Two Pakistani scholars Syed Hussain Shaheed Soherwordi and Liaqat Ali have successfully completed their doctorate degrees under Higher Education Commission's Partial Support Programme for PhD Studies Abroad.
According to HEC, Dr Liaqat Ali, a resident of village Dagai, district Swabi, who was pursuing his PhD degree in earth resources (geology) under HEC Programme "Strengthening of NCE in Geology, University of Peshawar" completed his PhD from Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter, UK. He also proceeded abroad under the Partial Support Programme.
His doctoral research is focused on developing exploration tools for precious and base metals using advance mineralogical/geo-chemical techniques and GIS in remote and glaciated areas of North Pakistan. His research entitled "Gold and Base Metal Exploration Studies based on Mineralogical/Geo-chemical Characterisation of Stream Sediments from Pakistan" proposes a novel way on how Stream Sediment Mineralogical/ Geo-chemical studies can be used to predict deposit type (s) and have pronounced impact on future mineral exploration activities in North Pakistan.
Dr Liaqat Ali is currently working in the National Centre of Excellence in Geology, University of Peshawar. Similarly, Dr Soherwordi is currently working as Senior Lecturer in the Department of International Relations, University of Peshawar. Soherwordi completed his PhD from the School of Social and Political Studies, Centre for South Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh, Scotland. He was awarded scholarship in the final year of his studies.
His research is entitled "Pakistan Foreign Policy Formulation: An Analysis of Institutional Interaction between Pakistani and American Policymaking Bodies". He has to his credit five international and 20 national publications in the field of international relations and Pakistan-US relations during the war on terror. His thesis is under process of publication in book from the Oxford University Press.
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