Tuesday, December 31, 2024
Deprtment of Political Science and International Relations (DPSIR) extends heartfelt congratulations to Assistant Professor Dr Shafique Qurban on his nomination in National Curriculum Review Committee for Political Science, developed by Higher Education Commission of Pakistan. Dr Shafique Qu...
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Department of Political Science and International Relations (DPSIR), University of Management and Technology (UMT), Lahore hosted Lieutenant General Khalid A. Kidwai NI, HI (M) (Retd) - Advisor National Command Authority ( ADNCA ) to speak on Emerging Technologies and Deterrence Stability in the S...
Friday, December 13, 2024
Department of Political Science and International Relations (DPSIR) at the University of Management and Technology (UMT), Lahore is organising an Expert Talk on Tuesday 17 December 2024. We are privileged to have Lt. Gen. Khalid A. Kidwai (Advisor, National Command Authority) deliberat...
Thursday, November 21, 2024
As part of the National Outreach Program, Department of Political Science and International Relations (DPSIR) signed an MOU with Centre for Peace and Development Initiatives (CPDI), Islamabad. The MOU was signed by COD DPSIR Dr Usman Askari and Manager Communication CPDI Ms Nosheen Khurram. O...
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Department of Political Science and International Relations (DPSIR) at the University of Management and Technology (UMT) has formalized a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI). The MoU was signed by the Chairperson of DPSIR, Dr. Usman Askari, an...
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Department of Political Science and International Relations (DPSIR), as part of its National Outreach Program (NOP), formalized a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Institute of Regional Studies (IRS), Islamabad. The MOU was signed by Dr. Muhammad Usman Askari, Chair of DPSIR, and Ambassad...
DPSIR under the leadership of Dr Usman Askari signs MOU with Centre for South Asian Studies (CSAS), University of the Punjab. Both parties agreed to collaborate for internships, conferences, and research. Director CSAS Dr Naheed S Gurraya and Assistant Professor Dr Arfan Mehmood represented the Ce...
Interactive session with police hosted by Department of Political Science and International Relations (DPSIR), UMT. ASP Gulberg Shahrukh interacted with the students and also recognized the faculty and students of DPSIR for being ambassadors of police and the role played by them in the volun...
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Department of Political Science and International Relations (DPSIR) at the University of Management and Technology, Lahore, congratulates Associate Professor Dr Muhammad Shoaib Pervez, who headed DPSIR as Chairman from 2016 till 2023, on the publication of his third book entitled “South Asia...
Friday, September 27, 2024
Department of Political Science and International Relations (DPSIR) in collaboration with the Office of Forums and Events organized a panel discussion on the “US Presidential Elections 2024 and its implic...
Wednesday, September 04, 2024
Department of Political Science and International Relations (DPSIR) as part of its National Outreach Program (NOP) signed MOUs with the following think tanks at Islamabad. Pakistan Institute for Parliamentary Services (PIPS) Parliamentarians Commission for Human Rights...
Department of Political Science and International Relations (DPSIR) as part of its National Outreach Program (NOP) signed MOUs with the the Center for Research and Security Studies (CRSS) at Islamabad. The understanding aims to foster advancement in areas related to security ...
Tuesday, July 23, 2024
Faculty DPSIR along with students attended a seminar entitled “Geo-Strategic Significance of Indian Ocean Region” organized by Pakistan Navy War College in collaboration with Lahore College for Women University and Lahore Garrison University.
Monday, July 08, 2024
Department of Political Science and International Relations extends heartfelt congratulationswith Ph.D. IR student Dr. Tayyaba Jaffery for successfully publishing an article in a journal of international repute in collaboration with her Ph.D. supervisor Dr. Muhammad Shoaib Pervez. The a...
Saturday, June 22, 2024
Associate Professor & Director Center for Critical Peace Studies Dr. Fatima Sajjad participated as a guest speaker in an online workshop entitled “Conceptualizing Asian Commons”, organized by Commoning Asia Collective (CAC), The Cultural Studies Cell, School of Arts and Humanities,...
Thursday, June 20, 2024
Department of Political Science and International Relations congratulates BS IR student Noor Fatima on getting selected for SUSI Madeleine K. Albright Young Women Leaders PROGRAM 2024. This intensive exchange opportunity provides undergraduate students with a deeper understanding of the United Sta...
