Faculty Profiles

Shehzada Afzal

Designation : Associate Lecturer
Specialization : international relations

Email : [email protected]


  • PHD,Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad
  • M Phil ,Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad
  • MCS ,Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad
Student Name DegreeTitle Status / Completed Year
JUNAID AKBAR BS ASSESSING THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON FOOD SECURITY IN INDIA  CLIMATE CHANGE IN SOUTH ASIA IS IMPACTING FOOD SECURITY ESPECIALLY INDIA 2024
AYESHA MUNIR BS CLIMATE CHANGE INDUCED WATER SCARCITY: IT’S IMPACTS ON PAKISTAN’S NATIONAL SECURITY  This research discusses the influence of climate change on water sources and highlight the resultantscarcity. This scarcity puts the population in a vulnerable position, as they lack access to cleandrinking water and household use. Consequently, individuals are forces to drink contaminated waterleading to severe chronic illnesses and infections. Plus, the data in this research illustrates that thiswater scarcity will severely impact the national security of Pakistan and can cause threat to region aswell like a domino effect. 2024
FAWAD TARIQ BS IRAN UNDER SANCTIONS ,AN ANALYSIS OF SANCTIONS SINCE 1979  Iran is a Middle Eastern state that belongs to one of the oldest civilizations. TheIslamic revolution altered the dynamics of the Middle East, a state that was an allyand protector of the U.S interest in the Middle East turned against its interests in theregion. Iran has been under sanctions since the revolution due to its support forregional proxies and its nuclear program. This study is an analysis of the impact ofinternational sanctions against Iran that started after the Islamic revolution, whichaltered the political system of Iran from monarchy to theocratic democracy. Itprovides the impacts of the sanctions on the nuclear program of Iran, its Economy andpolitics of Iran. The impact of imposition and lifting of sanctions on its economy,politics and nuclear program. The research also explained the effectiveness ofsanctions and how Iran survived one of the strongest sanction regimes. The future ofthe Iran problem also highlighted that what are the options in future for the ‘Iranproblem’. 2023
HAMMAD QAYYUM MIRZA BS US SECURITY STRATEGY ,A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF JOE BIDEN AND TRUMPS POLICIES FOR SOUTH ASIA  THIS RESEACH FOCUSES ON ANALYSING THE IMPLICATIONS OF US NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY FOR PAKISTAN INDIA CHINA AND AFGHANISTAN 2023
MUHAMMAD MEHRAN IQBAL BS INDIA PAKISTAN S ATTITUDE TOWARDS CISIS LESSONS LEARNT  India and Pakistan are two south Asia region countries. Historically these countries aretogether and that land was known as sub-continent or “Bharat” ruled by different Muslim andHindu families time by time but from 1858 to almost one hundred years this land was acolony of Great British Empire and ruling government was known as British Raj. In August1947, British left the land and divided it into two separate countries. One is Pakistan land ofMuslim majority and other is India land for Hindu majority because of the demand of thepeople of Sub continent for the peaceful coexistence. Hindu majority did not want theseparation of their land into two pieces. Hindu religion is one of the world’s oldest religions inworld and this land was specifically home of Hindu religion until 712 B.C. 1 Then Muslimscame there and spread Islam. Even in today’s world Hindu religion considered this land astheir home and wants its hegemony in this whole land with the concept of Akhand Bharat fortheir prestige. That is the basic reason of conflict between India and Pakistan since theirindependence and now they considered as traditional enemies of each other after almost from70 years. 2016
AMMAR IQBAL MS VOTING BEHAVIOUR OF PEOPLE OF PUNJAB DURING GENERAL ELECTION 2008  In simple words, the election is an organized and formal selection by vote of anindividual for a political position or another office. Every person has the voting rightand makes a group decision process by which modern democracy has operated. Thebest way to make choice in the election is voting. However, the political parties orpoliticians are using various tactics to “suppress” voting to disallow public to vote.This means that voting behaviour of the public can influence through various factors.A number of variables prevail in a society that strongly and surely impacts ondecision making of an individual. This secondary research work is about elaboratingthe voting behaviour of people especially during the general elections 2008. Somestrong medium to influence people includes different projects, social media, electronicmedia, and advertisement and courtesy videos. Political parties also used tomanipulate information and facts in order to grab intention of the people. 2017
