Sajid Mahmood Awan
is an unconventional writer and keeps writing on the political,
social, historical and literary issues habitually. Presently he
is serving as Senior Research Fellow at the National Institute
of Historical and Cultural Research (NIHCR)., Center of
Excellence, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad. Earlier he had
been serving the Department of Pakistan Studies, Bahauddin
Zakariya University, Multan from 2004 to 2010. His previous
publication Muslim Worldview and Family Planning in Pakistan
was published from the NIHCR. In 2009 he published: The
Collection of Multan Records: Pre and Post-Independence Official
Documents of Punjab (1852-2004) which was an outcome of a
joint linkage project of the HEC entitled "Multan Regional
Studies Specialisation". It was run and completed in
collaboration with the Royal Holloway College, University of
London during his stay at the BZU. During the same period, he
was on the Advisory Panel of the GAT, a guide book for the NTS.
He had also been on the teaching faculty of Al-Khair Univerity,
Azad Kashmir, at its Islamabad Campus. He has published a number
of research articles in the reputed journals of social science
at home and abroad and has presented papers in the national and
international conferences. He had the distinction to present Repertoire Reports of three international conferences.
In addition to
his personal research pursuits, he is also discharging his
services as Editor to one of the leading HEC recognised journals
i.e Pakistan Journal of History and Culture (PJHC).
Moreover, an International Peer Reviewed Journal i.e. Central
India Journal of Historical and Archaeological Research (CIJHAR)
has inducted him as Member Advisory Board. He had also prepared
Indexes of the Journal of Asian Civilizations (Formerly
Journal of Central Asia) and of the Pakistan Journal
of History and Culture (PJHC). He was appointed as Editor of
a magazine Reflection published by an NGO named as AWAZ-
Center for Development Services (CDS), of which he was a member
of the Board of Governors also. He has recently launched the
annual publication of Pakistan Abstract of Social Sciences
(PASS). At present, he is heading the Pakistan Study Group
on Federalism and is holding the office of the President of
International Association of Historians of Asia (IAHA).
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