Thursday, June 13, 2024
Department of Political Science & International Relations organized a policy dialogue entitled “Policy Dialogue on Kashmir issue in the aftermath of Musharraf’s 4 points agenda: Prospects and Challenges in the current scenario” in which Former Minister of Foreign Affairs in P...
Wednesday, June 12, 2024
Associate Professor and Director Center for Critical Peace Studies Dr. Fatima Sajjad delivered a lecture on a theme entitled “Role of Women in countering violent extremism” at Department of Gender of Studies in Punjab University, Lahore.
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Associate Professor Dr. Muhammad Usman Askari has been appointed for three years as Chairman Department of Political Science and International Relations (DPSIR) at the School of Social Sciences and Humanities (SSSH, as per a notification issued by the University of Management & Technology, L...
Monday, April 01, 2024
Department of Political Science and International Relations congratulates Mr. Abdul Waris Hameed, an alumnus of DPSIR, on getting selected for the prestigious RCSS Shelton U. Kodikara fellowship Award, 2024.
Friday, February 02, 2024
Department of Political Science and International Relations congratulates Miss Tayyaba Jaffery for successfully defending her Ph.D. dissertation which focused on US-India Strategic Partnership and its Implications for China in the Indo-Pacific, with a special mention of the QUAD complex. In her t...
Saturday, December 30, 2023
Department of Political Science & International Relations congratulates former chairman DPSIR & Associate Professor Dr. Muhammad Shoaib Pervez on the publication of a research paper by of one his Ph.D. students Miss Tayyaba Jaffery in an internationally recognized security journal, Strateg...
Thursday, December 28, 2023
Center for Critical Peace Studies (CCPS) and Dept. of Political Science & IR at the University of Management & Technology, Lahore, organized a session on December 28, 2023, on the Palestine issue in which Italian-born freelance journalist Angelo Calianno journalist shared his insights ove...
Friday, December 22, 2023
Department of Political Science & IR at UMT, Lahore, organized a one-day workshop entitled "Responsible Digital Citizenship" in collaboration with UNDP, Center for Excellence in Journalism (CEJ, Institute of Business Studies (IBA), Karachi, and Center for Critical Peace Studies (CCPS) on Decem...
Wednesday, December 20, 2023
Center for Critical Peace Studies organized an international webinar on a book entitled “Peace as Liberation: Visions and Praxis from Below, edited by Chairperson Department of Political Science & International Relations (DPSIR) and Director Center for Critical Peace Studies (CCPS) Dr. F...
Monday, December 18, 2023
Department of Political Science & International Relations, Lahore, organized a session for the launch of Vice Admiral Iftikhar A. Rao’s third book on maritime affairs entitled “Maritime Security: Challenges & Responses in a Changing World” at Saleem Asghar Hall in Univers...
Thursday, December 14, 2023
Lecturer DPSIR Inamullah Marwat presented his research paper at a two-day online International Conference on Sustainable Governance in the Global South: Rethinking Social Contract for Pakistan (ICSGGS-23), organized by the Department of Political Science, Government College University, Lahore, in...
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
Lecturer DPSIR Inamullah Marwat presented his research paper in 3rd International Conference entitled “Contemporary Gender Issus: Challenges & Opportunities”, organized by the Department of Gender Studies, Punjab University, Lahore on December 13 and 14, 2023. His research paper wa...
Monday, December 04, 2023
Faculty DPSIR comprising former chairman Dr. Muhmmad Shoaib Pervez, Lecturer Inamullah Marwat & Lecturer Imran Ahmed Qureshi attended the International Symposium entitled “Decolonization of Islamic Studies: Trajectories and Prospects”, organized by the Department of Islamic Thought...
Friday, November 24, 2023
Lecturer DPSIR Inamullah Marwat presented his paper at an international conference entitled “Social Institutions: Emerging Challenges, Opportunities & Solutions”, organized by the Department of Sociology at UMT, Lahore, on November 23 and 24, 2023. His paper was entitled “Cre...
Monday, August 28, 2023
The Memorandum of Understanding MoU between the University of Management and Technology, (Dept. of Political Science and International Relations), and the Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development and Transparency (PILDAT) was made and came into effect after signing by both partie...
