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Dr. Asbah Zia

Associate Professor

  • PhD. in Psychology from University of Karachi in 2020.
  • M.Phil. in Psychology from University of Karachi.
  • M.A in Clinical Psychology.
  • BBA (Hons) from University of Karachi.

About

Dr. Asbah Zia is an Associate Professor of Psychology at IQRA University, with more than 15
years of experience in teaching, research, training, counselling, mentoring, and academic
administration. She earned her PhD in Psychology from the University of Karachi in 2020,
following her M.Phil. in Psychology, M.A. in Clinical Psychology, and B.A. (Hons) from the
University of Karachi.

Dr. Zia is an active researcher and academic with a strong interest in psychological well-being,
interpersonal relationships, social issues, and psychological distress in personal and professional
contexts. Her professional expertise encompasses teaching, research, psychological assessment,
counselling, training, consulting, and mentoring. She has expertise in psychological testing
through interviews, questionnaires, and standardized psychological assessment tools. She has
also contributed to youth development initiatives through training in life and soft skills.

In addition to her academic responsibilities, Dr. Zia serves as Chief Editor/Editor of the Suffa
Journal of Interdisciplinary Psychology (SJIP), a journal recognized by the Higher
Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan, in the Y Category. Through her editorial and
academic leadership, she has contributed to the promotion of scholarly research and the
development of interdisciplinary psychological scholarship.

Her research and professional work reflect a commitment to promoting mental health awareness,
psychological well-being, healthy interpersonal relationships, personal development, and
evidence-based approaches to contemporary psychological and societal challenges.

Area of Expertise

  • Psychological Well-being, Mental Health & Psychological Distress.
  • Family, Marital & Interpersonal Relationships.
  • Social Psychology & Contemporary Societal Issues.
  • Personality, Self-Perception & Individual Differences.
  • Emotional Intelligence, Emotion Regulation & Resilience.
  • Childhood Experiences & Psychological Adjustment.
  • Workplace Psychology, Job Satisfaction & Occupational Well-being.
  • Young Adult Psychology & Emerging Social Identities.
  • Cognitive & Perceptual Processes.
  • Psychological Assessment & Testing.
  • Gender, Culture & Psychological Issues.

Awards and Honors

Research Publications

Publications & Research Work

Dr. Muhammad Shahnawaz Adil

Dr. Muhammad Shahnawaz Adil is an Associate Professor of Leadership and Strategic Management at Iqra University, Karachi. He holds more than 17 years of full-time university teaching, research, mentorship, and graduate thesis supervision experience. Additionally, he has been serving as the Cluster Head (Management) since January 2020 at the Main Campus. He is currently a member of the advisory and review boards of 18 national and international scholarly journals. 

He has presented various research ideas at international conferences abroad and has published over 25 research papers in national and international journals with 700+ Google citations. He has also authored a monograph on Leadership and Strategy published in Germany. He is an HEC-approved PhD supervisor and five Ph.D. candidates are going to complete their doctoral thesis under his sole supervision. In addition to supervising several industrial projects, 32 MPhil and hundreds of MBA students have successfully passed their research thesis in the Management discipline under his sole supervision. His research interests include the dark side of leadership, workplace mistreatment, multilevel modeling, and creative performance in higher education. He completed a ten-day comprehensive Training of Trainers conducted by Sindh HEC in May 2023.

Dr. Shahnawaz earned his Ph.D. degree in Management from an AACSB and AMBA-accredited business school of Malaysia in 2021. Earlier, he received his MPhil from Iqra University, a ‘triple-crown’ (AACSB, AMBA, and EQUIS-accredited) MBA from Newcastle University (UK), Postgraduate Diploma from Stratford College London (UK), and B.Sc. (Honours) with Distinction from London Metropolitan University, UK. He has secured seven consecutive distinctions in his academic career and has clinched First Class First Position at Sindh Board of Technical Education. He has been associated with Iqra University as a permanent faculty member in the Department of Business Administration since August 2008. His main hobbies include horse-riding, playing scrabble, cooking, bird-farming, and long driving.