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History of Evaluation of Social Sciences in Pakistan
I n academic history of Pakistan the concept ‘social
sciences’ emerged only in early 80s. Before that
every discipline now being grouped into a broad
category of social sciences vigorously claimed its
separate identity. Even in 2008 when the concept is
being increasingly used in academic discourse, it
remains a concept often empty of substance. The few
scholars who write books and publish papers in
journals rarely used the interdisciplinary or
multidisciplinary approaches, which are an essential
ingredient of social scientific approach. At the level of
teaching only a few departments require their students
to take courses outside the department.
The evaluation of social sciences in Pakistan can be
done as separate disciplines by using the criteria
specific to their development and by using the criteria,
which are common to all of them and can measure
their collective development. Here the history and
mechanisms of evaluation of social sciences in
Pakistan as a group is reviewed to identify the extent to
which they are maintaining their pre-existing
separateness and are moving towards acquiring
the status of social sciences. One general criterion for
April 2008
Inayatullah
Causes of Underdevelopment of
Social Sciences in Pakistan
 Relatively weak scientific academic legacy that
Pakistan inherited from British and pre-British
India.
 The attitude of Pakistani State, which caught in
the web of persistent perception of insecurity, has
assigned low priority to the development of
scientific knowledge as reflected in negligible
allocation of funds for it particularly for the
development of social sciences.
 Limited foreign support for development of social
sciences.
 Internal brain drain of capable social scientists to
affluent private universities and external brain
drain to other countries.
 High students teacher ratio leaving limited time
for teachers to pursue research.
 Inadequate financial incentives and symbolic
rewards for attracting and retaining highly
qualified teachers and researchers.

What is Inside:
Activities of Council of Social Sciences, Pakistan (COSS)
Review of COSS Publications
Islamabad Social Sciences Forum (ISSF)
Letters to the Editor
Developments in Academia
Conferences, Seminars and Special Lectures
Papers Presented in Conferences
Selected Articles from Professional Journals
Books, Articles and Reports published during 2007-2008
identifying a discipline as potentially social science
discipline used here is that it studies human interactions
using scientific methodology.
The evaluation of social sciences in Pakistan, has been done
under five auspices; by the departments teaching a
discipline, by the associations of social scientists, by the
councils of social sciences, in conferences of professional
associations of social scientists, and by individual and a
group of scholars. Below the evaluation done by them is
examined.
1. Evaluation by Departments Teaching a Discipline
The tradition of evaluation by departments teaching a
discipline has been weak in Pakistani academia. Only a few
teachers associated with a social science department have
evaluated their disciplines. S. M. Zaidi, head of the
Department of Psychology of Karachi University published
three articles on the history and development of Psychology
in Pakistan, one in 1959 and two in 1975. Later in 2000
Abdul Haque of Department of Psychology, Sindh
University published a paper on ‘Development of
Psychology in Pakistan’ which is included in Encyclopedia
of Psychology, Oxford University Press. In 1966, Hassan
Nawaz Gardezi, the Head of Department of Sociology at
Punjab University, compiled and edited a book, Sociology in
Pakistan, which evaluated the state of the discipline.
In 1998, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics
published in its Journal, Pakistan Development Review, Vol.
37, No. 4, winter three studies evaluating different aspects of
discipline of Economics. They are S. M. Naseem,
‘Economists and Pakistan’s Economic Development: Is there
a Connection’, S M Naseem, Sarfraz Qureshi and Rehana
Siddiqui, ‘Conditions of Teaching and Research in
Economics: Some Preliminary Findings’, and Nadeem Ul
Haque and Mahmood Hasan Khan, ‘The Economics
Profession in Pakistan: A Historical Analysis’. All the three
articles have been reprinted in Social Science in Pakistan in
the 1990s (COSS, 2003) edited by Akbar Zaidi. The book is
accessible on the website of Council of Social Sciences,
Pakistan (www.cosspak.org).
2. Evaluation by Professional Associations of Social
Scientists
During the 50s and 60s there emerged six associations of
practitioners of different social science disciplines. In their
annual conferences, which they did not hold regularly, the
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Excerpts from Papers Published
Activities of Associations of Social Scientists
Brief Introduction to Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Appointments, Postings, Transfers and Retirements
Improvement in Qualifications
Obituaries
New Members of COSS
Funding of COSS
Trust for Global Peace
outgoing presidents of associations occasionally reviewed
problems that their disciplines faced. But with one or two
exceptions, they did not evaluate the state of their disciplines
in qualitative or quantitative terms, nor did they identify the
causes of their development or underdevelopment.
3. Evaluation by Council of Social Sciences
a. Emergence of Centre of Social Sciences and
Humanities (COSH)
The organisations that could have evaluated the social
sciences as collective body, such as councils of social
sciences, took long time to emerge. First attempt to create
such a body was made by University Grants Commission
(UGC), when in 1983 it established the Centre of Social
Sciences and Humanities (COSH). COSH was not a council
of social sciences but a prototype of it. It was given the task
to develop, promote and improve education and research in
social sciences in institutions of higher education.
COSH set up a group of social scientists to conduct an in-
depth study of six social science disciplines - History,
International Relations, Philosophy, Political Science,
Psychology, and Sociology/Anthropology/Social Work.
A draft report prepared by the Group found that a significant
number of social science teachers did not possess adequate
qualification for teaching and research at the graduate level
neither were they sufficiently motivated to improve them.
The report also indicated that they seemed ‘to be seriously
disoriented and demoralised’ Analysing the causes of this
phenomenon, the report observed that the primary cause of
this was the lack of academic leadership, the irrelevance of
social science teaching to our social environment and its
needs’, and the use of a foreign language as the language of
academic discourse.
The establishment of COSH for the first time introduced the
concept of social sciences in academia. The report of its
Group further reinforced it as it dealt with the collective
problems of all disciplines designated as social sciences. As
the report was not published or circulated, it made no impact
on the development of social sciences.
b. Emergence of First Council of Social Sciences
The first conference of social sciences in 1988 (discussed
later) resolved to set up a council of social sciences but
controversy over the issue of autonomy of the proposed
council in relation to UGC prevented the implementation of
resolution. In 1993 National Institute of Historical and
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Cultural Research, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad
made another attempt to create a council. Again it
floundered on the issue of autonomy. Young social scientists
particularly those belonging to civil society organisations
were reluctant to support a council located in the state sector.
The third attempt to create a Council of Social Sciences was
made by the University Grants Commission in collaboration
with local office of UNESCO in 1999. For this purpose a
number of meetings with some social scientists in Islamabad
were held. The differences on the issue of autonomy re-
emerged. Finally, one social scientist who was supporting
autonomy got the Council registered on June 3, 2000. As
UGC could not provide space for the office of Council and
funds for running it, the office of Council was located at the
residence of this member of the Council. Since then it is
functioning as an autonomous organisation located in its
own office and is known by its popular name ‘COSS’.
Since its emergence in 2000 up to April 2008, the Council of
Social Sciences (COSS) has produced a number of
publications. In 2001 it reprinted S. H. Hashmi edited book,
The State of Social Sciences in Pakistan. In 2003, it
published, The Social Sciences in the 1990s, which Akbar
Zaidi compiled and edited on behalf of COSS. The book
consists of nine papers, which critically examine the state of
five disciplines. Based on its own research and that of
commissioned papers, COSS has published in 2005, Social
Sciences in Pakistan: A Profile, edited by Inayatullah,
Rubina Saigol and Pervez Tahir and in 2006, Associations of
Social Scientists: An Analytical Study, edited by Inayatullah.
The Council has also published a monograph in 2002 by S.
Akbar Zaidi ‘Dismal State of Social Sciences in Pakistan’.
Its findings are evident from its title. The above mentioned
evaluations of social sciences corroborate a general
conclusion that the state of social sciences in Pakistan has to
be improved considerably to come up to international
standards.
At present COSS is finalising three studies namely
‘Changing Profile of Social Scientists: A Quantitative and
Qualitative Study of Teachers of Social Sciences in Public
Universities of Pakistan from 1963 to 2001’, PhD and MPhil
Research in Social Sciences: A Study of Theses Produced in
Public Universities of Pakistan from 1947 to 2001’ and
‘Recalling our Pioneers’. For description of the latter see
page 4.
c. The Creation of Second Council of Social Sciences
In 2001, the University Grants Commission was replaced by
Higher Education Commission (HEC), which set up a
Committee for Development of Social Sciences and
Humanities in April 2003. Under its general supervision the
Committee set up in February 2004 a Social Sciences and
Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). By March 2008
SSHRC has financially supported the organisation of five
conferences related to social sciences. The proceedings of
three conferences have been published in the following
books.
• Ghazala Irfan (ed.), Ethics, Values & Society: Social
Transformation, Karachi, Oxford University Press, 2006
(Proceedings of Conference organised by Lahore
University of Management Sciences (LUMS) and
Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, at Lahore
from March 31 to April 3, 2005).
• Social Sciences: Endangered and Engendered, 2006.
(Proceedings of International Conference organised by
Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi, in
collaboration with Higher Commission, Islamabad on
December 10-12, 2004).
• Earthquake 10/8: Social, Human and Gender Issues,
2006 (Proceedings of International Conference
organised by Fatima Jinnah Women University,
Rawalpindi and University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir,
Muzaffarabad, in collaboration with Higher
Commission, Islamabad on January 15-17, 2006).
The first two books are a significant addition to the good
quality social science literature in Pakistan.
