Biography

Nayyer Abbas is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Government College University, Lahore, Pakistan. He earned his PhD from the same institution. His doctoral thesis, titled ‘Socio-Economic Rehabilitation of Refugees in Toba Tek Singh, 1947–1961’, examined the causes of violence, migration, and refugee rehabilitation, as well as their broader implications following the Partition of Punjab, with a specific focus on the Toba Tek Singh District. More broadly, his current research interests include the socio-economic impact of the Partition of India, refugee studies, colonial Punjab and the construction of refugee identity in Pakistan.

Education

• PhD in History, Government College University Lahore (Lahore) 2019

Teaching Areas

Experience

Journal Papers

• Yasmin, R., Abbas, N., Hassan, J. (2025). "Anjuman Himayat-e-Islam: Bridging Faith and Modernity in Colonial Punjab." Journal of the Punjab University Historical Society , Vol. 38 (1) , pp. 111-120. [Link]
• Abbas, N., Ali, W. (2025). "Between Protest and Pragmatism: The Dual Strategy of Shiromani Akali Dal During the Gurdwara Reform Movement 1920-1925." Social Sciences Spectrum , Vol. 4 (3) , pp. 25-31. DOI: https://doi.org/10.71085/sss.04.03.315 [Link]
• Abbas, N., Ahmad, F., Ali, W. (2025). "Demystifying Ethnic Violence in Karachi 1980–1990." IUB Journal of Social Sciences , Vol. 7 (2) , pp. 61-68. DOI: https://doi.org/10.52461/ijoss.v7i2.3110 [Link]
• Yasmin, R., Naz, H., Abbas, N. (2025). "Educating the Nation's Mothers: The Gendered Vision and Educational Legacy of Anjuman Himayat-e-Islam Lahore in Colonial Punjab (1884–1947)." Sadiq Journal of Pakistan Studies , Vol. 5 (1) . [Link]
• Abbas, N., Cheema, N., Ali, W. (2025). "Role of Muslim Collaborators in Socio-Economic Transformation of District Gujrat During 1849-1947." Journal of Political Stability Archive , Vol. 3 (3) . DOI: https://doi.org/10.63468/jpsa.3.3.03 [Link]
• Abbas, N., Ali, W. (2022). "Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and Politics of Non-violence: A Perspective of Passive Resilience, 1920-1930." Annals of Human and Social Sciences , Vol. 3 (2) , pp. 383-391. DOI: https://doi.org/10.35484/ahss.2022(3-II)36 [Link]
• Abbas, N., Ali, W. (2022). "Shiromani Akali Dal During 1925-1937: Transition from Religious Reformist Movement to A Sikh Political Party." Pakistan Languages and Humanities Review , Vol. 6 (3) , pp. 629-638. DOI: https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2022(6-III)55 [Link]
• Abbas, N., Mahmood, T., Riffat, F. (2018). "Constructing ‘hydraulic’ Society in Lower Chenab Colony: A Case Study of Toba Tek Singh (1900-1947)." Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan , Vol. 55 (2) , pp. 1-9. [Link]
• Abbas, N. (2018). "Who Guards the Guardians? Civil Military Relations During the Era of Benazir Bhutto's First Premiership 1988-1990." The Historian , Vol. 17 (1) , pp. 22-39. [Link]

Awards/Achievements

• Research Fellowship (IRSIP) for Royal Holloway University of London (2015), Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan.
• PhD Indigenous Scholarship (2013), Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan.

Thesis/Research Supervisions

• Razia Yasmin (2024), Ph.D.. Thesis: "Muslim Reform Movements in British India: A Case Study of Anjuman Himayat-e-Islam" (Completed)
• Nimra Nisar Cheema (2022), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Punjab Under The British Rule: Socio-economic Transformation and Political Control in the Gujrat District (1849-1947)" (Completed)
• Wazir Ali (2022), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "’Shiromani Akali Dal and Sikh Politics in Punjab (1920-1947)" (Completed)
• Abdul Salam (2021), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Colonial Legacy and Baloch Nationalism: A Critical Analysis" (Completed)
• Umer Ameen (2019), MS/MPhil. Thesis: "Remotely Colonial: Socio-Political Transformation in Northern Baluchistan during Nineteenth Century" (Completed)