Dr Saddaf did her PhD in Strategic Studies and M.Phil in Strategic and Nuclear Studies from National Defence University (NDU), Islamabad. She has done Master’s in Defence and Diplomatic Studies from Fatima Jinnah Women University (FJWU), Rawalpindi. She was a visiting scholar at the University of Leicester, UK in 2018. She has previously served as Lecturer at International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI). She has also worked at an Islamabad-based research think-tank for three years, where she fervently participated in research projects, administrative assignments, writing and preparing policy briefs/newsletters, editing seminar/conference reports along with conducting and organizing national/international conferences and seminars. Her research focuses on security and strategic studies, defence policies, arms control, diplomacy and regional politics. She has published articles in an international journal (Journal of Political Geography, Geopolitics and Geostrategy) and HEC recognized journal as well.