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Saving COSS
T he Council of Social Sciences, Pakistan (COSS)
is a non-profit, non-government, voluntary
organisation. What that means in practice is that
COSS finances projects and meets operating costs from
donations and the modest amount of money invested in
savings schemes. For personnel, other than a skeleton
office staff, COSS relies on the voluntary and entirely
unremunerated contributions of time and energy on
part of its members. COSS also does not receive any
direct assistance from the government. Such finances
as are generated are spent on running the office and for
financing projects for which there is arguably a public
need but no market demand. This model is no longer
sustainable in the present conditions on account of
several factors.
The first is that the cost escalation of the past two years
has steadily eroded COSS’s ability to meet recurring
and project expenditures from its investments,
donations received and grants. This gap has widened to
a point where COSS’s regular income amounts to less
than one fourth of recurring expenditure. One does not
have to be an economist to realise that such a large gap
is unsustainable.
The second is that COSS does not provide any service
for which there is market demand. Far from providing
What is Inside:
Brief Introduction to Iqbal International Institute for Research
& Dialogue (IRD)
Activities of Council of Social Sciences, Pakistan
Islamabad Social Sciences Forum (ISSF)
Letter to the Editor
Developments in Academia
Conferences, Seminars and Special Lectures
Workshops/Courses Attended, Papers Presented in Conferences
May 2010
consultancy services or creating a pool from which
such services may be provided to international and
national organisations, COSS has zero market
orientation. Nor is COSS structured to provide
consultancy services to implement profitable projects.
It is basically an association of volunteers, which
effectively reduces the organisation to a minimalist
program.
Third, on account of its lack of public funding and an
essentially idealistic economic and administrative
model, COSS never succeeded in generating real and
sustained interest. Yes, as a matter of record, COSS has
more than 450 members but a closer examination
reveals that many of the members have only paid the
membership fees once and then either forgotten about
it or never been properly reminded.
There are, however, a number of
changes that COSS can make to at least
arrest its decline into financial
insolvency and administrative paralysis.
(Continued on page 2)
Books and Articles Published during 2009-2010
Research Projects Completed
Appointments, Postings, Transfers and Retirements
Award of Degrees
Honours and Awards for Social Scientists
Improvement in Qualifications
Obituary: Prof. Khwaja Masud
New Members of COSS
Selected Articles from Professional Journals

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 Brief Introduction to Iqbal International
Institute for Research & Dialogue
(IRD)
Iqbal International Institute for Research and Dialogue
(IRD) is devoted to promoting progressive thinking
among Muslims and bringing about a new Islamic
paradigm with the collaboration of world class scholars
committed to working with Muslim masses, especially
the youth, to create societies that are compassionate,
forward-looking and life-affirming.
The Institute was set up in Lahore in January 2006 at the
recommendation of the Islamabad International
Consultation of Muslim Scholars. In December 2007 it
was entrusted to the International Islamic University in
recognition of the fact that the University undertakes
research, education and dialogue between religions and
cultures.
The Institute aims to focus on the following as its
objectives:
 To make the steps necessary for evolving a
culture of peace, unity and harmony in Pakistan
and the Muslim Ummah.
 To promote and develop dialogical rationalism
and to encourage knowledge-based inter-culture
and inter-religion undertaking in Pakistan and
Muslim Ummah as a whole.
 To transmit the dynamic and forward-looking
message of Allama Muhammad Iqbal to
intellectuals, community leaders and civil society
leaders. For this purpose the Institute plans to
create an intellectually challenging environment
which can promote new thinking and develop a
vision leading to personal and social
transformation; and
 To bring together scholars from across the world
to reflect on the theoretical and practical issues
that are of moral and strategic significance.
Dr. Mumtaz Ahmad, an HEC Foreign Faculty and
Professor of Political Science at Hampton University, VA
(USA) was appointed as its first Executive Director by
the Governing Council.
The Institute has held a number of international and
national conferences, symposia, panel discussions,
distinguished lectures by eminent international scholars
and policy makers that include Karen Armstrong, Tariq
Ramadan, Robert Jenson, David Barasaman, Tamara
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May 2010
Sonn, Farid Essack, Ebrahim Moosa, Peter Mendeville,
Pervez Hoodbhoy, Salman Seyed, Jack Straw and David
Miliband.
Saving COSS
(Continued from page 1)
In the first place, COSS must rationalise its activities.
There is no point in spending scarce resources on printing
books that no one wants to buy or investing in projects for
which there is no market demand. Second, COSS can try
to re-invent itself as a human resource pool of social
scientists and branch out into consultancy services. Third,
COSS can appeal to its members to help it set up a trust
fund/endowment large enough to meet running costs and
finance a few long term projects. Fourth, COSS should be
prepared to move away from such principles that are
inimical to its survival and growth.
To do nothing means that COSS can, at most, hang
around for another year. After that, the reality of its
predicament will assert itself. Whether COSS is worth
saving is, however, a question that each member can
contemplate for himself or herself.
Ilhan Niaz is the author of The Culture of Power and
Governance of Pakistan, 1947-2008 (Karachi: Oxford
University Press, 2010). niazone80@gmail.com
Activities of COSS
Memorandum of Understanding between COSS and
American Institute of Pakistan Studies (AIPS)
COSS and the American Institute of Pakistan Studies
(AIPS), Islamabad signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) at a ceremony held in Islamabad
on December 23, 2009. It was signed by COSS President
Dr. Anwar H. Siddiqui and AIPS President, Dr. Jonathan
Mark Kenoyer. Under the MoU the two organisations will
endeavour to promote study and research in the social
sciences. The two organisations will cooperate and
collaborate with each other in organising seminars and
arranging lectures by visiting foreign scholars. They will
also collaborate and cooperate in other academic
activities that they deem to be of mutual interest and
benefit.
Remembering Late Prof. Khwaja Masud
COSS held a memorial reference for late Prof. Khwaja
Masud, a member of COSS, on January 29, 2010. Prof.
Khwaja Masud, a renowned educationist, intellectual and
writer died in Islamabad on January 16, 2010. Khwaja
Masud devoted his whole career to teaching at Gordon
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College, Rawalpindi. Mr. Ashfaq Salim Mirza and Dr.
Shaukat Hameed Khan spoke on the life and times of late
Prof. Khwaja Masud. Khwaja Sarmad, son of Khwaja
Masud, who was also present, recalled his father’s
courage and boldness in difficult times.
Ripah University delegation visits COSS
A four-member delegation of Department of Social Sciences,
Ripah International University, Islamabad Campus visited
COSS office on April 14, 2010 to learn about the work the
Council is doing for the promotion of social sciences
activities and its future plans. The members included the
Head of the Social Sciences Department, Dr. Muhammad
Hamid Ullah and lecturers Mr. Yasir Arafat, Mr. Muhammad
Ahmed and Mr. Zia-ur-Rahman Zia.
The delegation appreciated the work of COSS and briefed
Dr. Zarina Salamat about their Department. They also
suggested that COSS arrange seminars on social sciences at
their university.
COSS programme of interaction with university faculties
The following is a proposal for COSS to interact with
university faculty members drawn up by Mr. Muzzaffar
Mahmood Qureshi. COSS has taken a few steps towards its
adoption with reference to the issue of poverty.
COSS have institutional members and many of them are
engaged in teaching and research. Universities have faculties
in various fields of social sciences. COSS may initiate a
programme of continuing interaction with universities on
fields of direct academic and professional interest. This may
work as a stimulus to broaden the area and scope of
academic work, on the one hand, and develop capacity for
academic outreach in areas where a variety of acute social
problems have existed and have become more severe on the
other.
A small beginning
This could begin by convening a small session with a few
academics from departments of the social sciences and seek
their help in bringing their faculties into active academic
discourse. In the first instance, perhaps, the universities
located at Islamabad and Rawalpindi may be accessed so
that extensive arrangements do not have to be made. Even a
group of five to ten academics drawn from different
universities and also from different faculties would help in
initiating discussion and suggest modifications.
Purposes
Among the many purposes of this exercise would be to:
 Build academic relationships
 Discover areas of interest and fields of specialisations
that have already been developed, highlighting areas
that need greater attention
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 Possibilities of interactive research
 Building capacity for documentation of fast changing
scenarios
 Linking up with the process of policy formulation
 Building broad based awareness amongst students of
how best to relate social science disciplines with
problems that the society faces.
These have substantial academic importance. They have
greater importance as means for improving and refining the
formulation of policy. It may well also serve as the torch
bearer in the most neglected area of following up on policy
declarations.
One much needed hope is to root future advances in social
sciences in the conditions we are passing through, rather
than await remedies from elsewhere.
Particular care would have to be taken to exhibit and
maintain a distinct posture of academic pursuit, rather than
making the exercise partisan or adversarial.
Themes
Initially, a few themes could be taken up to set the ball
rolling, such as:
 Poverty
 Environment
 Social change
With the experience of a few sessions, many more themes
could be added.
Workshops or seminars
Once the theme and the plan of the workshop (or seminar) is
agreed, all universities would be invited to develop papers
for discussion.
Suggested plan for a discussion on Poverty
Most, if not all, departments of the universities that teach
social sciences could be requested to participate. In
particular, the departments of economics, politics, social
work, sociology, and women’s issues could be motivated to
play leading roles in this effort.