4. Evaluation through National Conferences of Social
Scientists
a. First National Conference of Social Scientists
More than a decade after the report of COSH Group
mentioned above, the Faculty of Social Sciences of Quaid-i-
Azam University in 1986 commissioned a number of papers
on the development of 17 social sciences disciplines. The
papers were prepared within a common and explicit
theoretical framework and well-defined set of criteria of
evaluation. They were presented at a conference held in
1988 and most of them were published by the university in
1989 in a book, The State of Social Sciences in Pakistan;
edited by S. H. Hashmi. Based on the 17 studies, Inayatullah
in the introductory chapter of the book concluded that
measured against international standards of creativity,
objectivity, theoretical and methodological rigour,
interdisciplinary orientation, contribution to global social
sciences, and relevance to the problems of state and society,
social sciences in Pakistan were underdeveloped. The
chapter also identified the causes of this underdevelopment.
The Council of Social Sciences, which emerged in 2000,
reprinted the book in 2001 and placed it on its website.
b. Second National Conferences of Social Scientists
After the first national conference in 1988, a second
conference of Social Scientists was held in December 2003.
It was organised by a consortium of organisations, which
included the Committee on the Development of Social
Sciences and Humanities mentioned above, Quaid-i-Azam
University, Islamabad, Fatima Jinnah Women University,
Rawalpindi and Council of Social Sciences, Pakistan,
Islamabad. The local office of UNESCO financed it. Most of
the papers presented at the conference were compiled into a
report ‘Proceedings of Conference on State of Social

Sciences and Humanities: Current Scenario and Emerging
Trends’, 2004.
5. Evaluation by Individual Scholars
In addition to the evaluation of social sciences conducted by
organisations described above, two independent scholars
have published evaluative studies. In 1993 K. K. Aziz, the
well known historian, produced two books, The Murder of
History: A Critique of History Textbooks Used in Pakistan,
and The Pakistani Historian: Pride and Prejudice in the
Writing of History, in which he identified serious mistakes in
history books. One chapter of the second book ‘The
University Historian’ has been reprinted in Social Science in
Pakistan in the 1990s, 2003 which is available on the
website of Council of Social Science (COSS). In 1994
Hasan Nawaz Gardezi, former Chairperson of Department of
Sociology of Punjab University, published a paper with the
title of ‘Contemporary Sociology in Pakistan’.
Systematic and scientific evaluation of social sciences in
Pakistan started in mid eighties. Since 2003 it has picked up
some momentum. The major factors that delayed such
evaluation were: the late development of concept of social
sciences, weak professional associations of practitioners of
different disciplines, the lack of interest in self evaluation by
fragmented community of social scientists and the lack of
resources including general absence of scholars interested
and capable of undertaking such a task. It is difficult to
assess the impact of whatever evaluation has been done so
far. If the process continues, its impact is likely to emerge in
next five years.
Activities of Council of Social Sciences, Pakistan
(COSS)
In its series of papers related to Pakistan and published in
professional journals abroad, COSS has placed the following
two papers on its website www.cosspak.org
• ‘Disaster Studies in Pakistan: A Social Science
Perspective’ by Pervez Tahir, presented in the 17th
Biennial General Conference of Association of Asian
Social Science Research Councils (AASSREC) held at
Nagoya University, Japan on September 27-30, 2007.
For an access to the paper please visit:
<http://www.cosspak.org/brochure.php?id=22&name=H
igh%20Quality%20Papers>
• ‘Responding to Terrorist Threat: Perspectives from
Saudi Arabia and Pakistan’, by Syed Rifaat Hussain,
originally published in Journal of South Asian and
Middle Eastern Studies, Vol. XXX, No. 3, Spring 2007.
For access to the paper please click the following link:
<http://www.cosspak.org/brochure.php?id=22&name=H
igh%20Quality%20Papers>
Recalling Our Pioneers
COSS is presently engaged in a project ‘Recalling our
Pioneers’. The project aims to record the contribution of
prominent social scientists, who are no longer with us. The
criterion of selecting these pioneers was their long-lasting
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contributions in their field of specialisation in the form of
publications.
As a first step in the study, 25 social scientists from different
fields were chosen as pioneers in consultation with selected
experts. They included Abdul Hameed (History), Afzal Iqbal
(History and International Affairs), Akhter Hameed Khan
(Rural Development), Aziz Ahmed (Islamic History), C. A.
Qadir (Philosophy), Fazl ur Rehman (History), Feroz Ahmed
(Sociology), Hamza Alavi (Sociology), Ishtiaq Hussain
Qureshi (History), Khwaja Sarwar Hassan (International
Relations), M. M. Sharif (Philosophy), Mahbubul Haq
(Economics), Mahmud Hussain (History), Moinul Haq
(History), Muhammad Ajmal (Psychology), S. M. Ikram
(History), S. M. Jaffer (History/Archives), Sabeeha Hafeez
(Sociology), S. M. Akhtar (Economics), S. M. Moghni
(Psychology) and Sultan Hashmi (Demography).
The Council is looking for scholars who can write on the
following four pioneers; Zahid Husain (Economist and the
first Governor, State Bank of Pakistan and the first Chairman
Planning Commission of Pakistan.), S. M. Akhter
(economist), Nazir Ahmed (Founder and first Director of
Documentation Centre, Cabinet Division, Government of
Pakistan) and Riaz-ul-Islam (Historian).
Twenty-five scholars related to the fields of respective social
sciences were invited to prepare papers on the above
pioneers. Twenty-one of them accepted the invitation. By
20th April the Council has received 14 papers and expects to
receive the remaining seven by the end of May. The Council
is still looking for scholars who can write on S. M. Akhter,
Zahid Husain, Nazir Ahmed and Riaz-ul-Islam.
Dr. Akhter Hameed Khan Memorial Award
The ceremony to give Dr. Akhter Khan Memorial Award to
the author of the best book in social sciences written in
2006-2007 (July to June) in any of the following fields (i)
rural/urban development (ii) peace (iii) poverty and its
alleviation and (iv) gender discrimination that was
scheduled to be held in November has been postponed. Now
the Award giving ceremony will be held in May this year.
Review of COSS Publications
Prof. Anis Alam has reviewed the COSS book Social
Sciences in Pakistan: A Profile in The Lahore Journal of
Economics, Vol. 12, No. 1, Jan-June 2007, pp. 185-7. Some
extracts from the review are given below. For the full review
click
http://www.cosspak.org/data/BookReviewofProfilebyDrAnisAlam
LJE.pdf
‘The book under review takes stock of the state in which
various disciplines of the social sciences exist in Pakistan. It
consists of twenty essays, seventeen of which describe the
state of Economics, History, Pakistan Studies, Political
Science, International Relations, Peace and Conflict
Resolution, Area Studies, Strategic Studies, Sociology,
Public Administration, Linguistics, Journalism and Mass
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Communication, Philosophy, Psychology, Anthropology,
Women’s Studies and Education. One essay assesses the
contribution of NGOs to social science research in Pakistan,
while another looks at the quantitative development of the
social sciences. Inayatullah has contributed an introduction,
while Rubina Saigol has provided a conclusion. All
contributors hold senior positions in universities and
research establishments. All essays evaluate the state of their
discipline, quantitatively as well as qualitatively. They also
try to identify the factors that have helped or hindered the
development of their respective disciplines.
‘Pakistan inherited the colonial state and other affiliated
institutions, the schools, colleges and the Punjab University.
At that time only traditional disciplines such as economics,
political science, history and philosophy were taught at
undergraduate levels in colleges. The practice continued in
the earlier years after independence. Since Pakistan became
a US ally in the Cold War soon after independence,
American influence replaced the earlier British colonial
perspective in the study of various subjects. With American
assistance, newer disciplines were introduced: Public
Administration in 1955, Sociology, Social Work, Applied
Psychology in the 1960s, Anthropology, Area Studies,
Strategic Studies, International Relations in the 1970s and
Peace and Conflict Studies and Women’s Studies in the
1990s. A significant development of the late 1970s has been
the decline of the discipline of History and the introduction
of the subject of Pakistan Studies as a compulsory subject up
to the undergraduate level. This has made the teachers of this
new subject the largest group among college teachers.
‘All contributors have noted that, despite impressive growth
in the numbers of teachers and institutions, the state of social
science in Pakistan is very unsatisfactory. Hardly any
significant research has emerged from these institutions
despite a large number of theses churned out by post-
graduates.
‘The book is successful in its endeavour of giving the reader
a comprehensive picture of the state of development of
various disciplines of the social sciences. However, except
for a very few, most articles are descriptive rather than
analytical. They shed little light on the reasons for the sad
state of the social sciences in Pakistan.
‘Rubina Saigol notes in her concluding essay,
“overwhelming ideological orientation of teachers across the
disciplinary spectrum revolves around religious and
nationalist thinking…..So deeply rooted are the teachers and
students in the hegemonic version of state and society that
even the social sciences, which are tasked to produce
alternative visions, fail to do so.” The absence of debate and
controversy, discussions and contention, makes most of the
universities very dull and insipid places where received
knowledge from old books is transmitted from generation to
generation in the same unchanging way’.
‘This book is a wake up call for all thinking individuals as
well as social scientists in Pakistan, as it highlights the
dismal state of the social sciences in Pakistan. Social
scientists have failed to study and understand the contours
and the dynamics of their own society, leaving the task to
foreign governments and academics.’
Islamabad Social Sciences Forum (ISSF)
Islamabad Social Sciences Forum meets on the last Friday of
every month since its establishment in 1990. Its activities
during the last three months include:
• A. H. Nayyar, ‘A Probable Pakistani Response to the
US-India Nuclear Deal: Some Technical Aspects’ on
October 26, 2007.
• Fayyazuddin, ‘Development of Science and its Impact
on Society’ on November 30, 2007.
• Noor Fatima, ‘Role of International Economic Agencies
in Pakistan’s Economic Development’ on January 25,
2008.
• Anwar Syed, ‘Prospects of Democracy in Pakistan’ on
February 25, 2008.
