Board of Directors
Our Honorable Members
Senator Sehar Kamran
Member Senate Standing Committees on Defence, Defence Production, Federal Education and Professional Trainings and Functional Committee.
Nasir Abbas Shirazi
Member Senate Standing Committees on Defence, Defence Production, Federal Education and Professional Trainings and Functional Committee.
Board of Governors
Mr. Fakhar Abbas Shah
Executive Director Current affairs and Defense Matters.
Ambassador Shaukat Muqaddam
Executive Director Diplomatic & Maritime Affairs.
Mr. Shahid Mian
Executive Director Research & Analysis.
Mr. Syed Ameer Abbas
Senior Middle East Analyst, NDU Qualified in International Relations.
Maj. Gen. Najam Ul Hassan (Retd)
Ex-DG Military Lands and Cantonments.
Dr. Waqas Bukhari
Senior Middle East Analyst, NDU Qualified in International Relations.
Directors Legal Affairs
Adv. Khawar Ameer Bukhari
Adv. Syed Jawad al Hassan Kazmi
Advocate High Court of Pakistan.
Expert Panel
Dr. Syed Qandil Abbas
Dr. Munawar Hussain
at Area Study Centre, Quaid e Azam University, Islamabad
Dr. Qamar Cheema
Dr. Qaisar Abbas
of International Relations at National Defence University, Islamabad.
Ambassador (Retd) Arif Kamal
Nouman Sattar
PhD in Government & International Studies, University of Notre Dame, Indiana.
Dr. Manzar Abbas Zaidi
PhD Counter-terrorism studies, University of St. Andrews
Dr. Kamran Bukhari
Senior Lecturer, Security & Policy Institute, University of Ottawa
Dr. Sabir Ijaz
Secretary General Palestine Foundation Pakistan and Assistant Professor Department of International Relations, NUML.
Dr. Muhammad Yasir Ali Khan
He is a assistant professor at the Department of History and civilization Studies, BZU, Multan.
Dr. Muhammad Abrar Zahoor
PhD in History from Quaid Azam University, Islamabad, working as Assistant Professor of History in University of Sargodha.
Dr. Syed Imran Abbas
Assistant Professor Department of Politics and IR, University of Sargodha
Dr. Nazir Hussain Shah
is a PhD in Political Science ad visiting faculty at different universities
Col. Adeel Kazmi (Retd)
MSc in Defense and Strategic Studies and MPhil in IR.
Dr. Asghar Zaidi
PhD Economics from Exford University and was the VC of Government College University.
Col. Adeel Kazmi (Retd)
MSc in Defense and Strategic Studies and MPhil in IR.
Research Associates
Taimor Khan
works on Syria, Libya, Humanitarian Military Interventions, US foreign policy
Munaza Khalid
works on Syria, Libya, Humanitarian Military Interventions, US foreign policy
Bilal Hyder Simair
Works on Middle East, Iran, Isarel, the Axis of Resistance, and the major power politics in the Middle East.
Ghyur ul Hassan Naqvi RO
works on Syria, Libya, Humanitarian Military Interventions, US foreign policy
Noureen Akhtar
Is a Ph.D. Scholar (SPIR-QAU). Area of Research: Hybrid warfare (AI, Cyber warfare and Cyber politics),
Muhammad Tahir serves as the Research Assistant
Muhammad Tahir is a Research Assistant at Centre for Pakistan and Gulf Studies (CPGS) and a graduate of International Relations from International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI). His research interests include strategic studies, South Asian security, Gulf affairs, maritime security, foreign policy, and international law. He contributes to policy research, academic publications, conferences, and strategic dialogues at CPGS and is a writer for the CPGS Foresight Policy Brief, where he analyzes contemporary regional and global geopolitical developments.
His work focuses on fostering collaboration between policymakers, academia, media, and civil society to ensure that CPGS’s scholarship contributes meaningfully to national, regional, and global discourse.
Muhammad Tahir
Media & IT Support
Mumtaz Malik
Lecturer at USWA college Islamabad
Ch. Rashid Javed
Software System Engineer, Designer, Developer, Virtual Marketer