Faculty of Contemporary Studies
FCS Faculty
Dr. Lubna Abid Ali
(CV)
Dean FCS
Area of Specialization
- Middle East
- Theories of Comparative Politics
- Research Methodology
- Politics of Iran & South West Asia
- Global Political Economy
- Islamic Spirituality
- FP Analysis
deanfcs@ndu.edu.pk
Maj Gen Raza Muhammad, HI(M)(Retd)
(CV)
Advisor to President NDU (FCS)
Dr. Lubna Abid Ali
(CV)
HOD
Area of Specialization
- Middle East
- Theories of Comparative Politics
- Research Methodology
- Politics of Iran & South West Asia
- Global Political Economy
- Islamic Spirituality
- FP Analysis
hodgpp@ndu.edu.pk
Dr. Shahzad Hussain
(CV)
Associate Professor
Area of Specialization
- Macroeconomics
- Public Finance
shahzad@ndu.edu.pk
Dr. Musarrat Jabeen
(CV)
Associate Professor
Area of Specialization
- Non Traditional Security Issues/ Energy Security
- Gender
- Sustainable Development
- Climate Change
- Conflict Management
- Business Ethics /Thoughtful Intelligence
jabeen@ndu.edu.pk
Dr. Muhammad Bashir Khan
(CV)
Associate Professor
Area of Specialization
- Development Economics
- Agricultural Economics
bashirkhan@ndu.edu.pk
Dr. Sarfraz Hussain Ansari
(CV)
Assistant Professor
Area of Specialization
- Ph.D in
Pakistan Studies
- Political & Constitutional Constitution
- Social Policy
- Public Administration
ansari@ndu.edu.pk
Brig (R) Dr. Tahir Ul Mulk Kahlon
(CV)
Assistant Professor
Area of Specialization
- Governance: Global, State, Regulatory, Corporate, Non-Profits
- Public Policy: Theories, Process, Design, Analysis
- National Security: Federalism, Transnational Actors, Extremism
- Leadership: Political, Military, Bureaucratic, Corporate
- Organizational Sciences: Theories, Behaviour, Development
tahir@ndu.edu.pk
Dr. Shafei Moiz Hali
(CV)
Assistant Professor
shafeimoizhali@ndu.edu.pk
Dr. Fatima Bajwa
(CV)
Assistant Professor
Area of Specialization
- Power, Policy and Politics nexus
- Policy design / Analysis: Theoretical and Methodological Aspects
- Actor Interface/Policy Networks
- Political/Governance Systems
- Decision Making Models/Path Dependency
- Comparative Public Policy
- Historical Trajectories of Power Relations Among State
bajwafatima@ndu.edu.pk
Dr. Farhan Khan
(CV)
Assistant Professor
farhan@ndu.edu.pk
Mr. Muhammad Usman Asghar
(CV)
Lecturer
usman.asghar@ndu.edu.pk
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Ms. Mahroona Hussain Syed
Lecturer
mahroona@ndu.edu.pk
Ms. Afsheen Zeeshan
(CV)
Lecturer
afsheen@ndu.edu.pk
Dr. Arshi Saleem Hashmi
(RP)
(CV)
HOD Professor
Area of Specialization
- Religion and Violent Conflict in South
Asia
- Conflict Resolution and Peace Building
- Terrorism and Counter Terrorism
hodpcs@ndu.edu.pk
arshi@ndu.edu.pk
Dr. Maria S. Effendi
(CV)
Assistant Professor
Area of Specialization
- South Asia (Conflict Resolution)
- Ethnic Conflict Resolution
- Conflict Analysis (Mapping) & Resolution Models
- Negotiation, Mediation (Certified Mediator, trained by Prof. Johan Galtung at Transcend Peace University, Norway) Karachi, Kashmir and Sri Lanka
maria@ndu.edu.pk
Dr. Rashid Ahmed
(CV)
Assistant Professor
Area of Specialization
- Ethno-nationalism
- Political/religious conflicts
- Afghanistan, Afghan Taliban
- Research Methodology
rashidahmed@ndu.edu.pk
Dr. Lubna Sunawar
(CV)
Assistant Professor
Area of Specialization
- International Relations
- US Foreign Policy
- American History
- World History
- Foreign Policy Analysis
- Politics of South Asia & Middle East
- Terrorism and counter-terrorism
lubnasunawar@ndu.edu.pk
Dr. Riffat Haque
(CV)
Assistant Professor
Area of Specialization
- International Relations
- US Foreign Policy
- American History
- World History
- Foreign Policy Analysis
- Politics of South Asia & Middle East
- Terrorism and counter-terrorism
drriffathaque@ndu.edu.pk
Dr. Shahid Ahmed Afridi
(CV)
Assistant Professor
Area of Specialization
- Peace and Security Studies
- Counterinsurgency and Irregular warfare
- Comparative Politics of Afghanistan
- Swat Malakand and Tribal Districts
drshahid@ndu.edu.pk
Dr Muhammad Irfan Mahsud
(CV)
Assistant Professor
Area of Specialization
- Conflict, Transformation and Peace Building in the Tribal Belt of Pakistan
- Religious Militancy in Pakistan
irfanmahsud@ndu.edu.pk