• Inayatullah, ‘Five Major Threats to Survival and
Welfare of Human Race’ on March 28, 2008.
• Ijaz Shafi Gilani, ‘Dilemmas of Democracy: Pakistani
and Global Experiences’ on April 25, 2008.
Letters to the Editor
‘Thank you very much for sending a set of publications of
the Council of Social Sciences. I have gone through the
material relating to Education, Research and Plagiarism,
which are really pertinent issues relating to the most vital
aspects of our national identity and adversely affecting the
productive capabilities of Pakistani universities. One is
baffled to witness the borrowed issues and texts and
fabrication of research data to defeat the very purpose of the
creative and original knowledge, which should be the
governing aim of the university scholars. These sham trends
in our universities needs to be arrested by creating awareness
that is evident from your relevant publications under review.
The issue needs the collective efforts of all those at the helm
of affairs to discourage and banish such elements who are
out to adulterate our higher educational system.
‘I appreciate your bold attempt and pray for your success in
the extremely noble cause. May Allah guide and assist you
in your objective-oriented endeavour. The university would
feel highly indebted if you could deliver a lecture on this
burning topic to the faculty and the students on the campus.’
Prof. Dr. Ihsan Ali
Vice Chancellor, Hazara University, December 1, 2007
‘I see little coverage of all that happens at PIDE on COSS.
Am I wrong? I always thought PIDE was integral to social
science in Pakistan and that is why I instantly agreed to buy
your institutional membership. Yet PIDE events do not
receive coverage in COSS. Why? I do not even see PIDE
publications listed in COSS bulletin’.

Dr. Nadeem Ul Haque
Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad
‘We, a group of scholars, students and practitioners of social
sciences are aiming to form a study group in social sciences
in Karachi, namely, the Karachi Study Group in Social
Sciences. What we are planning is to register this
organisation. We would like COSS to give us some
suggestions about how to go about it: shall we form an NGO
or any other possibility. If NGO, how to go about it? Waiting
for your prompt reply. ‘
Sohail Amirali <Sohail amirali’ <sbawani@gmail.com>
October 12, 2007
‘The Social Sciences Journals list [placed on COSS website]
is very useful but without any contact and submission
details, this is not much of a use. It would be nice to see
contact and submission details, and if they are HEC
approved Journals or not, to be of any practical value.
Especially for those who are not in Pakistan and still want to
make a contribution. ‘
Dr. Shabnam Malik <sbm101@hotmail.com>
September 9, 2007
‘I finally found the time from the hectic operational and
bureaucratic routine to make my intellectual statement on
Social Policy. In keeping with my earlier habits, we
launched a seminar series on Social Science and Policy. This
is the third year of the seminar series. Taking advantage of
the electronic age we have posted all the seminars on the
Social Policy website (http://worldbank.org/socialpolicy) I
created in 2005.
‘We have also initiated a book series on "New Frontiers of
Social Policy" drawing, in part, on the papers from the
conference. The first three books of the series are complete,
with two more to follow in the next year. The web
introduction is given below, and also gives you links to the
three books. In a few months we will also publish a web
version of the books which I will send to you, in case others
are interested in downloading any of the materials. The
series introduction is in the book called Inclusive States
where I have laid out my rationale for the book series.’
Dr. Anis Dani
Lead Social Scientist, Social Development Department,
ESSD, The World Bank, Washington DC, May 4, 2008
‘When requested to make a presentation on the subject of
Philosophy of Social Sciences in a monthly meeting of
Islamabad Social Sciences Forum, Hamza Alavi replied:
‘I do not have anything written on the philosophy of social
Sciences, which I taught at Manchester. I do have some new
meta-theoretical ideas on the subject organised on the
concept of the ‘individual’ and society in Social sciences. I
presented them at the universities in USA and Canada,
which were well appreciated. The presentations were off the
cuff and I never got around to writing them up. People in
Islamabad are unlikely to appreciate the subject unless they
are interested in social sciences. I taught social sciences
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mainly in reference to economic theory, sociology and social
anthropology (both of British School, in Anthropology
Radcliffe Brown, E.E Evans Pritchard etc and in Sociology
Talcott Parsons etc) the latter two being in discourse of
structural functionalism vs. methodological individualism. In
political science I referred to the theories of the utilitarian
school as well as Thomas Hobbes vs. Parsonian political
theory of the ‘Chicago School’ comprising of Gabriel
Almond, Coleman and others. The latter two traditions were
in juxtaposition to the dialectical conceptions of Hegel and
Marx. My exposition shall take an hour, which will again be
out of the cuff. My earlier presentation at Ithaca was
recorded for the library with my consent.’
Hamza Alavi, January 25, 2002
Developments in Academia
• Higher Education Times Supplement, Britain has
included three public sector universities of Pakistan
amongst the top 600 universities of the world. They
include National University of Science and Technology
(NUST) ranked at No. 470, University of Karachi
ranked at No.560 and Quaid-i-Azam University ranked
at No. 564. (HEC Press Release, December 4, 2007).
Higher Education Commission
• has procured a software entitled ‘Ithenticate’ to detect
plagiarism by Pakistani authors. Under this programme,
every article published from academic and research
institutions in Pakistan is being carefully checked for
plagiarism. The software automatically compares
sentences and paragraphs in the articles of Pakistani
author published in international journals against all
international publications and provides information on
any copied material within seconds. The software is also
being used to check plagiarism in PhD theses in
Pakistani universities, a repository of which has been
created in the HEC. (HEC Press Release, August 11, 2007)
• has extended the validity period of National Testing
Service (NTS) test results from the existing period of
one year to two years. Thus, the test cleared in January
2007, will be valid up to January 2009. (HEC Press
Release, February 15, 2008)
• has decided to introduce five years LLB degree
programme in public sector universities and degree
awarding institutions. (HEC Press Release, January 11,
2008)
• will publish under its Monograph and Textbook Writing
Scheme world’s first monograph entitled ‘Urdu
Research in Universities’ by Prof. Dr. Rafi-uddin
Hashmi. The monograph will include a bibliographical
list of 4374 titles in which M.Litt. MPhil, PhD and
D.Lit. degrees in Urdu Literature and Language have
been awarded by 81 universities of the world. (HEC
Press Release, January 18, 2008)
• has introduced Outstanding Research Award Series
which include:
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a. Life Time Achievement Award of Rs. 500,000 (Four
Awards)
The Award is to be given to an academic in recognition
of his contribution to the development of society
through education, research and governance of related
disciplines. It plans to give four Awards in this category,
which include Bio-Sciences, Basic and Applied
Sciences, Engineering and Technology and
Management Sciences and Social Sciences and
Humanities.
b. Best Research Paper Award of Rs. 50,000 (20
Awards)
Six Awards are to be given in Basic and Applied
Sciences, five each in Bio-Sciences and Engineering
and Technology, two in Social Sciences and one each in
Management Sciences and Humanities. The nominee for
the Award must be the lead author of the paper. The
research work must have been initiated in Pakistan. In
case of collaborative research at least 80 percent of
work contribution must be from Pakistani side.
c. Best Book Publication Award of Rs. 300,000 (4
Awards)
Four Awards are to be given in the field of Bio-
Sciences, Basic and Applied Sciences, Engineering and
Technology and Management Sciences, Social Sciences
and Humanities. The book must be authored by the
nominee and published (normally by well-known
international publisher.
d. Best Innovator Award of Rs. 150,000 (One Award)
The Award is to be granted to those scholars who have
made innovative and inventive contributions in their
fields of specialisation granted or published
international patents, product designs and other
written/published submissions.
e. Best Young Research Scholar Award of Rs. 100,000
(4 Awards)
The Awards are to be given in Bio-Sciences, Basic and
Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology and
Management Sciences, Social Sciences and Humanities.
The Award is available to faculty members and PhD
students under the age of 40. The award will be granted
on the basis of the number of quality of publications,
written abstracts, conference presentations and
academic achievements.
Universities
International Islamic University, Islamabad
The Board of Studies of the Department of History in its
meeting on June 30, 2007 approved BS and MS leading to
PhD programmes.
Civil Society Organisations (NGOs) launched the Virtual
Political Resource Centre. For further information please
visit www.pakistanpolitics.org
Conferences, Seminars and Special Lectures
Universities
International Islamic University, Islamabad
• organised a lecture on ‘Tolerance in Islam: A Historical
Perspective’ by renowned scholar and author Karen
Armstrong under the auspices of Iqbal International
institute of Research Education and Dialogue on
February 1, 2008.
Government College University (GCU), Lahore
• organised a conference ‘The State of Social Sciences in
Pakistan on March 27, 2008.
• Department of Economics in collaboration with Higher
Education Commission organised a conference on
‘Financing Higher Education in Pakistan’ on Nov. 10,
2007.
Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi
The Department of Education organised a two-day national
conference on ‘Empowering Teachers: Practices and
Possibilities’ on March 3-4, 2008.
University of Karachi, Karachi
• Department of Islamic History organised a conference
‘Pakistan: Challenges and Responses’ on April 16, 2008.
• Department of International Relations in collaboration
with the Higher Education Commission and the Hanns
Seidel Foundation organised first International Relations
Conference entitled, ‘The State of International
Relations in Pakistan' on March 26-27, 2008.
•
• Pakistan Study Centre in collaboration with quarterly
journal Tareekh organised a one-day national conference
on ‘Revisiting 1857’ on December 27, 2007, in
connection with centenary celebration of the historic
1857 War of Independence. This was the last event in a
series of conferences and seminars held by the
University of Karachi and Tareekh in the year 2007.
Aga Khan University, Karachi
The Institute for Educational Development organised an
international conference on ‘Status of Educational Reform in
Developing Countries’ on April 8-10, 2008.
