Research At COMSATS

(Eco) Tourism and Development

Mr. Shakir Ullah

	Designation:	Research Associate
	Email:	shakirdawar@cuiatd.edu.pk
	Phone No. :	N/A
	Role:	Faculty
	Research Interests:	Conflict, Peace and Development Studies. Anthropology, Culture, Asian Civilizations.

Academics/ Degrees

M.Phil in Asian Studies: Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan, 2013
M. Sc in Anthropology: Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad, Pakistan, 2009
B.A: Government College University Lahore, Pakistan, 2006

Profile/Bio

April, 2014 to to-date, Research Associate, Department of Development Studies, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad, Pakistan.
March 2012 to July 2013, Researcher at FATA Research Center (FRC), Islamabad, Pakistan.
September 2010 to March 2011, Internee with Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) in Islamabad and Qasur, Pakistan.
March 2010 to August 2010. Senior Field Researcher, H & H Consulting (Pvt) Limited Islamabad, Pakistan.
June 2009 to January 2010, Field Officer, Inter-faith League Against Poverty (ILAP) Islamabad, Pakistan.

Publications/Papers

2022

Journal

Jawad Ahmad,A. Alam,Shakir.U,Shah. I "Social inclusion of minorities in Pakistan: The case of Sikh community" , Sikh Formation: Religion, Culture, Theory ,Page 1-21 , 2022

Shakir.U,Jai Ganapathy,Ajmal Nimruzi "Fragile Future: Youth Insecurities and Their Relations with Police in Afghanistan and Pakistan" , Journal of Human Security ,Volume 16 ,Issue 2 ,Page 179-204 , 2022

A.Khalid,Khattak,Shakir.U "Gender and development in post-conflict Swat, Pakistan: a critical analysis of NGO approaches used in development projects" , Conflict, Security & Development ,Volume 22 ,Issue 6 ,Page 629-649 , 2022

2021

Journal

Abdullah Ijaz,A.Dogar,Shah. I,Mohammad Saeed Lodhi,Shakir.U "UNDERSTANDING WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IN RURAL COMMUNITIES: A CASE STUDY OF SAHIWAL DISTRICT, PUNJAB PAKISTAN" , Humanities & Social Sciences Reviews ,Volume 9 ,Issue 3 ,Page 607-616 , 2021

2020

Journal

Shakir.U,Khattak,Ingrid Nyborg,N.Elahi "The Underlying Causes of Violent Conflict in the North Waziristan Tribal Areas of Pakistan" , Civil Wars ,Volume 22 ,Issue 1 ,Page 114-136 , 2020

Shah. I,N.Elahi,A. Alam,Shakir.U,A.Dogar "Institutional arrangement for disaster risk management: Evidence from Pakistan" , International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction ,Volume 51 ,Issue 0 ,Page 1-11 , 2020

2019

Journal

Khattak,Shakir.U,Ingrid Nyborg,T. Maqsood "Community-Oriented Policing: Political, Institutional and Technical Reforms in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Police" , Journal of Human Security ,Volume 15 ,Issue 2 ,Page 41-53 , 2019

Shakir.U,Khattak,N.Elahi "Violent Conflict in North Waziristan, Pakistan: The Distortion and Re-emergence of Social Structure" , FWU Journal of Social Sciences ,Volume 13 ,Issue 3 ,Page 1-14 , 2019

2016

Journal

Shakir.U,Shah. I,Khan. H "Archaeological Surveys of Waziristan Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Its Contribution to Our Understanding" , Pakistan Journal of Society, Education and Language PJSEL ,Volume 2 ,Issue 1 ,Page 13-23 , 2016

Conference

Shakir.U,Khan. H "Women Trafficking: A Case of Pakistan" , International Conference on "Labor Migration and the Role of Broker in the Recruitment of Work Force in Pakistan" held at the University of Sargodha, Sargodha Pakistan on 17-18, February 2016. , 2016

Associations/Memberships

BoD, Utmanzai Welfare Association (UWA), FATA.

Awards/ Appreciations

Nominated for PhD scholarship (additional courses) under student exchange program sponsored by NMBU, Norway.
National Internship Programme of Pakistan Ministry of Education government of Pakistan.