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Dr Adnan Tariq

Dr Adnan Tariq

Assistant Professor
Department: Archive Studies
Email: dr.adnantariq@gcu.edu.pk
Research Interests: Archival Research, Archive Studies, Partition of India, Historiography, USSR
Biography

My name is Dr. Adnan Tariq. I was born in 1982 in Lahore. I completed my Bachelor of Arts from Forman Christian College and went on to earn my MA and MPhil from Government College University, Lahore. I later completed my PhD at the University of the Punjab. I also received a postgraduate fellowship at Royal Holloway, University of London, which further strengthened my academic training and research experience.

Education
2017  PhD in History, University Of The Punjab Lahore Pakistan

Teaching Areas

Archive Studies, Partition Violence, Archival Methodologies
Experience
From To Designation Firm/Institution
Aug 2009 Continue Lecturer/Assistant Professor Higher Education Department

Journal Papers

Adnan Tariq (2022). "City in Transit: Cross-Migration in Lahore during Partition of India." Pakistan Historical Society, Vol. IXX. (II), .
Adnan Tariq (2021). "10. Violence, Lahore, and Partition of India: Refocusing on the Great Fire of Shah Almi Bazar and the real exodus." JRSP,, 58 (2), .
Adnan Tariq (2021). "2. Violence, Partition, and Locality of Lahore: A Critical Reappraisal." Pakistan Vision,, 19 (2), .
Adnan Tariq (2021). "Nexus and the city: Battle for Lahore during Partition of India." JRSP, 58 (4), .
Adnan Tariq (2018). "The assassination of Lala Lekh Ram (1897)." The Historian, 16 (2), .
Adnan Tariq (2017). "3. From communitarianism to communalism, communal identity in late nineteenth century Lahore." Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, 54 (1), .
chawla, I., Riffat,F., Tariq, A., (2016). "5. A History of Sindh from a Regional Perspective: Sindh and Making of Pakistan." Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, 52 (2), .
Adnan Tariq (2015). "Presentation of the freedom movement in Pakistani Historiography." Faran Journal of Social Sciences, 1 (3), .

Books (Complete)

Adnan Tariq (2024). Lahore@Partition. , 1 ed. "Vanguard". 9789694026633.

Thesis/Research Supervisions

Muhammad Imran, (2025), BS. Thesis: "Role of Jamat-e-Islami in Politics of Pakistan (1947-1958)" (Completed)
FAHEEM LEHRI (2025), BS. Thesis: "POLITICS OF ARCHIVES IN BALUCHISTAN" (Completed)
HIKMAT ULLAH (2025), BS. Thesis: "AJMAL KHATTAK: A POLITICAL FIGURE IN PAKISTAN’S POLITICS FROM NAP TO ANP (1957-2010)" (Completed)
SALMAN GR (2024), BS. Thesis: "Silencing the Archives: A Case study of the Kallat Archives ." (Completed)
ZAHID HUSSAIN (2024), BS. Thesis: "HISTTORY AND CONTRIBUTION OF NAZIR AHMAD MUSIC SOCIETY TO THE MUSIC INDUSTRY OF PAKISTAN" (Completed)
Muhammad Hassan Nawaz (2024), BS. Thesis: "Print Culture and the Urbanization of Colonial Lahore: A Case Study of Paisa Akhbar (1887-1947)" (Completed)
Muhammad Ibrar Zafar (2024), BS. Thesis: "Movement for the Restoration of Democracy (MRD) in Pakistan (1981-1988" (Completed)
Syed Ahmad Ullah (2024), BS. Thesis: "The Role of Jamaat-e-Islami in the Soviet-Afghan War: A Histori-cal Descriptive Analysis (1979- 1989)" (Completed)