Bahria University, Islamabad
The Creativity Bench organised a seminar ‘Reflections of
Academic Discourse and Critical Thinking as a Process’.
(The News, March 31, 2008)
Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad
• Department of Economics organised a one day national
seminar on ‘Trade and Economic Growth Linkages’ on
June 27, 2007.
• Area Study Centre for Africa, North & South America,
organised a one day seminar on March 17, 2008 on ‘Ibn

Khaldun: The Founder of Social Sciences’. The
following speakers addressed the symposium:
1. Dr. Noman ul Haq, ‘The Earthbound Journey of
Historical Methodology: Explaining Ibn Khaldun's
Fatherhood of the Social Sciences’.
2. Mir Annice Mehmud ‘Economic Thought of Ibn
Khaldun’.
3. Dr. Zoughaier Dhaouadi, ‘Ibn-Khaldun’s Philosophy on
Governance’.
Hazara University, Mansehra organised 10th national
conference on Pakistan Archaeology on September 6-9,
2007.
University of Sargodha, Sargodha organised an
international conference on Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi on
March 24-26, 2008, in connection with his 800th birth
anniversary.
University of Gujrat, Gujrat
• University of Gujrat, Lahore Institute of History and
Culture, Punjab Lok Rahes and Punjab Lok Sujag
organised a conference on ‘Revisiting 1857’ on April 5-
6, 2008.
• Faculty Development Resource Centre (FDRC),
arranged a workshop on “Research Fundamentals and
Contemporary Statistical Techniques by Using SPSS”
for social sciences faculty members. In this regard, three
classes per week will be held from April 22, 2008 to
May 23 2008.
Research Institutes
The Council of Islamic Ideology, Islamabad organised the
following lectures
• ‘Supreme Constitutional Code of Egypt & Islamic
Law’, by Prof. Clark Lombardi on April 28, 2008.
• ‘Islam in Spain’ by Ana Ballesteros on Feb. 14, 2008.
• ‘Reason and Rationality in Islam’ by Ebrahim E.I.
Moosa on June 27, 2007.
Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad organised:
• A two-day international conference on ‘Energy: Sources
of Regional Cooperation and Competition’ on
September 3-4, 2007 in collaboration with Hans Seidel
Foundation.
• A one-day public seminar on ‘Pakistan-China Relations’
on October 29, 2007 in collaboration with the Embassy
of Peoples Republic of China.
Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI)
organised:
• Two-day South Asian Regional Conference on
‘Revisiting Sixty Years of Freedom’ on August 11-12,
2007 in Lahore.
• Tenth Sustainable Development Conference entitled
‘Sustainable Solutions: A Spotlight on South Asian
Research’, on December 10-12, 2007.
Council of Social Sciences, Pakistan
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Islamabad Policy Research Institute in collaboration with
Hans Seidel Foundation organised an international seminar
entitled ‘Co-operation in Asia – Options for Pakistan’ on
September 6-9, 2007 in Islamabad.
National Democratic Institute in partnership with Centre
for Civic Education Pakistan organised a Forum on ‘New
Democratic Possibilities: What Next? ‘ On Feb. 27, 2008.
Civil Society Organisations (NGOs)
ActionAid International Pakistan (AAPk), Sustainable
Development Policy Institute (SDPI), Human Rights
Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) and Sungi Development
Foundation jointly organised a ‘National Dialogue on Peace
and Human Rights: Beyond Rhetoric and Power Politics’, on
December 18, 2007.
The Centre for Civic Education, Islamabad organised a
roundtable discussion on ‘Challenges and Chances for
Democracy in Pakistan’ on December 3, 2007.
Aurat Foundation, Islamabad organised a seminar on
‘Analysis of Party Manifestos 2008 from a Gender
Perspective’, on February 14, 2008.
Papers Presented in Conferences
• Pervez Tahir presented a paper ‘Disaster Studies in
Pakistan: A Social Science Perspective’ in the 17th
Biennial General Conference of the Association of
Asian Social Science Research Councils (AASSREC)
titled ‘Economic Development and Environmental
Issues in Asia: Perspectives from the Social Sciences’
held in Nagoya, Japan on September 27-30, 2007.
• Mansoor Akbar Kundi, Dean, Faculty of Languages
presented a paper entitled ‘Between Security and
Sovereignty: The Case Study of Pakistan’ in the
conference ‘Beyond Nation’ held in the Queens
University, Belfast, Britain on September 10-12, 2007.
• Ijaz Shafi Gilani, Professor of International Relations,
International Islamic University, Islamabad presented a
paper entitled ‘Reflections on Americanism and Anti-
Americanism’ at the International Studies Association
Annual Convention in Hilton, Chicago on February 28-
March 3, 2007.
• Sultan-i-Rome, Government College Matta, Swat
presented the following papers in conferences
a. ‘The   War   of   Independence   1857   and   Swat’   in   the 
‘International Conference on the War of Independence 
1857,   ‘   organised   by   the   Department   of   History, 
University   of   Peshawar,   in   collaboration   with   Higher 
Education   Commission,   Islamabad,   in   the   Bara   Gali 
Summer   Campus   of   the   University   of   Peshawar   on 
August 18­19, 2007.
b. ‘All   India   Muslim   League   and   the   Princely   State   of 
Swat’   in   the   21st   Pakistan   History   Conference 
8 Bulletin No. 10, April 2008E 17
 ‘International Conference on All India Muslim League’s  • Lubna Saif, ‘The Destruction of Democracy in Pakistan
Foundation Centenary’, organised by Pakistan Historical  and Emergence of Authoritarianism (1953-54)’, pp. 19-
Society,   and   Pakistan   Study   Centre,   University   of  43.
• Fazal-ur-Rahim Marwat, ‘The Faqir of Ipi–A Mystic
Karachi, in Karachi on 20­21 July 2007.
Warrior of Waziristan’, pp 45-68.
c. ‘Women’s   Right   to   Land   Ownership   in   Swat   State  • Moonis Ahmar, ‘Kashmir and the Process of Conflict
Areas: The Swat State Era and the post­State Scenario’  Resolution’, pp. 69-90.
in the International Conference entitled ‘Perspectives on  • Farzana Shakoor, ‘Kashmir: The Communal Factor’, pp.
Religion, Politics and Society in South Asia’, organised  91-110.
by Pakistan Study Centre, University of the Punjab, in  • Shumaila Shafqat Ali and S. M. Farrukh, ‘Linguistic
collaboration   with   the   Department   of   History,  Diversity in Pakistan: A Case Study of Language Shift
and Maintenance’, pp. 119-130.
University of the Punjab in Lahore on 19­20 Feb. 2007.
• Zubeda Bano, ‘School’s Participation in Great
Conversation: A Proposal for School Improvement in
Selected Articles from Professional Journals Pakistan’, pp. 152-158.
1. The Pakistan Development Review, Parts I and II, Vol.
45, No. 4, Winter, 2006 (Pakistan Institute of 5. Regional Studies, Vol. 30, No. 4, Autumn, 2007
Development Economics [PIDE], Islamabad) (Institute of Regional Studies, Islamabad)
The Journal contains 50 Papers and Proceedings of Twenty- • Arshi Saleem Hashmi, ‘International Diplomacy vis-à-
second Annual General Meeting and Conference of the vis Potential N-Weapon States – Need for Inclusion not
Pakistan Society of Development Economists, held in Isolation’, pp. 3-34.
Lahore on December 19-22, 2006. The titles of the papers • Lubna Abid Ali, ‘Ideology and Pragmatism in
listed in the table of contents of the Journal cannot be Southwest Asia: A Case Study of Iran’, pp. 35-50.
reproduced here for lack of space. • Shahjahan Hafez Bhuiyan, ‘Pattern of Governance in
Bangladesh: A Review of Five Regimes’, pp.51-65.
2. Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, • Humera Iqbal, ‘Democracy and Central Asian States’,
Vol. 31, No. 2, winter 2008 (Pakistan American pp. 66-99.
Foundation, Villanova University, USA)
• Michael M. Gunter, ‘The Kurdish Road to Turkish 6. Journal of the Pakistan Historical Society, Vol. LV,
Democracy’, pp. 1-12. Nos. 1&2, January-June 2007 (Bait al-Hikmah at
• Omar Khalidi, ‘Entrepreneurs from Outside the Madinat al-Hikmah, Karachi.
Traditional Mercantile Communities: Muslims in India’s • Sharif al Mujahid, ‘Reconstructing the Saga of the all
Private Sector’, pp. 13-42. India Muslim League (1906-47)’, pp. 15-26.
• Lt. Col. James E, Dillard, ‘The Failure of Nehru’s Mass • Arshad Islam, ‘Syed Ahmad Khan and Muslim Shift to
Contacts Campaign and the Rise of Muslim Modern Education’, pp. 27-64.
Separatism’, pp. 43-69. • Satya Narayan Mishra, ‘Muslim Backwardness and the
Birth of the Muslim League’, pp. 65-70.
3. Islamic Studies, Vol. 46, No. 2, Summer 2007 (Islamic • Muhammad Reza Kazimi, ‘Secretaries of the All India
Research Institute, Islamabad) Muslim League’, pp. 97-105.
• Syed Sikandar Shah Haneef, ‘Forensic Evidence: A • Dr. Nasreen Afzal, ‘Sindh Muslim League Provincial
Comparative Analysis of the General Position in Conference 1938: Its impact on Muslim Politics’, pp.
Common Law and Shariah’, pp. 199-216. 107-126.
• Tanvir Anjou, ‘The Emergence of Muslim Rule in India: • Inamul Haq Kausar, ‘Balochistan Muslim League
Some Historical Disconnects and Missing Links’, pp. (1939-1947): Leaders and Workers’, pp. 175-223.
