DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE
Office Number:    E- 237
Extension Number:  634

Brief Profile:

Dr. Muhammad Younis is an associate professor in the department of political science at Forman Christian College (A Chartered University). He has also chaired the same department from February 2013 to June 2017. He has published twelve research articles in peer reviewed national and international journals along with three book chapters. In addition to proposing and chairing panels in two international conferences in United States of America, he has presented papers in some other conferences held in different parts of the world as well. His research interests include Federalism, Democracy, Politics of Pakistan and International Organizations. 

Education: 

•  Ph.D. in Political Science from the School of Public Administration, Hua Zhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan, China.
• Mphil in Political Science , University of Punjab Lahore
• Masters in Political Science , University of Punjab Lahore

Research and Publications: 

1. -Muhammad Younis, Xu Xiao Lin, Yahya Sharahili and Santhirasegaram Selvarathinam. Political Stability and Economic Growth in Asia. American Journal of Applied Sciences 5 (3): 203-208, 2008. This paper has been cited for 23 times by other researchers in their research works.
2. Muhammad younis and Junaid Akram, Social Media Fostering the Revolutions: A Case Study of Arab Spring. Int. J. Adv. Res. 5(2), 1558-1570
3. Muhammad Younis and Aisha Shehzad, Improving governance through fiscal decentralization in Pakistan: the role of provincial finance commissions, Gandhara Journal of Research in Social Sciences. 3(1) 01-24
4. Muhammad Younis. Democracy and Corruption: An Asian Experience. Gandhara Journal of Research in Social Sciences. 2(1) 16-27
5. Muhammad Younis and Aisha Shehzad ., (2017). Exclusivist Ethno-Nationalism and the Future of Federalism in Pakistan, Journal of Arts and Social Sciences 4(2), 85-101.
6. Dr. Mudassar Hussain Shah, Muhammad Younis and Saima Kausar, Evaluating Hypotheses of Editorial Treatment of Manifestoes of Mainstream Political Parties in General Election 2013 by English and Urdu Dailies of Pakistan. Global Media Journal. 10(01), 1-28
7. Aisha Shahzad and Muhammad Younis, Fiscal Decentralization in Pakistan: A Case Study Of Punjab Provincial Finance Commission, Pakistan Perspectives ;( 2018), 23(01), 89-112.
8. Abdul Haque, Selvarathinam Santhirasegaram and Muhammad Younis. Sociopolitical Instability and Capital Accumulation in Developing Countries: Cross Country pooled data Evidence. American Journal of Social Sciences 3 (4): 208-212, 2007.
9. Muhammad Younis and Aisha Shahzad, Democracy in Afghanistan and External Factors. Journal of Arts and Social Sciences (August 2020) 7(01): 53-66
10. Muhammad Younis, Kashmir and Uncertainties: dynamics of conflict between India and Pakistan. Orient Research Journal of Social Sciences, June 2020 4(2): 71-80
11.  Muhammad Younis and Irtiza Shafaat, Federalism in Pakistan: Past and Present, chapter of a book , Ethno-Federalism in Pakistan at 70: Local, National and Comparative Perspective( Edited by Dr. Ryan Brasher), being published by Oxford University Press- All the formalities required for publication have been fulfilled; agreement with the publisher is attached here with
12.  Muhammad Younis, Impact of Terrorism: Pakistan’s Case, chapter of a book of proceedings published by University of Lahore Sargodha campus.
13. Muhammad Younis, Politics and Government; Chapter for  Pakistan study book project initiated, and supervised by Dr. Sikandar Hayat Khan- Dean of Social sciences FCCU- Final draft has been submitted.
14.  Muhammad Younis et al, Impact of change of government in Pakistan on CPEC and Pak-China relations, PalArch’s journal of Egypt/ Egyptology. PJAEE, 18(10) 2021: 3054-3067
15. Dr. Sadia Ashraf, Dr. Muhammad Younis and Iqra Riaz  Ud Din, Political implications of unplanned urbanization in Pakistan: A Case of Punjab, Journal of Development and Social Sciences April-June 2023, Vol.4, No. 2, [932-939].