CURRICULM VITAE

Dr. Taimur-ul-Hassan

Occupation: Academician / Researcher

Education: PhD Mass Communication

Experience: 31 years

Presently: Dean/ Professor, School of Media and Mass Communication, Beaconhouse National

University, Lahore.

HEC-Registered PhD Supervisor

Member HEC Mass Communication Curriculum Committee

Member HEC Text Book, Monograph Evaluation Committee

Member Punjab Public Service Commission Curriculum Committee

Advisor Punjab Public Service Commission Selection Board

Member Selection Board, University of Punjab,

Member Selection Kinnaird College, Lahore

Member Selection Board, University of Gujrat

Member Selection Board, Government College University, Faisalabad

Member Board of Studies, University of Lahore

Member Board of Studies, University of Sargodha

Member Board of Studies, Virtual University Pakistan

External Examiner/Evaluator MPhil, PhD, University of Punjab, University of Central

Punjab, Islamia University Bahawalpur , Superior University

Book, article reviewer of national and international journals

Journalism course by the Financial Times under International Institute of East Berlin.

American History Course

Communication Specialist for Semiotic, Canadian International Development Agency Visiting Faculty, Government of Punjab, Management and Professional Development Member BNU Academic Council Member Board of Studies, BNU SMC Member BNU Board of Advanced Studies Chairman BNU Library Committee Member BNU Research and Publication Committee

Achievements and Awards

1. Best Teacher Award in 2013

2. Founder of School of Media and Mass Communication (SMC) in 2003, which has become

Pakistan’s leading institution in the field of media and communication research.

3. Appreciation for the best edition of the Pakistan Times.

4. Set up the media office of AGHS/HRCP

5. Appreciation letter from the Federal Information Minister.

6. Founding Managing Editor the Sun

7. Founding Managing Editor of the Sun Group of Newspapers.

8. Resumed the publication of the Frontier Post.

9. Set up the portal and research web of Nazaria Pakistan Foundation (NPF).

10. Pioneering instructor of AAJ TV, Business Recorder House.

11. Pioneering member of Prime TV, Europe.

12. Pioneering member of the Post

13. Set up the communication system of University of Education.

14. Founder of BNU FM Radio Station

15. Founder of BNU WEB TV.

16. Founder of BNU Gazzette

17. Founder of SMC Newsletter

18. Founded and Designed PhD, MPhil, Mass Communication and BA (Honors) programs

and contracted highly qualified and skilled faculty to teach students in these programs.

19. Advising Media Studies Program, Cambridge University

Media Experience:

Former Group Managing Editor The Sun, former Executive Editor, The Frontier Post, former

Assistant Editor, The Pakistan Times, former Joint Editor, The Post, Associated Press (America)

Trainer Television, New Media

Research articles in HEC-approved journals:

1. Failure of Pakistani Press in Strengthening Democracy- A Case of Article 58 (2B), The

Historian, Volume 3, 117-129, Department of History, GC University, Lahore (Z)

2. Roots of Authoritarianism in Pakistan, Journal of Political Science, Issue XV, Summer

2009 (ISSN 1994-1080), Department of Political Science, University of Punjab ( Y)

3. Performance of Press during Women Movement in Pakistan-A case Study, South Asian

Studies, Volume 24 Number 2, 2010, PP 311-321, Centre of South Asian Studies,

University of Punjab ( Y)

4. Downplaying Women Voice: Analysis (1977-82), Journal of Mass Communication,

Volume 5, 2010, PP 25-41, Department of Mass Communication, University of Karachi

(Y)

5. Portrayal of NGOs in National Press, Pakistan Vision, Volume 12, No 2, December 2011,

PP 205-235, Pakistan Study Centre,University of Punjab (Y)

6. Civil Society-Democracy Nexus in Pakistan, South Asian Studies, Volume 26, No 2, 2011,

PP 325-347, South Asia Study Centre, University of Punjab (Y)

