Dr. Shamaila Athar
Associate Professor
Name: Dr. Shamaila Athar
Designation: Assistant Professor
Department: Sociology
Extension Number: 837
Email ID: shamailaathar@fccollege.edu.pk
Office Number: F-103
BRIEF PROFILE
Dr. Shamaila Athar is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Forman Christian College (A Chartered University)’s Department of Sociology. She has a vast experience of over 15 years of teaching along with professional experience of over 10 years serving the corporate sector FMCG as well as Research experience. Her research interests include the study of marginalized communities such as minorities especially religious minorities, women and transgender community. Dr. Shamaila has published fourteen articles in national and international journals.
EDUCATION
- PhD in Sociology, University of the Punjab, Lahore
- M.Phil. in Social Sciences (Sociology), University of the Punjab, Lahore
- Masters in Sociology (Gold Medal), University of the Punjab, Lahore
RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS
- Hamid, S. (2020). Gender Gap as a Result of Political Socialization in Formation of Voting Behavior among Christian Minority in Punjab (Pakistan). South Asian Studies, 34(2).
- Abbasi, M. U. R., Rasool, S., Kashan, S., Rehman, Z. U., Athar, S., & Iftikhar, I. (2023). Medicine in the Medieval Islamic World, Innovation and Public Policy and Historical Rulers Perspective. Al-Qanṭara, 9(3), 179-186.
- Athar, S., Azeem, A., Tariq, J., & Shahid, S. (2023). Family, Autonomy, Health, Financial Satisfaction, and Luck as key predictors of Happiness: Evidence from secondary analysis of World Values Survey Pakistan 2018. Review of Applied Management and Social Sciences, 6(2), 481-490.
- Idress, H. M., Khan, B., Saleem, H. H., Athar, S., Muhammad, G., & Khan, M. K. U. (2021). Social Justice and Religious Harmony in Africa: A Critical Study from Contemporary Scenario. Russian Law Journal, 9(2).
- Bukhari, S. A. G., Athar, S., Quadri, S. S. A., Kamil, A., Hussain, M., Khan, B., & Awan, T. A. (2020). Rights of Minorities in Islam and Situation of Minorities in Pakistan: Analysis from Public Policy Discourse. Al-Qanṭara, 6(2), 88-95.
- Bukhari, S. A. G., Kamil, A., Athar, S., Hussain, M., Quadri, S. S. A., Khan, B., & Awan, T. A. (2021). Islamic Model of Human Rights And Human Rights Condition In Pakistan: Social Policy Mechanism And Public Policy Administrative Perspective. Russian Law Journal, 9(2).
- Tasneem, G., Quadri, S. S. A., Athar, S., Azeem, A., Faridi, S. S., Mahmood, M. N., & Idrees, H. M. (2023). Media Framing on Hijab in the Western Media and Societal Challenges for Muslim Women: A Public Policy Discourse. Al-Qanṭara, 9(4), 60-66.
- Khan, Z., Athar, S., Mehmood, U., & Khan, W. A. (2023). The Effect of Peer Relation and Peer Pressure on the Performance of University Students: A Quantitative Study. Pakistan Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 11(3), 3577-3585.
- Asad, M., Sultana, I., Idrees, H. M., Hussain, M., Athar, S., & Mahmood, M. N. (2023). Islamic Perspective on Human Rights and Minorities Legal Rights: Contemporary Analysis of Pakistan. Al-Qanṭara, 9(4), 82-90.
- Athar, S., Zaheer, S., Soomro, L. A., Mahmudul, M., & Hasan, Z. N. Effects of Co-Curricular Activities on Students’ Behavior.
- Abbasi, M. U. R., Majid, S., Jamil, M., Athar, S., Mahmood, N., & Awan, T. A. (2023). Faces of Palestine Issue: Religious Nationalism, Delegitimizing Citizenship, and Islam phobia. Al-Qanṭara, 9(4), 179-203.
- Quadri, S. S. A., Kamil, A., Ghaffar, A., Athar, S., Azeem, A., & Sher, M. (2023). Organizational Development, HRM, Islamic and Public Policy Perspective in Pakistan: Critical Study from 2018-2023. Arbor.
- Sultan, K., Madni, H. H., Ibrahim, S., & Athar, S. (2023). Transgender Rights and Debate from an Islamic Legal Perspective. Al-Qanṭara, 9(3), 258-267.
- Athar, S., Tariq, J., & Azeem, A. (2023). Trust in State Institutions and Satisfaction with Life among Christian Minorities in Pakistan. UCP Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences, 2(1), 17-32.