Ayesha Zafar

Lecturer

  • MS Clinical Psychology
  • PhD Scholar

About

Ms. Ayesha Zafar earned her Masters in Clinical Psychology from Bahria University. Her academic achievements include valuable certifications in Good Clinical Practice from the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trial Network in the USA Guided Imagery from the University of Minnesota and Positive Psychology from the University of North Carolina. With a specialization in addiction counseling, Ms. Zafar brings extensive clinical experience to her role, supported by her publications focus on addiction and the Positive Psychological Functioning of Young Adults. Her expertise extends to the management of suicidal ideation, reflecting her commitment to addressing critical mental health issues. Currently, Ms. Ayesha Zafar is dedicated to providing her services at Iqra University, with a total experience of 5 years, she continues to play a vital role in shaping the understanding and practice of psychology in an academic setting.

Area of Expertise

Substance Abuse Interventions, Psychological Well being, Occupational stress, Cultural Psychology

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.

  • Salam, A., Suzuki, S., Khan, H., Shahood, T., Zafar, A., & Shoaib, S. (2020, January). Effect of Marital Status on Positive Psychological Functioning of Young Adults. FOUNDATION UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGy, 4(1), 62–85. Retrieved from https://fui.edu.pk/fjs/index.php/fujp/article/view/190
·         Zafar, A., & Farhan, S. (2020, December). Effectiveness of Denial Management Counselling for Individuals with Substance Abuse. Pakistan Journal of Psychology, 51((2), 41-59. Retrieved fromhttp://rj.icpuok.edu.pk/index.php/pjp/article/view/78/76