7. A Case for Social Responsibility Model of Media , Oriental College Magazine, University

of Punjab Y (approved)

8. Mass Communication Education in Punjab- Problems, Prospects, Pakistan Journal of

Social Sciences, Volume 31, No.2, 2011, PP 309-318, Bahauddin Zakyra University,

Multan, with Dr Ghulam Shabair (Y)

9. ICT: Problems, Prospects, European Journal of Social Sciences (approved)

10. News through Filter of Press , Journal of Mass Communication, Department of Mass

Communication, Volume 6, 2011, 47-65, University of Karachi (Z)

11. Coverage of Student Issues-A Case Study, The Historian, Government College University,

Lahore (Z)(in press )

12. Media-Democracy Relationship , Pakistan Study Centre, University of Punjab (Y)

13. Demise of Objectivity in Press, The Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences, Volume 3 2012,

30-48, University of Gujrat (Y)

14. Exploring Bias in Press, Pakistan Perspective, Volume 17, Number 2, July –December,

2012, PP 33-42, Pakistan Study Centre, University of Karachi (y)

15. Role of Newspapers in Health Public Policy Making, FWU Journal of Social Sciences,

Winter 2012, Volume 6, No 2 , 124-130, Frontier Women University, Peshawar (Y)

16. Imbibing Pluralism, AUDC, Volume 6, No 1, 2012, Romania

17. Culture Change: The Perception of the Media and the Mediations of Its Images, with Dr

Shabir Baloch, International Transactions in Humanities and Social Sciences, Volume 2

( 2010), Issue 2 ( July-December) (ISSN 0975-3745), PP-122-140, India

18. ICTs in Learning, with AR Sajid, International Journal of Evaluation and Research

in Education ( IJERE), Volume 1, No 2, 2012, ISSN 2252-8822, Indonesia

19. Towards a More Responsible Press, AUDC, Volume 6, No 2, 2012, 31-52, Romania

20. Role newspapers in education Policy Making , with Usman Khan, Journal of Gender &

Social Issues, Spring 2013, Volume . 12, Issue 1, P 1 (Y)

21. New Media Verus Old Media: A case of Pakistan, New Media and Mass Communication,

Volume , 51, 2016, ISSN2224-3275

22. ICTS- Problems in Pakistan, Journal of Research and Reflections in Education, Volume no

7, issue no 7, June 2013, University of Education (Y)

23. Antecedents of Job Satisfaction in Media organization, with Wajid Zulqarnain, Global

Media Journal, Vol-IX, Issue 1, Spring 2016 (Y)

24. Population Planning: Testing Rogers Diffusion Theory in Kasur, (approved) World Journal

of Research and Review

25. Individual’s perceptions about the credibility of Social Media, with Wajid Zulqarnain,

approved for publication in Journal of Strategic Studies, Volume No 36, Winter Issue 4,

The Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad (Y)

26. The news of disaster and relief activities in traditional and news social media. Abysina

Journal of Social Science 2018. (X)

27. Social and Traditional Media Usage: A Demographic Analysis of Pakistani

Youth. (approved) Global Media Journal: Pakistan Edition 2017, 10(1). (Y)

28. Islamophobia and Muslim Comedians in America. International Journal of Crisis

Communication 2018, 1(2), 92-104.

29. Representation of Indigenous people in Pakistan, Pakistan Perspective, Pakistan Study

Centre , University of Karachi Vol. 22, No.2, July-December 2017 , 41-60 (Y)

30. Development News in Pakistan, India and China (submitted)

31. Employment Situation of Women in Pakistani Media

Nine articles approved for publication.

Books:

Press and Civil Society in Pakistan – Seeds of Democracy in a Terrorism–Torn Country,

Germany, ISBN 978-3-8484-4050-4

Development Communication in Pakistan : case studies ( in progress)

Political Communication ( in progress)

Research/Projects Supervision

PhD Thesis of Dr. Wajid Zulqarnain (2018) Individual’s perceptions about the credibility of

social and traditional media and its impact on media preference in Pakistan.

