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Dr Imran Khan

Dr Imran Khan

Tenured Associate Professor

Area of Interest: International Economics

Email: [email protected]

HEC Approved PhD Supervisor

Academics / Degrees

PhD (Economics) from Hacettepe University, Ankara Turkey, June 2012

Dissertation: Current Account Dynamics and Economic Policies of Pakistan

Profile / Bio

Tenured Associate Professor (Feb. 2020-Till today) Department of Economics, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus-Abbottabad.

Assistant Professor (April 2013- Feb.2020) Department of Management Sciences, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus-Abbottabad.

Associations

Economic Survey of Pakistan, Ministry of Finance Economic Advisor’s Wing

Research Interests

International Finance, Corporate Governance & CSR

Awards

  1. Merit position holder (2004) Federal Public Service Commission (FPSC) of Pakistan examination for Planning/Research Officers for the recruitment of Planning Comission of Pakistan.
  2. Merit Scholarship for Ph. D studies (2007) at Hecettepe University Ankara/Turkey by the Ministry of Education Pakistan.
  3. HEC Approved Supervisor
  4. Departmental Best Researcher (2020), CUI Abbottabad Campus
  5. Economic Survey of Pakistan 2020-21, Contributor/Reviewer 

Research Projects

 

  • “Blue Economy of Pakistan: An Exploratory & Policy Study” (2025) submitted to the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC) under NRPU Research Grant as Principle Investigator (PI) amounting to Rs. 3 million.
  • “China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC): Sectoral Impact of Early Harvest Projects on the Economy of Pakistan” submitted to the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC) under HEC Thematic Research Grant as Principle Investigator (PI) amounting to Rs. 6.88 million.
  • “Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Framework” development for KPK province of Pakistan. Proposal submitted as Economic member under UNDP-REP-2018-080 project.
  • “Economic cost of air pollution in Gilgit Baltistan; Possible Role of Women for its mitigation” submitted to the ICI Mod as Co-Principle Investigator (Co-PI) amounting to Rs. 4.0 million.
  • “Modelling the comparative impacts of internal and external determinants of economic growth in Pakistan” completed under HEC Start-up Grant as Co-Principle Investigator (PI) amounting to Rs. 0.38 million.

Students Supervised

MS Theses: 50 [47 students have completed and awarded degrees, & 03 are in progress]

MBA Theses: 02 [02 students have completed and awarded degrees]

PhD Theses: 01 [in progress]