Ms. Marium Fatima
(CV)
Lecturer
Area of Specialization
- International Law
- Human Rights Law
- Refugee Law
- Law of Armed Conflict
mariumfatima@ndu.edu.pk
Mr. Amanullah Khan
(CV)
Lecturer
Area of Specialization
- Hybrid Warfare
- Terrorism and Extremism
- Peacebuilding
- Conflict Analysis and Resolution
- Democracy
- South Asia and Middle East
- Afghanistan
- Major Powers Politics
- Capitalism
- Peace and Politics in Islam
amanullah@ndu.edu.pk
Ms. Saba Noor
(CV)
Lecturer
sabanoor@ndu.edu.pk
Mr Zulfiqar Ali
(CV)
Lecturer
Area of Specialization
- Cyber Warfare
- Artificial Intelligence
- Arms Control & Disarmament
- Digital Media & Politics
- Globalization
- Conflict Resolution
- South Asia Politics
zulfiqarali@ndu.edu.pk
Ms Maria Hamid
(CV)
Lecturer
Area of Specialization
- Hybrid Warfare
- Theories of Peace & Conflict
- Research Methodology
- Narrative and Perception Building
- Radicalization and P/CVE
- Conflict, Media & Peace
- Lobbying and Propaganda
mariahamid@ndu.edu.pk
Dr. Asma Shakir Khawaja
(CV)
HOD
Area of Specialization
- Strategic Thought and Culture of South Asia
- Politics and Security Dynamics of Pakistan and India
- Conflict Resolution
- Confidence Building Measures
- Traditional Non-Traditional Security Paradigms
- Strategic Studies
- Energy, Resource Wars and Conflict
- Perception Building, Conflict and Media
- Women, Peace and Security
hodss@ndu.edu.pk
Dr. Syed Arif Ahmed
(CV)
Assistant Professor
Area of Specialization
- Arms Control and Non Proliferation
- Nuclear System Safety , Security
- AI, Robotics and Swarming
- Energy Security
- Cyber Security
- War and Technology
- Nuclear Safety and Security
- Risk Analysis
dr.syedarifahmad@ndu.edu.pk
Dr. Rubina Waseem
(CV)
Assistant Professor
Area of Specialization
- Nuclear Export Control Regimes
- Nuclear proliferation Issues
- International Security
- Strategic Studies
- Research Methodology
- International Law
rubinawaseem@ndu.edu.pk
Dr. Nasir Mehmood
(CV)
Assistant Professor
Area of Specialization
- Arms Control & Disarmament
- Strategy and Doctrine
- IR Theory and meta-theory, especially causation and causal explanation
- Research Methods
- Pakistan’s Foreign and Defence Policy
nasirmehmood@ndu.edu.pk
Dr. Ansar Jamil
(CV)
Assistant Professor
Area of Specialization
- Arms Control & Disarmament
- Strategy and Doctrine
- IR Theory and meta-theory, especially causation and causal explanation
- Research Methods
- Pakistan’s Foreign and Defence Policy
dransarjamil@ndu.edu.pk
Mr. Ali Mustafa
(CV)
Lecturer
Area of Specialization
- Nonproliferation,
- Nuclear Safety & Security
- Nuclear Technology & Policy
alimustafa@ndu.edu.pk
Mr. Junaid Jhandad
(CV)
Lecturer
Area of Specialization
- International Security
- Nuclear Strategy
- Strategic Studies
- Middle Eastern Politics /Security
junaidjhandad@ndu.edu.pk
Mr. Nabeel Hussain
(CV)
Lecturer
Area of Specialization
- Theories of International Relations
- Confidence Building Measures & Crisis Management
- Strategic Studies
- Politics of South Asia
- Nuclear Nonproliferation
- International Security
- Hybrid warfare/ Media Studies
- European History
nabeel@ndu.edu.pk
Dr. Khuram Iqbal
(CV)
A/HOD
Area of Specialization
- Counter Terrorism & extremism
- South Asian security
- International security
khuramiqbal@ndu.edu.pk
Dr. Shaheen Akhtar
(CV)
Professor
Area of Specialization
- South Asia
- Regional Security and Stability
- Conflict Resolution & Peace Building
- Nontraditional Security
- Water Security and Management
- Gender and Peace Building
- Foreign Policy of Major Powers
shaheenakhtar@ndu.edu.pk
Dr. Musarrat Jabeen
(CV)
Associate Professor
Area of Specialization
- Non Traditional Security Issues/ Energy Security
- Gender
- Sustainable Development
- Climate Change
- Conflict Management
- Business Ethics /Thoughtful Intelligence
jabeen@ndu.edu.pk
Dr. Afsah Qazi
(CV)
Assistant Professor
Area of Specialization
- Comprehensive Security
- Arms Control, Disarmament
- East Asian International Relations
- Variants of Traditional IR Theory
- Soft Power and Public diplomacy
- Strategic Stability in South Asia
- IPE
afsahqazi@ndu.edu.pk
Dr. Imran Ashraf
(CV)
Assistant Professor
Area of Specialization
- Foreign Policy
- Political Economy
