Books
Populist Discourse in Pakistani Politics – Testing a New Two-Dimensional Model of Inclusionary and Exclusionary Populist Discourse. Palgrave Macmillan, 2025.
Populist Identification in Public Discourse: Pakistanis Constructing Pakistaniat. (with Ihsan Yilmaz). Palgrave Macmillan. 2025.
Evolving Visions of Paradise: Instrumentalization of Islam by Mahathir Mohamad, Nawaz Sharif, and Tayyip Erdogan (with Syaza Shukri and Ihsan Yilmaz). Precontract with Palgrave Macmillan.
Chapters in edited volumes
Pakistan: Islamist Civilizational Populism. (with Kainat Shakil and Ihsan Yilmaz). In: Civilizational Populism in Democratic Nation States (pp. 137-168). Palgrave Macmillan. 2023
Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals
National Identity Formation through Civilizational Populist Discourse: The Historical-Discourse Analysis of Imran Khan’s Public Addresses, Religions, (under peer-review)
Populist Attitude and Voting in Pakistan: Insights from a National Survey (with Amir A. Farooqui). JISR Management and Social Sciences & Economics, 22 (4), 1-20, 2025.
Determinants of populist voting in Pakistan. Asian Journal of Comparative Politics, 9 (3), 359-374. 2024
Populism in Pakistan: The Exclusionary–Inclusionary Divide in Politics of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and Imran Khan. South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies, 46 (2), 265-282. 2023
Looking Beyond the Role of Political Elite: Understanding Hindu Nationalism through the Case of Babri Mosque (with Anita Wilson). Pakistan Horizon, 75 (1), 105-120. 2022
Articles in Journals without a peer review process
Contest between leaders of the Ummah: Comparing Civilizational Populism of PTI and TLP in Pakistan (with Ihsan Yilmaz and Kainat Shakil). Populism & Politics, Feb 15, 2023.
Declining electoral participation in the established democracies: The unintended role of their neo-liberal policies. International Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Studies, 3 (3), 21-31. 2018
Policy Reports
As PI and single author:
- Peace through Democracy: The Role of Pakistani Political Parties in Afghanistan’s Future. Washington, DC: Stimson Center
- The Dual Role of Media in Indo-Pak Peace Process From “Aman ki Asha” to “Propaganda Warfare. University of Karachi
As a contributor, along with other team members:
- Making Sense of Pakistani Youth. Pak Institute for Peace Studies.
- Perspectives from Pakistan on Afghan Peace and Reconciliation – PIPS Quarterly Monitor – 2. Pak Institute for Peace Studies.
- How Youth in Sindh View State, Society, Religion, and Politics. Pak Institute for Peace Studies
- Perspectives from Pakistan on Afghan Peace and Reconciliation – PIPS Quarterly Monitor-1. Pak Institute for Peace Studies.
- Energy Security Policy Proposal. Karachi: Center for Peace, Security, and Developmental Studies.
Commentaries
How the India-Pakistan Crisis Became a Profitable Spectacle Online. Center for International Policy, May 23, 2025.
Can Early Elections Save Pakistan From A Populist Crisis? The Friday Times, November 12, 2022.
Pakistan’s Floods and the Role of Media. South Asian Voices, September 23, 2022.
The Ukraine Crisis: Can Pakistan Truly Follow “No Camp Politics”? South Asian Voices, March 14, 2022.
For Pakistan, there is no Permanent Solution to the TLP Problem. South Asian Voices, November 04, 2021.
The Political Role of Sufi Mystics in Afghanistan. South Asian Voices, September 14, 2021.
Sealing the Durand Line Undercuts Pakistan’s Support for Democracy in Afghanistan. South Asian Voices, July 20, 2021.
Assessing the Proposed Pakistan Media Development Authority. South Asian Voices, June 28, 2021.
Comparing India and Pakistan’s Approaches to a Possible Iran-Saudi Rapprochement (with Chirayu Thakkar). South Asian Voices, June 09, 2021.
Pakistan’s Flawed Approach To Extremism. South Asian Voices, May 13, 2021.
India and Pakistan’s Democratic Backslide. South Asian Voices, April 19, 2021.
Pakistan 2020: Year in Review. South Asian Voices, December 17, 2020.
The Future of Pakistan-Taliban Ties in Afghanistan. South Asian Voices, August 05, 2020.
Pakistan’s COVID-19 Political Divide. South Asian Voices, May 12, 2020.
The Azadi March in Pakistan: Testing the PTI’s Prudence. South Asian Voices, November 08, 2019.
One Year In: The PTI’s Legislative Report Card. South Asian Voices, September 06, 2019.
Female Representation in the Parliament: What Pakistan Can Learn from India. South Asian Voices, July 12, 2019.
Why the PPP Fears the End of Pakistan’s 18th Amendment? South Asian Voices, May 16, 2019.