Core issues
Some of the issues that could trigger instructive brain
storming are:
1. Subjects being taught in each department that include
poverty.
2. Data, documents, books, publications on poverty that
are used as course material.
3. Experience and background of teachers that are teaching
those subjects.
4. Conferences on poverty – how many of them were
attended? How many papers were read in them?
5. Research on poverty – MA dissertations; MPhil, PhD.
6. Publications by teachers.
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7. Courses done by teachers on poverty.
Initiatives
1. Can programmes be introduced that involve students in
studying localities where the poor live and work?
2. Programmes of social service or community services
3. More disadvantaged groups within the poor – widows,
women, disabled, orphans
4. Bibliographies
5. Comments by faculty and by students on policy
prepared by:
 The government (Federal and Provincial)
 World Bank
 ADB
 UNDP
 EU
 Other donors
6. Experiences of other countries
7. Graduate and post graduate seminars
Islamabad Social Sciences Forum (ISSF)
Under the auspices of Islamabad Social Sciences Forum
(ISSF) the following lectures were held since October 2009:
 Dr. Maggie Ronkin, ‘Language Ideology in USA’ on
March 26, 2010.
 Dr. Faiz Bilquis, Professor of Economics, Fatima Jinnah
Women University, Rawalpindi ‘Adjustment and
Financing in Low Development Countries: The Role of
IMF’ on February 26, 2010.
 Mr. Ashfaq Salim Mirza, Dr. Shaukat Hameed Khan and
Khwaja Sarmad in Memorial reference for late Prof.
Khwaja Masud, on January 29, 2010.
 Dr. Nazir Hussain, Associate Professor, Department of
International Relations, Quaid-i-Azam University,
Islamabad ‘Pakistan’s Foreign Policy 1947-2007: A
New Perspective’ on October 30, 2009.
Letter to the Editor
Respected Dr. Zarina Salamat,
I am an Assistant Professor in the Media and Journalism
Department of UoB, and the editor of a bi-annual Research
Journal, ‘Balochistan Review’ of Balochistan Study Center,
UoB, editor of quarterly newsletter of UoB ‘The Shalians’
and the editor of quarterly newsletter ‘BSC [Balochistan
Study Centre] News’.
When I saw the COSS bulletin, I thought that I should
contribute something from UoB and am sending you the
report of a MPhil seminar for the COSS bulletin as an
attached file. I hope you can use it.
Thanks and regards,
Naseeb Ullah, Assistant Professor,
Media and Journalism Department,
University of Balochistan, Quetta (Contact: 03218001757)
[COSS is grateful to Mr. Naseeb Ullah for his appreciation.
We invite our other readers to write to us and to suggest
what else can be included in the Bulletin.]
Developments in Academia
University of Texas, Austin, USA has created Charlie
Wilson Chair in Pakistan Studies to encourage research on
the geo-political importance of Pakistan, its history, culture
and literature. The Chair has been set up to honour and
acknowledge the services of former Congressman Charlie
Wilson to USA and to the people of East Texas. (Dawn,
November 8, 2009)
Higher Education Commission (HEC) has launched
Pakistan’s first national online scholarship calendar that will
provide students and families with a one-window operation
to access all available scholarships being offered through
HEC and 11 pilot universities across the country. The
Scholarship Calendar has been developed with the assistance
of the USAID-Funded Higher Education Commission
Financial Aid Development (HEC-FAD) programme. HEC
plans to expand the Calendar to include all the universities
of the country. HEC has developed the calander in response
to lack of complete information available to students
regarding type and value of scholarships available,
application procedure, deadlines and eligibility criteria.
(Higher Education Commission, News & Views, October
2009, p. 8).
International Islamic University, Islamabad
Department of History has launched MA (History), two-
year programme.
University of the Punjab, Lahore
 The Punjab Public Service Commission (PPSC) has
recognised the Master’s degree of Gender Studies
Department of the Punjab University.
 The Vice Chancellor has transferred one post of
professor from the university pool to the Institute of
Communication Studies and designated it as ‘Professor
Miskeen Ali Hijazi Chair’ in line with the directives
issued by Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani
during a visit to the residence of the late professor. The
Chair is named after the renowned journalist and teacher
of Mass Communication, Prof. Dr. Miskeen Ali Hijazi.
(The News, January 18, 2010)
Pakistan Study Centre, University of Karachi
 launched an intensive MS/PhD Programme in May
2009.
It organised the following book launching ceremonies:
 launching of Dr. Mubark Ali’s book Pakistan: In Search
of Identity on August 8, 2009. The launching of the
same book was also held at Al-Hamra Lahore and
SAFMA auditorium, Islamabad.
 launching of B. M. Kutty’s book In Search of Solutions:
An Autobiography of Mir Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo on
September 29, 2009. The launching of the same book
was also held at SAFMA auditorium, Islamabad and in
New Delhi.
Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi
Department of Defence and Diplomatic Studies in
collaboration with the University of Bradford has won a
grant for a three year project (2009-2012) worth £ 75,000 to
set up a Research Center for Peace and Security studies and
develop a Peace Module to train women parliamentarians.
Department of Gender Studies has been awarded funding
by HEC for the project entitled, ‘Motivational Orientation
towards Work, Need Achievement, and Perceived Social
Support among Pakistani Female Entrepreneurs in Attock
District’ in November 2009.
Bahria University, Islamabad
On the recommendations of HEC, office of Research and
Development (R&D) has been established at Bahria
University, Islamabad in February 2010. Dr. Shabnam Bahar
has taken over as first Director of Research & Development
office. This office has been mandated to promote R & D in
different academic disciplines, prepare a data bank of all
research papers being written by all the faculty members of
all the campuses and constituent units of Bahria University
and collaborate with local and foreign donors for the
development of research and development fund of Bahria
University.
Dr. Sayed Wiqar Ali Shah, Allama Iqbal Professor, South
Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg, Germany developed
a course ‘All-India Muslim League and the Creation of
Pakistan’ and offered it at University of Heidelberg.
NGOs
LEAD Pakistan
Under its capacity building programme ‘Pakistan 2030:
Leadership Challenges’, LEAD Pakistan has selected a
‘research cohort’ - Cohort 14. Cohort 14 is a continuation of
LEAD Pakistan’s flagship Leadership Development
programme that started in 1995 as part of a global initiative.
The programme in its 14th year has produced 138 fellows.
The cohort comprises 10 carefully identified distinguished
professionals drawn from various fields and disciplines of
prestigious organisations. The first two-day national training
session for Cohort 14 aimed at learning and thinking
together about the future leadership challenges for Pakistan
was held at Lead House, Islamabad on October 14-15, 2009.
Conferences, Seminars and Special Lectures
The National Academy of Higher Education (NAHE), a
project of the Higher Education Commission in
collaboration with the USAID funded Pre-Service Teacher
Education Program (Pre-STEP) organised a four-day
‘National Workshop: Training Master Trainers of PCEPT’ on
February 15-18, 2010 in Lahore. A total of 32 higher
education faculty members from different universities of
Pakistan attended the workshop. Pre-STEP is a five-year $75
million programme sponsored by the USAID as part of its
assistance to the Government of Pakistan in support of its
goal of improved classroom teaching. Pre-STEP programme
is being implemented by the Academy for Educational
Development (AED).
International Islamic University, Islamabad
A seminar was held on ‘Educational Vision: Aims and
Objectives - A Critical Examination of National Education
Policy – 2009’ on April 10, 2010.
The Department of History arranged a roundtable on
‘Pakistan-Bangladesh Relations: Past, Present and Future’ on
December 10, 2009.
Department of History, Department of Politics and
International Relations (Female Campus) jointly arranged:
 an open discussion with Mrs. Qayyum Nizami, Ex.
Minister PPP, Mrs. Kishwar Qayyum MPA, PPP and
Mrs. Surryya Cheema, Ex. MPA, PML (Q) on October
7, 2009.
 a discussion with Senator Ch. Naeem Hussain Chatta on
October 17, 2009.
Department of Sociology in collaboration with Human
Rights and Minorities Affairs Department (HR&MA),
Government of the Punjab organised a seminar on
‘Mainstreaming Minorities in Pakistan: Challenges and
Prospects’ on October 12, 2009.
International Institute of Islamic Economics in collaboration
with Akhter Hameed Khan Resource Centre, Islamabad
organised a distinguished lecture on ‘Food Crises and the
Future of Agriculture in Pakistan’ by Dr. Mahmood Hassan
Khan, Professor Emeritus, Simon Fraser University, Canada
on December 22, 2009.
Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad
Department of History in collaboration with Centre for Civic
Education (CCE) and the Higher Education Commission
(HEC) held a Roundtable Conference on ‘Extremism in
Pakistan: The Role of State and Non-State Actors, 1979-
2009’ on November 21, 2009. The conference comprised
one session of presentations followed by two sessions of
discussions. Dr. Razia Sultana, Chairperson, QAU
Department of History, was the principal host and delivered
the welcome address. Dr. M. Naeem Qureshi presided as the
Chairman of the conference and delivered the keynote
address. Mr. Zafarullah Khan, Executive Director, CCE, Ms.
