED BOG MEETINGS AS MEMBER 

 

1.                  December 30, 2014, Pak Study Centre University of Karachi. 

2.                  June 9, 2014, Area Study Centre, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.

3.                  June 20, 2014, Pak Study Centre University of Karachi.

4.                  August 6, 2014, Centre for South Asian Studies, University of the Punjab.

5.                  November 12, 2014, NIPS, Quaid-i-Azam University.

6.                  June 04, 2016, Area Study Center University of Balochistan, Quetta.

7.                  October 04, 2017 European Study Center, University of Karachi.

8.                  November 28, 2017, Area Study Centre for Africa, North and South America, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.

9.          July 16, 2019, Pakistan Study Centre, University of the Punjab, Lahore

10.       July 16, 2019, Centre for South Asian Studies, University of the Punjab, Lahore.

11.        August 21, 2019, Pakistan Study Centre, University of the Punjab, Lahore.

12.       August 21, 2019, Centre for South Asian Studies, University of the Punjab, Lahore.

13.       August 25, 2020, ONLINE meeting of the BoG of Centre of South Asian Studies, University of the Punjab.

14.       October 10, 2020, ONLINE (Video-Link) 18th BoG meeting of the Pakistan Study Centre, University of the Punjab, Lahore.

15.        October 27, 2020, BoG Meeting of the Pakistan Study Centre, University of Karachi.

16.      December 01, 2020 ONLINE BoG meeting of National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad.

17.                  July 05, 2021, ONLINE BoG meeting of Pakistan Study Centre, University of the Punjab, Lahore.

18.                  July 07, 2021 BoG meeting of Pakistan Study Centre, University of Peshawar, Peshawar.

19.                  Attended BoG meeting of Area Study Centre, Area Study Centre, QAU held on January February 02, 2022.

20.                  Attended BoG of Area Study Centre, University of Karachi on February 21, 2022.

21.                  Attended BoG, Pakistan Study Centre, University of Karachi, March 15, 2022.

22.                  Attended BoG meeting, Centre for South Asian Studies, University of the Punjab, Lahore on April 20, 2022.

23.                  Attended BoG of the Area Study Centre, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, on August 11, 2022.

24.                  Attended BoG of National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, on August 11, 2022.

25.                  Attended/Organized BoG of National Institute of Historical and Cultural Research, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, on August 11, 2022.

26.                  Attended BoG Meeting of Pakistan Study Centre, University of the Punjab, October 13, 2022.

27.                  Organized NIHCR 22nd Meeting of the Board of Governors on August 12, 2022

29.                  Attended 54th BoG Meeting of National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, held on November 02, 2023.

30.                  Attended 23rd BoG Meeting of Pakistan Study Centre, University of the Punjab, Lahore held on March 01, 2024

31.                  Organized NIHCR 23rd Meeting of the Board of Governors on May 31, 2024.

32.                  Attended ONLINE 47th BoG Meeting of Area Study Centre, University of Peshawar on June 13, 2024.

33.                  Attended Special Meeting of Board of Governors of NIPS, Quaid-i-Azam University held on May 30, 2024 to evaluate the Minutes of Selection Board held on March 14, 2024.

34.                  Organized NIHCR 23rd Board of Governors, held on May 31, 2024

 


 

MEDIA RPRESENTATIONS:

             A lot many Radio and Television talks delivered in Multan and Islamabad. 

 


CONFERENCES ORGANISED

1.      International Conference on Asian History, Culture and Environment: Vernacular and Oriental Paradigms organized in collaboration of HEC, IAHA and SBBWU, Peshawar on December 04-09, 2016.

2.      International Conference on Sindh History and Culture in collaboration of Shah Abdul Latif University, KhairPur, Sindh, Pakistan. 

3.      One Day Conference on Child Rights, Organized in collaboration with the Department of Sociology, QAU [Islamabad: September 30, 2014]. 

4.      International Conference on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: History and Culture, NIHCR [Peshawar, Pakistan — 28-30 Nov. 2012]. 

