NABIHA GUL (COOPERATIVE LECTURER)
Department of International Relations
University of karachi.

To seek knowledge and serve in the research/academic field.

Present Position

6 February 2008 to date Cooperative Lecturer Department of International Relations University of Karachi.

Previous Professional Experiences

• November 2004 to 31 January 2008 In charge, Research Section The Pakistan Institute of International Affairs (PIIA), Karachi.

Responsibilities: Carrying out Pakistan Horizon (quarterly journal of the Institute), supervision of research work, editing, proofreading, marking of newspapers, and entertaining research quarries.

• February 2002 to October 2004
  Research Officer, The Pakistan Institute of International Affairs (PIIA) Karachi.

• February - December 2001
  Research Assistant, Karachi University under USIP/KUIRD Research Project.
  
  Responsibilities: Under my designation of Research Assistant, I was responsible for the marking of newspapers, maintaining clipping files, downloading information on themes related to Conflict Resolution and Peace Studies from the websites, preparation of the Chronology of Conflict and Cooperation in South Asia: August 1947 to August 2001.

Education

• M.A (2000)
  International Relations, University of Karachi.
  Karachi.
  
• B.A (1998)
  Sir Syed Govt. Girls College,
  Karachi.
  
• F.Sc (1995)
  Sir Syed Govt. Girls College,
  Karachi.
• SSC (1993)
  Young Folks High School,
  Karachi.

Research

Publications

• Women in Conflict: Case Study of Nepal, Pakistan Horizon, Vol. 60, No. 4, October 2007.
• Pakistan-India Peace Process: 1990-2007, Pakistan Horizon, Vol. 60, No. 2, April 2007.
• Disasters and International Cooperation: Case Study of the October Earthquake’ (joint article), Pakistan Horizon, Vol. 59, No. 4, October 2006.
• Post-9/11 Afghanistan and the Regional Security Scenario,’
  Pakistan Horizon, Vol. 59, No. 1, January 2006.
• Post-9/11 Pakistan-India Relations, Pakistan Horizon, Vol. 57, No. 3, July 2004.
• Globalization and Developing Countries, Pakistan Horizon, Vol. 56, No. 4, October 2003.
• Perceptions on Conflict Resolution: Vision of South
  Asia 2047’(joint article), Paradigms of Conflict Resolution in South Asia, edited by Dr. Moonis Ahmar, (Dhaka: The University Press Limited), 2003.
• Question of Nepal: Political Instability and Maoist Insurgency, Pakistan Horizon, Vol. 55, No. 3, July 2002.
• Chronology of Conflict and Cooperation in South Asia: August 1947 to August 2001, joint research project, (Department of International Relations: Karachi University Press), 2001.

Newspaper

Publications

• Is it the time for a new Middle East? The Nation (Lahore), August 7, 2006.
• A Humane Voice Crushed The News International (Karachi), March 30, 2003.
• An Agenda of Dominance The News International, December 8, 2002.
• The Catastrophic Limb of South Asia, The News International, September 22, 2002.
• Peace Building: A Challenge for India and Pakistan, The News International, February 17, 2002.

Areas of Interest

South Asia (focus on Pakistan-India relations and Nepal), Comprehensive Security, Conflict Resolution and Confidence-Building Measures.

Presentations

• Conflict Management in Nepal: Pakistan Perspective , presented at the two-day international workshop organized by the Program on Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution, Department of IR, KU, in collaboration with the Hanns Seidel Foundation, Islamabad on 26-27 November 2007.
• Commonwealth and Pakistan, 14 March 2005.
  At a seminar on Commonwealth Day held at the Pakistan Institute of
  International Affairs, Karachi.
• Impact of the UN Failure on the South Asian Region
  5 April 2003, at a seminar held at the Pakistan Institute of International Affairs, Karachi.
• Vision of South Asia in 2047: Perceptions on Conflict Resolution,’ 23 December 2001 at a workshop under the Program on Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution, Department of International Relations, University of Karachi and Regional Institute of Peace and Security Studies on 22-23 December 2001.
• The Need of CBMs is more than a Necessity after the Kargil Crises, 16 May 2000. At the visit of Michael Krepon, President Henry L. Stimson Center, Washington D.C., USA, to the Department
  of International Relations, University of Karachi.

Research Project

Assisted the author in Muslim Political Thought, a project of
Maktaba-e- Faridi (Faridi Publications, Karachi). (Upcoming publication).

 

Honours

Participated in the US State Department’s International Visitors’ Leadership Programme, a Multi-Regional programme on Conflict Resolution, Washington D.C., from 10-31 January 2008.

Participated in the Sixth Annual Training Workshop on Conflict
Transformation, organized by WISCOMP, New Delhi, from 16-20 December 2007.

Media appearances

Have appeared in several talk shows as a guest speaker on private Television channels.

Participation

Participated in several national, regional and international workshops /seminars held in Karachi.

Brief Biodata

Date or Birth : 17 December 1976.

Place of Birth : Lahore, Pakistan.

Nationality : Pakistani.

Languages : Urdu, English, and Punjabi, working knowledge of Sindhi.

Interests : Reading, listening to music, watching movies and talk shows.

Tel (Home) : 92-21-6641532

Cellular : 92-0300-2543959

E-mail : coldpath@hotmail.com

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