Shabana Fayyaz, Assistant Professor of Defence and
Strategic Studies (QAU), and Dr. Ayesha Siddiqa,
independent security analyst, made brief presentations on the
subject of the conference. The other panelists included Dr.
Tahir Amin, Professor of International Relations (QAU), Dr.
Tariq Rahman, Director, National Institute of Pakistan
Studies (NIPS), Dr. Nazir Hussain, Associate Professor of
International Relations (QAU) and Ms. Simbal Khan, Acting
Director Central Asia and Russia, Institute of Strategic
Studies, Islamabad (ISSI).
National Institute of Psychology (NIP) organised an
international conference on ‘Developmental Psychology:
Prevalence, Management and Prevention’ on October 13-15,
2009.
Area Study Centre for Africa, North and South America
organised 12th International American Studies Conference
on ‘The Media in America; America in the Media’ on
October 2-4, 2009. A total of 22 papers were read in the
conference, which was spread over six academic sessions.
University of Balochistan, Quetta
Balochistan Study Centre (a research center facilitating the
scholars for MPhil and PhD researches) organised:
 an M. Phil seminar in Psychology entitled ‘Researchers
Need to Highlight Significant Issues, Suggest Ways to
Resolve These’ on November 12, 2009. Prof. R. B.
Raisani was the keynote speaker.
 a seminar on ‘Khan Abdul Samad Khan Achakzai
Shaheed bahaseet Adeeb (‘Shaheed’ Khan Abdul Samad
Khan Achakzai as a writer)’ by PhD scholar M. Usman
Tobowal in November 2009. M. Usman Tabowal is
registered at Pakistan Study Centre, University of
Balochistan Quetta and his field of research is ‘Khan
Abdul Samad Khan Achakzai Shaheed - Ilmi wa Adabi
Khidmat ka Aek Tairana Jaiza’. The Dean of Research
(Arts), University of Balochistan, Quetta, Prof. Dr.
Abdul Razzak Sabir and Former Vice Chancellor and
the Director, Pakistan Study Centre, Prof. Bahadur Khan
Rodeni also spoke on the occasion.
University of Sindh, Jamshoro
Dr. Qasim Bughio, Professor and Dean, Faculty of Arts,
University of Sindh, Jamshoro organised a two-day
international conference on the ‘Contribution of Shams-ul-
Ulama Mirza Kalich Beg towards Language, Literature and
Society on October 3-4, 2009. A total of 70 papers were
presented in five academic sessions by scholars from
Pakistan and abroad. Dr. Bughio contributed a paper entitled
‘Shams-ul-Ulama Mirza Kalich Beg on Linguistics’.
Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad organised a
national workshop of M.Sc. Gender and Women Studies
programme for the Spring semester 2009 on November 16-
21, 2009.
Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and
Technology (SZABIST) organised 10th National Research
Conference on Management, Computer and Social Sciences
& Economics on January 28-29, 2010. Over 170 papers were
presented during the conference.
Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi
Department of Communication Sciences in collaboration
with Earthquake Reconstruction & Rehabilitation Authority
(ERRA) organized a seminar on, ‘Information Management
and Working with Media in Disaster Situations’ on
December 10, 2009.
The Department of Defence and Diplomatic Studies
organized:
 a seminar entitled, ‘Pakistan China Relations
Celebration 60 Years of Sino-Pak Friendship’ on
October 19, 2009.
 a lecture on, ‘UN Role in Global Affairs: Contemporary
Issues and Challenges’ on August 10, 2009. Mr. Janos
Tisovszky, Director of the United Nations Information
Centre was the guest speaker on the occasion.
University of the Punjab, Lahore; Department of Applied
Psychology organised a conference on ‘Resilience, Coping
Strategies and Reconstruction of Self Among Women’ on
March 11, 2010.
Institute of Business Management, Karachi
The Department of Education and Social Sciences, Institute
of Business Management, Karachi organised ‘First
National Conference on Application of Social Sciences to
Business’, on 14th November 14, 2009. The theme of the
conference was ‘Enhancing Individual’s Performance in
Business’. The sub-themes of the conference included job
performance, performance evaluation, emotional
intelligence, work stress and safety issues, motivation and
student outcomes, teacher knowledge, skills and
effectiveness, development and evaluation of instructional
material, family dynamics, gender and job performance and
personal growth. A total of 10 papers were read in the
conference.
Council of Islamic Ideology and Iqbal International
institute for Research & Dialogue, International Islamic
University, Islamabad organised an international conference
on the theme of ‘Toward Revisiting The Debate on Shariah:
Prospects and Challenges for Pakistan’ on November 23-24,
2009.
Society of Asian Civilisations Pakistan (SAC)
In collaboration with Preston University, Islamabad and
National Institute of Cultural Studies, Islamabad, SAC
organised an international conference on ‘Modern
Civilisations: Convergence or Divergence’ on March 24-25,
2010. A total of 16 papers were read in the conference,
which was spread over four academic sessions besides
opening and concluding session. Keynote speaker was
Professor Dr. Tahir Amin, Department of International
Relations, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.
It also organised the following seminars:
 in collaboration with Preston University, Islamabad and
Embassy of Republic of Azerbaijan ‘Kashmir &
Nagorno Karabakh-Festering Disputes’ on February 5,
2010.
 ‘Relations through History & Culture: Pakistan and
Turkmenistan’ on October 7, 2009.
National Commission on the Status of Women organised a
seminar on ‘Violence in the Name of Religion and its Impact
on Women’ on December 9, 2009 in Islamabad.
NGOs
Aurat Foundation, Islamabad organised a lecture
‘Derogation of Human Rights in Conflict Situations’ by
Asma Jehangir, on UN Human Rights Day December 10,
2009.
Consumer Rights Commission of Pakistan
 held a consultation on ‘Electricity Governance in
Pakistan’ on December 17-18, 2009.
 in collaboration with United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP) organised a policy dialogue on
‘Effectiveness of Disaster Risk Management: Engaging
Parliamentarians’ on October 13, 2009.
Sungi Development Foundation, Islamabad launched an
Urdu translation Itnay Ziayada, Phir bhi Ghareeb of the
book We are Poor but So Many by Ela Bhatt on November
5, 2009. We are Poor but So Many is a first hand account of
the vision, rise, and success of Self Employed Women
Association (SEWA), in India as well as internationally.
Started with 7,000 female members SEWA has now over
700,000 women members making it the single largest trade
union for women in India.
Workshops/Courses Attended,
Papers Presented in Conferences
Nasim Yousaf, an independent scholar & author presented a
paper ‘Pakistan and India: The Case for Unification’ at the
New York Conference on Asian Studies (NYCAS) held at
Cornell University (USA), on October 9, 2009.
Dr. Samina Malik, Incharge Department of Education
(Female Section), International Islamic University,
Islamabad presented the following papers in international
conferences:
 ‘Academic Adjustment of International Students in
Pakistan: Difference in Learning Experiences and
Classroom Issues’ at the International Conference on
Language Policy in Higher Education held in South
Africa on November 17-20, 2009.
 ‘Roadloacks to Women Bellwethers’ in the
EDULEARN09 - International Conference on
Education and New Learning Technologies organised by
International Association of Technology, Education and
Development in Barcelona, Spain on July 6-8, 2009.
Prof. Dr. Syed Jaffar Ahmed, Director, Pakistan Study
Centre, University of Karachi presented the following
papers:
1. ‘American Interest in South Asia and the Role of
Taliban’, Guest lecture at Sindh Awami Sangat’s
conference held in Karachi on July 5, 2009.
2. Presented a paper in a conference organized by Area
Study Centre for Europe, University of Karachi, on the
‘EU, SAARC and the African Union: A Study of their
Human Rights Instruments’ on July 22, 2009.
3. Presented a paper in at Institute of Policy Research’s
(IPRI), conference held in Islamabad on
‘Deradicalisation of Youth’ on July 22, 2009.
4. Participated and presented a paper on ‘Multiculturalism
and Globalisation: A Perspective from Pakistan’ in 18 th
Biennial General Conference Association of Asian
Social Science Research Council’s (AASSREC) on
‘Multiculturalism in a Globalising World: View from the
Asia Pacific’ held in Bangkok, Thailand on August 27-
28, 2009.
5. Participated in a Roundtable on ‘The Issues of
Feudalism in Pakistan’, held at the residence of the
Canadian High Commissioner in Pakistan in Islamabad
on October 13, 2009.
6. ‘Karachi: A Center of Inter-faith Dialogue and
Tolerance’ in a conference held by Sindh Sufi Institute
at Karachi Arts Council on October 14, 2009.
7. Participated in a Roundtable Conference organized by
the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on
‘Parliamentary Supremacy’ held at Regent Plaza,
Karachi on October 24, 2009.
8. ‘The Impact of Journalism and Judiciary on the Society’
in a seminar organized by APNEC at Karachi Press
Club on October 26, 2009.
9. Presided and presented a paper in a conference held at
Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) auditorium on
‘War and Economic Crisis: The Role of Imperialism’ on
November 6, 2009.
Dr. Sayed Wiqar Ali Shah, Allama Iqbal Professor at the
South Asia Institute, University of Heidelberg, Germany
presented a paper ‘Convening Pashtun Qaumi Jirga for the
Solution of the Present Crisis in the Region’ in a workshop
‘Understanding Pashtun Context: Afghanistan and Pakistan’,
organised by Wilton Park, London on October 15, 2009.
