Asghar Ali Shad
Research Fellow

Asghar Ali Shad is Research Fellow in Islamabad Policy Research Institute. Prior to this he was Researcher in Centre for South Asian Studies, Punjab University, Lahore from 1984 to 1999. He holds Masters in History from Punjab University Lahore.

He has six books on his credit. His more than 500 articles have been published in national dailies. He has written more than 600 commentaries and analysis on Indian politics for television and radio. He also contributed in discussions on international affairs on electronic media. His research paper, “Growing Hindu Extremism in India,” has been published as IPRI Paper. Some of his research papers have been published in precious research journals.

His area of interest is South Asian Politics with special emphasis on India’s domestic politics and Indo-pak relations. He has fair command over Indian languages such as Hindi, Gurmukhi and Sanskrit.


Email: asgharalishad@ipripak.org