5.      International Conference“Gandhara – the Cradle of Buddhist Civilization”, SAC [Islamabad, Pakistan – 19th to 20th March, 2011].

6.   International Conference“The Punjab: History and Culture”, NIHCR [Lahore, Pakistan — 6-8 January 2020]

7.      Two-Day National Conference on "National Integration and Cultural Assimilation" October 29-27, 2021 at Pakistan National Council of the Arts, Islamabad. The Honourable President, Dr. Arif Alvi Inaugurated the Conference and Concluded by Ms. Zubaida Jalal Khan, Federal Minister for Defence Production of Pakistan. The conference was conducted in collaboration with Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training and National Heritage & Culture, Quaid-i-Azam University, National Institute of Pakistan Studies.

8.      Two-Day International Conference "One Hundred Years of Magnitude: Centenary of Pak-Turk Affinity" held on 28-29 November 2023 in Istanbul, Turkey. This conference is basically a tripartite joint venture of the Istanbul University, Istanbul-Turkey, the National Institute of Historical and Cultural Research, Centre of Excellence, Quaid-i-Azam University and the Yunus Emre Institute, Islamabad.

 


 

PRESENTATIONS IN CONFERENCES ABROAD            

1.      Presented Paper “Nature and Nurture of the Political Parties in the British Punjab 1849-1947”, in the 47th Punjab History Conference, organized by the Department of the Punjab Historical  Studies, Punjabi University,  Patiala, India [India: Patiala Feb. 27 to March 01, 205].  

2.      Presented Paper“Cultural Xenocentrism in South Asia and the Elements of Divergence and Convergence in Punjab”, in the 2nd South Asian History Conference on Relocating the Cultural Linkages in South Asia: A Historical Perspective, organized by the Department of History, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, [India: Patiala, Punjab: 17-19, October 2014]. 

3.      Presented Paper “Political Continuity and Apolitical Changes: A retrospective Study of political Participation in Pakistani Punjab”, in the 23rdInternational Conference of Historians of Asia 2014 (IAHA, 2014), [Malaysia:  University Utara, 23-27August 2014].  

4.      Presented Paper in the International Conference on “Oral History in South Asia: Practices, Uses and Possibilities, [University of London, 5th and 6th July 2013]. 

5.   Paper Presented “State of Youth Politics in Pakistan” in the Two Days International Conference on Youth Wings among Political Parties: A Comparative Analysis of Germany and Pakistan. Jointly organized by Department of Sociology (QAU) and FNF [March 30, 2015].

6.   Paper presented political Continuity and Apolitical Changes:A Retrogressive Study of Political Participation in Pakistani Punjab. Organized by the University of Uttara, Malaysia (Kedah. Malaysia) [August 23-27, 2014].

7.   Presented Paper “Juvenile Prisoners’ Rights: A Case Study of South Punjab”, in the One Day Conference on Child Rights, Organized by the Department of Sociology, QAU [Islamabad: September 30, 2014].

8.   Presented Paper “National Identity, Politics of Electorates and Federalism in Pakistan: 1971 Debacle A Case in Point”, in the Two Day National Conference On Deconstructing Federalism, Security And Inequality: Untold Narratives From The Periphery [BZU: Multan April 17-18, 2014].

9.   Presented Paper “Political Participation, Institutionalisation and National Integration in Pakistan”, in the National Conference on Issues of National Integration and Harmony in Pakistan, [NDU, Islamabad, March 17-18, 2014].

10. Repporteurs Report of the International Conference on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: History and Culture, NIHCR, PSC, UoP[Peshawar, Pakistan — 28-30 Nov. 2012].

11. “The Matrix of Political Development in Pakistan” presented in the International Conference on “The Emerging Issues of Social Sciences in Pakistan”, Organized byQuaid-i-Azam University, [Islamabad, April 27-29, 2012].