He also delivered the following seminars at the South Asia
Institute, University of Heidelberg, Germany.
 ‘Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan, M. A. Jinnah and the Muslim
Nationalism in India’, December 10, 2009.
 ‘Afghan - Mughal Conflict in India during 16th and 17th
Century: An Appraisal’, December 15, 2009.
Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi
Department of Communication Sciences
 Mrs. Saadia Ishtiaq, Lecturer presented a paper on
‘Challenges for Socio Economic Development in
Pakistan: Role of Sciences and Technology’ in a
COMSATS-COMSTECH National Meeting on October
26-28, 2009 held at COMSATS Islamabad.
 Dr. Shamim Zaidi, Chairperson attended one day
Academia & Civil Society Roundtable on ‘Freedom of
Information in Pakistan’ organized by Centre for Civic
Education Pakistan in Islamabad on December 11, 2009.
Department of Defence and Diplomatic Studies
Ms. Rabia Akhtar, Assistant Professor and Incharge
presented the following papers:
 ‘Impact of Terrorism on Women: A Psychological
Perspective’ in a seminar on ‘Strategies to Humanize the
Potential Insurgent: A Psychological Perspective’ at
Preston University, Islamabad on July 22, 2009.
 ‘Indo-US Nuclear Deal and its Implications for Nuclear
Nonproliferation Regime’ in an International
Conference on ‘India-US Nuclear Cooperation
Agreement’ organized by the British Academy UK-
South Asia partnership, School of Law, Reading
University, Reading, UK on September 14, 2009.
Dr. Saima Kayani, Assistant Professor, presented a paper on,
‘Conflict Resolution in South Asia: Past, Present and Future’
in an International Conference on Governance & Public
Policy: Issues & Challenges held at Fatima Jinnah Women
University, Rawalpindi on July 16-18, 2009.
Following lecturers presented their papers in a seminar,
‘Pakistan China Relations Celebration: 60 years of Sino-Pak
Friendship’ organized by the Department of Defence and
Diplomatic Studies, Fatima Jinnah Women University,
Rawalpindi on October 19, 2009:
1. Mr. Rizwan, ‘Rise of China and South Asian Security’.
2. Ms. Samrana, ‘An Appraisal of Sino-Pakistan
Diplomatic Relations’.
Department of Education
Ms. Shaista Bibi, Lecturer, presented a paper on
‘Strengthening Classroom Instruction’ in the National
Meeting on Challenges for Socio-Economic Development of
Pakistan: Role of Science and Technology at COMSTECH
Islamabad on October 26-28, 2009.
Ms. Alia Jawad, Lecturer, conducted a session on ‘The
Question of Rich Intellectual Cultural Heritage and the
Confused National Identity of Young Generation of
Pakistan’ in Historical Research Symposium organized by
National Institute of Historic and Cultural Research Quaid-i-
Azam University, Islamabad on August 19-21, 2009 at
Baragali.
Dr. Mussaret A. Sheikh, Associate Professor and
Chairperson, Department of Education conducted a seminar
on ‘Higher Education and Women in Empowerment in
Pakistan’ for PhD Scholars at University of Wisconsin-
Madison, USA on September 11, 2009.
Ms. Shaista Bibi, Lecturer organized a seminar on, ‘National
Professional Standards for Teachers’ at Fatima Jinnah
Women University on October 20, 2009.
Ms. Muqaddas Butt, Lecturer attended HEC ‘Advanced
Master Trainers Faculty Professional Development Program’
(MT-FPDP) at HEC Regional Center Lahore on October 12-
24, 2009.
Department of Education conducted following workshops
in August 2009:
 Examination System at FJWU
 Interactive Classrooms
Department of Gender Studies
The following faculty members of the Department presented
papers mentioned against their names in the International
Conference on ‘Governance & Public Policy: Issues &
Challenges’ held at Fatima Jinnah Women University,
Rawalpindi on July 16-18, 2009.
 Dr. Rukhsana Hassan, ‘Addressing Exclusion: State
Policies & Gender’.
 Adeela Rehman, ‘Gender and Governance in Global
Politics’.
Dr. Rukhsana Hassan, Incharge of the Department Gender
Studies and Ms. Shahla Tabbasum Lecturer Department
Gender Studies attended the Women Study Centres
Conference held in Lahore on August 3-5, 2009 and gave
presentation on Gender Studies Department & Women
Research and Resource Centre (WRRC).
Ms. Sahira Zaman, Lecturer attended a seminar series on
motherhood. She presented a paper entitled, ‘Risks of
Unsafe Abortion in Pakistan: Issues and Challenges’ on
October 20, 2009 at Health Services Academy, Islamabad.
Ms. Adeela Rehman. Lecturer attended a training course on
‘Women Empowerment’ organized by the Akhter Hameed
Khan National Centre for Rural Development and Municipal
Administration (AHK NCRD & MA) an Apex Training and
Research Institute under the Ministry of Local Government
and Rural Development Islamabad on November 10-14,
2009.
Ms. Sahira Zaman and Ms. Shahla Tabassum, Lecturers
attended a training workshop on, ‘International Labour
Standards and Women Employment Concerns-Issues and
Challenges in Pakistan’ by the Pakistan Manpower Institute
(PMI) Islamabad in collaboration with International Labor
Organisation from November 18-19, 2009.
Ms. Shahla Tabassum, Lecturer attended one-day workshop
on ‘National Health Accounts’ on December 15, 2009. The
workshop imparted concepts, frameworks and skills
necessary for National Health Accounts. The workshop also
focused on practices and policies of National Health
Accounts and their importance in National Health Policy.
Department of Islamic Studies
The following faculty members of the Department presented
the following papers in the 12th International American
Studies Conference on ‘The Media in America; America in
the Media’ organised by Area Study Centre for Africa, North
and South America at Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad
on October 2-4, 2009.
 Ms. Aayesha Rafiq and Ms. Saima Inayat, ‘American
Media and Islam’.
 Ms. Zainab Moen and Ms. Masooma Batool,
‘Responsibility of Electronic Media in War: A Study of
CNN’.
Ms. Aayesha Rafiq, Incharge of the Department attended a
workshop on ‘Dynamic Learning Skills’ at Learning
Innovation Division, Higher Education Commission,
Islamabad on October 27-30, 2009.
Ms. Zainab Moin, Lecturer attended one day Research Skills
Workshop for University Teachers organized by American
Information Resource Centre, U.S Embassy, Islamabad on
October 20, 2009.
Dr. Qasim Bughio, Professor and Dean, Faculty of Arts,
University of Sindh, Jamshoro presented a paper entitled
‘Linguistic Study in Pakistan’ at International Urdu
Conference organised by Pakistan Arts Council, Karachi on
November 17-21, 2009.
Selected Articles from Professional Journals
1. International Social Science Journal, Vol. 60, No. 95,
March 2009 (UNESCO, Paris)
 Nico Stehr, Ulrich Ufer, ‘On the Global Distribution and
Dissemination of Knowledge’, pp. 7-24.
 Ashok Kumbamu, 'The Protection of Traditional
Knowledge the Global Knowledge Encounter: A
Sociological Analysis of the Introduction of Genetically
Modified Seed in Warangal’, pp. 25-36.
 Janice Busingye and Wiebke Keim, ‘The Political
Battlefield: Negotiating Space to Protect Indigenous and
Traditional Knowledge Under Capitalism’, pp. 37-54.
 Hans-Dieter Evers, Markus Kaiser and Christine Müller,
‘Global Knowledge and Development Knowledge in
Development: Epistemic Machineries in a Global
Context’, pp. 55-68.
 Ran Greenstein, ‘Alternative Modernity: Development
Discourse in Post-Apartheid South Africa’, pp. 69-84.
 Hong Wang, David Thorns, ‘Tacit Knowledge: Different
Forms of Knowledge and New Chinese Skilled
Immigrants' Adaptation to New Zealand's Knowledge
Society’, pp. 85-95.
 Maria Lucia Maciel, Sarita Albagli, ‘Knowledge
Societies, Seen from the South: Local Learning and
Innovation Challenges’, pp. 97-107.
 Rosemary Du Plessis, Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop, ‘The
Ethics of Knowledge Production - Pacific Challenges’,
pp. 109-114.
 Tupua Tamasese Ta'isi Efi Tui Atua, ‘Bioethics and the
Samoan Indigenous Reference ‘, pp. 115-124.
 Maui Hudson, ‘Think Globally, Act Locally: Collective
Consent and the Ethics of Knowledge Production’, pp.
125-133.
 Karlo Mila-Schaaf, ‘Pacific Health Research
Guidelines: The Cartography of an Ethical
Relationship’, pp. 135-143.
 Mere Roberts, ‘Consultation Concerning Novel
Biotechnologies: Who Speaks for Maori? ‘, pp. 145-
151.
 Steven Ratuva, ‘Commodifying Cultural Knowledge:
Corporatised Western Science and Pacific Indigenous
Knowledge’, pp. 153-163.
2. The Pakistan Development Review, Vol. 48, No. 1,
2009 (Pakistan Institute of Development Economics
[PIDE], Islamabad)
 Sajjad Moghal and Wade D. Pfau, ‘An Investigation of
Firm Heterogeneity in the Constraints to Development
and Growth in Pakistan’.
