Salma Malik

Salma Mehr Fatima Malik
Born Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Nationality Pakistani
Fields Culture of Gun Violence: Impact of the Proliferation of
Small Arms and Light Weapons on Pakistan’s Internal Security
Alma mater Defence & Strategic Studies (DSS) Department,
Quaid-i-Azam University

Salma Malik is teaching at the Department of Defence and Strategic Studies, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad.

Biography

Salma Malik (Urdu: سلمئ ملک) was born in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. She has studied at Islamabad College for Girls and then at FG College F-7/2, Islamabad, from where she completed her Bachelor's degree. She did her Masters and M.Phil. from Defence & Strategic Studies (DSS) Department, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.

She specializes in the areas of War, Arms Control & Disarmament, Military Sociology, South Asian Affairs and the research areas include; Conflict Management & Transformation, Human Security, CBMs & Micro-Disarmament.

Prior to joining QAU, she worked as a Research Officer at the Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad, Pakistan from June 1996 to August 1999. She has also been on the Visiting Faculty list of the Intelligence Bureau Directorate and has rendered lectures as a guest speaker at the PAF Air War College, Karachi, National Defence University, Islamabad, Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi and Command and Staff College, Quetta.

She has rendered her expertise as an anchor and expert both in various current affairs programs. Ms Salma Malik has many publications to her credit and has co authored various books including “Small Arms and the Security Debate in South Asia,” RCSS Policy Studies, No. 33, Manohar Publications, New Delhi, 2005.

She is also a graduate of Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, Executive Level Course, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.

She also participated in the 8th IISS Asian Security Summit, the Shangri-La Dialogue, organized by the International Institute for Strategic Studies, Singapore.

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References

  1. Economic and Political Weekely, http://epw.in/epw/uploads/articles/13896.pdf
  2. http://www.aiia.asn.au/associations/8220/files/Complete_Pakistan.pdf
  3. http://www.ipcs.org/article_details.php?articleNo=2817
  4. Published by the program on Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution, Department of International Relations, Karachi University in collaboration with the Hanns Sidel Foundation, Islamabad, 2008.
  5. Salma Malik and Mallika Joseph, Small Arms and the Security Debate in South Asia (New Delhi: Manohar Publishers, 2005) for the Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi. Available at http://www.ipcs.org/printBookReview.jsp?kValue=103
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  17. The NEWS on Sunday, April 12, 2004.
  18. Daily Jung Monday 19 January 2004.
  19. The News, Thursday January 1, 2004.
  20. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/dssqau/dsshistory.html&date=2009-10-25+21:30:30
  21. A publication of Dept of International Relations, Fatih University, Istanbul, Turkey Vol. 2, No.1, Spring 2003
  22. Margalla Papers, Issue 2003, Journal of the National Defense College, Islamabad

External links

DSS, QAU Defence Journal