10 PhD theses (Ongoing)

150 MA, MPhil, MS Public Relations & Advertising Theses

List of some theses:

1. Umar Imtiaz (2017) Implementation of Right to Information in Pakistan: Relationship of

RTI Users, Media & Public Authority

2. Waqar Ahmed (2017) Minority issues on Facebook and twitter, a study in spiral of

silence

3. Anum Zahra (2017) Analysis of working environment of women media persons in

Pakistan

4. Shahbano Shahbaz (2017) Shrine culture : The Sufi face of Lahore.

5. Marryum Farrukh Shah (2017) Emoticons in fast food reviews and their impact on fast

food consumers.

6. Hira Asif (2016) Augmented reality in Advertising : A case study of L'Oreal and Warid .

7. Warda Masood (2016) Impact of social media marketing on self-identity and consumer’s

relationship with the brand

8. Ghania Toor (2016) Impact of Animated TV advertisements on buying behavior of young

consumers in Lahore

9. Hina Pervaiz (2016) In-house channel; advertisements: Effects on consumer behavior of

the viewers on TV in Lahore, Pakistan

10. Muhammad Faizan Mehmood (2016) Copyright infringements in Pakistani TVC's.

11. Nisma Zahid (2016) Puffery in Fast-Food advertisements on Facebook and its impact on

consumers buying decisions.

12. Sara Imtiaz (2016) Impact of In-Game advertising in the first person shooter games.

13. Nehaan Muzaffar Syeda (2016) Impact of Television advertisement and Brand Advocacy

on buying behavior of university student.

14. Ulliya Suleman (2015), Representation and perception of symbolism in architecture:

colonial and postcolonial building in Lahore

15. Rabia Tariq (2015) Impact of television advertisement on domestic culture in Lahore,

Pakistan

16. Aamna Tauheed (2015) Agenda setting role of Facebook for political parties in Pakistan

2015

17. Atif Pervaiz (2015) CSR compaigns of four Pakistani media : Dawn , Express , Jang , Nawa

e waqt

18. M.Kamran Akram Khan (2015) Integration of films in Pakistan , India nad Bangladesh

(2013-2014) into global film industry

19. Ermma Malik (2015) Social and psychological elements in brand consciousness: A

comparative analysis of university students in Lahore

20. Israr Ahmad Anjum (2014) Role of health workers / changes agents and mass media in

creating public health awareness in district Kasur

21. Attiya Haque (2014), Exploring and importance of new media technologies in public

relations in Pakistan

22. Abeera Baig (2014) A critical study of freedom of information (FOI) laws in centre and

provinces

23. Sarah Imtiaz (2013) Gender reflections in mobile networks' TVCs': A discourse analysis of

Ufone and Telenor TVCs' from 2010-2012

24. Hajira Khan (2013) Comparative analysis of development news in Pakistan, India and

Bangladesh

25. Rabail Niaz (2012) Corporate social responsibility in Pakistan

26. Amna Waheeda (2012) Public Diplomacy through Social Media: Analysis of Facebook

pages of Internet users of Pakistan and America.

27. Zeeshan Zaighum (2012) Framing of India and Pakistan in US press content analysis of

New York Times and Los Angeles Times.