 Shahid Razzaque, ‘The Ultimatum Game and Gender
Effect: Experimental Evidence from Pakistan’.
 Shahzad Kouser, Abedullah, and Abdus Samie,
‘Wastewater Use in Cauliflower Production and
Farmer’s Health: An Economic Analysis’.
 Tasnim Khan and Rana Ejaz Ali Khan, ‘Urban Informal
Sector: How Much Women are Struggling for Family
Survival’.
3. Lahore Journal of Policy Studies, Vol. 3, No. 1,
December 2009 (Lahore School of Economics, Lahore)
 Jamshed Y. Uppal, ‘Restructuring the Stock Exchange
in Pakistan: Economic and Regulatory Policy Issues’,
pp. 7-22.
 Zahid Shariff, ‘Orientalism and Pakistan’, pp. 23-56.
 Muneer Ahmad, ‘Social Profile of Higher Bureaucracy
in Pakistan’, pp. 57-82.
 Mohammad A. Qadeer, ‘Cultural Segmentation of
Pakistani Women’, pp. 83-96.
 Fayyaz Baqir, ‘Civil Society Engagemnt and Aid
Effectiveness’, pp. 97-116.
 Munir Ghazanfar, ‘The Environmental Case of Sindh’,
pp. 117-144.
4. The Lahore Journal of Economics, Vol. 14, No. 2,
2009 (Lahore School of Economics, Lahore)
 Jamshed Y. Uppal, ‘The Role of Satellite Stock
Exchanges: A Case Study of the Lahore Stock
Exchange’, pp. 1-48.
 Ahmed Nawaz Hakro and Bashir Ahmad Fida, ‘Trade
and Income Coverage in Selected South Asian
Countries and Their Trading Partners’, pp. 49-70.
 Muhammad Tariq Majeed and Eatzaz Ahmad, ‘An
Analysis of Host Country Characteristics that Determine
FDI in Developing Countries: Recent Panel Data
Evidence’, pp. 71-96.
 M. Ishaq Javed, Sultan Ali Adil, Sarfaraz Hassan and
Asghar Ali, ‘An Efficiency Analysis of Punjab’s Cotton-
Wheat System’, pp. 97-124.
 Waqar Akhtar, M. Sharif and Hassnain Shah,
‘Competitiveness of Pakistani Fruits in the World
Market’, pp. 125-134.
 Ijaz Hussain and Sumbal Rana, ‘Income Tax Revenue as
an Indicator of Regional Development in Pakistan’, pp.
135-148.
5. South Asian Journal, Vol. 27, January-March 2010
(177-A, Shadman-II, Lahore)
 Khaled Ahmed, ‘“Connectivity”: Why the Resistance to
Roads?’ pp. 12-24.
 Prabir De, ‘Towards a Seamless South Asia: Vision and
Tasks Ahead’, pp. 25-41.
 Aftab Kazi, ‘Geopolinomics of Central Asia’s
Traditional Indus Basin Corridor’, pp. 42-63.
 Shahab Enam Khan, ‘Dynamics of Sub-Regional
Cooperation in South Asia’, pp. 64-85.
 Moed Yusuf, ‘Potential for Cross-LoC Collaboration in
Jammu Kashmir’, pp. 86-109.
 Mahendra P. Lama, ‘India-China Border Trade
Connectivity’, pp. 110-119.
 Aasir Kazmin and Shahbaz Khan, ‘IP Pipeline-
Instrument of Socio-Economic Stability’, pp. 120-132.
 Ali Ahmed, ‘Towards Détente in South Asia’, pp. 133-
142.
 Abhijit Sen Gupta, ‘Global Financial Turmoil and
India’, pp. 143-155.
 Syeed Iftekhar Ahmed, ‘Genesis of Military
Intervention in Bangladesh’, pp. 156-170.
 Asanga Welikala ‘Post-War “Dilemmas of Diversity” in
Sri Lanka’, pp. 171-178.
6. IPRI Journal, Vol. 9, No. 2, Summer 2009 (Islamabad
Policy Research Institute)
 Rashid Ahmad Khan, ‘The Role of Observers in
SAARC’, pp. 1-16.
 Eamon Murphy & Ahmad Rashid Malik, ‘Pakistan
Jihad: The Making of Religious Terrorism’, pp. 17-31.
 Shehzad H. Qazi, ‘United States’ Attempt to Balance:
The Rise of China in Asia’, pp. 32-48.
 Muhammad Khurshid Khan, ‘Analysing Domestic
Terrorism as a Threat to Pakistan’s Security and the
Policy Response’, pp. 49-78.
 Amir Sajedi, ‘Geopolitics of the Persian Gulf Security:
Iran and the United States’, pp. 77-89.
 Mansoor Akbar Kundi, ‘Borderland Interaction: The
Case of Pak-Iranian Baloch’, pp. 90-105.
7. Market Forces: Journal of Management, Information
and Technology, Vol. 4, No. 4, December 2008
(Pakistan Air Force, Karachi Institute of Economics and
Technology, Karachi)
 Tariq Jalees, ‘Relationship Between Brand
Personification of Parent Brand and Brand Extension’.
 G. D. Sardana, ‘Technology Issues in Pakistan’s Leather
Tanning SMEs’.
 Wajdan Raza, ‘English Language Testing in Higher
Education of Pakistan’.
 Manzoor A. Khalidi, ‘Why Did I Become An
Entrepreneur: Case Study on S. M. Asad ul Haq’.
 Tariq Jalees, ‘The Resource Group (TRG) Business
Process Outsourcing- Pakistan’s Success Story’.
 Seema Ansari & Arshi Khan, ‘Telecommunication
Trends in Pakistan’.
 Qazi Salman, ‘The Blood Bankers: Tales from the
Global Underground Economy’.
8. Historicus, Vol. 57, No. 2, April-June 2009 (Pakistan
Historical Society, Karachi)
 Ashiq Muhammad Khan, ‘Afghans’ Conquest of Sindh
During the 18th Century’, pp.7-25.
 Seemi Naghmana Tahir, ‘From Hal Ahwal to Printed
Newspapers: Advent of Press in Balochistan 1888-
1935’, pp. 27-43.
 Abdul Rauf, ‘From Movement (1990) and Jan
Muhammad Junejo Caravan to Afghanistan’, pp. 45-86.
 Abolade Adeniji, ‘The 1940 Colonial Development and
Welfare Act in Nigeria: An Assessment of its Socio-
economic Impact’, pp. 87-100.
 Dr. Ansar Zahid Khan, ‘Tadhkirat al-Umara’, pp. 101-
114.
9. The Dialogue, Vol. 3, No. 1, October-December 2008
(Qurtuba University of Science & Information
Technology, Peshawar www.qurtuba.edu.pk/thedialogue)
 Qadar Bakhsh Baloch, ‘Indo-US-Militants Nexus and
our Strategies for Survival’.
 Jan Muhammad, ‘The Role of Public Sector in the
Economic Development of Balochistan’.
 Inayatullah Khan, ‘Clash of Civilizations’.
 Inam ul Haq, ‘The Dividends of Democracy’.
 Imran Naseem, ‘Globalization and Child Labour
Situation in South Asia’.
 Javed Iqbal Shah, ‘Spiritual Healing - How Did I Learn
to Cope with my Ailments?’.
10. Pakistan Economic and Social Review, Vol. 47, No.2,
Winter 2009 (Department of Economics, University of
the Punjab, Lahore www.pu.edu.pk/economics/pesr/current.htm)
 J. Egwakhe and Evans S. C. Osabuohien, ‘Positioning
Nigerian Service Sector Towards Vision 2020: Stylized
Facts from Banking Sub-Sector’, pp. 139-156.
 Talat Anwar, ‘Measuring Inequality of Consumption
and Opportunities in Pakistan: 2001-02 and 2004-05’,
pp. 157-182’.
 Nadeem Sohail and Zakir Hussain, ‘Long-Run and
Short-Run Relationship Between Macroeconomic
Variables and Stock Prices in Pakistan: The Case of
Lahore Stock Exchange’, pp. 183-198.
 Talat Afza and Ali Rauf, ‘Performance Evaluation of
Pakistani Mutual Funds’, pp. 199-214.
 Nasim Shah Shirazi and Aman Ullah Khan, ‘Role of
Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund’s Micro Credit in
Poverty Alleviation: A Case of Pakistan’, pp. 215-228.
 Hamid Jalil, Hafeez ur Rehman, Maqbool H. Sial and
Syed Shahid Hussain, ‘Analysis of Milk Production
System in Peri-Urban Areas of Lahore (Pakistan): A
Case Study’, pp. 229-242.
 Tahir Mahmood, Shahnaz A. Rauf and Hafiz Khalil
Ahmad, ‘Public and External Debt Sustainability in
Pakistan (1970s – 2000s)’, pp. 243-267.
 Qaisar Abbas and Sara Yaqoob, ‘Effect of Leadership
Development on Employee Performance in Pakistan’,
pp. 269-292.
11. South Asian Studies, Vol. 24, No. 2, July-December
2009 (Centre for South Asian Studies, University of the
Punjab, Lahore; www.pu.edu.pk/csas/journal/)
 Mussarat Jabeen, ‘Either you are with us or against us’,
pp. 175-191.
