School of Politics and International Relations (SPIR) 
Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) 
Islamabad, Pakistan.
Dissertation Topic: “Pakistan amid the War on Terror: State versus Nation? A Political Perspective”
	- M. Phil. Political Science                   2002- 2004
Centre for South Asian Studies, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
             
            
              
	- National University of Modern Languages (NUML), Islamabad, 
May 31, 2019- Continued
Assistant Professor (Contract) at Department of International Relations
Coordinator M. Phil. & Ph. D.- IR
 
	- Lecturer at Department of International RelationsNational University of Modern Languages (NUML), Islamabad                   May 2016- May 2019
 
	- Lecturer at Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST), Islamabad           September 2011- 2015
 
	- National Institute of Pakistan Studies (NIPS), Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad            September 2012- Jan 2013
 
  
             
            
              Research Journal
	- “Strategic Human Resource Development: Investing in Balochistan’s Blue Economy.” Strategic Studies 40, no. 1 (March 2020): 87-102.
- “From Geo-Economics to Geo-Politics: Emerging Maritime Power-Politics in the Indo-Pacific Ocean Region,” Margalla Papers XXIII, no. 2 (2019): 28-40.
- “Pakistan’s Foreign Policy towards Afghanistan Since Operation Freedom Sentinel: An Overview.” Margalla Papers XXI (2017): 104-121.
Book
	- Edited and updated: Mahmood, Safdar. International Affairs 17th Edition. Lahore: Jahangir Sons, 2013.  
 
            
              
	- World Maritime Affairs
- Geopolitics of Indian Ocean
- Politics of Global Flows
- Extremism, Terrorism, and Counter-Terrorism
- Theories of International Relations
- Research Methodology
- Foreign Policy of Pakistan
- Foreign Policy Analysis
- Pak-Afghan Relations during War on Terror
- Politics of South Asia
 
            
              
                
Education
                
School of Politics and International Relations (SPIR) 
Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) 
Islamabad, Pakistan.
Dissertation Topic: “Pakistan amid the War on Terror: State versus Nation? A Political Perspective”
	- M. Phil. Political Science                   2002- 2004
Centre for South Asian Studies, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
              
              
                
Experience
                
	- National University of Modern Languages (NUML), Islamabad, 
May 31, 2019- Continued
Assistant Professor (Contract) at Department of International Relations
Coordinator M. Phil. & Ph. D.- IR
 
	- Lecturer at Department of International RelationsNational University of Modern Languages (NUML), Islamabad                   May 2016- May 2019
 
	- Lecturer at Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST), Islamabad           September 2011- 2015
 
	- National Institute of Pakistan Studies (NIPS), Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad            September 2012- Jan 2013
 
              
              
                
Publications
                                Research Journal
	- “Strategic Human Resource Development: Investing in Balochistan’s Blue Economy.” Strategic Studies 40, no. 1 (March 2020): 87-102.
- “From Geo-Economics to Geo-Politics: Emerging Maritime Power-Politics in the Indo-Pacific Ocean Region,” Margalla Papers XXIII, no. 2 (2019): 28-40.
- “Pakistan’s Foreign Policy towards Afghanistan Since Operation Freedom Sentinel: An Overview.” Margalla Papers XXI (2017): 104-121.
Book
	- Edited and updated: Mahmood, Safdar. International Affairs 17th Edition. Lahore: Jahangir Sons, 2013.  
                
Interests
                                
	- World Maritime Affairs
- Geopolitics of Indian Ocean
- Politics of Global Flows
- Extremism, Terrorism, and Counter-Terrorism
- Theories of International Relations
- Research Methodology
- Foreign Policy of Pakistan
- Foreign Policy Analysis
- Pak-Afghan Relations during War on Terror
- Politics of South Asia