Faculty Profile
Usman.Janjua@numl.edu.pk
03046903022
University of the Punjab Lahore, Pakistan Expected December 2026 Faculty of Arts and Humanities
PhD (History)
Dissertation: (Reimagining Pakistan: Debates in Public Sphere on Identity, Constitution and Ethnicity in Pakistan 1971-77)
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Mahboob Hussain
University of the Punjab, Lahore
MPhil, History 2020
Distinction; 1st division
Dissertation: Ethno-National Politics in Pakistan: A Case Study of Saraiki Movement for a New Province Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Mahboob Hussain
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Instructor for the following courses in the different departments of Punjab University:
- Freedom Movement of Pakistan, 1857-1947
- Pakistan Studies
- Introduction to IR
- Introduction to Economics
- History of the Later Mughals 1707-1858
- Pakistan & the Muslim World
- A History of Electoral Politics and Coalition Governments in Pakistan (1947-2013)
- Ideology & Constitution of Pakistan
- Muslim Struggle for Independence (1857-1906)
AUTHOR OF
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- Text Book of History (GRADE 6) by Moonlight International Publication House (2023)
- Text Book of History (GRADE 7) by Moonlight International Publication House (2023)
- Text Book of History (GRADE 8) by Moonlight International Publication House (2024)
- Pakistan Studies by Abdullah Publishers & Farooq Sons, Urdu Bazar (2024)
- Contemporary Muslims World Published by Abdullah Publishers & Farooq Sons, Urdu Bazar (2025)
- Introduction to History by Abdullah Publishers & Farooq Sons, Urdu Bazar (2025)
EXPERIENCE
Visiting Lecturer March 2021 - June 2025
(Department of History and Pakistan Studies, University of the Punjab)
Assistant Editor
Journal of Punjab University Historical Society March 2021- June 2025 (Department of History and Pakistan Studies, University of the Punjab)
Assistant Editor
The Chronicle (Bi-Annual Newsletter) July 2021- June 2025
(Department of History and Pakistan Studies, University of the Punjab)
Assistant Editor (Publication)
(World Times Institute, Gulberg II, Lahore) June 2024- June 2025
Research Assistant (Academics) 20th August, 2025 to date
Punjab Higher Education Commission
- Presented Paper in 3 Day International Conference on “Central and South Asia Reconnected" organized by Department of History & Pakistan Studies University of the Punjab Lahore.
- Presented Paper in 3 Day International Conference on ‘Public Policy and Good Governance in the Contemporary Age’ organized by Department of Political Science, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur.
- Presented Paper in 3 Day International Conference on ‘South Asia @75: Past, Presents and Future’ organized by Department of History, University of the Punjab.
Education
University of the Punjab Lahore, Pakistan Expected December 2026 Faculty of Arts and Humanities
PhD (History)
Dissertation: (Reimagining Pakistan: Debates in Public Sphere on Identity, Constitution and Ethnicity in Pakistan 1971-77)
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Mahboob Hussain
University of the Punjab, Lahore
MPhil, History 2020
Distinction; 1st division
Dissertation: Ethno-National Politics in Pakistan: A Case Study of Saraiki Movement for a New Province Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Mahboob Hussain
Experience
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Instructor for the following courses in the different departments of Punjab University:
- Freedom Movement of Pakistan, 1857-1947
- Pakistan Studies
- Introduction to IR
- Introduction to Economics
- History of the Later Mughals 1707-1858
- Pakistan & the Muslim World
- A History of Electoral Politics and Coalition Governments in Pakistan (1947-2013)
- Ideology & Constitution of Pakistan
- Muslim Struggle for Independence (1857-1906)
AUTHOR OF
-
- Text Book of History (GRADE 6) by Moonlight International Publication House (2023)
- Text Book of History (GRADE 7) by Moonlight International Publication House (2023)
- Text Book of History (GRADE 8) by Moonlight International Publication House (2024)
- Pakistan Studies by Abdullah Publishers & Farooq Sons, Urdu Bazar (2024)
- Contemporary Muslims World Published by Abdullah Publishers & Farooq Sons, Urdu Bazar (2025)
- Introduction to History by Abdullah Publishers & Farooq Sons, Urdu Bazar (2025)
EXPERIENCE
Visiting Lecturer March 2021 - June 2025
(Department of History and Pakistan Studies, University of the Punjab)
Assistant Editor
Journal of Punjab University Historical Society March 2021- June 2025 (Department of History and Pakistan Studies, University of the Punjab)
Assistant Editor
The Chronicle (Bi-Annual Newsletter) July 2021- June 2025
(Department of History and Pakistan Studies, University of the Punjab)
Assistant Editor (Publication)
(World Times Institute, Gulberg II, Lahore) June 2024- June 2025
Research Assistant (Academics) 20th August, 2025 to date
Punjab Higher Education Commission
Publications
- Presented Paper in 3 Day International Conference on “Central and South Asia Reconnected" organized by Department of History & Pakistan Studies University of the Punjab Lahore.
- Presented Paper in 3 Day International Conference on ‘Public Policy and Good Governance in the Contemporary Age’ organized by Department of Political Science, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur.
- Presented Paper in 3 Day International Conference on ‘South Asia @75: Past, Presents and Future’ organized by Department of History, University of the Punjab.