 Mansoor Akbar Kundi, ‘US Pakistan’s Relations under
Khan 1958-69: Impact on South Asia‘, pp. 192-203.
 Muhammad Saleem Mazhar & Naheed S. Goraya,
‘Border Issue between Pakistan & Afghanistan‘, pp.
204-220.
 Muhammad Jahangir Tamimi, ‘Hinduism in South Asia:
Myth and Reality‘, pp. 221-241.
 Tahira Basharat, ‘The Contemporary Hindu Women of
India: An Overview‘, pp. 242-249.
 Lubna Abid Ali, ‘The Rann of Kutch and its Aftermath‘,
pp. 250-256.
 Tahir Kamran, ‘Early Phase of Electoral Politics in
Pakistan: 1950s‘, pp. 257-282.
 Q. Sial, ‘Designing Legal Education to Support Social
Evolution in Pakistan‘, pp. 283-295.
 Asad Ali Khan, ‘A Temporal View of Socio Political
Changes in Punjab‘, pp. 296-321.
 Ehsan Malik & Basharat Naeem, ‘Identification of
Drivers and Obstacles of Market Orientation among
Diversified Industries of Pakistan‘, pp. 322-333.
 Syed Manzur Quader & Mohammad Nayeem Abdullah,
‘Constraints to SMEs: A Rotated Factor Analysis
Approach‘, pp. 334-350.
 M. Zahir Faridi, Dr. Imran Sharif Ch. & Dr. Mumtaz
Anwar, ‘The Socio-Economic and Demographic
Determinants of Women Work Participation in Pakistan:
Evidence from Bahawalpur District‘, pp. 351-367.
12. Pakistan Vision, Vol. 10, No. 2, 2009 (Pakistan Study
Centre, University of the Punjab, Lahore;
www.pu.edu.pk/psc/journal/)
 David Gilmartin, ‘The Strange Career of the Rule of
Law in Colonial Punjab’, pp. 1-21.
 Iftikhar H. Malik, ‘Localism and Trans-regionalism in
Punjab: Inception of Muslim Modernism in Sir Fazl-i-
Husain’, pp. 22-49.
 Akhtar Hussain Sandhu, ‘The Elections of 1936-37 in
the Punjab and Political Position of the Muslim
League’, pp. 50-70. [The paper also published in
Massarat Abid and Qalb-i-Abid (eds.), History, Politics
and Society: The Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan Study
Centre, University of the Punjab, 2009, pp. 218-235.]
 Muhammad Zakria Zakar & Rubeena Zakar, ‘Diffusion
of Information Technology for Agricultural
Development in the Rural Punjab: Challenges and
Opportunities’, pp. 71-111.
 Mujeeb Ahmad, ‘Al-Faqiyyah (Amritsar): Sign of
Muslim Nationalism in the Punjab’, pp. 112-117.
 Sayyid A. S. Pirzada, ‘Before Historicity of the Multan
Convention (7-9 Oct. 1956) of the Markazi Jamiat
Ulema-I-Islam West Pakistan’, pp. 118-130.
 Muhammad Ishaque Fani, ‘The Indo-US Strategic
Partnership in Post 9/11: Implications for Pakistan’, pp.
131-159.
 Rana Eijaz Ahmad, ‘Pakistan’s Internal Security Threats
in the Age of Globalisation’, pp. 160-174.
 Imdad Hussain Sahito, ‘The Criminal Investigation in
Pakistan: Trends and Reality’, pp. 175-196.
13. Bulletin of Education and Research, Vol. 31, No. 2,
December 2009 (Institute of Education and Research,
Punjab University of the Punjab, Lahore
www.pu.edu.pk/ier/ber/)
 Khalid Mahmood, Muhammad Zafar Iqbal &
Muhammad Saeed, ‘Textbook Evaluation Through
Quality Indicators: The Case of Pakistan’, pp. 1-27.
 Hafiz Muhammad Iqbal, Saiqa Azam & Rizwan Akram
Rana, ‘Secondary School Science Teachers’ Views
about the ‘Nature of Science’, pp. 22-44.
 Rizwana Amjad Ali, ‘Teacher Expectations, Students’
Motivation and Self Perception in Private schooling’,
pp. 45-66.
 Misbah Khurshid & Muhammad Zafar Iqbal,
‘Children’s Misconceptions about Units on Changes,
Acids and Laboratory Preparation of CO2’, pp. 61-74.
 Ayesha Warris & Rafia Rafique, ‘Trust in Friendship: A
Comparative Analysis of Male and Female University
Students’, pp. 75-84.
Books and Articles Published during 2009-2010
Books:
(In alphabetical order)
Ali S. Awadh Asseri, Combating Terrorism: Saudi Arabia’s
Role in War on Terror, Oxford University Press, 2009.
Arif Hasan, The Unplanned Revolution: Observations on the
Processes of Socio-Economic Change in Pakistan, Oxford
University Press, 2009.
Iqtidar H. Siddiqui, Dams and Reservoirs: Planning and
Engineering, Oxford University Press, Karachi, 2009.
Jonathan Paris, Prospects for Pakistan, London, Legatum
Institute, 2010.
K. Mahmood, Alternative Funding Model for Libraries: A
Pakistani Perspective, VDM Publishing, Saarbrücken,
Germany, 2009.
M. Naeem Qureshi, Pan-Islam in British India: The Politics
of the Khilafat Movement, 1918-1924, Oxford University
Press, 2009.
Massarat Abid and Qalb-i-Abid (eds.), History, Politics and
Society: The Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan Study Centre,
University of the Punjab, 2009. [The book is a collection of
papers presented at a conference on ‘History, Politics and
Society: The Punjab’ organised jointly by Pakistan Study
Centre, Department of History, and Research Society of
Pakistan, University of the Punjab, Lahore on December 29-
31, 2008 at Lahore].
Nabiha Syed, Replicating Dreams: A Comparative Study of
Grameen Bank and its Replication, Kashf Foundation,
Pakistan , Oxford University Press, Karachi, 2009.
Naeem Salik, The Genesis of South Asian Nuclear
Deterrence: Pakistan’s Perspective, Oxford University
Press, 2009.
Sadaf Ahmad, Transforming Faith: The Story of Al-Huda
and Islamic Revivalism Among Urban Pakistan Women,
Syracuse University Press, November 2009.
Shoaib Sultan Khan, The Aga Khan Rural Support
Programme: A Journey Through Grassroots Development,
Oxford University Press, 2009.
Sartaj Aziz, Between Dreams and Realities: Some
Milestones in Pakistan’s History, Oxford University Press,
2009, 426.
Books published by Pakistan Study Centre, University of
Karachi
1. Dr. Mubarak Ali, Pakistan in Search of Identity, 2009.
2. B. M. Kutty (ed.), In Search of Solutions: An
Autobiography of Mir Ghaus Bakhsh Bizenjo, 2009.
3. Dr. Moeen-al-Din Aqeel, Rasmiat-e-Maqala Nigari,
2009.
4. Marhala-e-Shauk, edited by Asif Farrukhi, 2009.
5. Dr. Syed Jaffar Ahmed (ed.), Dr. Feroz Ahmad kay
Mazameen, 2009.
Books edited by Prof. Dr. Syed Jaffar Ahmed
1. Dr. Feroz Ahmed Kay Mazameen (compilation of Dr.
Feroz Ahmed’s articles on politics, economics and
International Affairs), Karachi: Pakistan Study Centre.
2. Lail-o-Nihar Jang-e-Azadi (1857) Number (Special
issue of Lail-o-Nihar, Lahore published in 1957),
Islamabad, Dost Publications.
3. Marx aur Mashriq by Sibte-Hassan, Karachi: Maktaba-
e-Daniyal.
4. Afkar-e-Taza by Sibte-Hassan, Karachi, 2 nd edition,
Karachi, Maktaba-e-Daniyal.
Articles:
A. Malik & K. Mahmood, ‘Web Search Behaviour of
University Students: A Case Study at University of the
Punjab’, Webology, University of Tehran, Vol. 6, No. 2,
2009.
Adeela Rehman, ‘Gendered Structure of Governance within
Family in Pakistan: A Radical Feminist Analysis’, published
in Conference background document of International
Conference on ‘Improving Governance, Towards
Sustainable Growth, Peace and Equity’ organized by
Governance Institutes Network International in Islamabad
on December 13-15, 2009.
Alia Jawad
 ‘An Analytical Study on the Teaching Strategies for
Orphans’ in Pakistan Journal of Education, Allama
Iqbal Open University, Islamabad; Vol. 26, No. 2, 2009.
 ‘Ponds and Planning in Potohar Plateau’ in Journal of
Asian Civilizations, Vol. XXXII, No. 1, July 2009, pp.
145-170.
F. Shafique, & K. Mahmood, ‘Why the Offline are Offline:
A Survey of Internet Use by Educated Pakistani Adults’.
CyberPsychology & Behavior, Vol. 12, No. 3, 2009, pp. 351-
354.
Farhana Mukhtar, ‘Matrimonial Status of Muslim Women in
the Light of Qur’an and Sunnah’ in Journal of Gender and
Social Issues, Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi,
Vol. 5. No. 2, 2009, pp. 48-59.