217-240.
• Nahid Afrose Kabir, ‘The Predicament of Australian 7. The Lahore Journal of Economics, Vol. 12, No. 2,
Muslim Women Before and After 9/11’, pp. 241-264. July-December, 2007 (Lahore School of Economics,
Lahore)
4. Pakistan Perspectives, Vol. 11, No. 2, July-December • Shehla Amjad and S.A.F. Hasnu, ‘Smallholders Access
2006 (Pakistan Study Centre, University of Karachi, to Rural Credit: Evidence from Pakistan’, pp. 1-25.
Karachi) • Ahmed Nawaz Hakro and Muhammad Akram, ‘The
• Asghar Ali Engineer, ‘Islam and Inter-Faith Incidence of Government Expenditures on Education
Engagement’, pp. 5-18. and Health: Microeconomic Evidence from Pakistan’,
pp. 27-48.

• Masood Sarwar Awan and Zakir Hussain, ‘Returns to
Education and Gender Differentials in Wages in
Pakistan’, pp. 49-68.
• M. Idrees Khawaja, ‘Exchange Market Pressure and
Monetary Policy: Evidence from Pakistan’, pp. 83-115.
• G. R. Pasha, Tahira Qasim and Muhammad Aslam,
‘Estimating and Forecasting Volatility of Financial Time
Series in Pakistan with GARCH-type Models’, pp. 115-
149.
8. Criterion, Vol. 2, No. 4, October-December 2007 (H.
No. 225, St. 33, F-10/1, Islamabad)
• Ishrat Husain, ‘The Politics of Economic Policy
Reforms’, pp. 10-24.
• Zamir Akram, ‘Kashmir Dispute: Is there a Viable
Solution’, pp. 25-56.
• Khaled Ahmed, ‘The Roots of Sectarianism in
Pakistan’, pp. 57-85.
• Khalid Aziz. ‘Need for a Pak-Afghan Treaty on
Management of Joint Water’, pp. 86-117.
• Shahwar Junaid, ‘Defining Moments – The Political
Implications of state Policy’, pp. 118-136.
• Iqbal Ahmad Khan, ‘Iran, the United States and
Regional Stability’, pp. 137-165.
• Manzoor Ahmad, ‘Some Reflections on Islam and
Governance’, pp. 166-173.
9. The Dialogue, Vol. 2, No. 2, April-June 2007 (Qurtuba
University of Science & Information Technology,
Peshawar. www.qurtuba.edu.pk/thedialogue)
• Muhammad Saleem, ‘ABC of Islamic Theory of
Knowledge’.
• Qadar Bakhsh Baloch, ‘Power of the Powerless and
Powerlessness of the Powerful’.
• Abdul Matin, ‘Review, Diagnosis and Prognosis of
Socio-Politico-Eco Trends in Pakistan’.
• Mahmood Ahmad, ‘Behind the Scene: The Contribution
of Think Tanks in U.S. Policy-Making’.
• Jehanzeb, ‘Regional & International Interests in Oil &
Gas Pipelines to Gwadar’.
10. Market Forces: Journal of Management, Information
and Technology, Vol. 3, No. 3, October 2007 (Pakistan
Air Force, Karachi Institute of Economics and
Technology, Karachi)
• Farooq Rasheed and Eatzaz Ahmed, ‘The Convergence
Criteria and the SAARC Common Currency’, pp. 215-223.
• Amber Raza, ‘Personality at Work: A Study of Type A-
B’, pp. 224-246.
• Javed A. Ansari, ‘Is Democracy the End of History?’,
pp. 258-270.
11. Pakistan Journal of History & Culture, Vol. 28, No. 2,
July-December 2007, (National Institute of Historical
Council of Social Sciences, Pakistan
10
and Cultural Research (Centre of Excellence), Quaid-i-
Azam University Islamabad).
• Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada, ‘Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad
Ali Jinnah and Fundamental Rights’, pp. 1-6.
• Riaz Ahmad, ‘An Aspect of Pakistan Movement:
Muslim League’s Civil Disobedience Movement
Against the NWFP Ministry of Dr. Khan Sahib (20
February – 4 June 1947)’, pp. 7-30.
• Tahir Amin, ‘1977 Coup D’etat in Pakistan, pp. 31-52.
• Javed Haider Syed, ‘The British Advent in Balochistan’,
pp. 53-76.
• Lubna Saif, ‘Pakistan and SEATO’, pp. 77-90.
• Shahzad Iqbal Sham, ‘Islamic State and Some
Customary Sources of Legislation: Pakistan
perspective’, pp. 91-109.
• Syed Umar Hayat, ‘Muslim Political Ascendancy in
Bengal: A Case Study of the Roles Played by the Bengal
Provincial Muslim League and the Krishak Proja Party
(1906-41)’, pp. 111-128.
• Himayatullah, ‘Religious Transformation and
Development Among the Pakhtuns: A Historical and
Analytical Study’, pp. 129-150.
• Eynulla Madatli, ‘Medieval Culture of Azerbaijan and
its Influences in Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India’,
pp. 151-164.
• Syed Wiqar Ali Shah, ‘Quaid-i-Azam M. A. Jinnah,
Simla Conference (June 1945) and North-West Frontier
Province Politics’, pp. 165-174.
12. Mujalla-i-Tareekh-o-Saqafat-i-Pakistan, Vol. 17, No.
1, April-September 2007 (National Institute of
Historical and Cultural Research (Centre of Excellence),
Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad).
• Azra Waqar, ‘Khwaja Ghulam Farid (RA) Ki Shairi: Aik
Jaiza’ (Poetry of Khwaja Ghulam Farid (RA): A
Review), pp. 5-14.
• Syed Muhammad Zulqarnain Zaidi, ‘Wazir-e-Azam
Liaquat Ali Khan Ka Qatl’ (Prime Minister Liaquat Ali
Khan’s Assassination), pp. 15-42.
• Farah Gul Baqai, ‘1947 Ka Punjab Aur Fasadat’ (The
Punjab of 1947 and Riots), pp. 43-58.
• Kishwar Sultana, ‘Gulbadan Begum: Tareekhi-wa-
Tahqeeqi Jaiza’ (Gulbadan Begum: Historical and
Research Review), pp. 59-73.
• Shahnaz Tariq and Humaira Arif Dasti, ‘Lesani-wa-
Ilaqai Melanaat: Saraiki Tahreek Key Tanazar Mein’
(Ethnic and Regional Trends in the Background of
Saraiki Movement), pp. 75-87.
13. Forced Migration Review Issue No. 29, December
2007 (Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford)
• John Holmes, ‘Humanitarian Action: A Western-
dominated Enterprise in Need of Change’, pp. 4-5.
• Elizabeth Ferris, ‘The Global Humanitarian Platform:
Opportunity for NGOs? ‘, pp. 6-8.
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• Firzan Hashim, ‘Challenges of Collective Humanitarian
Response in Sri Lanka’, p. 9.
14. South Asian Journal, No. 20, April-June 2008
(Free Media Foundation, 177-A, Shadman-II, Lahore)
• Mariam Mufti, ‘Dynastic Politics in South Asia’, pp. 9-
19.
• Prakhar Sharma, ‘Afghanistan’s Experience with
Democracy’, pp. 20-25.
• Imtiaz Ahmed, ‘Bangladesh: Post-Emergency
Challenges’, pp. 26-31.
• Krishna P. Pakharel, ‘Nepal’s Roadmap to Democracy’,
pp. 59-69.
• Pakistan: Elections and Post-Election Scenario’, pp. 70-
76.
• Jayadeva Uyangoda, ‘Sri Lanka: “Old” Democracy in a
Trap’, pp. 77-84.
• Karin Astrid Siegmann, Nazima Shaheen and Shahbaz
Bokhari, Issues Affecting in Pakistan’s Cotton Belt’, pp.
85-105.
15. Bangladesh e-Journal of Sociology, Vol. 4, No. 2,
January 2007 (http://www.bangladeshsociology.org/Content.htm)
• Masudur Rahman, ‘Market-State-Civil Society
Relations and Development in Post-Independent
Bangladesh: Some Theoretical Reflections’.
• Md. Rezaul Karim, ‘Restoring the Credibility of
Bangladesh Public Service Commission: Major
Challenges and Policy Recommendations’.
• Bunmi Omolayo, ‘Effect of Leadership Style on Job-
Related Tension and Psychological Sense of
Community in Work Organisations: A Case Study of
Four Organisations in Lagos State, Nigeria’.
• Dilara Zahid, ‘Impact of Cultural Globalisation on the
Upper Class Youth in Dhaka City: A Sample Study’.
• A. I. Mahbub Uddin Ahmed, ‘Consensual Poverty in
Britain, Sweden and Bangladesh: A Comparative
Study’.
Books, Articles and Reports published during
2007-2008
Books:
(In alphabetical order)
• Abdul Sattar, Pakistan’s Foreign Policy 1947-2005: A
Concise History, Karachi, Oxford University Press,
2007, 342pp.
• Ali Khan, Representing Children: Power, Policy and the
Discourse on Child Labour in the Football
Manufacturing Industry of Pakistan, Karachi, Oxford
University Press, 2007, 240pp.
• Akhtar Hassan Khan Gorchani, The Sindh Police: Brief
History and Developments in 1947-1997, Karachi,
Oxford University Press, 2007, 88pp.
• Bilal Iqbal Avan (ed.), Early Childhood Development:
From Understanding to Initiatives, Karachi, Oxford
University Press, 2008, 274pp.
• Daniel P. Marston and Chandar S. Sundaram (eds.),
India and South Asia: From the East India Company to
the Nuclear Era, Praeger Security International, 2007,
238pp.
