Academic Appointments

Assistant Professor, NUML University, Islamabad, Pakistan (March 2021 to Present).
Visiting Research Fellow, Center for Studies in Religion and Society, University of Victoria, Canada) (Jan. 2025 to June 2025)
Visiting Scholar, Sigur Center for Asian Studies, George Washington University (June 2022 to July. 2023).
Visiting Faculty, NUML University, Islamabad, Pakistan (Feb. 2020 to Feb. 2021).
Visiting Faculty, Bahria University, Islamabad, Pakistan (Feb. 2020 to Present).
Visiting Faculty, SZABIST, Islamabad, Pakistan (Feb. 2020 to July 2020).
Research Fellow, Research Assistant to Prof. Marvin G. Weinbaum (Oct. 2016 to March 2017).

Center for Studies in Religion and Society, Uvic, Canada.

I served the CSRS as Visiting Scholar for six months where I engaged with interdisciplinary scholarship on religion, culture and society. During my tenure with the CSRS, I worked on my research project titled “Sindhi Sufi Mercenaries of Pakistan; A Case Study of Hur Mujahideen”. I also contributed to center’s collaborative research projects, international conferences and seminars.

Sigur Center for Asian Studies, GW, USA.

Served as Visiting Scholar at the Sigur Center for Asian Studies for one year, where I conducted research on my research project “How Deradicalization Program Addresses Terrorism in Pakistan”. During my affiliation with the center, I contributed to center publications, seminars and engaged with leading scholars and policy makers to advance evidence-based understanding of Asian affairs.

Middle East Institute Washington D.C., USA

For six months, I held a Research Fellowship at the Middle East Institute in Washington D.C., United States. During this tenure, I also assisted Prof. Marvin G. Weinbaum, my foreign PhD supervisor, with my dissertation.

Pakistan Television News, Islamabad

From July 2007 to January 2021, I served as a News Producer/Reporter at Pakistan Television News. During my tenure, I produced a series of short documentaries highlighting key issues related to Pakistan's security landscape. Additionally, I conducted exclusive one-on-one interviews with senior Pakistani government officials and foreign diplomats.

ATV News Islamabad

I had the opportunity to work with ATV, a private terrestrial news channel, for a year. During my tenure from December 2005 to December 2006, I reported on various disaster-prone areas in Pakistan, including the devastating 2005 earthquake that struck Azad Kashmir.

Voice of America, Washington D.C., USA

In 2014, I was honored to participate in a fellowship program sponsored by the United States, which allowed me to work with Voice of America (VoA) in Washington D.C. During my tenure, I produced several news stories published on the VoA website, exclusive reports for VoA radio, and assisted as a researcher for Ayesha Tanzeem's live current affairs show, "Access Point".

Kalhoro, J. (2026). Countering Radicalism: Pakistan’s Pursuit of Peace and Stability. NUST Journal of Peace and Stability. (9 (1). 1-13.
Kalhoro, J. (2026). How Deradicalization Program Addresses Terrorism in Pakistan. Journal of Deradicalization (Publication in Process).
Abubakar M., Kalhoro, J., & Qaiser S. (2024). A Diachronic Study of Political Press Reportage in Pakistani Print Media: A Multidimensional Analysis. Migration Letters, 21(11), 1523-1539.
Kalhoro, J. & Khan, M. (2023). Socio-Economic Grievances of Transgender Community in Pakistan: A Case Study of The Capital City, Islamabad. Annals of Human and Social Sciences, 4(4), 465-472.
Kalhoro, J., & Cromwell, A. (2022). “Musharraf’s Enlightened Moderation Program: An Attempt at Transforming Education in Pakistan” in Textbooks for Peace: The Intersecting Roles of Learning Materials in Shaping Relationships between Education and Conflict, edited by Catherine Vanner with Spogmai Akseer and Thursica Kovinthan Levi. New York: Springer.
Rehman, M., Gardezi, A. & Kalhoro, J. (2022). Nation Building Through Better Policy: A Framework for National Level Educational Policy, Pakistan Journal of Social Research, 4 (02), 42-49.
Abbasi, A. & Kalhoro, J. (April-June 2022): Politics of Ethnic Identities and Conflicts: A Case Study of Hazara and Siraiki Ethno-Nationalist Movements in Pakistan, Pakistan Social Sciences Review, 6 (2), 15-24.
Abbasi, A., Kalhoro, J. & Ayaz. (2022). The Role of Hazaras in the Creation of Pakistan: The Post-Independence Search for Identity, Pakistan Journal of Social Research, 4(2). 12-17.
Kalhoro, J. & Khan, S., (2022). Education and Radicalization; Is There Any Causative Relationship? A Case Study of Pakistan, Journal of Law and Social Studies, 4 (01), 13-29.
Rabbi, F., Kalhoro, J. & Ahmed, M. (2021). Regional Dynamics and Prospects for Peace in the Context of Pakistan-Russia Cooperation, Pakistan Journal of Social Research, 3 (04).
Kalhoro, J. & Iqbal, Z. (2021). Genesis of Radicalization: A Case Study of Islamiyat Textbooks in Balochistan, Pakistan, Pakistan Journal of Social Research, 3 (03), 400-409.
Kalhoro, J., (2021). An analytical approach towards Islamiyat textbooks in Pakistan; A Case Study of Punjab Province, Pakistan Journal of History & Culture, XLII (01).
Rabi, F., Mubarak, M. & Kalhoro, J., (2019). The US Nuclear Non-Proliferation Policy Towards Pakistan (1990-2000), Global Social Science Review, IV (III). 398-406.
Tahir, M., Kalhoro, J., & Ahmad, A., (2019). The Emerging Intelligence Architecture of Internal Security and New Regional Dynamics in South Asia (2015-2018), Global Social Science Review, IV (II). 479-486.
Kalhoro, J. (2018). Historical Evolution of the Educational System in the Pre-Partition Indian Sub-Continent, Pakistan Journal of History and Culture, XXXIX (1). 153-177.
M. Phil Dissertation titled “A Comparative Study of U.S aid to Pakistan; in the 80s and after 9/11”.
Columns and articles on economic, defence & terrorism in Pakistan and Afghanistan concerning Pak-U.S. relations, in various English dailies, and newspapers of Pakistan.

Research Area;

Peace Education, Peace and Development, Radicalization, South Asia Security, Ethno-Conflicts

Education