Journal Publications

1. Muhammad Farooq,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=297" title="Dr. Imran Khan">Imran khan</a>,Mariam Kainat,Mariam Kainat Corporate social responsibility and firm value: the role of enterprise risk management and corporate governance, Corporate Governance: The International Journal of Business in Society, 2025
2. Muhammad Farooq,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=297" title="Dr. Imran Khan">Imran khan</a>,Asrar Ahmed Impact of dividend policy on corporate social responsibility: the role of board governance mechanism, Journal of Global Responsibility, 2025
3. Muhammad Farooq,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=297" title="Dr. Imran Khan">Imran khan</a>,QA Gabri Corporate Governance: The International Journal of Business in Society, Does corporate social responsibility mediate the relationship between board diversity and financial distress: evidence from an emerging economy? , 2024
4. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=716" title="Dr. Asim Yaqub">Asim Yaqub</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=297" title="Dr. Imran Khan">Imran khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=737" title="Dr. Iftikhar Zeb">Iftikhar Zeb</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=644" title="Dr. Huma Ajab">H. Ajab</a> Effect of Climate Change and Human Activities on Surface andGround Water Quality in Major Cities of Pakistan, WATER, 2023
5. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=590" title="Dr. Asim Afridi">Asim Afridi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=297" title="Dr. Imran Khan">Imran khan</a>,Muddassar Khan The Relationship between Intellectual Capital and Banks’ Productivity in Pakistan, Abasyn Journal of Social Sciences, 2021
6. Irum Firdous,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=716" title="Dr. Asim Yaqub">Asim Yaqub</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=644" title="Dr. Huma Ajab">H. Ajab</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=297" title="Dr. Imran Khan">Imran khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=717" title="Dr. Ayesha Baig">A. Baig</a>,BAZ Amin Electrochemical oxidation of amoxicillin, ciprofloxacin and erythromycin in water: Effect of experimental factors on COD removal, Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2021
7. Muhammad Sabir,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=297" title="Dr. Imran Khan">Imran khan</a> Plants Species Selection for Afforestation: A Case Study of the Billion Tree Tsunami Project of Pakistan, Plants Species Selection for Afforestation: A Case Study of the Billion Tree Tsunami Project of Pakistan, 2020
8. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=297" title="Dr. Imran Khan">Imran khan</a>,Zuhaba Nawaz,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=519" title="Bilal Bin Saeed">Saeed, B. B.</a> Does trade openness and FDI reduce inequality? Evidence from South Asia, International journal of finance and economics, 2020
9. Najam us Saqib,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=716" title="Dr. Asim Yaqub">Asim Yaqub</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=113" title="Dr. Faridullah">Faridullah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=297" title="Dr. Imran Khan">Imran khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=737" title="Dr. Iftikhar Zeb">Iftikhar Zeb</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=644" title="Dr. Huma Ajab">H. Ajab</a> The Impact of tourism on local communities and their environment in Gilgit Baltistan,Pakistan: a Local community perspectives, Environmental & Socio-economic Studies, 2019
10. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=297" title="Dr. Imran Khan">Imran khan</a>,Ismail Khan,Ismail Senturk Board diversity and quality of CSR disclosure: Evidence from Pakistan, Corporate Governance: The International Journal of Business in Society, 2019
11. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=297" title="Dr. Imran Khan">Imran khan</a>,Neelofar Khan,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=716" title="Dr. Asim Yaqub">Asim Yaqub</a>,Muhammad Sabir An empirical investigation of the determinants of CO2 emissions: evidence from Pakistan, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2019
12. Ismail Khan,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=297" title="Dr. Imran Khan">Imran khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=519" title="Bilal Bin Saeed">Saeed, B. B.</a> Does board diversity affect quality of corporate social responsibility disclosure? Evidence from Pakistan, Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 2019
13. Syeda Natasha Zahid,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=297" title="Dr. Imran Khan">Imran khan</a> Islamic Corporate Governance: The Significance and Functioning of Shari’ah Supervisory Board in Islamic Banking, Turkish Journal of Islamic Economics, 2019
14. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=297" title="Dr. Imran Khan">Imran khan</a>,Syeda Natasha Zahid,Tahir Akhter Shari’ah Governance and Islamic Banks Performance: Evidence from South Asia, South Asian Journal of Management Sciences, 2018
15. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=519" title="Bilal Bin Saeed">Saeed, B. B.</a>,Bilal Afsar,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=572" title="Dr. Shakir Hafeez">Hafeez, S.</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=297" title="Dr. Imran Khan">Imran khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=591" title="Dr. Muhammad Tahir">M.Tahir</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=590" title="Dr. Asim Afridi">Asim Afridi</a> Promoting employee’s pro-environmental behavior through Green Human Resource Management practices, Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 2018
16. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=297" title="Dr. Imran Khan">Imran khan</a>,Hafza Arif,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=591" title="Dr. Muhammad Tahir">M.Tahir</a> The use and determinants of derivatives: Empirical evidence from banking sector of Pakistan, Journal of Management Science, 2018
17. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=297" title="Dr. Imran Khan">Imran khan</a>,Maroof Khan Corporate Governance in Islamic Banking: The Role of the Board of Directors, COMSATS Journal of Islamic Finance, 2017
18. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=297" title="Dr. Imran Khan">Imran khan</a>,Mahreen Khan,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=591" title="Dr. Muhammad Tahir">M.Tahir</a> Performance comparison of Islamic and conventional banks: empirical evidence from Pakistan, International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management, 2017
19. Ehtazaz Javaid Lone,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=273" title="Dr. Amjad ALi ">A.ALi</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=297" title="Dr. Imran Khan">Imran khan</a> Corporate governance and corporate social responsibility disclosure: Evidence from Pakistan, The international journal of business in society, 2016
20. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=595" title="Fayyaz Sheikh">f.sheikh</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=269" title="Dr. Syed Amjad Farid Hasnu">SAF.Hasnu</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=297" title="Dr. Imran Khan">Imran khan</a> Link between HR practices and organizational performance in small firms: A case for manufacturing sector of Pakistan., Management Science Letters , 2016
21. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=297" title="Dr. Imran Khan">Imran khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=591" title="Dr. Muhammad Tahir">M.Tahir</a>,Umer Nazish Determinants of Commercial Banks Performance:Evidence from Emerging Economics, Accounting, 2015
22. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=591" title="Dr. Muhammad Tahir">M.Tahir</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=297" title="Dr. Imran Khan">Imran khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=367" title="Dr. Syed Afzal Moshadi Shah">S.A.M.Shah</a> Foreign Remittances, Foreign Direct Investment, Foreign Imports and Economic Growth in Pakistan: A Time Series Analysis, Arab Economic and Business Journal , 2015
23. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=591" title="Dr. Muhammad Tahir">M.Tahir</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=297" title="Dr. Imran Khan">Imran khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=590" title="Dr. Asim Afridi">Asim Afridi</a>,Ruiz Estrada, M., The role of trade openness for industrial sector development: panel data evidence from SAARC region. , Journal of Asia Business Studies , 2015
24. Tazeem Ali Shah,Raja Ahmed Jamil ,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=297" title="Dr. Imran Khan">Imran khan</a>,Saira Ishfaq The Role of Microfinance in Poverty Reduction: Evidence from South Asia., International Journal of management, Accounting and Economics, 2015
25. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=591" title="Dr. Muhammad Tahir">M.Tahir</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=297" title="Dr. Imran Khan">Imran khan</a> Trade openness and economic growth in the Asian region, Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies, , 2015
26. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=367" title="Dr. Syed Afzal Moshadi Shah">S.A.M.Shah</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=297" title="Dr. Imran Khan">Imran khan</a>,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=72" title="Dr. Shehla Amjad">S.Amjad</a> The Role of Social Media in Developing an Effective Knowledge Management Process in Professional Service Firms (PSF), Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences(MJSS), Italy. Vol 4 No 14 Pp. 775-785 Doi:10.5901/mjss.2013.v4n14p775, 2013

Conference Publications

1. Syeda Nitasha Zahid,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=297" title="Dr. Imran Khan">Imran khan</a> Which Corporate Governance mechanism truly motivates transparent and comprehensive sustainability Reporting? Review of Existing Literature , , 2025
2. <a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=297" title="Dr. Imran Khan">Imran khan</a>,Faizan Zeb Impact of Shari’ah Governance on Islamic banks performance: Evidence from Pakistan, , 2019
3. Ismail Khan,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=297" title="Dr. Imran Khan">Imran khan</a> The Impact of Board Diversity on Quality CSR disclosure: Evidence from Pakistan, , 2018
4. Khalil, I,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=297" title="Dr. Imran Khan">Imran khan</a> An Aggregated and Disaggregated Analysis of Relationship between Energy Consumption and Economic Growth of Pakistan, , 2018
5. Maroof Khan,<a href="MemberDetails.aspx?memberID=297" title="Dr. Imran Khan">Imran khan</a> Corporate governance in Islamic banking: The role of the board of directors. , , 2017
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