Education

• PhD (History), University of the Punjab, Lahore (2025)
• MPhil (Pakistan Studies), Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad (2013)
• M.Sc. (Governance & Organizational Sciences), NUML, Islamabad (2008)
• B.A, University of the Punjab, Lahore (2006)

Profile

RESEARCH INTERESTS

History, South Asia, Political Parties, Populism, Electoral Calculus 

PUBLICATIONS/CONFERECE PAPERS

·         Sattar, A., & Hussain, M. (2024). Oscillating between populism and democracy: Politics of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and the right wing religious parties. International Journal of Contemporary Issues in Social Sciences, 3(3), 2077-2088.

·         Sattar, A., & Hussain, M. (2023). A Progressive Beginning Ends in Reactionary Politics: Bhutto and the Punjab Left. Contemporary Issues in Social Sciences and Management Practices, 2(4), 1-19.

·         Sattar, A. (2024 May).  Democratic Process and Reactionary Politics during 1970s: Z.A Bhutto and the Politics of Religious Parties In proceeding from the Modern South Asia Workshop (MSAW'24) organized by Yale University, held at Kathmandu, Kathmandu, Nepal.

·         Sattar, A. (2020). Brokerage and Political Society in Urban Punjab: A Post -Colonial Perspective. International Journal Of Social Sciences, Humanities And Education, 3(4), 253-264. Retrieved from

·         Sattar, A. (2020 January). Shackled Freedom: Faiz and Neo-Colonialism. In proceeding from the 1^st National Conference on Linguistic Challenges in Regional Integration and Globalization, (p.55).  Lahore.

·         Sattar, A.(2013). “Ghaffar Khan and his Alliance with Congress: Implication on his politics as a claimant of Former NWFP” inTakatoo a Bi-Lingual/Bi-Annual Research Journal, Vol.5, No.10.

·         Sattar, Al.(2013). “Political Economy, Conflict and Democracy: A Case of Nepal” in The Explorer Islamabad: Journal of Social Sciences Vol.1,No.6, pp.220-224

INTERNATIONAL/NATIONAL TRANINGS AND WORKSHOPS

• Participated in Academic Writing Workshop, held at Government College University, Lahore, organized by the British Academy.2024 in collaboration with Royal Holloway
• Participated in Modern South Asia Workshop ((MSAW'24) organized by Yale University, held at Kathmandu: May 2024.
• Two Weeks Academic tour hosted by School of Ethnology, North Eastern University: China: June 2023
• Attended China-Pakistan International Symposium on History and Culture.  Inner Magnolia Honder College of Arts and Humanities, Hohhot, China: June 2023
• One Day Workshop on Post-Legislative Scrutiny under Shirkat Gah's project FemPower in partnership with Global Affairs Canada: September 2023
• Attended Research Proposal Writing Workshop hosted by the American Institute of Pakistan Studies at FCCU in Lahore: June 2022