• Delia Cortese and Simonetta Calderini, Women and the
Fatimids in the World of Islam, Karachi, Oxford
University Press, 2007, 288pp.
• Dennis Kux, India-Pakistan Negotiations: Is Past Still
Prologue, Karachi, Oxford University Press, 2007,
110pp.
• Hassan N. Gardezi (ed.), Chain to Lose (Memoirs of
Dada Amir Haider Khan), Vol. I & II, Karachi, Pakistan
Study Centre, University of Karachi, 2007.
• Ian Talbot (ed.), The Deadly Embrace: Religion,
Politics and Violence in India and Pakistan 1947-2002,
Karachi, Oxford, 2007, 210pp.
• John Briscoe and Usman Qamar, Pakistan’s Water
Economy Running Dry, Karachi, Oxford University
Press, 2007, 160pp.
• Ikram Azam
a. Creativity: Seven Symbolic Symphonies, Islamabad, The
PFI and Margalla Voices, 2007, 346pp.
b. Return of The Jinnahs, Islamabad, The PFI and
Margalla Voices, 2007, 149pp.
• Khawaja Amjad Saeed, The Economy of Pakistan 2007
Edition Revised and Updated, Karachi, Oxford
University Press, 2007, 610pp.
• M. Rafique Afzal, Pakistan: History and Politics, 1947-
1971, Karachi, Oxford University Press, 2007, 506pp.
• Mah Nazir Riaz, Areas of Psychology: For
Undergraduate Students, Oxford University Press,
2007, 168pp.
• Mehrunnisa Ali (ed.), Jinnah on World Affairs (Select
Documents: 1908-1948), Karachi, Pakistan Study
Centre, University of Karachi, 2007, 728pp.
• Paul Collier, The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest
Countries are Failing and What Can be Done About it,
New York, Oxford University Press, 2007, 224pp.
• Rashida Qureshi and Jane F. A. Rarieya (eds.), Gender
& Education in Pakistan, Karachi, Oxford University
Press, 2007, 290pp.
• Robert A. Huttenback, British Relations with Sindh,
1799-1843: An Anatomy of Imperialism, Karachi,
Oxford University Press, 2007, 172pp.

• S. M. Naseem, The Unravelling of the 9/11 U-Turn:
Essays in Pakistan’s Economy and Polity in a South
Asian Perspective (1999-2007), 2007.
• Saleem H. Ali (ed.), Peace Parks: Conservation and
Conflict Resolution, MIT Press, 2007. For further details
please visit
http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2
&tid=11250
• Shahid Siddiqui, Rethinking Education in Pakistan:
Perceptions, Practices, and Possibilities, Paramount
Publishers, 2007.
• Shahid Javed Burki, Changing Perceptions, Altered
Reality: Pakistan’s Economy Under Musharraf, 1999-
2006, Karachi, Oxford University Press, 2007, 392pp.
• Sharif al Mujahid and Liaquat Merchant (eds.), Quotes
from the Quaid, Karachi, Oxford University Press,
2007, 132pp.
• Sharif al Mujahid, In Quest of Jinnah: Diary, Notes and
Correspondence of Hector Bolitho, Karachi, Oxford
University Press, 2007, 230pp.
• Sohail Mahmood, Good Governance Reform Agenda in
Pakistan: Current Challenges, New York, Nova Science
Publishers, 2007.
• Sayed Wiqar Ali Shah, North-West Frontier Province:
History and Politics, Islamabad, National Institute of
Historical and Cultural Research, Centre of Excellence,
Quaid-i-Azam University, 2007, 190pp.
• Uzma Ali, Kausar Ansari, Riaz Ahmad & Muhammad
Shamsuddin, Clinical Practice: Codes, Control and
Ethical Decision Making Developers, Karachi, Institute
of Clinical Psychology, University of Karachi, 2007.
• Younas Samad and Kasturi Sen (eds.), Islam in the
European Union: Transnationalism, Youth and the War
on Terror, Karachi, Oxford University Press, 2007,
278pp.
• William Langewiesche, The Atomic Bazaar: The Rise of
the Nuclear Power, Penguin Books, 2007, 179pp.
• Zafar Shaheed, The Labour Movement in Pakistan:
Organisation and Leadership in Karachi in the 1970s,
Karachi, Oxford University Press, 2007, 364pp.
Articles:
• Mansoor Akbar Kundi, ‘The Politics of American Aid:
The Case Study of Pakistan’, Asian Affairs Vol. 29, No.
2, April-June 2007, published by Center for
Development Research, Bangladesh.
• Sultan­i­Rome
a. ‘Riyasat-e-Swat’, Minah (Swat), Vol. 2, No. 1, April-
June 2007.
Council of Social Sciences, Pakistan
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b. ‘All India Muslim League and the Princely State of
Swat’, Journal of the Pakistan Historical Society
(Karachi), Vol. 55, Nos. 1 & 2, January-June 2007.
c. ‘The Khudai Khidmatgar Movement: From Genesis to
Downfall’, Hamdard Islamicus, (Karachi), Vol. 30, No.
1, January-March 2007.
• Ijaz Gilani and Manzoor Khan, ‘Audience Measurement
in the ‘Dual Economies’ of Poor Countries: A Case
Study from Pakistan’, Market Research: Best Practice
30 Visions for the Future, in Peter Mouncey and Frank
Wimmer (eds.), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2007, pp.
467-488.
Reports
Pervez Tahir, Asif Saeed and Uzair Ahson (eds.), ‘Financing
Higher Education in Pakistan: Papers & Proceedings of a
Conference’ organised by the Department of Economics,
Government College University, Lahore in collaboration
with Higher Education Commission, on November 10, 2007.
Centre for Civic Education, Islamabad
a. Political Participation of Youth in Pakistan. For access
to the report please visit www.civiceducation.org
b. The Freedom of Information Ordinance 2002: 5-Years
on: Window Yet to be Opened. For access to the report
please visit www.civiceducation.org
Government of Pakistan Planning Commission, Vision 2030,
August 2007, 119pp.
Higher Education Commission, Higher Education
Commission, Annual Report 2005-06, Islamabad, 2007?
150pp.
Human Resource Development Network, Annual Report
2006: Advancing Theory & Practice in Human Resource
Development, 2007, 45pp.
National Commission of the Status of Women
a. The Concept of Justice in Islam Qisas & Diyat Law,
2007, 144pp.
b. The Impact of Family Laws on the Rights of Divorced
Women in Pakistan, 2007, 145pp.
c. Women’s Right of Inheritance and its Implementation,
2007, 103pp.
UNDP Pakistan, Gender Mainstreaming in Recovery Phase-
Post Earthquake Pakistan, 2006, 90pp.
Social Policy and Development Centre, Karachi, Social
Development in Pakistan Annual Review 2006-07, 2007,
192pp.
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International Crisis Group (ICG), Afghanistan: The Need for
International Resolve, Asia Report No. 145, 6 February
2008, 25pp.
Monographs
• Khalil Ahmad, Charter of Liberty, Lahore, Alternate
Solutions Institute, 2007, 68pp.
• Rubina Saigol, Dehshat Gardi, Inteha Pasandi Aur
Insani Haqooq Ki Pamali (Terrorism, Extremism and
Trampling of Human Rights), Hamza Wahid Memorial
Lecture 2008, Karachi, Irteqa Institute of Social
Sciences, 2008, 73pp.
• Syed Jaffar Ahmed, Pakistan Key Ghair Muslim Shehri:
Siyasi Jamaaton Ka Kirdar Aur Zemedarian (Non-
Muslim Citizens of Pakistan: Role and Responsibilities
of Political Parties), Pakistan Coalition for Free, Fair
and Democratic Election, Karachi, 2008, 60pp.
Excerpts from Papers
Ijaz Shafi Gilani, ‘The Global Verdict on Democracy:
Admiration for the Norm, Disillusionment with the Practice’
in The Largest Poll Around the World: Voice of the People –
What the World Thinks on Today’s Global Issues, London,
Gallup International Association, 2006.
‘The agreement on democracy as the best available form of
government is shared by majorities in societies, cultures, and
countries that are vastly different from each other on other
issues. For example, 89% of Protestants, 86% of Buddhists,
80% of Catholics, 79% of Jews, 75% of Muslims, and 69%
of Hindus share an admiration for democracy. The figure is
the lowest among Eastern Orthodox Christians, but even
among them, a clear majority of 67% is supportive of
democracy as the best available political system. ‘ (p. 42)
The percentage of people supporting democracy in Indonesia
is 90, Malaysia 80, India 69 and Pakistan 67. (p. 43).
‘Globally views are sharply divided on whether the process
of democracy in any given country or region meets its
necessary requirements and elections are held freely and
fairly. Only 47% of the surveyed population in the 68
countries covered by the survey believe that in their country
elections are held freely and fairly. An equal number (48%)
disagrees and expresses strong scepticism about free and fair
elections. (p. 44) The percentage of people who believe that
elections are held free and fair is 73 in Indonesia, 76 in
Malaysia, 32 in India and 21 in Pakistan. (p. 46)
‘… while 79% of the global population polled in the Gallup
International Association survey held the democratic
political system in admiration and 47% assessed elections in
their countries to be free and fair, only 30% believed that
they were successful in tasting the desirable outcome or the
fruit of democracy – that is, rule by the will of the people.’
(p. 47). The percentage of people who believe that the
country is being governed by the will of the people is 71 in
Malaysia, 37 in Indonesia, 25 in Pakistan and 22 in India. (p. 49).
Activities of Associations of Social Scientists
1. South Asian Sociological Society (SASS)
South Asian Sociological Society (SASS) is organising a
conference on ‘Marriage in Globalising Contexts: Exploring
Change and Continuity in South Asia’ in New Delhi on
September 25-27, 2008.
