Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema

Professor Dr. Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema is a Pakistani political scientist and a professor of International Relations and currently working as Dean, Faculty of Contemporary Studies, National Defence University, Islamabad - Pakistan.

Cheema was born at Sialkot and was initially educated at Sialkot, later on he moved to Government College, Lahore where he completed his Master's in History. He also did Master's in Political Science from Punjab University, Certificate in Peace Research and International Relations from Oslo University (Norway), Diploma in International Relations from Vienna University (Austria), M. Litt. in Strategic Studies from Aberdeen University (U.K.) and Ph.D. from Quaid-i-Azam University (Pakistan).

Cheema has been a teacher and a researcher for more than 45 years both inside the country (Pakistan) as well as abroad. Inside Pakistan he has taught at Government College (Lahore), Pakistan Administrative Staff College (Lahore) and Quaid-i-Azam University, (Islamabad), and National Defence University (Islamabad), and worked at Islamabad Policy Research Institute (Islamabad). Abroad he has worked in various capacities like Research Fellow, Senior Fulbright Scholar, Visiting Scholar etc. for Australian National University (Australia), School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University (USA), Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, (Singapore), and ACDIS, University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign (USA).

As a Visiting Lecturer, he has also delivered and still continues to deliver lectures at many professional and training institutions including National Defence College(Now National Defence University (Islamabad), Command and Staff College (Quetta), Joint Staff College (Rawalpindi), Foreign Service Training Institute (Islamabad), Information Services Academy (Islamabad), Allama Iqbal Open University (Islamabad), Pakistan Administrative Staff College(Renamed as National School of Public Policy, Lahore), Intelligence Bureau Academy etc.

Till July 1995 Cheema was working as a Professor of International Relations, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan and in July 1995 he started working for the Ministry of Education, Government of Pakistan in the capacity of a Director General, Academy of Educational Planning and Management. From November 1996 to September 2000 Cheema worked as a Professorial Iqbal Fellow at South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University, Germany. During his long stay at Quaid-i-Azam University; Cheema served as the Chairman of International Relation's Department as well as Defence and Strategic Studies Department for more than 14 years. From Oct.2000, Cheema worked for Islamabad Policy Research Institute as its President. Since Feb. 2009 Cheema has been working in the National Defense University as a Dean, Faculty of Contemporary Studies, Islamabad.

Cheema has participated in more than 215 National and International Seminars/Conferences/Workshops/Group meetings etc. He has been and still continues to be a member of many International and National Academic Associations. He has served and still continues to serve on the Editorial Advisory Board of many International and National Academic Journals.

Cheema is a recipient of many scholarships and fellowships from various universities. Dr Cheema has also been awarded ‘Pride of Performance’ award by the President of Pakistan.

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References

  1. Hussain, Ijaz (April 30, 2003). "A useful primer on Pakistan’s military". Daily Times (Pakistan). Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  2. BHADRAKUMAR, MK (May 6, 2008). "Book Review : A benign arbitrator?". The Hindu. Retrieved 27 November 2012.

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