H. Idrees & K. Mahmood, ‘Devising a Classification
Scheme for Islam: Opinions of LIS [Library of Information
Science] and Islamic Studies Scholars’, Library Philosophy
and Practice (LPP), University of Idaho, USA, Vol. 2009.
K. Mahmood, ‘Gender, Subject and Degree Differences in
University Students’ Access, Use and Attitudes Toward
Information and Communication Technology (ICT),
International Journal of Education and Development Using
Information and Communication Technology, Vol. 5 No. 3,
2009.
K. Mahmood & F. Shafique, ‘Emerging Information Society
in Pakistan and the Role of Libraries’, World Libraries, Vol.
17, No. 2, 2009.
K. Mahmood & S.U. Rehman, ‘Contributions of Dr. Anis
Khurshid to Library Literature: A Bibliometric Study’,
Pakistan Journal of Library & Information Science, No. 10,
pp. 43-56.
M. M. Naseer & K. Mahmood
 ‘LIS Research in Pakistan: An Analysis of Pakistan
Library and Information Science Journal-PLISJ (1998-
2007)’, Library Philosophy and Practice (LPP),
University of Idaho, USA, Vol. 2009, pp. 1-10.
 ‘Use of Bibliometrics in LIS Research LIBRES’,
Library and Information Science Research Electronic
Journal, Vol. 19, No. 2, 2009.
M. S. Mirza & K. Mahmood, ‘Web-based Services in
University Libraries: A Pakistani Perspective’, Library
Philosophy and Practice (LPP), University of Idaho, USA,
Vol. 2009.
M. Tahir, K. Mahmood, & F. Shafique, F., ‘How Humanists
Use Libraries: A Survey of Arts and Humanities Faculty at
University of the Punjab’, Lahore, Pakistan Library Review,
Vol. 58, No. 8, 2009, pp. 581-592,
Muhammad Zia-ud-Din
 ‘Persians: Serving under Babur and Humayun’, Journal
of Asian Civilization (Biannual Journal of Taxila
Institute of Asian Civilization, Quaid-i-Azam
University, Islamabad), Vol. XXXII, 1, July 2009,
pp.121-135.
 ‘Bilateral Relations between the Mughal & Ottoman
Empires, During 1526-1556, Journal of Asian
Civilization, (Biannual Journal of Taxila Institute of
Asian Civilization, Quaid-i-Azam University,
Islamabad), Vol. XXXII, 1, July 2009, pp. 136-144.
 ‘Genesis of the Safawid Empire of Persia’, Historicus
(Quarterly Journal of Pakistan Historical Society),
Karachi, Vol. LVII, No. 1, January-March 2009, pp.77-
89.
N. Siddique & K. Mahmood, ‘The Role of Mailing Groups
in the Development of the Library Profession in Pakistan:
The Case of Plagpk’, [Pakistan Library Automation Group]
Information Development, Vol. 25, No. 3, 2009, pp. 218-
223.
Navin G. Haider Ali
 ‘Dr. Fazlur Rahman ki Urdu tehrerain aur trajim: aik
jaiza’, in Fikr-o-Nazar, April-June 2009, Volume 46,
No. 4.
 ‘Fauji aur Falsafi: General Ayub Khan aur Dr. Fazlur
Rahman kay Khususi Hawalay Say’, in Quarterly
Tarikh, No. 39, 2009.
 ‘Dr. Fazlur Rahman: An Islamic Modernist with a
Difference’ in a series of Publication by COSS, entitled
Recalling Our Pioneers, 2009.
Qasim Bughio, ‘Shams-ul-Ulama Mirza Kalich Beg on
Linguistics’, published in Book of Abstract of International
Conference on the Contribution of Shams-ul-Ulama Mirza
Kalich Beg Towards Language, Literature and Society, held
on October 3-4, 2009 at University of Sindh, Jamshoro.
Rabia Akhter
 Pakistan’s Nuclear Safety and Security, June 2009 in
Institute of Peace and Conflict Resolution (IPCS) Issue
Brief, New Delhi, India
 Post Indo-US Nuclear Deal: Pakistan’s Perspectives on
Arms Control, Non Proliferation and Disarmament,
October 15, 2009 in Institute of Peace and Conflict
Resolution (IPCS) Issue Brief, New Delhi, India.
Samina Malik, ‘Parenting and Children’s Academic
Performance: Connections and Consequences’, in Journal of
Educational Research, Islamia University, Bahawalpur, Vol.
12, No. 1, 2009, pp.170-180.
S. Qutab & K. Mahmood, K., ‘Library Web Sites in
Pakistan: An Analysis of Content’, Program: Electronic
Library and Information Systems, Vol. 43 No. 4, pp. 430-
445, 2009.
S.U. Rehman, K. Mahmood, M. Arif & M. Rafiq, ‘Are Users
Satisfied with Library Services? The Case of Punjab
University Library,’ Pakistan Library and Information
Science Journal, Vol. 40, No. 1, 2009, pp. 22-28.
Sultan-i-Rome
 ‘Swat: A Critical Analysis’, IPCS Research Papers, No.
18. Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi,
January 2009; available as a PDF version on the website
www.ipcs.org.
 ‘Origin of the Pukhtuns: The Mixed Race Theory’,
Journal of the Pakistan Historical Society, Karachi, Vol.
57 No. 3, July-September 2009.
 ‘The War of Independence 1857 and Swat’, in Crispin
Bates (series editor), 1857 – Mutiny at the Margins:
New Perspectives on the Indian Uprising of 1857, Vol.
1, New Perspectives on 1857: Anticipations and
Experiences in the Locality, Sage, forthcoming, 2010.
[Also published in the Proceedings of the Two Day
International Conference on 150th Anniversary of the
War of Independence 1857, Peshawar, Department of
History, University of Peshawar, 2008.] Correct! ZS
Syed Jaffar Ahmed
1. ‘Sang-e-Geran Aur’ Ka Takhleeqi Ufaq’, Adab-e-Lateef
(Lahore), May 2009, pp.155-61.
2. ‘Ahmad Faraz Yadoun Ka Aik Sunehra Varq’ – Aik
Mutalea, Irtiqa No. 47, January 2009, pp.304-10.
3. ‘Hum Jeetay Jee Musroof Rahay’, by Agha Nasir,
Irtiqa, No. 47, January 2009, pp. 325-28.
4. ‘Muslim Shamim Ki Hayat Afroz Shairi’, Roshnai,
Karachi, No. 37, April-June 2009, pp.23-26.
5. ‘Pakistan Main Fauji Istabdad Ki Tarikhi Bunyadain’,
Tarikh, No. 39, September 2009, pp.7-23.
Research Projects Completed
Dr. Sultan-i-Rome has completed the following two books:
1. ‘The Frontier Perspectives: Essays in Historical
Studies’, under consideration for publication by Oxford
University Press, Karachi.
2. ‘Land Ownership and Forest Governance: From Tribal
Setup to a Modern State Apparatus, Swat State and
Kalam Areas, North-West Frontier, Pakistan’. The draft
is ready for submission for consideration for publication
by a publishing agency.
Ms. Humera Naz, lecturer, Department of Islamic History,
University of Karachi has edited a book, which was a
compilation of Syed Ahmad Abadi’s articles on ‘Ahed-e-
Nabawi ke Ghazwaat aur Saraya aur un kay Maakhiz par aik
nazar’.
Appointments, Postings, Transfers and
Retirements
 Ms. Saira Bano, Lecturer, Department of Defence and
Diplomatic Studies, FJWU has proceeded on study
leave for PhD studies at University of Calgary, Canada.
 Mr. Imran Iqbal joined Fatima Jinnah Women
University as Assistant Professor in the Department of
Defence and Diplomatic Studies on September 14,
2009.
 Ms. Bushra Ghaus and Ms. Salma Nazar Khan have
joined Department of Education, Fatima Jinnah Women
University, Rawalpindi as Lecturers.
 Ms. Adeela Rehman joined Department of Gender
Studies as a Lecturer in September 2009.
 Dr. Sulaiman Haider, Lecturer, Department of Gender
Studies resumed his duties on December 3, 2009 after
completing his PhD research work.
Award of Degrees
Ms. Huma Ghaffar, Assistant Professor, Pakistan Study
Centre, University of Karachi was awarded the degree of
PhD in Pakistan Studies in 2009. The title of her thesis was
‘Critical Analysis of Historiography in Pakistan (1947-
1975): With Special Reference to Aziz Ahmad, S. M. Ikram
and I. H. Qureshi’.
Ms. Uzma Parveen, Assistant Professor, Department of
Islamic History, University of Karachi successfully
completed her thesis and was awarded PhD in Islamic
History. The topic of her thesis was ‘Do Qomi Nazary ki
Tashkeel May Urdu ke Idaron aur Shakhsiaat ke Kirdar ka
Tarikhi Jaiza’.
Ms. Alia Jawad, Lecturer, Department of Education
completed her course work of M. Phil leading to PhD in
Archaeology at University of Peshawar, Peshawar. She
secured 3.98 GPA.
