Post Paris Scenario in Europe
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Think Piece: More About Me!
Think Piece: More About Me!: Academically I am a Ph.D. in International Relations; professionally I am an Assistant Professor at the Department of International Re...
More About Me!
Academically I am a Ph.D. in International Relations;
professionally I am an Assistant Professor at the Department of International Relations,
University of Peshawar, and passionately I am a teacher with an aim to lead for
promotion of a peaceful society. At the same time I am a wife, a mother, a
grandmother, a sister, daughter and aunt.
In Pakistan in general and Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa in particular, the concept of women acquiring higher education is
rare, that too for those who get married at a young age. After getting married
at the age of 16, raising my children to excel academically has brought me
great satisfaction as a mother. However, one day after all my siblings
completed their formal education, my youngest brother noted that I was the
least educated in the family. Though he said it without malice, it stuck with
me.
With my passion for higher education
reignited, I restarted my studies after a gap of 16 years. I sat for my FA exam
(twelfth grade) with my son and after passing it there was no looking back. I completed
my Masters in I.R. from University of Peshawar in 2005. In 2006, I enrolled
myself in MPhil leading to Ph.D., program, simultaneously joining Department of
I.R. on engagement basis. After a rigorous procedure of exams and interviews I
made a place for myself among the permanent faculty in September 2009.
The subject of my thesis was,
“Evangelicals Influence on US Foreign Policy: Impact on Pakistan - US Relations
( Sep 2001 - Nov 2013). I was awarded a fully funded Research Fellowship by
Georgetown University, to pursue my research related to my thesis. In 2012, I
was selected a SUSI scholar to study US Foreign Policy at the University of
Florida. I successfully defended my PhD thesis in 2013.
I am a proud mother of a son - who is in
civil service, my eldest daughter following my footsteps is also pursuing her
Masters in I.R. after an early marriage. My youngest daughter has recently done
her MBA and has achieved National Youth Award for her meritorious services for
the youth of Pakistan.
My whole world
changed after I joined a male dominated institution, where I had to and still
have to struggle, not only against my male colleagues but also females, to find
my place. I have had to put up with behaviour that would sound shocking coming
from members of the educated and enlightened academia. I still remember when the
Chairperson brushed aside my application stating that I couldn’t possibly be a
serious candidate and labeled my desire to work ‘the temporary whim of a bored
housewife’. Though I got the job based on merit and have slowly been making my
way up, my greatest struggle perhaps has been making my name in my own right,
not as someone’s daughter or wife, a fight all too familiar for many women
whose culture limits them to the label of mother/wife/daughter of so and so.
From accusations that my husband wrote my thesis, to allegations that he, being
a General, was the reason for my appointments, promotions or various
selections, I have seen it all. All I can say is that it has only made me
stronger and more determined, and made me realize that I owe it not only to
myself, but my daughters, granddaughter, and the women in my community, to
show them, that I am my own person - whole and independent - and I own my
successes, failures and hard work.
Think Piece: About me
Think Piece: About me: A PhD in International Relations and Assistant Professor at the department of International Relations, University of Peshawar, Khyber Pukhtu...
Think Piece: Our Future.
Think Piece: Our Future.: Our Future. The role of youth in making this country strong is the need of the day. I happened to be on talk show today & it was ver...
Think Piece: Afghanistan
Think Piece: Afghanistan: We can not put blame on only one country. Each states has its share to the destruction of Afghanistan which eventually has affected Pakis...
Think Piece: Religion and Women’s Rights: Lessons from Pakistan...
Think Piece: Religion and Women’s Rights: Lessons from Pakistan...: No other issue is so contentious and well debated at the global level as the question of women’s rights and the factors contributing t...
Think Piece: Pakistani Women: Role in Peace and Security
Think Piece: Pakistani Women: Role in Peace and Security: Women are powerful agents of change, peace and security. Despite being under represented at the local and national level they have been ...
Think Piece: Transformation of National Security Discourse sinc...
Think Piece: Transformation of National Security Discourse sinc...: National security has a wide meaning and all embracing dimensions. When we discuss National security we agree that it is an overriding pri...
Think Piece: My article in 'Review of Faith and International A...
Think Piece: My article in 'Review of Faith and International A...: US FOREIGN POLICY AND THE FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN PAKISTAN http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15570274.2012...
Think Piece: My Paper in Putaj (Oriental Studies)Vol. 20, 2013
Think Piece: My Paper in Putaj (Oriental Studies)Vol. 20, 2013: http://putaj.org/index.php/oriental - Pakistan Faith-based Initiatives: Challenges, Trust and Mistrus t
Think Piece: My paper in [J.R.S.P., Vol. 50, No. 2, December 20...
Think Piece: My paper in [J.R.S.P., Vol. 50, No. 2, December 20...: http://pu.edu.pk/images/journal/history/PDF-FILES/ARTICLE%202%20TEHSIN%2025-43_v50_no2_2013.pdfDRUG TRAFFICKING FROM AFGHANISTAN TO PAKIST...
Think Piece: Research Paper
Think Piece: Research Paper: Pak US Relations: Allies under Compulsion? http://pu.edu.pk/images/journal/pols/pdf-files/9%20-%20IJAZ_2014_winter.pdf
Research Paper
Pak US Relations: Allies under Compulsion? http://pu.edu.pk/images/journal/pols/pdf-files/9%20-%20IJAZ_2014_winter.pdf
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