VU
Virtual University of Pakistan
Federal Government University

Adjunct Faculty Profile

Dr. Mazhar Hussain Bhutta
Punjab University Lahore and University of Saskatchewan, (UOS) Canada

Ph.D. Sociology

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

(Full time only)

 

Sr.#

INSTITUTION

DESIGNATION

YEAR

TOTAL YEARS

FROM

TO

1.

Govt. Higher Education Department

lecturer

1997 to 2012

15

2.

Pakistan Institute of Parliamentary Services Islamabad

Deputy Director Research

2012 to 2013

1

3.

PMAS Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi

Assistant Professor of Sociology

2014 to 2020

7

 

Total Experience: 23 years

EDUCATION

(Start from the last degree)

Sr.#

LEVEL

SUBJECT

INSTITUTION

YEAR OF COMPLETION

1.

PhD

Sociology

Punjab University Lahore

2013

2.

MPhiL

Social Sciences

Punjab University Lahore

2008

3.

MA

Lib& Information Science

Punjab University Lahore

1995

4.

BSc

Mathematics &Statistics

Punjab University Lahore

1992

 

SUBJECTS TAUGHT

Sr.#

SUBJECT

LEVEL

INSTITUTION

1.

Philosophy of social sciences

PhD & M.Phil

PMAS Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi

2.

Sociology of religion

MPhil

PMAS Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi

3.

Research Methodology

M.Phil

PMAS Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi

4.

Sociology of crime

M.Phil & MSc

PMAS Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi

Quaid e Azam Unibersity Islamabad

5.

Introduction to criminology

MPhil

Quaid e Azam Unibersity Islamabad

 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT:

 Publications in HEC recognized journals

Bhutta, M. H., & Wormith, J. S. (2016). An examination of a risk/needs assessment instrument and its relation to religiosity and recidivism among Probationers in a Muslim Culture. Criminal Justice and Behavior43(2), 204-229.

Bhutta, M. H., Wormith, J. S., & Zidenberg, A. M. (2019). Assessing the Relationship Between Religiosity and Recidivism Among Adult Probationers in Pakistan. International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology63(5), 752-780.

Mahmood, Q. K., Bhutta, M. H., & ul Haq, M. A. (2018). Effects of sociodemographic variables and Facebook group membership on students’ political participation. Education and Information Technologies23(5), 2235-2247.

Bhutta, M. H. (2013). Vigilantism and the Police: Assessing the Perception of Pakistani Women about the Gender Related Ineffectiveness of the Police and the Preference for Vigilante Acts in Lahore Qaisar Khalid Mahmood, Ishtiaq Ahmad, and. Pakistan Journal of Criminology Volume5(1), 43-53.

Bhutta, M. H., & Akbar, M. S. (2012). Situation of prisons in India and Pakistan: shared legacy, same challenges. South Asian Studies27(1), 171. 

Ishaq, M. I., Bhutta, M. H., Hamayun, A. A., Danish, R. Q., & Hussain, N. M. (2014). Role of corporate image, product quality and customer value in customer loyalty: Intervening effect of customer satisfaction. Journal of Basic and Applied Scientific Research4(4), 89-97.

Ishaq, Muhammad Ishtiaq, Mazhar H. Bhutta, Asad Afzal Hamayun, Rizwan Qaiser Danish, and Nazia Munazer Hussain. "Importance of servicescape in services industries." Journal of Service Research 4, no. 2.13 (1995).

Tariq, M. I., Humayon, A. A., Bhutta, M. H., & Danish, R. O. (2014). Impact of effective advertisement on brand equity and brand switching behaviour: Study of food and beverages industry in emerging market. Research Journal of Recent Sciences, 3 (6), 40-45.

Bhutta, M. H., Mahmood, Q. K., & Akram, M. B. (2014). Assessment of the role of probation officers in social rehabilitation of low risk offenders in Lahore-Pakistan. Middle-East Journal of Scientific Research21(10), 1764-1770.

Shahzad, M. N., Bhutta, M. H., Shahzad, M., Ahmed, T., & Khan, R. M. (2017). An Examination of Positive Youth Development Instrument among Students in Public Sector Universities and Its Relation to Risk Behaviors. International Journal Of Advanced Biotechnology And Research8(4), 850-854.