MUHAMMAD IMRAN ALI MS VOTING ATTITUDE OF YOUTH DURING 2013 ELECTION: A CASE STUDY OF DISTRICT LAHORE  This study aims to investigate the voting attitude of youth of the district of Lahore during primary elections of 2013. The specific objectives of this study were: to know the increasing interest of youth in voting within the district of Lahore in the 2013 primary elections, to highlight the interest of youth towards different political parties and to understand the policies and observation of electoral process of political parties in 2013. These objectives are the reflection of the active part played by all stakeholders in the elections. The study type was descriptive and researcher adopted random sampling. Researcher selected three focused groups form developed, developing and underdeveloped areas within the district of Lahore. All respondents of the focused groups were between 18 to 28 years old. The researcher used questionnaires as a primary research tool and asked questions about their attitude towards and during the 2013 Elections. The researcher obtained and analyzed the data with the help of tabulation. The respondents shared their views about the manifesto, policies, leaders and the increasing disassociation of youth from political parties. The researcher collected the results of three focused areas separately and investigated the different point of views from different areas. This study is the source of purely information about the voting attitude of youth of Lahore during Elections 2013. 2017
BASIT RAUF MS INDIAN HEGEMONY IN SAARC - CHALLENGES FOR PAKISTAN  SAARC is a regional organization of eight South Asian countries. It wasformed in 1985 for mutual cooperation and human development, but it has notbeen as fruitful as it should be. The basic reason is irresponsible behavior ofall the South Asian countries and regional politics. Indian Hegemony inSAARC and challenges for Pakistan is vast topic. Indian is increasing itsstrength in South Asia and in SAARC. Economically, India is also emerging asregional power. So, its dominance in the region is being increased day by day.The investment of India in Afghanistan with the support of super powerAmerica, has given this country important position in this region. Indiaperhaps is influencing the organization of SAARC. This scenario has createdgreat challenges for Pakistan. SAARC was created to get mutual harmonyand economic cooperation among the South Asian countries, but thesetargets have not been achieved yet. One of the reason is this that, India andPakistan are great rivals, and have not established ideal relations. Thissituation is affecting the stability of this region and the organization of SAARC.The focus of this research is the working of the organization of SAARCand Indian influence over it. At the same time, the author has described brieflythe relations of India with other under developing countries of South Asia, itsregional politics and its influence in the region. 2017
  • 1. Akbar Ali, Shehzada Afzal, Rahmat ullah “HISTORICAL INHERITANCE OF PAKISTAN: THE MUSLIM CONQUESTS IN THE SUB-CONTINENT” Pakistan Journal of International Affairs, September 2022  DOI:
  • 2. Akbar Ali, Shehzada Afzal, Muhammad Javed “Globalization in Contemporary Era: Addressing the Key Questions” Journal of Indian Studies, July 2022  DOI:
  • 3. Shehzad Munawar Shehzada Afzal Ramzan Shahid “Realism: Revisiting the Concept of Power in the Age of Information” Global Strategic & Security Studies Review: GSSSR, June 2021  DOI:
  • 4. Shehzad Munawar shehzada Afzal “Iran Strategic Outlook: Geo-Political Implications for the Region” Global Strategic & Security Studies Review: GSSSR, March 2021  DOI:
  • 5. shehzada Afzal Nazir Hussain “Indo-Iran Relations in the Changing Regional Environment Implications for South Asia” South Asian Studies, January 2021  DOI:
  • 6. Ramzan Shahid Shehzada Afzal Zahid Yaqoob “Challenges of Militancy and Religious Extremism to National Security of Pakistan: An Analysis” Pakistan Social Sciences Review , October 2020  DOI:
  • 7. Ramzan Shahid Shumaila Rafiq Shehzada Afzal “An Analysis of Religious, Psychological and Socio-Political Factors Promoting Terrorism” Global Political Review: GPR, March 2020  DOI: