Syed Kaleem Imam got his PhD doctorate degree.

Islamabad Syed Kaleem Imam, former inspector general of Islamabad Police and presently serving in the Intelligence Bureau has been conferred with doctoral degree on his thesis: “Problems of Governance in Pakistan: a case study of Police Administration 2001 – 2008.”

Imam defended his PhD thesis in the International Islamic University before a panel headed by Dr. Nazrul Islam, Chairman Politics and International Relations, IIU (supervisor), Dr. Husnul Amin, Assistant Professor, Department of P&IR, Faculty of Social Sciences, IIU (internal examiner), Dr. Adnan Sarwar Khan, Chairman Department of Political Sciences, University of Peshawar, Peshawar (external examiner), and Dr. Noman Omar Sattar, HOD, Nuclear Politics, National Defence University, Islamabad (external examiner).

Earlier, two international examiners namely Professor Dr. M. Shamsur Rahman, Rajshahi University, Bangladesh, and Professor Dr. Ishtiaq Ahmad Choudhry, Centre for South Asian Studies, University of Berkeley, California, USA, have scrutinised the thesis and had strongly recommended for its approval. Imam took admission as a PhD scholar in IIU in 2006 and successfully completed all credit courses and annual examinations with distinction despite being heavily committed in his professional work.

 He has collected primary data from 32 districts and 278 police stations. The study is expected to provide scholars, police department, state stakeholders and other concerned, a basis to ponder and further explore a theme to synthesise for a future vision; and also formulate policies which are likely to be beneficial for a properly governed police administration in Pakistan.

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