Danish, R. Q., Bhutta, M. M., Humayon, A. A., Shahid, J., & Imran, M. (2016). The Effect of Social Relationships on the Innovative Behavior of Employees Mediated by Psychological Wellbeing in Pharmaceutical Industry of Pakistan. European Online Journal of Natural and Social Sciences5(2), 335.

Bhutta, M. H., (2010). Community Based Rehabilitation of Offenders; an Overview of Probation and Parole System in PakistanPakistan Journal of Criminology, 2(03), 51-65.

 Hashmi, N, Bhutta, M.H.& Batool, Z. (2019). Do Parents Matter? A Study On Female Educational Attainment In Rural Punjab. Pakistan Journal of Social Issues, (X), 188-195.

 Akbar, S.A., Hashmi, N, Bhutta, M.H. Khan, A.M.& Afzaal, A. (2020). Flood Experience And Vioctim Perceptions About Community Cohesion.  International Journal of Disaster and business Continuity, (II), 2181-2195 

  Khattak, A.S, Bhutta, M.H., Bangash, A.K. & Ali,I. (2020). Social Exclusion of Transgender Community in Distraict Charsadda?. Pakistan Journal of Society, Education and Language, (II), 70-81

Conferences (International, National)

·         Paper presented titled “Assessment of Social Marginalization in Bhagowal Village of District Gujrat-Punjab” 1st National Conference on “Social Discrepancies and their Remedies in Sociological Perspectives'''''''''''''''' organized by IIU Islamabad on 10 April 2018

·         Participated in paper titled “Social Sciences Research in the Contemporary World: Trends and challenges” organized by Department of Sociology FJW University Rawalpindi on Aug,.3,2018

·         International Conference on “International Horticulture Conference, Pakistan 2018” organized by Department of Horticulture, PMAS-Arid Agriculture, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on April 25-27, 2018.

·         One-day workshop on “Concept of Halal and Tayyab” organized by Institute of Food and Nutritional Sciences, PMAS-Arid Agriculture, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on May 15, 2018.

·         Organized & Paper present in International conference titled “Asia Pacific Policy Dialogue on water, Energy, and Food Security for Poverty Alleviation in Dry Land Regions”. at PMAS-Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi 23-25 Nov. 2016

·         Attended 14 Days workshop “Human rights through cinematography” organized by UN Information Center Islamabad and EU on November 26-10 December 2016

·         Committee member to develop conceptual development and capacity building of community organization titled “Agricultural and socio economic development in Pothwar Region-Punjab Pakistan” November 2016

·         Organized one-day seminar titled “Criminological Sciences in 21st Century: Challenges and Prospects in Pakistan” at PMAS-Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi 19th March 2015

·         Attended Two Days Conference on Promotion of Peace and Tolerance at University Campuses of the Punjab, Punjab Higher Education Commission Lahore held on 19-20th April 2017

·         Paper presented titled Risk/need assessment of offenders on probation in Lahore” at Its International Conference on Promotion of Social Sciences in Pakistan, HEC Islamabad 26-28 April 2011

·         Presented paper titled “Assessing the predictive accuracy of the Level of Service/case Management Inventory (LS/CMI) on recidivism in a sample of first time offenders in Pakistan”, Saskatoon, University of Saskatchewan, Canada July 2013

·         Paper presented titled “The Socio legal role of Probation Officers in rehabilitation of probationers in Lahore-Pakistan “in conference on Law and Society in the 21st century-The function of law in a global society conference, University of Oslo Norway 2015

·         Attended Conference to formulate joint mechanism for Narcotics and Drug Abuse in Academic Institutions, Islamabad 26th Aug 2015

·         Organized Indigenous On Campus Training IOT on Good Governance for non-Teaching Staff sponsored by HEC 2015

·         Attended workshop on Developing Research Proposal at Centre for South Asian Studies, PU Lahore October, 30, 2006

·         Attended One Day Training On WTO Agreement On Trade Facilitation: Opportunities And Way Forward For Pakistan Held On November 16, 2014

·         A Computer Course "Introduction to Lib. & Information Science" Held from 18-06-2001 to 25-08-2001, PLA, Computer Centre Lahore.

·         ELIN (Electronic Library and Information Network) Course held in Punjab University Library in 2007 

Thesis Supervision

·         Ph.D. Sociology                 No. 4 (under research process)

·         M.PhiL Sociology               No. 26 (completed)

·         M.Sc Criminology              No. 07 (completed) 

Field experience

 Memberships

                        Pakistan Society of Sociologists