12. Reporters Report International Conference “Gandhara – the Cradle of Buddhist Civilization”, [Islamabad, Pakistan – 19th to 20th March, 2011]

13. Presented Paper “Teaching of Pakistan Studies in Pakistan” in the International Social Science Conference, organized by the Department of History, IIUI [Islamabad: April 28-29, 2007].Presented Paper “Social And Cultural Challenges for Bengali Migrants Before, During and After Immigrations” in the International Conference, Organized by the Area Study Centre for Europe, University of Karachi in collaboration with Hanns Seidel Foundation, Islamabad [Karachi: November 27, 2019].

14. Online 2-day International Conference titled "Silk Road: Diversity, Dialogue and Development' [New Representatives on Gandhara and Cultural Cooperation among the Silk Road Countries] jointly organized by Gandhara Cultural Heritage (AIOU, TIAC) and the Zhejiang and Tsinghua University of China, 20-21 September 2021.

15. 2nd International Meritorious Multidisciplinary Virtual Conference (II- IMMVC) 2021. Virtual Round Table Discussion "Ideological Boundaries of Pakistan: Threats and Solutions", organized by Islamic Research Centre, Department of Islamic Studies, University of Punjab, Lahore on 24-25 September 2021.

16. Presented Paper on "Historicity of Pak-Turk Affinity: 1923-2023" in the Two-Day International Conference "One Hundred Years of Magnitude: Centenary of Pak-Turk Affinity" held on 28-29 November 2023 in Istanbul, Turkey. This conference was basically a tripartite joint venture of the Istanbul University, Istanbul-Turkey, the National Institute of Historical and Cultural Research, Centre of Excellence, Quaid-i-Azam University and the Yunus Emre Institute, Islamabad.

 

 


PRESENTATIONS IN CONFERENCES IN PAKISTAN 

  1. Paper presented on “Gillani Syeds of Multan: A Mystic Tradition in the Continum” in the INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SUFISM ACROSS THE SUBCONTINENT AND CENTRAL ASIA: PAKISTANI AND FRENCH CONTRIBUTIONS organized by the national center for Scientific Research, Paris and Department of Islamic Studies and Arabic, GCUF, Faisalabad, Pakistan [March 06-07, 2018].  
  2. Paper presented on “Rethinking Punjab History” in the 3RD LYALPUR LITERARY FESTIVAL 2018, at the GCUF, Faisalabad, Pakistan [February 06-07, 2018].
  3. Paper presented on “Ethnocentrism versus Xenocentrism in Pakistan: Pre and Post-Seventy Experience”, in the ELEVENTH LUMS HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCE SCONFERENCE, at LUMS, Lahore, Pakistan [April 7-9, 2017].
  4.  Paper presented on “Two Punjabs: A history of partition” in the AFKAR-E-TAZA, at the Alhamra Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Pakistan [April 01-03, 2016].
  5. Paper Presented “State of Youth Politics in Pakistan” in the Two Days International Conference on Youth Wings among Political Parties: A Comparative Analysis of Germany and Pakistan. Jointly organized by Department of Sociology (QAU) and FNF [March 30, 2015].
  6. Paper presented political Continuity and Apolitical Changes:A Retrogressive Study of Political Participation in Pakistani Punjab. Organized by the University of Uttara, Malaysia (Kedah. Malaysia) [August 23-27, 2014].

7.      Presented Paper “Juvenile Prisoners’ Rights: A Case Study of South Punjab”, in the One Day Conference on Child Rights, Organized by the Department of Sociology, QAU [Islamabad: September 30, 2014].

    8.      Presented Paper “National Identity, Politics of Electorates and Federalism in Pakistan: 1971 Debacle A Case

           in Point”,   in the Two Day National Conference On Deconstructing Federalism, Security And Inequality: Untold   

          Narratives From The Periphery [BZU: Multan April 17-18, 2014]. 

9.      Presented Paper “Political Participation, Institutionalisation and National Integration in Pakistan”, in the National Conference on Issues of National Integration and Harmony in Pakistan, [NDU, Islamabad, March 17-18, 2014].