2. Pakistan Sociological Association (PSA)
Pakistan Sociological Association (PSA) and the Department
of Sociology, Criminology & Population Sciences,
University of Karachi organised a one-day seminar on
‘Social Discrimination in South Asia’ on April 22, 2008.
Besides a number of Pakistani sociologists, two Bangladeshi
sociologists - Professor Dr. Kamal Ahmed Chaudhry,
Chairman, Department of Sociology, Shah Jalal University
Sylhet, and Dr. Ainoon Nehr, Associate Professor,
Department of Anthropology, Jahangir Nagar University
Dhaka, Bangladesh also participated and presented papers in
the Seminar. Professor Dr. Fateh Muhammad Burfat,
President of PSA and Chairman, Department of Sociology,
Criminology and Population Sciences along with his
colleagues in the Department mainly carried the
responsibility of organising the seminar.
There was general consensus in the seminar that poverty,
over population, social injustice, inequality, increasing gap
between rich and poor and the lack of opportunity are the
root causes of all types of social discrimination including
ethnocentrism, prejudice, regionalism, sectarianism, racism
and religious extremism.
3. Pakistan Economic Association (PEA)
In a meeting held on August 28, 2007 at the Government
College University (GCU) presided over by Prof. Dr. Khalid
Aftab, Vice Chancellor GCU and attended by prominent
economists it was decided to revive the Pakistan Economic
Association (PEA), which has been lying dormant since
1973. The meeting outlined the process of revival of PEA
and decided to hold a 2-day International Conference on
December 17 and 18, 2008. COSS has been authoritatively
informed that PEA could not be revived and consequently
the planned conference was not held.
4. Pakistan Society of Development Economists (PSDE)
Pakistan Society of Development Economists (PSDE) held
its 23rd Annual General Meeting and Conference on March
12-14, 2008 in Islamabad. The theme of the conference was
‘Natural Resource Management’. Five distinguished lectures
and 50 papers by reputed international and national
economists, demographers and other social scientists were
presented in the conference.
5. Pakistan Philosophical Congress (PPC)
Since its last conference in 2002 PPC has not been able to
hold any conference. As the three-year term of the president
of PPC elected in 2002 expired, the Executive Committee of
PPC in a meeting sometime in 2006 nominated Dr. Arifa

Farid of Karachi University as acting President who in 2007
handed over the charge of PPC to Dr. Naeem Ahmad,
Department of Philosophy, Punjab University who informed
the COSS that the Congress is planning to hold its annual
conference in near future.
6. Islamic Philosophical Association Pakistan
Islamic Philosophical Association Pakistan was founded by
the eminent scholar and philosopher, Dr. C. A. Qadir on
October 22, 1982. The Association meets on every second
Wednesday of the month except in the month of Ramzan. In
every meeting, a distinguished speaker deliberates on a topic
relating to Islam, philosophy, social sciences, natural
sciences, literature or current affairs. Since its inception up
to April 2008, the association has held 290 meetings. For
more information about the Association please contact Ali
Mohtashim, President Islamic Philosophical Association
Pakistan, 27 Mason Road, Lahore.
7. Pakistan Political Science Association (PPSA)
PPSA is dormant since its last conference it held in 1992,
COSS with the support of a number of political scientists has
made some attempts to revive it but has not succeeded so far.
8. Pakistan Psychological Association (PPA)
Pakistan Psychological Association (PPA) organised two
workshops/conferences in of collaboration with Centre for
Clinical Psychology at Karachi University. Some members
of executive committee of PPA have arranged small
activities in Post-Graduate colleges for the promotion of
Psychology. PPA has also managed a special camp for the
rehabilitation of earthquake victims in Azad Kashmir in and
around Bagh area in collaboration with the Department of
Psychology and Applied Psychology, University of the
Punjab. The association is planning to arrange a summer
training camp at Khanispur Ayubiya in July 2008.
9. Pakistan Historical Society (PHS)
Pakistan Historical Society and Pakistan Study Centre,
University of Karachi organised an international conference
on ‘All India Muslim League’s Foundation Centenary’ in
Karachi on July 20-21, 2007. Twenty-four papers were
presented by scholars from different cities of Pakistan and
India, Bangladesh and Britain. Quarterly Journal of the
Pakistan Historical Society has published two volumes of
special number on ‘All India Muslim League Centenary’,
Part I January-June 2007 Vol. LV, Nos. 1&2 and Part II July-
Dec 2007 Vol. LV, Nos. 3&4.
10. Population Association of Pakistan (PAP)
PAP held its eighth annual conference on the theme of
‘Population and Regional Development Nexus’ on
December 17-18, 2007 at the Department of Anthropology,
Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.
11. Research Society of International Law (RSIL)
RSIL organised a workshop on ‘Significance of CEDAW’ in
Islamabad on November 7, 2007, and a seminar on ‘Anti-
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Money Laundering’ in Lahore on March 29, 2007, Its
president Ahmer Bilal Soofi, delivered a lecture on
‘International law and the Law of the Sea’ at the Pakistan
Naval War College, Lahore on February 14, 2008.
12. Society of Asian Civilisations Pakistan (SAC)
On the invitation of Chairman, Central Election
Commission of Uzbekistan five members of Society visited
Uzbekistan as international observers to monitor the
presidential election held on December 23, 2007.
SAC has organised:
• a two-day international conference on ‘Tashkent, the
Capital of Islamic Culture’ in collaboration with
International Islamic University and Embassy of
Uzbekistan in Islamabad, on September 4-5, 2007.
• a seminar on ‘Turkmen Civilisation and Independence’
on September 12, 2007.
It has extended the lecture series on ‘Asian Civilisations’
launched in January 2007 to the year 2008. Under this series
it has organised the following lectures:
• ‘Buddhism in Laddakh: Political Independence and
Cultural Syncretism’ on December 5, 2007.
• ‘Persian Civilization’ on January 7, 2008.
• ‘Pakistan’s Civilisation through Centuries’ by Navid
Zafar on February 4, 2008.
SAC plans to organise an international conference in
Islamabad on ‘Modern Civilizations: Conversion or
Divergence’ on September 11-14, 2008.
[For more information about Pakistan Sociological
Association (PSA), Pakistan Economic Association
(PEA), Pakistan Philosophical Congress (PPC), Pakistan
Psychological Association (PPA), Pakistan Political
Science Association (PPSA) and Pakistan Historical
Society (PHS) please see Inayatullah (ed.), Associations
of Social Scientists: An Analytical Study, Islamabad,
COSS, 2006 or visit COSS website www.cosspak.org]
Brief Introduction to Chinese Academy of Social
Sciences (CASS)
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) is a national
centre for comprehensive studies in the People’s Republic of
China. It is under direct control of the State Council. CASS
was established in May 1977 growing out of the Department
of Philosophy and Social Sciences, Chinese Academy of
Sciences.
CASS consists of 32 research institutes, 3 research centres
and a graduate school. It covers as many as 300 disciplines,
among which 120 are of significant importance. In 2008
CASS has a total of 3,045 research staff members, of whom
1,531 have senior professional titles, and 909 intermediate
professional titles.
The mission of CASS is:
• to make Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong thought and
Deng Xiaoping theory as a guiding principle.
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• to follow the rule of development of sciences
• to carry out in-depth research in the fields of social
sciences and the humanities
• to inherit and carry forward the excellent historical and
cultural heritage of the Chinese nation; and
• to absorb and enrich the spiritual wealth of the human
society.
The Present Leadership of CASS
President: Chen Kuiyuan
Vice-Presidents: Leng Rong; Li Shenming; Jiang Lansheng;
Chen Jiagui; Zhu Jiamu; Gao Quanli
Secretary General: Zhu Jinchang
For more information about CASS please visit www.cass.net.cn
Appointments, Postings, Transfers and Retirements
• Dr. Ishrat Hussain has joined, Institute of Business
Administration, Karachi as Dean and Director on March
17, 2008.
• Prof. Dr. Nasira Jabeen of Institute of Administrative
Sciences, University of the Punjab, Lahore has been
appointed as Professor to Prince Claus Chair in
Development and Equity (2006-2007) at School of
Governance, Utrecht University and Institute of Social
Studies, Netherlands.
• Prof. Dr. Mohammad Zafar Iqbal Jadoon, Dean,
Economics and Management Sciences and Director,
Institute of Administrative Sciences, University of the
Punjab has been appointed as Honorary Professor at the
Department of Management, University of Stirling,
Stirling, Scotland for three years effective from
September 1, 2007.
• Dr. Rashid Amjad has joined Pakistan Institute of
Development Economics (PIDE) as Vice Chancellor.
• Pervez Tahir joined as Mahbub ul Haq Professor of
Economics at Government College University (GCU)
Lahore on 7 July 2007.
• Dr. Tariq Rahman, Distinguished National Professor,
has taken over as Director, National Institute of Pakistan
Studies, Quaid-I-Azam University, and Islamabad on
June 1, 2007.
• Dr. Naeem Ahmad has joined Institute of Social and
Cultural Studies, University of the Punjab, Lahore as
Professor.
• In the fall of 2007 Adil Najam returned to Boston
University as a full Professor and the Fredrick S. Pardee
Chair for Global Public Policy. He will also be the
Director of the Pardee Center for the Study of the
Longer Term Future.
• Seventy five faculty members appointed on permanent
basis have joined Fatima Jinnah Women University,
Rawalpindi. (The News, December 4, 2007).
• Dr. Muhammad Asghar Cheema has joined University
of Gujrat, Gujrat as Director Faculty of Social Sciences
on April 14, 2008.
