Dr. Abdul Zahoor Khan
Post-Communist Economic and Political Transition Communism Post communist Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East Soviet and Russian History South Asian Studies and Conflicts Islamic Studies and History Education and Islamic Studies Bangladesh Politics, Society, and Development Belt and Road Initiative Political Science and International Relations Education Economics and Econometrics Sociology and Political Science

Bio

Dr. Manzoor Khan Afridi is an Assistant Professor/Incharge at the Department of Politics and International Relations, International Islamic University, Islamabad. He holds a Ph.D. and his research areas include post-communist transition, South Asian studies, Islamic studies, and political science.

Experience

Assistant Professor / Incharge

2013 - Present • Department of Politics and International Relations

2011 - 0

Research

The Dynamic Role of aoMawlana Shah Ahmad Noorania in the Constitution-Making of Pakistan (1972-1975)

Article June 11, 2015

Mawlana Noorani could be found busy in politics even before the independence of Pakistan in 1947. Mawlana Shah Ahmad Noorani entered into Pakistani Parliament through the general elections held in 1970. He always struggled for the democratization and Islamization of Pakistani society through constitutional means. When the Interim Constitution was presented in the National Assembly on April 14, 1972 by the Bhutto Government, Mawlana Noorani on that very day urged the President to prepare a constitution based on the teachings of Holy Quran and Sunnah and on the twenty-two points of the Ulama. A twenty-five member Committee, which was entrusted with the task of preparing the draft for permanent constitution, Mawlana was one of them. Mawlana Noorani was one of the signatories of the “Constitutional Accord” signed by the opposition parties and the then Government on October 20, 1972.

The Cold War in the West Asian Planet: A Historical Study of the Afghanistan Unsettledness

Article June 11, 2015

The cold war in West Asia was come across by the world in shape of Afghanistan conflict. This battle besides unfocused the U.S.S.R. from her armaments competition by way of the U.S.A, consequently let America to achieve a scientific plus. USA ratcheted up stress on U.S.S.R. all the way through several means. The Reagan government initiated introducing missiles in Western Europe, principally in Western Germany, tactically positioned to terrorize Eastern Europe and the U.S.S.R. Reagan moreover initiated buttressing the United States armed forces. Reagan custom-built innovative jumbo jet carriers and long-drawn-out America's stealth aircraft curriculum. Toward the Soviets, these measures indicated a broaden armaments fissure, in particular in terms of scientifically sophisticated armaments.