28. Maheen Hassan (2012), Representation of women in TV: A content analysis of Dramas

of Geo and Hum

29. Muhammad Usman Khan (2012) Role of Newspaers in Public policy making in Punjab.

30. Saira Bokhari (2011), Critical study of coverage of women’s rights issues by Pakistani

Newspapers

31. Ayela Deen (2011), Role of Newspapers in Creating Awareness about Slums Areas in

Lahore

32. Abdur Rahim Sajid (2011) Barriers to the Integration of Information and Communication

Technologies (ICTs) at Secondary Level Learning

33. Shahrukh Bukhari (2013), Impact of TV talk shows involving stage show actors on young

viewers

34. Iqra Saleem (2013), Role of mobile phones advertisement in changing social behavior of

young users

35. Hafiz Moeen ud Din Ahmed (2012), Brand advertising: A case of Jazz Telecom

36. Maria Ahmad (2011), FM Radio stations contribution in the development of civic sense

in Lahore

37. Haris Ali (2011), Risk or Opportunity; citizen journalism in Pakistan

38. Ch.Mansoor Saeed (2011) Pakistani private TV channels traditional source of revenue

and their alternatives

39. Arsalan Ahmad Fawad (2011) Social Networking Sites as an alternative sphere for young

users

40. Ammara Khwaja (2011) Influence of Niche TV channels on viewers in middle income

areas in Lahore (A study of Style360,Masala TV, Value TV and Health TV)

41. Sheharyar Rizwan (2010) A study of blogs in creating political awareness among the

youth of Lahore

42. Hafiz Saadat Ali (2010) Impact of seminaries curriculum on religious ideology

43. Bilal Qasim (2010) Role of local music channels in reviving Pakistani music

44. Sana Mullick (2009) The role of online communication in creating social awareness

among youth in Lahore

45. Muhammad Sheraz Khan (2009) Linguistic influences of Indian movies on Pakistani

audience

46. Muhammad Aimen Khosa (2009), An analytical study of Indo-Pak press coverage of

Mumbai attacks 26/11

47. Hafiz Muhammad Atif (2009) Role of Pakistani media in promoting sports personalities

48. Fatima Riaz (2009) Social impact of mobile phones on users in Lahore

49. Rida Fazal (2007) The state of Journalism in Urdu newspapers

50. Hina Ejaz (2006) An analytical study of Pakistan Film Industry reasons of its downfall

51. Beenish Haroon (2006) Stereotyping of Muslims in Western media to support theory of

clash of Civilizations

52. Zainab Bashir (2005) Advertising and its impact on the economy of Pakistan

53. Usman Azhar (2005) Impact of US policies after 9/11 on Pakistani public

54. Sadaf Daha (2005) Crime-popular theme of Pakistani cinema

55. Ayela Deen (2005) Advertising and Consumerism in Pakistan (A study of corporate

advertisement’s impact on culture and lifestyle)

56. Ahmed Usman Chaudhary (2005) Advertising revenue and sustainability of Private TV

channels in Pakistan

50 Development Support Communication Projects covering areas like:

Health

Environment

Human Rights

Education

Labour Rights

Advocacy Campaign

Child Rights

Clean water

Workshops/conferences on media, research, education and human rights

1. Co-Designed ‘Human Rights Education Workshop’, Peshawar, December 22-24, 1995

2. Participated in ‘Human Rights Situation Analysis National Workshop’, Lahore, May 30 -

June 1, 1996

3. Co-Designed ‘Social Justice & Equality Workshop’, Abbottabad, July 27-29, 1996

4. Co-Designed’ Religious Freedom & Communal Harmony Workshop, Khanewal, June 17-

19, 1997

5. Participated in ‘Political Economy of Pakistan Seminar’, Gujranwala, September 26, 1997

6. Participated in ‘National Human Rights Conference’, Lahore, November 22-23, 1997

7. Co-Designed ‘Social Justice & Equality Workshop’, September 18-20, 1998

8. Participated in ‘Religious Freedom & Minorities Rights Workshop’, Lahore, October 9-11,

1998

9. Participated in ‘National Human Rights Conference’, Lahore, December 5-6, 1998

10. Co-Designed, ‘Development Rights Workshop’, Hyderabad, October 29-31, 1999

11. Participated in ‘National Human Rights Convention’, Lahore, December 4-5, 1999

12. Participated in ‘Capacity Building Workshop’, Lahore, March 23-25, 2000

13. Co-Designed ‘Development Rights Workshop’, Peshawar, February 9-11, 2001

14. Participated in ‘National Human Rights Conference’, Lahore April 7-8, 2001

15. Workshop Leader ‘Media and Education –A Development Perspective’, School of

Tomorrow, under BSS, 2010.

