Team IMSTS consists upon Editorial Board (including editor-in-chief, senior editors, consultant editors and associate editors), Advisory Board, Academic Research Publications Ethics Review Committee and Proofreaders. The prime objective of IMSTS is to bring experts and qualified researchers together at one place, and to utilize their capabilities as per the aims and scope of the journal.
Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Qualification: PhD in International Relations
Specializations: Theology, Comparative religions, Political Islam, Mysticism, and Islamic Jurisprudence
Designation: Assistant Professor at the Islamic International University Islamabad
Languages Proficiency: English, Urdu, Arabic and Yoruba
Email: imamdarams@yahoo.co.uk
Senior Editors
Qualification: PhD in Political Science
Specializations: Religious Militancy, Conservatism, Sectarian Fundamentalism
Designation: Assistant Professor at University of Central Punjab, Lahore Campus
Languages Proficiency: English and Urdu
Email: dr.sawaira@ucp.edu.pk
Qualification: PhD in Urdu Literature
Specializations: Iranian Culture and Civilization, Urdu Poetry, and Travelogue Writing
Designation: Lecturer at Government Associate College (Boys) Dhoke Syedan, Rawalpindi Cantonment
Languages Proficiency: Urdu and Persian
Email: ziareman280@gmail.com
Qualification: PhD in South Asian Studies
Specializations: Religious Ethnicities, Distinct Concepts of Meditation, World Religions: Eastern and Western Traditions, Inner Satisfaction
Designation: Lecturer at University of Central Punjab, Lahore Campus
Languages Proficiency: English and Urdu
Email: muhammad.ikram@ucp.edu.pk
Qualification: PhD in Urdu Literature
Specialization: Philosophical, Political and Spiritual concepts of Iqbal
designation: Assistant Professor at the Islamia University of Bahawalpur
Languages Proficiency: English, Persian, Urdu, Punjabi and Saraiki
Email: asghar.khan@iub.edu.pk
Consultant Editor
Qualification: PhD in Logistics Management
Specializations: Chinese traditionalistic beliefs
Designation: Research Associate at the Fatima Zahera Society for Women Development in Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan (Qom, Iran) and Research Fellow at the Department of International Relations, Coventry University (Coventry, UK)
Languages Proficiency: English, Chinese, Uzbek, Urdu and Pashto
Email: tariqsaeed55@yahoo.com
Specializations: Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis
Department: Statistics
Designation: Assistant Professor at Government Associate College (Boys) Dhoke Syedan, Rawalpindi Cantonment
Languages Proficiency: English and Urdu
Email: zulkaifshah@gmail.com
Associate Editors
Specializations: Islamic Civilization
Department: Islamic Studies
Designation: Lecturer at Government Associate College (Boys) Dhoke Syedan, Rawalpindi Cantonment
Languages Proficiency: English, Urdu, and Arabic
Email: muddassarabbas3@gmail.co
Specializations: Islamic School of Political Economy
Department: Economics
Designation: Lecturer at Government Associate College (Boys) Dhoke Syedan, Rawalpindi Cantonment
Languages Proficiency: English and Urdu
Email: umerbs@gmail.com
Specializations: Content Writer, TV and Print Media Production and Journalism
Department: Media and Communication
Designation: Media and Communication Assistant for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Inclusive Asia Think Tank), and Staff Reporter for Daily Times Peshawar
Languages Proficiency: English, Urdu and Pashto
Email: abid.freelancejournalist@gmail.com
Specializations: Chinese and Central Asian Traditionalistic beliefs
Department: International Relations (Central Asian Studies)
Designation: Research Associate at the Fatima Zahera Society for Women Development in Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan (Qom, Iran); Monitoring Officer for UNDP’s Project “Stabilization Development Program in Ex-FATA”; and Enumerator at United Nations World Food Program (UN WFP) for District South Waziristan Agency (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan)
Languages Proficiency: English, Persian, Uzbek, Urdu and Pashto
Email: junaidbangash@uop.edu.pk
Advisory Board
Qualification: PhD in Political Science
Specializations: Chinese Mystical and Theological Studies, Iranian Religions, and Central Asian Theological Frameworks
Designation: Lecturer at Informatics Group of Colleges Arifwala
Languages Proficiency: English, Urdu, Persian and Arabic
Email: dr.akramzaheer@informatics.edu.pk
Qualification: PhD in Islamic Studies
Specializations: Traditional Institutions of Meditation, and Islamic Law
Designation: Lecturer at Informatics Group of Colleges Arifwala
Languages Proficiency: English, Urdu and Arabic
Email: hafizkhalidrasheed@gmail.com
Qualification: PhD in Peace and Conflict Studies
Specializations: Theological Reflection in Politics and Society
Designation: Lecturer at Government Ashfaq Shaheed Degree College, Tank
Languages Proficiency: English, Urdu, Pashto, and Warmaro/Ormari
Email: burki313@gmail.com
Qualification: PhD in Political Science
Specializations: Religious Fundamentalism, Conservatism, and Religious Militancy
Designation: Assistant Professor at University of Lakki Marwat, Lakki Marwat
Languages Proficiency: English, Urdu and Pashto
Email: iamwaseem9@gmail.com
Qualification: PhD in Political Science
Specializations: Theo-Dominant Societies, Iranian Religions and Public Administration within the context of Religion(s)
Designation: Assistant Professor at the Government Postgraduate College Bhakkar
Languages Proficiency; English, Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Saraiki
Email: raheemshahbk786@gmail.com
Members Academic Research Publications Ethics Review Committee
Qualification: PhD in Non-Traditional Security
Specializations: Islamic Teachings, and Security Issues in Islamic World
Designation: Research Fellow at Zhejian University, Hangzhou
Languages Proficiency: English, Chinese, Urdu, Punjabi, Hindko and Saraiki
Email: shumailaarzo@yahoo.com and sarzoo.zju@gmail.com
Qualification: PhD in Pakistan Studies
Specializations: Power Politics in Pakistan, Political Developments in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (including former Tribal areas along Pak-Afghan Border), Pak-US and Pak-Afghan Relations, and War against Terrorism
Designation: Visiting Lecturer at National Institute for Pakistan Studies, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad
Languages Proficiency: English, Urdu and Pashto
Email: abidiqbal@nips.qau.edu.pk
Specializations: Informal Businesses and Income Inequalities
Department: World Health Organization (WHO)
Designation: Tehsil Monitor in World Health Organization in Polio Eradication Program at District Malakand
Languages Proficiency: English, Urdu and Pashto
Email: ikramghani12@uop.edu.pk and ikram.ghani12@gmail.com
Proofreaders
Specializations: English Language and Linguistics
Department: English
Designation: Lecturer at Government Associate College (Boys) Dhoke Syedan, Rawalpindi Cantonment
Languages Proficiency: English, Urdu, Pashto, Punjabi and Saraiki
Email: hafiztariqktk@gmail.com
Specializations: English Language and Linguistics
Department: English
Designation: Lecturer at Government Associate College (Boys) Dhoke Syedan, Rawalpindi Cantonment
Languages Proficiency: English, French and Urdu
Email: kamrangcc111@gmail.com