  1. Repporteurs Report of the International Conference on Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: History and Culture, NIHCR, PSC, UoP[Peshawar, Pakistan — 28-30 Nov. 2012].
  1. “The Matrix of Political Development in Pakistan” presented in the International Conference onThe Emerging Issues of Social Sciences in Pakistan, Organized by Quaid-i-Azam University, [Islamabad, April 27-29, 2012].
  1. RepporteursReport International Conference“Gandhara – the Cradle of Buddhist Civilization”, [Islamabad, Pakistan – 19th to 20th March, 2011]
  1. Presented Paper “Teaching of Pakistan Studies in Pakistan” in the International Social Science Conference, organized by the Department of History, IIUI [Islamabad: April 28-29, 2007].

 


 

SEMINARS ORGANISED 

S. No.

Speakers

Day

Time

Topic

1.       

Prof. Masood Zahid

National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.

 

Friday

23-07-2010

10:30 AM

Communal Consciousness in19th Century India: Manifestations and Motivations

2.       

Mr .Akhtar RasoolBodla

Research Fellow, National Institute of Historical and Cultural Research, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.

Friday

30-07-2010

10:30 AM

Punjab and Foreign Traders: An Analysis

3.       

Dr. Nazrul Islam

Dean Faculty of Social Sciences,

Internation99844al Islamic University.

 

Friday

06-08-2010

10:30 AM

Two Decades of Democracy in Bangladesh (1991-2010): Disillusionment in Practice

4.       

Prof.Dr. KhurramQadir, DIRECTOR, National Institute of Historical and Cultural Research, Quaid-i-AzamUniversity, Islamabad.

Friday

13-08-2010

10:00 AM

Khwaja Ahmad Yaswi

5.       

Prof. Dr. Hanif Khalil

National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.

Friday

20-08-2010

10:00 AM

Pashtu aur Urdu Mein Tazkeer-o- Tanees (Karachi) Masalah

6.       

Prof.Dr. Tariq Rahman

National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.

Friday

27-08-2010

10:00 AM

Who is Afraid of Urdish and Urdi?

7.       

Mr. M. Hassan Baloch

Research Fellow, National Institute of Historical and Cultural Research, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.

Friday

03-09-2010

10:00 AM

Musharrafian Era: Alienation  of Balochistan

8.       

Prof. Dr. AasimSajjad,

National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.

Friday

1-10-2010

10:30 AM

Subaltern Studies

9.       

Prof. Dr. Shuja,

National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.

Friday

8-10-2010

10:30 AM

History of Knowledge

10.   

Prof. Dr. Shuja,

National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.

15-10-2010

Friday

10:30 AM

“History of Knowledge: The Third Perspective and Relativity of the Past”

11.   

Prof. Dr. Shuja,

National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.

Friday

22-10-2010

10:30 AM

“History of knowledge: objectivity in history and physics”

12.   

Dr.Sajid Awan

Friday

29-10-2010

10:30 AM

“The Matrix of Political Development”

13.   

Prof. Fateh Muhammed Malik, Rector, International Islamic University, Islamabad

Friday

05-11-2010

10:30 AM

“Iqbal KaTasawur-e-Tarikh”

 

14.   

Mr. Manzoor Ahmed Veesrio,

Lecturer, National institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.

 

Friday

12-11-2010

10:30 AM

“Fikr-e-Latif”

15.   

Ms. Farah Gul Baqai,

Senior Research Fellow,

National Institute of Historical and Cultural Research, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.

Friday

26-11-2010

10:30 AM

“Jenkins Correspondence with Mountbatten -1947”

16.   

Dr. Naseem Ahmed,

Senior Research Fellow,

National Institute of Historical and Cultural Research, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.

Friday

03-12-2010

10:30 AM

“State of Local and District History Writings in Pakistan”

 

17.   

Prof. Dr. Muhammad Aslam Syed, Former Director National Institute of Historical and Cultural Research,   Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.