Monday, August 21, 2023
Maira Asif E-mail: [email protected] – LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maira-asif-7685b3135/ Maira Asif is an alumnus of Department of Political Science and International Relations, UMT, who graduated with a Patron’s Gold Medal and Special Medal Award in 2016....
Tuesday, August 08, 2023
Center for Critical Peace Studies (CCPS) under the dynamic leadership of Director CCPS Dr Fatima Sajjad arranged First International Conference on Peace Studies in collaboration with United States Institute of Peace (USIP). The key note speakers included Dr. Fareed Alatas (Distinguished professor o...
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
A delegation of students of Department of Political Science and International Relations (DPSIR) attended the Pakistan Governance Forum, the strategic conclave organised by the Ministry of Planning, Development & Special Invitation which took place on 25-26th July 2023 at the Marr...
Monday, April 10, 2023
A talk on post 2000 Pakistan India peace process: Challenges, opportunities and implications was held at the Department of Political Science & IR (DPSIR), UMT. It was a panel discussion by Irshad Mehmud -Analyst/writer/expert on Kashmir, Dr sadaf sultana - Assistant Professor, DPSIR, UMT and D...
Monday, April 03, 2023
President PILDAT Mr Ahmed Bilal Mehboob and Senior Manager Projects Mr Faheem Ahmed Khan visited Department of Political Science and International Relations (DPSIR), University of Management and Technology (UMT) to talk on Democracy and role of student politics. It was an engaging and interactive ...
Thursday, February 09, 2023
Department of Political Science and International Relations (DPSIR), University of Management and Technology (UMT) signed a memorandum of understanding with National Defence University (NDU), Islamabad on 9th Feb 2023. MOU was signed between Advisor to the President UMT Lt Gener...
Friday, January 27, 2023
Department of Political Science & International Relations organized a mock National Assembly session over finding solutions for Kashmir in the light of Positive Peace among students of International Relations. Lecturer DPSIR, Inamullah Marwat, moderated the session. Watch the video of the...
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
Department of Political Science and International Relations (DPSIR) signed an MOU with Pakistan Navy War College (PNWC) ON 24Th Jan 2023 in the presence of Rector University of Management and Technology (UMT) Dr Asif Raza, Chairperson DPSIR Dr Shoaib Pervez and Director Centre for Critical Peace St...
Sunday, January 22, 2023
Department of Political Science & International Relations organized a mock National Assembly session over the National Security Policy of Pakistan (2022-2026) among students of International Relations. Lecturer DPSIR, Inamullah Marwat, moderated the session. Watch the video of the session.
Monday, January 09, 2023
Department of Political Science and IR, UMT invited Ms Zainab Altaf (Policy Expert and Pakistan Fellow at American Council of Young Political Leaders, US department of State) to shed light on the challenges and importance of Youth's Participation in Local Governance. Participants from variou...
Thursday, December 29, 2022
Gen Javed Hassan - Advisor to President UMT, Dr Shoaib Pervez -Chairperson DPSIR, Dr Sharreh Qazi -Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of the Punjab were the panelists. The session was moderated by DPSIR faculty member Saad Malik. This thought provoking and insightful ...
Monday, December 26, 2022
Department of Political Science and International Relations (DPSIR), UMT invited Mr Salman Abid to talk on local governance and its challenges in Pakistan. It was a productive session where discussion revolved around on the importance of decentralization, fiscal, political and administrative devol...
Tuesday, October 04, 2022
We are pleased to share the immesne story of success that Miss Zoya Mir, an undergraduate student of DPSIR , has achieved in women Tent pegging Grand championship held between 22-24 september at historic city of Petra in Jordan. She was part of three member women team that for the first time partic...
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Department of Political Science and International Relations (DPSIR), UMT delegation visited Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI) to learn more about IPRI's activities and work on policy related agendas, and had an interactive & open discussion with the team. The UMT delegation...
A delegation of UMT’s Department of Political Science and International Relations visited the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) and held an interactive session with ISPR officials.The UMT delegation consisted of both staff and students and was led by Department of Political Science Profe...
Department of Political Science and International Relations (DPSIR), University of Management Technology (UMT) organized an official academic trip to Institute of Regional Studies (IRS), Islamabad. Delegation was led by Dr Mohammad Shoaib Pervez -Chairman DPSIR, Dr Fatima Sajjad and G...