16. Delegate at ‘Migration in a Changing World’, November 5-9, 2012, Wiley-Blackwell

Conferences for Social Sciences and Humanities

Conferences chaired:

International UNESCO Conference On Safety Of Journalists (2018), Institute Of

Communication Studies University Of Punjab.

Liberal Arts symposium (2017), Forman Christian College University, Lahore.

MOUs Signed

1. Blanquerna School of Communication and International Relations, Spain to forge faculty

and students exchange and linkages.

2. Technische Universitat Ilmenau, Germany to provide access to an immersive educational

experience at the university.

3. Punjab Information Commission (PIC) to promote Punjab Transparency and Right to

Information Act 2013 (RTI). This Internship program is sponsored by Deutsche

Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) a German development agency.

4. Agahi Foresight Lab

5. Leo International

6. Emmerson College USA

Professional Experience

Communications Specialist

Semiotics Consultants/CIDA

2008

Preparing recommendations for UE communication strategy, workshop recommendations,

templates and drafts for UE communication, preparing calendar activity calendar, feedback

forum toolkit, integration of campuses, setting up newsletter of the University, training of

editorial staff of the newsletter, capacity building of teaching staff regarding horizontal

communication links, discussion board for UE website.

Joint Editor (Editorial)

The Post, English Daily

2006 – 2008

Editorials and articles raised issues of law enforcement, terrorism, judiciary, democracy and

empowerment; designed public forums ; editorials/articles related to imposition of emergency

in 2007 by General Pervez Musharraf , toppling of the judiciary , Balochistan, police and judicial

reforms, killings in Karachi, Talibanization , more than 600 editorials/articles, and forums and

discussions on the above subjects.

Trainer

Business Recorder and Aaj TV

2004

Trained AAJ TV staff in news gathering, developing news sources, accuracy in writing, news-

script, news bulletins, developing story, ticker line, breaking news, research; covered pre,

production and post production.

Editor Web/Research Portal

Nazria Pakistan Foundation (NPF)

2002 – 2003

Set-up Nazria Pakistan Foundation research web: the website is aimed at generating awareness

about Pakistan socio-economic, political, ideological and legal issues , including problems

impeding economic self reliance, the problem of civil-military relationship in a historical

context, creation of forward looking Pakistan and independent judiciary in the light of vision of

it founding father, Quad-i-Azam Muhummad Ali Jinnah.

Executive Editor

The Frontier Post

2001 – 2003

Restarted this newspaper from Peshawar, Quetta- the newspaper was shut down after an

attack by people who felt angered by a blasphemous letter; job included writing editorials;

headed the opinion /editorial pages. Problem of terrorism in NWFP, especially Swat, was

highlighted. Afghanistan was focused in relation with its trouble with Pakistan, as the paper’s

special edition was sent daily to Afghanistan. Musharraf’s moderation was supported. Pushtoon

traditions were discussed.

Group Managing Editor

Daily Sun

2000 – 2001

Headed the editorial and management sections; responsible for all the three stations - Lahore,

Karachi and Islamabad. It was the senior most position in the group after the Chief Editor.

Managing Editor

The Sun

1999 – 2000

Launched this English newspaper in January 2000; brought out this newspaper in a record

time of only two-and-a-half months on January 1, 2000, after joining it on October 12,

1999. Setup newsroom, reporting editorial, magazine sections, hired and trained staff,

looked after management.

Created human rights beat reporting teams to report incidents of violations of rights and

police excesses. Hired young mass communication graduates and trained them to

investigate and cover law and order and human rights. Capacity building workshops were

held, inviting senior journalists, legal officers and civil society representatives.

Correspondents at the district level were also trained as most law and order and legal

issues prevail in districts of Punjab.