Friday

10-12-2010

10:30 AM

“Historical and Cultural Legacy of Pakistan Revisited”

 

18.   

Mr.MirzaAbrar,
DCO
Hafizababd.

Friday

24-12-2010

10:30 AM

Local Government System in Pakistan.

19.   

Mr. Syed Umar Hayat

Friday

31-12-2010

10:30 AM

“AllamaRaghib Ahsan and the Pakistan Movement: An Overview”

20.   

Prof.Dr.TariqRehman,

Director, National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.

“Inscriptions on Pakistani Trucks as a Window into Popular Culture”

Friday

07-01-2011

10:30 AM

21.   

Mr. Mukhtar Qureshi,

Executive Director, Centre for Peace and Development Initiative, CPDI, Islamabad.

“Wiki Leaks in the Perspective of Right to Information”

 

Friday

14-01-2011

10:30 AM

22.   

Dr. Sajid Awan, senior, Research Fellow, National Institute of Historical and Cultural Research, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.

“Qayam-e-Pakistan: MukhtalifNukta-i- Hi Nazar”

Friday

28-01-2011

10:30 AM

23.   

Dr. Naseem Ahmed, senior, Research Fellow,National Institute of Historical and Cultural Research, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.

“ General Musharraf's Taliban Policy and its implication for Pakistan”

Friday

04-02-2011

10:30 AM

24.   

Mr. Hassan Bloch,

Research Fellow,National Institute of Historical and Cultural Research, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.

“Baloch Nationalism in Pakistan: Domestic and International Factors”

Friday

11-02-2011

10:30 AM

25.   

Dr. TanveerAnjum,

Department of history, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.

“Inheriting Spirituality? Politics of Succession at Pakpattan Shrine in the 13th & 14th Centuries”

Friday

18-02-2011

10:30 AM

26.   

Madam Farah Gul,

Senior Research Fellow,National Institute of Historical and Cultural Research, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.

“Ruttie Jinnah; A flower of Bombay”

Friday

25-02-2011

10:30 AM

27.   

Ms. IffatHumayun Khan

Research Fellow, National Institute of Historical and Cultural Research, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.

‘Problems of Democracy in Pakistan From 1999-2007”

 

Friday

04-03-2011

10:30 AM

28.   

Mr. Michael Skinner,

Researcher, York Centre for International and Security Studies (YCISS)
Toronto, Canada

“A Clash of Principals and Interests: Canada’s role in the latest
inning of the Great Game – the Global War on Terror.” 

Friday

11-03-2011

10:30 AM

29.   

Mr. Syed Umar Hayat

“Junejo Government’s Policy towards Afghanistan and USSR 1985-1988: Challenges, Pressures and Directions.”

Friday

18-03-2011

10:30 AM

30.   

Ms. Ayesha Shafiq

Development of Irrigation during the Period of NawabSadiq V

Friday

25-03-2011

10:30 AM

31.   

Dr. Sajid Awan,

Senior Research Fellow

NIHCR

“Varying Paradigms of Writings on the Politics of Pakistan.”

Friday

01-04-2011

10:30 AM

32.   

Dr. Naseem Ahmed

Senior Research Fellow

NIHCR

“State: Domestic and Foreign Behavior”

 

Friday

08-04-2011

10:30 AM

33.   

Prof. Dr. ImdadSahito, Chairman Department of History, Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai University, Khairpur.

“Dacoit Culture in Pakistan: A Case Study of Sindh”

Tuesday

12-04-2011

11:00

AM

34.   

Mr. Umar Hayat & Ms. IffatHumayun Khan

“Presentation on Journal Review”

Friday

15-04-2011

10:30 AM

35.   

 Dr. Farooq Dar,

Department of History,

QAU.

“Jinnah’s Relations with the British: Historical Perspective”

Friday

22-04-2011

10:30 AM

36.   

