University of the Punjab.

Dr. Shabbir Ahmad Khan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of the Punjab, Lahore. He has been serving in this position since July 2001 and was initially appointed as a Lecturer in the department on February 1, 1995. Since March 2020, he has also been serving as the Director of the Center for Civility and Integrity Development (CCID), an independent academic center at the University of the Punjab.
Dr. Khan earned his Master’s degree in Political Science with distinction (Gold Medal) from Islamia University Bahawalpur in 1990 and was awarded the First Ibn-e-Khaldun Medal by the Government of Punjab. He is a two-time Fulbright Scholar. In 2002, he attended the Summer Institute on the U.S. Political System at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. In 2005, he was awarded a second Fulbright Scholarship for graduate studies in the United States. He completed his Pre-Academic Program with distinction (Honor Roll) at the University of Arizona, Tucson, and subsequently earned his Master’s degree in Political Science from Ohio University, Athens, Ohio in 2007.
In 2008, Dr. Khan received the Merit Overseas Scholarship from the University of the Punjab to pursue doctoral studies at West Virginia University, Morgantown, USA. He completed an MS in Political Science with a minor in Public Policy in 2010 and earned his Ph.D. in Political Science from West Virginia University in December 2020.
Dr. Khan has extensive teaching and research experience at undergraduate and graduate levels in Pakistan and abroad. He has played a significant role in institutional development, notably as the founding Director of the Center for Civility and Integrity Development (CCID). In 2025, he was appointed by the Vice Chancellor as the Focal Person to coordinate with the Center of Excellence on Countering Violent Extremism (CoE-CVE), Government of Punjab.
In addition to his academic responsibilities, Dr. Khan is an active public intellectual. He regularly writes op-ed columns for the English daily The Express Tribune and contributes a weekly column to the editorial page of Daily Nawaiwaqt. He has delivered lectures on U.S. politics and foreign policy at the invitation of the U.S. Consulate, Lahore, and frequently appears on television as a political analyst, with a focus on global, regional, and national issues including U.S. elections and U.S. foreign policy in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East.
Dr. Khan also engages with national policy discourse through collaboration with leading Pakistani think tanks, including the Forum for the Advocacy of Innovative Research (FAIR), Council of National Affairs (CNA), and the Pakistan Institute of National Affairs (PINA). His academic and public work reflects a strong commitment to promoting civility, integrity, and informed civic engagement through scholarship and dialogue.