Reporter

Associated Press of America

1996 – 1997

APA is the biggest news agency in the world; covered all important events, especially in the

Punjab, including the then British Prime Minister John Major's tour of the Punjab and many

important court cases including marriage on free will –the famous Saima Waheed Ropri case in

1996, which settled the issue of consent or no consent of guardian for marriage, to human

rights and sectarian-related violence, including the blast and later court proceedings in the

killing in the court blast of leader of Jhang-based Sunni militant outfit, Maulana Qasmi, and

injury to Maulana Azim Tariq.

AGHS Legal Aid Cell

Media Specialist

1995 – 1999

Set up the Media Cell as Media Specialist in AGHS Legal Aid Cell, which works closely with

Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) to monitor human rights violations, especially

children , women and prisoners, and preparing media responses and strategies to create

awareness about legal rights and services, especially during the cases of honor killings and

violence against minorities.

Supervised their monthly publications- Slogan and Sada-i-Azam- which focus on issues of

women rights, women empowerment, shelter homes for wronged women, children well

being, child prisoners, minority rights, socioeconomic problems, political, judicial and police

reforms, peace with India, nuclear non-proliferation, etc; devised media strategies to create

general awareness about issues of violations of human rights, sanctity of institutions, literacy,

peace, religious tolerance in general.

Freelance Writer

Herald, The News, The Nation

1994 – 1995

Wrote articles for leading journals and magazines, including Herald of the Dawn Group. Articles

were investigative, like one Mirza Waqar related to Borstal Jail, Bahawalpur, concerning child

prisoners, in South Punjab, condition of women prisoners in Multan jail, honor killings, karo kari

in Sindh , chained children in religious seminaries were taken up as issues for writing .

News Editor and Assistant Editor

The Pakistan Times

1987 – 1996

As News Editor, headed the production of the newspaper and as Assistant Editor, wrote

editorials covering all important political, judicial and social issues; wrote leading articles for the

newspaper

More than 2,000 articles/editorials

List of some articles:

“Has Pakistan's Media Ever been Free?" Geo TV, 27 August 2017.

Winning Hearts and Minds of Pakistanis, The News, 19-10-2005

Hitting the Nail on the Head , The News, 226-1-2004

Post Sept 11 Policies in Perspective, The News, 13-8-2004

Development of Muslim Ummah , The News, 5-9-2005

The Conundrum of Kashmir, The Nation, 5-2-2004

Taliban on the March in NWFP, The News, 11-7-2005

SCO- A Significant Breakthrough, The News (also in Guardian, Statesman), 28-10-2005