- Federalism
- Parliamentary Studies
- Conflict Resolution
imranashraf@ndu.edu.pk
Dr. Sameera Imran
(CV)
Assistant Professor
Area of Specialization
- Great Powers Involvement: the interplay of Sino-US strategic balancing of interests in South Asia
- Geopolitics of the Asia-Pacific Region
- International Politics of South Asia
drsameeraimran@ndu.edu.pk
Dr. Muhammad Shoaib
(CV)
Assistant Professor
shoaibm37@yahoo.com
Mr. Umar Abbasi
(CV)
Lecturer
Area of Specialization
- Middle East Politics and Security
- Foreign Policy Analysis
- International Security
umarabbasi@ndu.edu.pk
Ms. Asma Sana
(CV)
Lecturer
Area of Specialization
- Internal Security Dynamics of Pakistan
- Foreign Policy of United States, Russia and China
- Politics of Pakistan
- Politics of Asia Pacific Region
asmasana@ndu.edu.pk
Mr. Hamid Iqbal
(CV)
Lecturer
Area of Specialization
- South Asian Region
- Pak –Afghan Relations
- Religious Militancy in FATA
hamidiqbal@ndu.edu.pk
Mr. Ameer Abdullah Khan
(CV)
Lecturer
Area of Specialization
- Politics of Environment and climate change
- SA politics
- Traditional and non- traditional security dynamic of Pakistan
- Theories of IR
ameerabdullah@ndu.edu.pk
Ms. Shomaila Zahoor
(CV)
Lecturer
Area of Specialization
- Theories of IR
- Research Methodology
- Global Terrorism
- Middle Eastern Politics
shumaila@ndu.edu.pk
Ms. Farzana Siddique
(CV)
Lecturer
Area of Specialization
- International Politics
- Conventional and Nuclear warfare
- Security and Strategic Dynamics of South Asia
- India-Pakistan Strategic Relationship
- Geopolitics of South Asia
- Foreign Policy
farzana@ndu.edu.pk
Ms. Fouzia Amin
(CV)
Lecturer
Area of Specialization
- Strategic Studies
- International Security
- Strategic Stability of South Asia
- Strategic Competition in the Indo-Pacific Region
- Nuclear Nonproliferation
- World Politics Since 1945
- Political Economy and Economics of Defence
fouzia@ndu.edu.pk
Mr Faisal Majeed
(CV)
Lecturer
Area of Specialization
- Security Studies
- State vs Human
- Peace and Conflict Studies
- Terrorism & Counter Terrorism
faisal@ndu.edu.pk
Ms Maria Rehman
(CV)
Lecturer
mariakhan9005@gmail.com
Prof. Dr. Tahir Saeed
(CV)
HOD
Professor
Area of Specialization
- Corporate Leadership
- Business Strategy
- Quantitative Analyses
hodlms@ndu.edu.pk
Dr. Muhammad Zia-ur-Rehman
(CV)
Associate Professor
Area of Specialization
- Human Resource Management & Human Resource Development
- Organizational behavior & Employee Motivation
- Emotional Intelligence & Leadership and related studies
- Training and development and Change management
- Organizational Policy and Strategic management
- International HRM & Strategic HRM
- Quantitative Techniques
- Statistical Analysis
- SPSS, AMOS, SmartPLS
- Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) & Path Analysis
- Corporate Leadership development (CLD)
- Anger Management, Stress management,Time Managment & Soft skills
zrehman@ndu.edu.pk
Dr. Shazia Hassan
(CV)
Assistant Professor
Area of Specialization
- Human Resource Management
Entrepreneurship
- Recruitment & Selection
- Compensation & Benefits Management
- Business Communication & Presentation Skills
shaziahassan@ndu.edu.pk
Dr. Umer Iftikhar Malik
(CV)
Assistant Professor
Area of Specialization
- International Finance
- Risk Management
- Corporate Strategy
- International Business
iftikhar@ndu.edu.pk
Dr Muhammad Ismail Ramay
(CV)
Associate Professor
deanramay@gmail.com
Dr Bilal Latif
(CV)
Assistant Professor
bilallatif143@gmail.com
Dr. Arslan Rafi
(CV)
Assistant Professor
arslan@ndu.edu.pk
Mr. Adnan Jameel
(CV)
Assistant Professor
Area of Specialization
- Service Design and Operations
- Services Marketing
- Branding / Advertising
- Relationship Management
- Sales Management
adnan@ndu.edu.pk
Ms. Wajeeha Ghias
(CV)
Lecturer
Area of Specialization
- Organizational Leadership
- Organizational Behavior
- The Art of Followership
wajeeha@ndu.edu.pk
Ms. Yasmine Muhammad
(CV)
Lecturer
Area of Specialization
- Human Resource Management
- Entrepreneurship
- Recruitment & Selection
- Compensation & Benefits
- Management
- Business Communication & Presentation Skills
yasmine@ndu.edu.pk
Ms. Qurat Ul Ain Saboor
(CV)
Lecturer
quratulain@ndu.edu.pk
