Vission

In the years to come, we intend to investigate the hitherto unexplored areas of NWFP including the preparation of a dictionary of events in addition to publishing of books lets etc

Mission

The Centre Presently enrolling 50 students for MA in Pakistan Studies, Which are being increased to 60 in the next session. The Centre will also enroll 10 students to its M.Phil/ Ph.D programmes in addition, the Centre Gold’s seminars, Conferences, workshops, Symposiums etc.

 

Objectives

The Pakistan Study Centre was established under the Federal Act:XXVII of 1976 on the University Campus Peshawar. The main objectives of the Centre as defined in the same Act are as follows:

• To engage in the study of languages, literature, arts, architecture, customs, traditions, attitudes and aspirations of the people of various regions of Pakistan.
• To establish under-graduate, graduate, postgraduates degree and other programmes, in the relevant discipline in accordance with the standard and requirements of the University in which the Centre is established.
• To promote co-operation in inter-disciplinary relationship with other Centres, teaching / research organizations and institutions in public and private sectors.
• To arrange conferences, seminars and re-fresher courses for the development of teaching and research.
• To promote teaching and research in particular subjects as assigned to it by the Federal Government in consultation with the University in which the Centre is established.

Outcomes:

During 1981-82 ten students were admitted in MA class under policy directive of the Board of Governors. The Centre has been enrolling MA students since last 24 years and by now has produced 450. Twenty-five more students are likely to complete their work in 2006. It has also enrolled 7 students for M.Phil / Ph.D programmes.

Publications:

The Centre has published bi-annual Journal “ Pakistan “since 1981 by now 36 issues have been published. Two hundred and eighty-seven articles have been published in these issues.

Books:

The following books have been published by the Centre:

• Personal Liberty & Preventive Detention.
• Firaq Name-e-Khushal Khan Khattak.
• Dastaar Nama.
• Akhlaq Nama of Khushal Khan Khattak.
• Gadey Wedey.
• Afghanistan and the Frontier.
• Tarikhi-Junbash-i-Islami-Wa-Mili-Musalmanan. Asia-Miana-Dar Muqabil-i-Communism-i-Russ. (Dari)

Booklets:

• Rules Book
• Guide Book

Research Projects / Books Published by faculty Members:

• Celebrities of NWFP (Vol-I) Edited by Prof.Dr.Parvez Khan Tour.
• Celebrities of NWFP (Vol-II) Edited by Prof.Dr.Fazal- ur- Rahim Marwat
• Talibanization of Pakistna (A case Study of TNSM). Written by Dr. Fazal-ur-Rahim Marwat & Prof. Dr. Parvez Khan Toru.
• Desttiny’s Child (A Case Study of Child Labour in Swat District). Written by Prof. Dr. Parvez Khan Toru & Dr. Fazal- ur- Rahim Marwat.
• From Muhajir to Mujahid. Written by Dr. Fazal- ur-Rahim Marwat, Edited by Prof.Dr. Parvez Khan Toru.
• Faces of Misery (Pakistan Study Centre’s State of the Child Labourers Report). By Prof. Dr. Parvez Khan Toru & Mr. Fouad Khan Khattak.
• Some Major Pukhtoon Tribes along the Pak-Afghan Border.By Prof. Dr. S.Iftikhar Hussain.
• Mawlana Ubayd Allah Sindhi’s Mission to Afghanistan and Soviet Russia.By Dr. Abdullah Khan.
• The Evolution and Growth of Communism in Afghanistan (1917-79): An Appraisal. By Dr. Fazal- ur-Rahim Marwat.
• The basmmachi Movement in Soviet Central Asia.By Dr. Fazal-ur-Rahim Marwat.

Theses:

Four hundred and fifty theses have been written on the land and people of Pakistan specially focussed on NWFP.

Seminars:

Fifty seminars on the land and people of Pakistan, specially focussed on NWFP, have been arranged so far.

Symposium arranged on:

Environmental Planning, Management and Problems

Workshop arranged on:

Local Government in NWFP

Conference arranged on:

Muhammad Ali Jinnah