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Virtual University of Pakistan
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Adjunct Faculty Profile

Dr. Hafiz Muhammad Ali Bhatti
Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad

Ph. D.

Mr. Ali Bhatti has a well-rounded experience of teaching, administration and research. Currently, he is Chairperson and Associate Professor at the department of Economics, Forman Christian College (A Chartered University) Lahore. His long and productive career of diversified teaching ranges from intermediate to Ph.D levels. At FC College, he has been teaching a variety of courses at Baccalaureate, M. Sc. and M. Phil levels. His areas of interest include: Econometrics, Statistics, Financial Economics, Islamic Economics, Microeconomics and Macroeconomics. He has also taught for more than 10 years as a visiting faculty member at Department of Economics/ School of Economics, Quaid-i-Azam Univversity, Islamabad. The services of Dr. Muhammad Ali Bhatti has been , also , sought by other universities and institutions such as International Islamic University, Islamabad; Fatima Jinnah women University, Rawalpindi; Kashmir Institute of Economics, University of AJK, Muzafabad; Gomal University, D. I. Khan, Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad and COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Lahore. He completed his PhD from Department of Economics, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad in 2011. His Ph.D. research work that aimed to “to appropriately model, analyze and forecast the behavior of 43 stocks” listed at Karachi Stock Market was evaluated as an impressive and solid empirical work by the top scholars/referees in the field. His research papers have been presented in international conferences within Pakistan and abroad. Eight M. Phil. Students have successfully completed their theses under his supervision. So far, Mr. Bhatti’s research experience, mainly, centered on poverty issues, philanthropy and financial economics.