Dr. Sawaira Rashid
Assistant Professor
dr.sawaira@ucp.edu.pk
Dr. Sawaira Rashid is scholar focused on South Asian regional politics, US-India strategic partnership, US foreign policy towards South Asia, Nuclearization of South Asia, War on terror and re-emergence of US in South Asia, Pakistan’s rising security concerns, China’s emerging trends in South Asia and SAARC. She has been part of University of Education, Lahore as a faculty member. She has completed her Ph.D from Department of Political Science, University of the Punjab, Lahore.
At UCP, Dr. Sawaira Rashid is teaching; Politics of South Asia, Foreign Policy of Pakistan, Research Methodology for Social Sciences, Regional and International Organizations and Introduction to Political Science.
| Ph.D | Political Science | University of the Punjab, Lahore | 2021 |
| Postgraduate Diploma | Postgraduate Diploma in Indian Studies | Centre for South Asian Studies, University of the Punjab, Lahore | 2019 |
| MPhil | South Asian Studies (Specialization in Political Science) | University of the Punjab, Lahore | 2017 |
| B.A Hons | Political Science | Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan | 2014 |
| Visiting Lecturer | University of Education, Lahore | 2017-2019 |
| 1 | Dr. Sawaira Rashid, Dr. Gulshan Majeed, Dr. Muhammad Ikram, “Socio-Economic and Political Implications of Covid-19 in Pakistan: A Way Forward” Pakistan Languages and Humanities Review, Vol. 6, No. 3, July – September, 2022, pp. 174-190 |
| 2 | Sawaira Rashid, Dr. Gulshan Majeed, “Shifting Paradigm from Buddhism to Nuclear Rivalries in South Asian Region” Journal of Punjab University Historical Society, Vol. 34, No. 1, January – June 2021, pp. 61-79 |
| 3 | Muhammad Ikram, Sawaira Rashid, “Challenges and Constraints in the way of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor”, Journal of Indian Studies, Vol. 3, No. 2, July – December 2017, pp. 149-165 |
| 4 | Sawaira Rashid, Muhammad Ikram, Rabia Bashir, “Geo-Political Realities of South Asia in Perspective of US-India Strategic Partnership”, Journal of Indian Studies, Vol. 4, No. 2, July – December 2018, pp. 209-215 |
| 5 | Rabia Bashir, Sawaira Rashid, Muhammad Ikram, Ameena Tanveer, “Geo-Strategic Importance of Gwadar Port”, Journal of Indian Studies, Vol. 4, No. 1, January – June 2018, pp. 53-64 |
| 6 | Muhammad Akram Zaheer, Muhammad Ikram, Muhammad Asim, Sawaira Rashid, “Modern Intra-Balochistan Conflict and its Different Interpretations: A Critical Analysis under CPEC Scenario”, Journal of Indian Studies, Vol. 5, No. 2, July – December 2019, pp. 159-174 |
| 7 | Sawaira Rashid, Muhammad Ikram, “SAARC Puzzle: Neither a Regional Political Deliberation, Nor it Achieved Socio-Economic objectives of its Charter” in South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation: Performance and Challenges, (ed.) by Prof. Dr. Umbreen Javaid, 2018. |
| 8 | Muhammad Ikram, Sawaira Rashid, “Evolutionary Concept of Regional Organization: Factors behind the Regional Cooperation in South Asia” in South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation: Performance and Challenges, (ed.) by Prof. Dr. Umbreen Javaid, 2018. |
| 9 | Presented Paper in National Conference on “Challenges of Governance in Pakistan amid the Covid-19 Pandemic”, organized by Department of Political Science, University of the Punjab, Lahore on July 7- 8, 2021 |