Thursday, February 10, 2022
Speaker : Jawaid Iqbal Date: Saturday - February 12, 2022 Time: 9:15-12noon Mr Jawaid is an experienced E-Commerce Consultant with a demonstrated history of working in the online retail industry specialized in Amazon business model. He has established his businesses in the UK, Germany and US....
Monday, December 20, 2021
Abuhuraira Azhar, a student of International Relations from the batch of Fall 2018, have been selected as a principal candidate for Global UGRAD Spring 2022 Program which is one of the most prestigious program at Bachelors level. I'll be the cultural embassador of Pakistan, representing...
Tuesday, December 07, 2021
Dr. Iqbal Akhtar is Undergraduate Director of Religious Studies and Associate Professor of Islamic Studies in Florida International Univeristy (FIU). He explained the role of policy, education and civil society in developing a more pluralistic society in Pakistan. The students asked really ins...
Saturday, November 20, 2021
Department of Political Science and IR held a seminar on the history of World war and how it was extended over to a period of five years, making it one of the longest war of human history. Ex-Vice chancellor Punjab University Dr. Mujahid Kamran gave an insightful talk on theunderlying re...
Saturday, November 13, 2021
Lt. General (R) Muhammad Maqbool, HI (M) was hosted by DPSIR to give a lecture on the historical evolution of war making in history. Asghar Saleem hall was the venue and the seminar was moderated by Lt. General (R) Javed Hassan. Ex Governor Punjuab elaborated at lengths the reasons fueel...
Saturday, November 06, 2021
Lt. General (R) Javed Hassan organized this seminar and i invited Major General (R) Shaukat Sultan Khan, HI(M) to shed light on the ongoing restructuring of National Security's institutional infrastructure. Worthy speaker hilighted the evolution of NSC in Pakistan, its constituent elements, f...
Wednesday, October 06, 2021
UMT Open House event is perhaps the most important event that enables us to provide youthe key information regarding UMT and is the perfect platform for sharing what makes UMTspecial and how we support creative community to transform students’ passion into aprofessional opportunity.During Ope...
Tuesday, October 05, 2021
It is a proud moment for Department of Political science and International Relations that one of its bonafide student Mr Musab has won an essay competition at Naval War College Lahore. Mr Musab has already achieved many laurels by secured a postion in PMS competitive exam and he has recently passed...
Wednesday, August 04, 2021
The Department of Political science and International relations has launched the Spring campaign of admission. The DPSIR offers 6 HEC recognized programs at Undergraduate and Postgraduate level and it is the only department to have this honor in private sector. Therefore all the potential participa...
Tuesday, June 29, 2021
The Department of Political science & IR has broken all the previous records of excellence and quality education by winning 6 academic awards on the basis of student feedback. The department which started its journey with a very small number of students have now imparting state of the art educa...
Sunday, May 23, 2021
Maira Asif , the graduate of Dept of Political science & International Relations has been accepted at Central European University Austria. She will be doing her Master in Critical Gender Studies within the applied track. She has been awarded 95% scholarship. The department is looking forward to...
Friday, March 05, 2021
The Department of Political science and IR pleased to share that Dr Fatima Sajjad presented her work in the IV International Sociological Association (ISA) Forum of Sociology held from Feb 23-28 , 2021 in Porto Algere Brazil . Her paper was presented in the panel titled ' Innovations in Sociologica...
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
Department of Political Science & International Relations (DPSIR), University of Management Technology (UMT) recognised faculty member Saad Malik for successfully planning, organizing and executing 1st DPSIR Model United Nations (MUN). Advisor to the President UMT Gen (R) Javed Hassan awar...
Thursday, January 14, 2021
Dr Muhammad Shoaib Pervez was invited by Dr Nareen Iqbal Principal Govt Degree College Lahore Cantt in which he shared his success story. His academic journey has gone through various upheavels. He is fortunate enough to have received the foreign scholarship twice. He is a prolific writer and his a...
Saturday, September 19, 2020
The entire faculty and staff of DPSIR Congratulates Dr Fatima Sajjad for achieving milestones on the academic sphers. She presented paper titled ' Lagging behind others: Exploring Transformation of Muslims' Educational Outlook in Modern Times' in The international conference, “Decolonizing Gl...