Prof. Saqib Riaz, Department of Mass Communications,
Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad has been awarded
PhD degree in Mass Communications. He conducted his
PhD research on the ‘Agenda Setting Role of Print Media in
Pakistan’ under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Miskeen Ali
Hijazi (Late). (The News, August 30, 2009)
Rabia Imran got her PhD degree in Management Sciences
from Foundation University, Islamabad. She completed her
dissertation in the area of human resource management and
organisational development under the supervision of Dr. M.
Anisul Haque, Associate Professor, Centre of Excellence in
Psychology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad. (The
News, February 2, 2010)
Ms. Majda Shabbir defended her MPhil thesis with
distinction in the Department of International Relations,
Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, securing 90 percent
marks. The title of her thesis, supervised by Prof. Dr. R. A.
Sidduqui was ‘Dr. Wangari Maathai’s Green Belt Movement
in Kenya and its Relevance to Pakistan. (The News, January
25, 2010)
Honours and Awards for Social Scientists
Dr. Nazir Hussain, Associate Professor, Department of
International Relations at the Quaid-i-Azam University,
Islamabad, has been awarded post Doctoral scholarship at
the Institut Francais de Relations Internationales (IFRI). The
scholarship commences on May 1, 2010 and concludes on
October 31, 2010.
Prof. Dr. Khalid Mahmood, Department of Library &
Information Science, University of the Punjab, Lahore has
become a member of Editorial Advisory Boards of the
following international journals:
1. Information Development, Sage Publications, USA
2. Library Philosophy and Practice (LPP), University
of Idaho, USA
3. Webology, University of Tehran, Iran
Ms. Adeela Rehman, Lecturer, Department of Gender
Studies has been awarded a souvenir and certificate by
National Volunteer Movement and National Commission for
Human Development in recognition of her services as
Volunteer on International Volunteer day on December 5,
2009.
Ms. Anwar Shaheen, Assistant Professor, Pakistan Study
Centre, University of Karachi visited Department of
Sociology, University of Delhi, as visiting fellow from
October 23 to November 9, 2009. She held a seminar,
delivered lectures and had interactive sessions with the
students and faculty.
Dr. Sayed Wiqar Ali Shah, Professor, Department of History,
Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad joined the prestigious
position of Allama Iqbal Professorship at the South Asia
Institute, University of Heidelberg, Germany in September
2009.
Prof. Dr. Syed Jaffar Ahmed, Director Pakistan Study
Centre, University of Karachi has been elected as President
of Irtiqa Institute of Social Sciences, Karachi for the second
term of two years.
Mrs. Shahla Adnan, Lecturer, Department of
Communication Sciences, Fatima Jinnah Women University,
Rawalpindi has been awarded Silver Jubilee ‘Star Laureate
Award’ along with a Certificate of Excellence, by South Asia
Publications (SAP) for ‘Kamal-e-Husn-e-Karkardagi’ in the
field of Media in South Asia on November 2009. Her profile
has been included in the ‘Galaxies of Who’s Who in
Pakistan’.
Ms. Rabia Akhtar, Chairperson, Department of Defence and
Diplomatic Studies, Fatima Jinnah Women University,
Rawalpindi was awarded Fulbright PhD Scholarship for
session 2010.
Dr. Mussaret A. Sheikh, Chairperson, Department of
Education, Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi
visited Indiana University Bloomington, USA for
International Linkages of Pakistani Universities with
Foreign Universities from September 1-18, 2009. The
purpose of US visits was to observe the use of technology in
teacher education and school classrooms and to gain
familiarity with the curriculum for training teachers to apply
technology in their classrooms.
Ms. Shaista Bibi, Lecturer Department of Education, Fatima
Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi has been selected as
Pre-STEP coordinator in a project of USAID on July 29,
2009.
Dr. Qasim Bughio, Professor and Dean, Faculty of Arts,
University of Sindh, Jamshoro:
 was nominated by the Government of Pakistan as a
member of Pakistani Writers’ delegation to visit China
from December 20, 2009 to January 4, 2010 under
Cultural Exchange Programme between the two
governments.
 was awarded Presidential Award ‘Tamgha-i-Imtiaz’ on
the occasion of Independence Day on August 14, 2009.
 was awarded Life Fellowship of Pakistan Academy of
Letters, Islamabad in 2009.
 won XIXth Star Award 2008 by South Asia Publication
in July 2009.
 won Star Laureate 2008 by South Asia Publication in
July 2009.
Improvement in Qualifications
Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi
Department of Defence and Diplomatic Studies
Ms. Saira Bano, Lecturer has been enrolled for PhD (Fall
2009) in Defence and Strategic Studies at University of
Calgary, Canada.
Ms. Munazzah Noreen, Coordinator is enrolled for MPhil
(Fall 2009) in Nuclear Strategic Studies at National Defence
University, Islamabad.
Department of Education FJWU
The following Lecturers have been awarded scholarships
under Pre-STEP (Pre-Service Teacher Education
Programme) PhD Scholars Programme, 2009 and have
proceeded to USA for PhD studies in the universities
mentioned against their name:
 Ms. Samina Nasim to Michigan State University for
PhD in Teacher Education at East Lansing, USA.
 Ms. Sadia Panni, Lecturer to Michigan State University
for PhD in Higher, Adult and Lifelong Learning at East
Lansing, USA.
 Ms. Salma Nazar, Lecturer to University of Arkansas,
USA for PhD.
Department of Gender Studies
Ms. Shahira Zaman, Lecturer is pursuing her PhD studies in
Psychology from Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad and
currently involved in her PhD research.
Obituary: Prof. Khwaja Masud
Prof. Khwaja Masud, educationist, Marxist intellectual and
writer died in Islamabad on January 16, 2010 after a brief
illness. He was 88. Prof. Masud was born in Campbellpur
(now Attock) in 1922. His father Khawaja Mahmood was a
lawyer. His grandfather Allama Alifdin Nafees was a
renowned scholar. The whole family took part in the
freedom movement and played an active role in the All India
Kashmir Conference.
He got his early education from Scotch Mission School in
Daska and graduated from Murray College in Sialkot. He
did his masters in mathematics from Government College,
Lahore, in 1944 and joined Gordon College, Rawalpindi, as
a lecturer the same year. Prof. Masud a teacher par
excellence, was appointed principal of the college in 1972.
He retired in 1982.
During the military regime of Gen Ziaul Haq, he was
transferred to Bahawalpur as punishment, but he never went
there. Prof Masud did not confine himself to mathematics,
devoting his life to fathoming the depths of philosophy and New Members of COSS
social sciences.
Sixteen members joined COSS since October 2009 raising
He was inspired by Marxist ideology and joined student the total strength to 489.
movements like Democratic Students Federation and the 1. Ms. Navin G. Haider Ali, Pakistan Study Centre,
student wing of the Communist Party. He played a leading University of Karachi. (Life Member)
role in setting up the CP’s literary wing, Progressive Writers 2. Mr. Muhammad Shafiq, Greenwich School of
Association, in Rawalpindi. Prof Masud was an active trade Management, London, UK.
unionist. He was a founder member of the Islamabad Culture 3. Syed Sikander Ali, MPhil Student, Department of
Forum and Islamabad Philosophical Society. International Relations, QAU, Islamabad.
4. Mr. Amjad Shamim, (Management Sciences) Jaffer
He was also associated with a group of progressive writers Brothers (Pvt.) Islamabad.
and intellectuals, including Sajjad Zaheer, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, 5. Dr. Huma Qureshi, British Council Research &
Mohammad Hussain Ata and Sibte Hassan. He worked with Academy Programme, Lahore.
many military officers like Gen Akbar, Maj Ishaq, Capt 6. Ms. Sameena Nazir, Executive Director, Potohar
Zafarullah Poshni, Air Commodore Janjua and Col Latif Organisation for Development Advocacy, Islamabad.
Afghan to bring about a change in the government. 7. Mr. Muhammad Zubair, PODA, Islamabad.
8. Dr. Muhammad Aslam Khan, Department of
The incident was dubbed “Pindi Conspiracy Case” and most Geography, University of Peshawar.
of them were arrested and sent to jail. After his retirement, 9. Prof. Dr. M. Qasim Bughio, Dean, Faculty of Arts,
Prof. Masud contributed articles to many newspapers, University of Sindh, Jamshoro.
including Dawn, The News and weekly View Point. (Dawn, 10. Mr. Ashik Ali Lashari, SME Bank Limited, Sukkkur.
January 17, 2010) 11. Dr. Muhammad Hamid Ullah, Head Deptt. of Social
Sciences, Ripah International Univ., Islamabad Campus.
The Council of Social Sciences, Pakistan 12. Mr. Yasir Arafat, Lecturer, Deptt. of Social Sciences,
(COSS) requests all of its members, friends, Ripah International University, Islamabad Campus.
13. Mr. Muhammad Ahmed, Lecturer, Department. of
academics, universities and research Social Sciences, Ripah International. University,
institutes to provide information on their Islamabad Campus.
research and academic activities for 14. Mr. Zia-ur-Rahman Zia, Lecturer, Department of Social
Sciences, Ripah International University, Islamabad
inclusion in COSS Bulletin on the following Campus.
address: COSS: # 307, Dossal Arcade, 15. Mr. Saad Malook, Lecturer, Department of Philosophy,
Jinnah Avenue, Blue Area, Islamabad. University of the Punjab, Lahore.
16. Mr. Fakhar Bilal, Lecturer, Department of History,
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