Another View of Long March, The News, 2007

Wedge Between Mushrraf and Civil Society, The Post, 6-11- 2007

Musharraf Must Go, The News, 10-8-2008

Anti-Militancy Operations Yield Dividends, The News, 2007

Calling a Spade a Spade, The News, 11-10-2008

Construction of Muslim Face in The West, The Post, 2006

Cultural Confusion (on Danish Cartoon Controversy), The Post, 2006

Dealing with Militancy, The News, 2-7-2008

Time to Start Viable Policies, The News, 22-7-2008

Visit to China, The News, 18-10-2008

Victory of Democracy, The News, 2005

Pak-China Friendship, The News (also in Statesman), 8-4-2005

Towards Regional Cooperation, Turkmen Post, 1-11-2005

Moderate Must Stand Up and Be Counted, The Nation, 22-3-2005

Recipe to Develop South Asia, The News, 28-2-2005

The ‘ atoot’ Farce, The Nation, 1-1-2005

Advice on Palestine , The Nation, 12-4-2004

Big Strides, The News, 19-5-2005

Forging Enduring Ties, The News, 8-5-2005

Irreversible Peace Process , The News, 9-4-2005

A Major Triumph , The News, 2-5-2005

End Politics of Negativism , The News, 7-4-2005

Jiaboa’s visit to Strengthen Pak-Sino Ties, 4-4-2005

Coping with Water Problem, The News, 2005

Seeking Balochistan Solution, The News, 6-3-2005

Demilitarization of Kashmir, The News, 5-11-2005

No Room For Cynicism, The News, 13-12-2005

Roadmap for Islamic States, The News, 10-4-2005

Call to End Injustice, The News, 18-9-2005

The Other Picture , The News, 20-8-2005

Faith in Economy, The News, 19-8-2005

Piloting Pakistan’s Comeback, The News, 19-8-2005

Politics Vindicated, The News, 22-6-2005

A New Phase of Friendship, The News, 17-6-2005

No Applauds for Opposition Act, 8-6-2005

NFC Award Vital, The News, 6-3-2005

Treading Common Path, The News, 6-2-2005

Abbas’s Call Validates Pakistan, The News, 21-5-2005

October 8 Earthquake- A Global Challenge, The Nation, 14-11-2005

Benazir’s Remarks on AQ, The News, 27-9-2007

Time to Initiate Intercultural Dialogue, The Post, 21-2-2006

Clamour against LFO, The News, 3-10-2003

The 100 Days, The News , 3-5-2003

A good Omen, The Nation, 12-12-2002

Adequate Response to Nuclear Pressure, The News, 4-2-2003

This Tamasha Must End, The News, 6-3-2003

A Clarion Message, The News, 6-11-2003

Transformation in Sight, The News, 6-2-2003

Prescription to Strengthen State , The News, 18-2-2004

Skeletons Rattled, The News, 30-1-2004

A Fervent Call to Ulema, The News, 19-2-2004

Ball is in India’s Court, The News, 29-2-2004

Emphasis on Kashmir, The News, 15-3-2004

Rebuke to rumour –mongers , The News, 15-3-2004

The System of Policing , The News, 4-4-2004

Partners in National Development, The News, 23-4-2004

Agenda of Gloom and Doom, The News, 31-5-2004

Towards Enlightened Moderation, The News, 6-3-2004

A Growth-Oriented Budget, The News, 2004

Armitage Should Have Shown Better Sense, The News, 18-7-2004

Post September 11 Policies in Perspective, The News, 8-11-2004

A War of Survival, The News, 18-8-2004

A Welcome Bill to Protect Women, The News, 27-10-2004

Plain Talk at UN, The News, 29-9-2004

A Strong Show, The Post, October 19, 2007

People’s Aspirations, The Post, 14-5-2007

Premium on Democracy and Dialogue, The Post, 25-6- 2008

A Failed Struggle, The Post, 29-12-2007

A multi-Pronged Plan , The Post, 2009

Democracy on March, The News, 16-8-2008

A Boost to Pak-China Ties, The Nation, 16-10-2008

In-Camera Session: Sight of Democracy, The Post, 10-11-2008

No Deviation From Pak Stand, The Nation, 8-8-2008

Test of anti-Terror Resolve, The Post, 23-9-2008

US must Adopt Pak Approach, The Post, 13-9-2008

A Reflection of People’s Politics, The Nation, 13-9-2008

A Consensus Resolution, The News, 24-10-2008

Tarring a Political worker, The News, 16-9-2008

In Defence of PM’s US visit , The News, 9-8-2008

Measures to Tackle Energy Deficit, The Post, 20-7-2009

Dams for Energy Conservation , The Post, 19-7-2009

Pakistani Nation Must Play its Role; , The Post, 3-7-2009

The Only Way Out, The Post, 28-6-2009

How to Avert Impeding Danger, The Post, 8-6-2009

Coping with National Crisis, The Post, 26-4-2009

A Daunting Challenge, The Post, 26-4-2009

Message to Kabul, The News, 22-10-2008

APC – a triumph of democracy, The News,10/10/11

Road to peace with India’, The News, 25/11/11; Pakistan Today, 22/11,11

Mohmand attack: Pakistan’s survival at stake, Pakistan Today, 12/12/11

Tackling the Balochistan problem, The News, 29/11/11

Holding respect for judiciary, The News, 20/1/2012

Membership

Lahore Press Club

Human Rights Commission of Pakistan

Association of Mass Communication Academic Professionals (AMCAP)

Lahore Arts Council

Punjab Union of Journalists