Ms. Farah Gul,

Senior Research Fellow

NIHCR

“Elections 1945-46: Its Impact On Punjab”

Friday

29-04-2011

10:30 AM

37.   

Mr. Akhter RasoolBodla,

 Research Fellow

NIHCR

Role of Ulema in the Downfall of Z.A.Bhutto”

Friday

06-05-2011

10:30 AM

38.   

Syed Hasan Javed,

Additional Foreign Secretary (Asia-pacific)

Sages of Chinese Philosophy

 

 

39.   

Fiaz Ali, Second Secretary, Federal Board of Revenue.

Pakistan Customs; History and Culture

Friday

13-05-2011

10:30 AM

40.   

Dr. Sajid Awan, Dr. Nasem, Mr Akhter Bodla and Mr. M. Hassan Bloch,

Research Fellow

NIHCR

The Abbotabad Operation: Implications for The State and Society

Friday

20-05-2011

10:30 AM

41.   

 Dr. Nasrullah,

DSS, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islambad.

Water Wars: A Case Study of India and Pakistan

Friday

27-05-2011

10:30 AM

42.   

Ms. Ayesha Shafiq,

Research Fellow

NIHCR

European Constitution

Friday

03-06-2011

10:30 AM

43.   

Mr. Syed Umar Hayat,

Senior Research Fellow

NIHCR

How the Trauma Caused an incessant Insurrection: A case Study of the

War of Independence in Bengal, 1857--1859.

Friday

10-06-2011

10:30 AM

44.   

Prof. Dr. KhurramQadir, Director, NIHCR

Personality Study

Muhammad Bin Tughlaq

Friday

17-06-2011

10:30 AM

45.   

Mr. Hasan Baluch

Research Fellow

NIHCR

 

Friday

25-06-2011

10:30 AM

46.   

Dr. Sajid Awan,

Senior Research Fellow

NIHCR

“Problems of Editing in the English

 Journal: A Case Study of The PJHC”

Friday

01-07-2011

10:30 AM

47.   

Mr. Manzoor Ahmed Veesrio,

National Institute of Pakistan Studies,

Quaid-i- Azam University, Islamabad.

“Pakistani ZabanoonmeinLassaniIshtarak”

Friday

08-07-2011

10:30 AM

48.   

Ms. Farah Gul,

Senior Research Fellow

NIHCR

“Sir Ganga Ram: A Great Soul of Punjab”

Tuesday

15-07-2011

11:00

AM

49.   

Dr. Sajid Awan,

Senior Research Fellow

NIHCR

Human Trafficking in Pakistan

Friday

22-07-2011

10:30 AM

50.   

Mr.RehmatWali Khan,

Education Officer,

SAARC Human Resource Development Centre,

Islamabad

“Education for Sustainable Development: Scenario of Education and Teacher Education in South Asia,”

Friday

29-07-2011

10:30 AM

51.   

 Mr. Syed Umar Hayat,

Senior Research Fellow

NIHCR

“A Focused Group Discussion on the New Project: Pakistan from 1971-1988.”

Friday

05-08-2011

10:30 AM

52.   

Mr. Syed Umar Hayat, Ms. Farah Gul Baqai, Dr. Naseem Ahmed Dr. Sajid Awan, , Mr. Himayatullah, Mr. Akhter Bodla, Mr. Hasan Baloch, Ms. Ayesha Shafiq, Ms. Iffat Khan.

“A Focused Group Discussion on the New Project: Pakistan from 1971-1988.”

Friday

12-08-2011

10:30 AM

53.   

Mr. AshfaqSaleem Mirza,

Chairman, SAFMA

 “Battle of Ideas: A Period of Uncertainty.”

 

Friday

19-08-2011

10:30 AM

54.   

Mr. Himayatullah,

Research Fellow,

NIHCR 

“A Discourse on History and Historiography: A Pakistani Experience.”

Friday

09-09-2011

10:30 AM

55.   

B. A.Malik,

Ex- Embassidor

Pakistan-Azerbaijan Bilateral Relations: Economic and Cultural Dimensions

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

11:00 AM

56.   