• After leaving her job as Pro-vice Chancellor at Fatima
Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi on April 30,
2007, Dr. Iftikhar N. Hasan has set up a research centre
in the name of Gender and Psychological Services
(GAPS) Centre in Islamabad, which is doing contract
researches, workshops and field studies. The Centre will
start a series of PhD research training workshops from
the second week of May. For further information about
the Centre please visit its website www.gaps.pk
Improvement in Qualifications
• Ms. Shaheen Akhtar, Research Associate, Institute of
Regional Studies has earned a PhD degree in
International Relations from Quaid-i-Azam University,
Islamabad by completing her dissertation ‘Ethnic
Conflict in Sri Lanka: Domestic, Regional and
International Linkages’, Supervisor: Dr. Tahir Amin.
• Ms. Noor Fatima has received her PhD degree in
Economics from Quaid-I-Azam University, on
completion of her dissertation entitled ‘Pakistan and
International Economic Agencies’, Supervisor: Dr.
Ghulam Hyder Sindhi, Co-Supervisor: Dr. Nawab
Haider Naqvi.
• Mrs. Riffat Munawar, Assistant Professor, Department
of Sociology, University of the Punjab has been
awarded PhD degree in Sociology by the University of
the Punjab on successful completion of her dissertation:
‘Women’s Political Participation and Empowerment: An
Analysis of Women’s Political Participation in Local
Government System in Lahore District, Punjab,
Pakistan’.
New Members of COSS
[Continued from page 16]
32. Mr. Fayaz Ahmad Hussain, Department of Pakistan
Studies, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan
33. Mr. Waheed Mohiuddin, Social Policy and Research
Centre (SPRC), Gujrat
34. Mr. Shah Nawaz Soomro, Pakistan Ordinance Factories,
Havelian Cantt.
35. Mr. Muhammad Ismail Kumbhar, Assistant Professor,
Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam
36. Zahid Sharif, The Evergreen State College, Olympia,
Washington.
37. Dr. Farhat Haq, Political Science Department,
Monmouth College, USA [Life Member]
38. Dr. Peter Mandaville, George Mason University, USA.
[Life Member]
39. Mr. Muhammad Wisal Khalil, Department of Social
Sciences, City University, London.
40. Dr. Pippa Virdee, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK
Institutional Members
1. Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi
2. Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE),
Islamabad.
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3. National Institute of Psychology, Quaid-i-Azam
University, Islamabad
4. Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, Lahore
COSS requests all of its members, friends, academics,
universities and Research Institutes to provide
information on their research and academic activities for
inclusion in COSS Bulletin on the following address:
COSS: # 307, Dossal Arcade, Jinnah Avenue, Blue Area,
Islamabad. (Email: info@cosspak.org)
Obituaries
• Dr. A. R. Kemal, renowned economist, former Director
of Pakistan Institute of Development Economics and
Professor at the International Institute of Islamic
Economics, International Islamic University, Islamabad
died in Islamabad on March 24, 2008. Dr. Kemal
authored and co-authored several books and contributed
186 articles in various national and international
journals and books. (The News, March 27, 2008)
• Prof. Muhammad Rashid, Distinguished Professor, GC
University Lahore, a well known economist and
outstanding educationist passed away on August 19,
2007. He was 86.
• Pro-Vice Chancellor of Balochistan University, Dr.
Safdar Kiyani was shot dead by armed gunmen in
Quetta on April 22, 2008.

COSS PUBLICATIONS
Books
1. Inayatullah (ed.), Associations of Social Scientists: An Analytical Study, 2006, Price Rs. 350. (For members Rs. 175)
2. Inayatullah, Rubina Saigol and Pervez Tahir, Social Sciences in Pakistan: A Profile, 2005, Price. Rs. 500. (For
members Rs. 250)
3. S. Akbar Zaidi (ed.), Social Science in Pakistan in the 1990s, 2003, Price. Rs. 250. (For members Rs. 125)
4. Inayatullah (ed.), Towards Understanding the State of Science in Pakistan, 2003, Price. Rs. 200 (For members Rs.
100)
5. S. H. Hashmi (ed.), The State of Social Sciences in Pakistan, 2001, Price. Rs. 200.

Monographs
1. Rubina Saigol, “The State and the Limits of Counter-Terrorism: The Case of Pakistan and Sri Lanka”, 2006, Price. Rs.
80.
2. Rubina Saigol, “Becoming a Modern Nation: Educational Discourse in the Early Years of Ayub Khan (1958-64)”, 2003,
Price. Rs. 50.
3. S. Akbar Zaidi, “Dismal State of Social Sciences in Pakistan”, 2002, Price. Rs. 50.
4. Ayesha Jalal, “Religion as Difference, Religion as Faith: Paradoxes of Muslim Identity”, 2002, Price. Rs. 30.

Forthcoming Publications
1. Changing Profile of Social Scientists: A Quantitative and Qualitative Study of Teachers of Social Sciences in Public
Universities of Pakistan from 1963 to 2001.
2. PhD and MPhil Research in Social Sciences: A Study of Theses produced in Public Universities of Pakistan from 1947 to
2001.
3. Recalling our Pioneers

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New Members of COSS
Forty scholars, one university, two institutes and one NGO
joined COSS since April 2007 raising the total membership
of COSS to 420. They include:
1. Dr. Ishrat Hussain, Dean and Director, Institute of
Business Administration, Karachi [Life Member]
2. Mr. Sajid Baloch, UNDP-GSP, Islamabad [Life
Member]
3. Mr. Ilhan Niaz, Department of History, Quaid-i-Azam
University, Islamabad [Life Member]
4. Dr. Muhammad Junaid Nadvi, Faculty of Islamic
Studies (Usuluddin), International Islamic University
[Life Member]
5. Mr. Sajid Mansoor Qaisrani [Life Member]
6. Mr. Khadim Hussain, Assistant Professor, Department
of Humanities and Social Sciences, Bahria University,
Islamabad
7. Dr. Tariq Hussain, Enterprise & Development
Consulting (EDC), Islamabad
8. Dr. Saifur Rahman Sherani, Freelance Consultant,
Rawalpindi
9. Mr. Rufus Kamran, The Development of Existing
Resources (DOER) Trust, Islamabad
10. Syed Musa Hassan, Area Study Centre for Africa, North
and South America, Quaid-i-Azam University,
Islamabad.
11. Dr. M. Nazrul Islam, Foreign Professor, Politics &
International Relations, International Islamic University,
Islamabad
12. Dr. R. M. Ikram Azam, The Pakistan Futuristics
Foundation and Institute The Margalla Voices,
Islamabad
13. Ms. Sidrah Khalid, UN-Habitat, Azad Kashmir
14. Ms. Memoona Rauf Khan, Centre for Advanced Study
in Engineering, Islamabad
15. Mrs. Abida Hassan, Faculty of Social Sciences, Air
University, Islamabad
16. Mr. Navid Zafar, Editor Research Criterion, Islamabad
17. Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Talat Masood, Analyst, Islamabad
18. Ms. Rabbia Aslam, Potohar Organisation for
Development Advocacy, Islamabad
19. Dr. Jamila Naeem, Consultant in Demography, Lahore
20. Dr. Naved Hamid, Lahore School of Economics, Lahore
21. Dr. Muneer Ahmad, Lahore School of Economics,
Lahore
22. Dr. Saima Muneer, University of Management and
Technology, Lahore
23. Mr. Shahid Rasheed, Sociologist, Director General
Accounts Works, AG Office
24. Ms. Faiza Asif, Canada Pakistan Basic Education
Project, Lahore
25. Ms. Sumaira Atta, Project Management (Canada
Pakistan Basic Education Project, Lahore
26. Prof. Dr. Noman Ahmed, Department of Architecture
and Planning, NED University, Karachi
Funding of COSS
Following institutions and persons have provided funds to
COSS to help it sustain itself for which we are grateful.
The amount of donation is shown against their names.
 National Rural Support Programme Rs. 200,000.
 Rural Support Programme Network (RSPN) Rs.
137,370 in connection with Study on Local Level
Institutions in the Rural Support Programmes
 International Islamic University, Islamabad. Rs.
85,000
 Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi Rs.
25,000.
 Human Rights Commission of Pakistan Rs. 15,000.
 National Institute of Psychology, Quaid-i-Azam
University, Islamabad Rs. 15,000.
 Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE)
Rs. 10,000
 We appeal to donor organisations, academic
institutions, NGOs, community of social scientists,
and philanthropists to make liberal donations to
the Council.
Trust for Global Peace
The Trust for Global Peace (TGP) was established in
March 2004 to create awareness about the major threats to
the existence of human race. They include:
1. The presence of a culture of conflict, violence and
war (CVW) and its intensification in 20th century
2. Exponential rise in the quantity and quality of
destructive capacity possessed by human race,
particularly in the form of nuclear weapons
3. Global warming
4. Increasing population
5. Inequality in distribution of wealth and material
resources at international, regional, national, class and
individual levels.
TGP conducts its own research on these threats as well as
uses research by other scholars and institutions in the
world, and shares it with people interested in this issue in
the form of short messages. If you want to receive them
please send us your email to <tgp2004@gmail.com>
Dr. Inayatullah
Managing Trustee
Trust for Global Peace
27. Ms. Huma Ghaffar, Pakistan Study Centre, University
of Karachi, Karachi
28. Mr. Ilahi Bux, Sociologist, Hyderabad
29. Mr. Badaruddin Soomro, Centre for Rural Development
Communication, University of Sindh, Jamshoro
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30. Mr. Sajid Mahmood Awan, Department of Pakistan [Continued on page 15]
Studies, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan
31. Mrs. Khadija Naheed, Department of Pakistan Studies,
Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan
Bulletin is for free distribution among COSS members and those interested in the development of social sciences in Pakistan.
Editors: Dr. Inayatullah, Dr. Zarina Salamat; Assistant Editor Muhammad Anwar

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