This book offers a critical analysis of radicalization in Pakistan by deconstructing the global and the official state narratives designed to restrain Pakistani radicalization. Chapters are centered around three distinct themes: educational norms, religious practices and geo-political aspects of ...
Friday, September 11, 2020
The Department of Political science & International Relations congratulates Dr Arshad over the stupendous achievement of getting his book published from the world's top notch publishing house "Routledge". It went through a rigrous peer review and finally ready to add value in academia. The enti...
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
The Department of Political science and International Relations congratulates Durre shehvaar, Wardah Idrees and Mubashira Ahmed on writing a well articulated and well thought out research article titled " Climate Change and the Surge for Pandemics. Journal of Sustainable Development, 13(3). doi: DO...
Tuesday, July 14, 2020
It is to inform to all the prospective candidates who intend to seek admission in PhD International Relations, that following are the guidelines for securing admission in PhD International relations University of Management & Technology Lahore PhD IR Admission Test General Guidelines Adm...
Tuesday, March 31, 2020
As per the HEC directives received on 26th March 2020. The students of Dept of Political science and International Relations are bound to attend all the online classes which are conducted for them on ZOOM software. Anyone who fails to comply with the aforementioned orders will subject to receive th...
Monday, March 02, 2020
The Department of Political science and International relations proudly congratulates Dr Usman Askari on completing his PhD International Relations from University of the Punjab. His dissertation has been declared outstanding from the foreign evaluators and recommended him to get this published fro...
The Department of Political Science & International Relations congratulates Dr Shoaib Pervez for being invited at Pakistan Naval War College for giving lecture on "Modi's Policy of Hindutva". Dr Shoaib has a credit to sign an MoU with Pakistan Naval War College that shows his professionalism to...
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
The department of political science and international relations congratulates Dr Shoaib Pervez on getting the souvinier from Pakistan Naval War College. Dr Shoaib was invited to deliver a lecture on "Modi's policy of Hindutva" at Pakistan Naval War College where foreign under training officers and ...
Friday, February 21, 2020
The Department of Political science and International Relations proudly announces the recording smashing of Dr Usman Askari in just 8 months which is a record in the history of University of the Punjab. The Department congratulates him over this stupendous achievement and prays for his further grow...
The Department of Political Science & International Relations cordially invites to attend the seminar titled " Resolution of the Kashmir issue: Pakistan's Options The Realm of International Law and Global Politics" on 24th Feburary 2020. Scholars from different walk of life will grace the occas...
Tuesday, October 15, 2019
The Department of Political science and International relations signed an MoU with Naval War College . By signing this MOU the two institutions indicate their willingness to collaborate and establish mechanisms to work together in the following fields: Assistance/ guidance to each other's students ...
It is to inform to all the new batches of BS International relations and BS Political science that their classes are going to commence from 21st October 2019. However the PhD students will join their classes on 19th October 2019 and the students of MPhil International relations and MPhil Political ...
Tuesday, September 03, 2019
It is to inform to all the potential candidates who are seeking admission in PhD International relations that they must have a valid NTS GAT Subject with a minimum score of 60%. Any candidate who fails to produce valid NTS GAT Subject less than 60% will not be granted admission by the university
Tuesday, August 27, 2019
University of Management and Technology Lahore organized a two day symposium to discuss the state and future of democracy in Pakistan entitled " Democracy at 72, whats gone wrong". Eminent members of academia, judiciary, government, media and armed forces presented their thoughts on the problems an...
Tuesday, August 20, 2019
The Department of Political science & International relations congratulates Dr Shoaib on the publication of his research article entitled " The association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN): a galactic security community? in Sage Publishers (Southeast Asia Research journal ) a flagship journ...
Wednesday, June 12, 2019
It is to inform to all PhD candidates that NTS is going to organize GAT Subject test on 25th August 2019, therefore all the potential candidates are requested to appear in the test in order to avoid any inconvinience. All the candidates are required to obtain 60% marks in order to secure their admi...
The article of Dr Fatima Sajjad entitled ' Revisiting arms race between India and Pakistan: A case of asymmetric causal relationship of military expenditures' , that she coauthored with Dr. Rafi Amir uddin and Ms. Shazia Aziz of COMSATS university has been accepted for publication i...
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