AnisAhamd Dani,

Dr. Eatzaz Ahmad, and

Dr. Anwar Ahmad

Chairman, NLA,

Islamabad.

Dr. A.H. Dani and the Ancient History and Culture of Pakistan

March 5, 2012

11:30 AM

57.   

MazharulHaque Siddique, Formar VC, AIOU & QAU.

Dr. N.A. Baloch-An Eminent Scholar, Historian, Educationist

April 6, 2013

04: 00 PM

58.   

Zafarullah Khan

 

Reclamation of Federal Democracy Through 18th Amendment: Lesson Learnt & Way Forward

Nov. 12, 2014

12:00 PM

59.   

Muhammad Ijaz Chaudhary

Fed. Sec.

IPC

Inter Governmental Relations and the 18th Amendment: Challenges and Opportunities

Nov. 24, 2014

12:00 PM

60.   

Kaiser Bengali

Baluchistan Reform Unit

Eighth NFC Award and the 18th amendment: Implications for the Fiscal Federalism in Pakistan

Dec. 03-2014

12:00 PM

61.   

Dr. Mohammad Waseem

 

The Eighteenth Amendment and Civil-Military Relations

 

Feb. 20, 2015

12:00 PM

62.   

Muzaffar Mahmood Qureshi, former Secretary Ministry of Women, Social Welfare & Special Education

18th Amendment and Devolution of Social Sector

March 10, 2015

12:00 PM

 


RESEARCH CONDUCTED:

Term papers:-

-                      Peasantry in Pakistan.

-                      Role of statuses in Pakistani society.

-                      Land Reforms in Pakistan.

-                      Indo-Pakistan Arms Rivalry.

-                      Quaid-i-Azam’s Role in the Revival of All India Muslim Languages 1921-24.

-                      Kashmir in the Plethora of Solutions: A New Perspective.

Thesis:-

-                      Boom or Bang of Demos (Literacy, Over-Population and the Socio-Economic Development in Pakistan), M.Sc.

-                      Muslim World view and family Planning in Pakistan: A case Study of Islamabad, M. Phil.

-                      Political Parties and Development in Punjab (1988-99), Ph.D.

 


 WORK EXPERIENCE: 

-                      Serving as Acting Director of the NIHCR from May, 10, 2019.

-                      Serving as Senior Research Fellow in the NIHCR, QAU, Islamabad since 2009.

-                      Delivered his services as Officer Incharge (Acting Director) of the NIHCR from April 16, 2014 to April 16, 2015.

-                      Research Experience of four years (01-09-2010 to date) inthe NIHCR, QAU, Islamabad.

-                      Working as Editor to the Pakistan Journal of History and Culture (PJHC) since 2011.

-                      Teaching experience of six years (03-04-2004 30-08-2010) in B.Z.U, Multan.

-                      Teaching experience of three years (01-09-2001 to March 2004) in Al-khair University, Rawalpindi Campus.

-                      Equaling research experience of 3 years being M. Phil.Research Fellow, in QAU, Islamabad.

 


 

 HEADING RESEARCH PROJECTS

1.      Heading the project of “Pakistan — A Cultural History”, of in the NIHCR, QAU, Islamabad.

2.   Heading the UNDP funded joint project of the UNDP, COSS and NIHCR, on Federalism in Pakistan as Head of the Steering Committee of the “Pakistan Study Group on Federalism”.

 


 REFERENCES:

     1.                  Prof. Dr. Tariq Rahman,

                 Prof. Emeritus, NIPS

                 QAU, Islamabad.

 

2.                  Prof. Dr. Eatzaz Ahmad,

            Professor,

            Department of Economics,

            Quaid-i-Azam University,

            Islamabad.

 

3.                  Prof. Dr. KhurramQadir,

            Former Director,

            National Institute of historical and Cultural Research,

            Quaid-i-Azam University,

            Islamabad.

 


 

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