Professor Mohammad Waseem

Dr. Mohammad Waseem is Professor of Political Science in the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS). He has written on ethnic, Islamic, constitutional, electoral, sectarian and military politics of Pakistan. His books include: Politics and the State in Pakistan (1989), The 1993 Elections in Pakistan (1994), Strengthening Democracy in Pakistan [jointly with S. J. Burki] (2002) and Democratization in Pakistan (2006). He also edited the book Electoral Reform in Pakistan (2002).

Professor Waseem was Pakistan Chair at St Antony’s College Oxford from 1995 to 1999. He has been: visiting professor in Delhi University and Sciences Po Paris; visiting scholar in International Programme for Advanced Studies MSH, Paris; Fulbright Fellow in New Century Scholars Programme at The Brookings Institution, Washington DC; Ford Foundation Fellow at Oxford; DAAD Fellow at the University of Heidelberg; Fulbright Fellow at Columbia University New York; Indian Historical Research Council Fellow New Delhi; British Council Fellow in London; and American Political Science Association Fellow in Washington DC.

Dr Waseem's presentation at the Countering Militancy in Pakistan: Domestic, Regional and International Dimensions Conference was Pakistan: Democracy in the Age of Terrorism.