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About Me
Dr. Mahnaz Muhammad Ali is an Associate Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics, Baghdad-ul-Jadeed Campus, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, where she has built a distinguished academic career spanning 18 years. She completed her M.Sc. in Economics from Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, before beginning her teaching career in 2008 as a Lecturer at the University of Gujrat, where she served for over four years. In 2013, she joined The Islamia University of Bahawalpur as a regular Lecturer, and her strong academic record led to her selection as Assistant Professor in 2019 within the same department. She went on to complete her Ph.D. in Economics from IUB in 2021, deepening her expertise in International Economics and Sustainable Development. Over the years, she has taught a wide range of courses, including Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Mathematical Economics, Monetary Economics, Public Finance, and Research Methodology, shaping the analytical foundations of students. Her research portfolio is extensive, comprising over 40 publications in national and international journals on themes such as foreign direct investment, fiscal decentralization, gender equality, and sustainable development. A committed mentor, she has produced one PhD and currently supervising three Ph.D. candidates. Additionally, she has guided 14 M.Phil theses and many M.Sc./BS-level research projects to completion. Her leadership extends to institutional service as Head of the Curriculum Review Committee, Incharge of Admission and Examination Committees, incharge student affairs, incharge BS Economics and a member of the HEC's National Curriculum Review Committee , reflecting her enduring commitment to excellence in teaching, research, and societal impact.
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1. Ali, Mahnaz Muhammad and Kousar, Rehana and Akhtar, Rana Sharjeel and Rasheed, Shabana. 2025. “Foreign Direct Investment and Financial Openness: A Fresh Evidence from Developing Economies.” Roots Press 3. https://doi.org/10.55627/jhd.003.01.0918
2. Rehana Kousar1; Muhammad Sharyar2; Mahnaz Muhammad Ali3; Rana Sharjeel Akhtar4,. 2025. “Drivers of Carbon Emissions in South Asia: Analyzing Economic Growth.” JCMI 6. 10.5281/zenodo.15710144
3. Sheraz, Sahar and Ali, Mehnaz Muhammad and Sadiq, Rozina. 2024. “Trade Globalization and Human Welfare: An Analytical Study of Pakistan.” Federal Urdu University of Arts 3. https://doi.org/10.55603/jes.v3i1.a5
4. Shabana Rasheed, Mahnaz Muhammad Ali, Ishtiaq Ahmad. 2024. “An Economic Impact of Political Instability and Corruption on Economic Development: Evidence from Pakistan.” Pakistan Journal of Economic Studies 7. https://journals.iub.edu.pk/index.php/pjes/article/view/2336
5. Sahar Sheraz , Rozina Sadiq , Mahnaz Muhammad Ali. 2024. “Globalization and Female Participation in Labor Force: Evidence from Developing Nations.” Journal of Asian Development Studies 13. https://poverty.com.pk/index.php/Journal/article/view/347
6. Muhammad Ali, Mahnaz and Rehman, Nafeesa. 2024. “Demographic Transition and Human Capital in Developing Countries: An Empirical Analysis.” Roots Press 2. https://doi.org/10.55627/jhd.002.01.0755
7. Rozina Sadiq, Mahnaz Muhammad Ali, Haleema Ghafoor. 2024. “Green Growth Realities: Examining the Role of Green Innovation and Financial Development in G5 Economies .” Pakistan Journal of Social Issues 0. https://uog.edu.pk/downloads/journal/XV/2.pdf
8. Muzammil, Muhammad and Ali, Mahnaz Muhammad and Bagh, Tanveer and Khan, Muhammad Asif. 2024. “Exchange rate movements and trade balance in developing economies: Evidence of symmetry and country-specific asymmetries.” Informa UK Limited 34. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638199.2024.2389871
9. Ahmed, Sagheer and Roofi, Yasmin and Ali, Mahnaz Muhammad and Soharwardi, Mariam Abbas. 2023. “Domestic Violence and Women Health in Pakistan: During the Period of COVID-19.” Federal Urdu University of Arts 2. https://doi.org/10.55603/jes.v2i2.a1
10. Sadiq, Rozina and Sheraz, Sahar and Ali, Mahnaz Muhammad and Nazeer, Shabnam. 2023. “Exploring the Contribution of the Service Sector to Economic Growth and Job Creation: Empirical Evidence from South Asia.” South Punjab Center for Research and Development (SPCRD) 6. https://doi.org/10.47067/ramss.v6i2.314
11. Hina Ali and Hina Shafiq and Mahnaz Muhammad Ali and Nazia Iftikar and Sohail Naseer. 2023. “Exploring the Factors that affect Household Higher Food Intake Cost and Economic Instability in Pakistan.” Voyage Academic & Management Services (PVT.) 3. https://doi.org/10.58661/ijsse.v3i1.125
12. Muzammil Hussain, Fahad Malik , Mahnaz Muhammad Ali. 2023. “Asymmetric Volatility Spillover among Macroeconomic Variables and Pakistan Stock Exchange.” Annals of Social Sciences and Perspective 4. DOI: https://doi.org/10.52700/assap.v4i2.323
13. Muzammil Hussain; Fahad Malik; Mahnaz Muhammad Ali,. 2023. “Exploring the Role of Financial Development in Labor Market Volatility.” Scholastic Center for Education 7. 10.5281/zenodo.10360887
14. Mahnaz Muhammad Ali, Ayesha Umar, Ahmad Khan. 2022. “FACTORS DETERMINING THE PREFERENCE OF PARENTS REGARDING ADMISSION OF THEIR CHILDREN IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS: A CASE OF DISTRICT VEHARI .” Pakistan Journal of Social Research 4. https://pjsr.com.pk/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/33.-Vol.-4.-Issue-3.-September-2022-Ali-Umar-Khan-Factors-Determining-the-Preference-of-Parents-Regarding-Admission.pdf
15. Muhammad Ali, Mahnaz. 2022. “Role of Foreign Direct Investment in Employment Generation: Evidence from FDI Recipient Economies.” Pakistan Social Sciences Research Institute (PSSRI) 6. https://doi.org/10.47205/plhr.2022(6-III)08
16. Rasheed, Rukhsana and Nadeem, Mazhir and Mahnaz Muhammad Ali. 2022. “Spill-Over Effects of Cryptocurrencies Price Volatilities in Financial Markets: An Empirical Estimation during Global Health Crises.” Voyage Academic & Management Services (PVT.) 2. https://doi.org/10.58661/IJSSE.V2I2.34
17. {Sidra Naeem, Mahnaz Muhammad Ali, Ali Azam. 2022. “Mapping the Role of Fiscal Decentralization to Improve Female Human Capital: An Empirical Evidence from Pakistan.” Zenodo 3. 10.5281/zenodo.7071731
18. Hina Ali, Sumaira Mehboob, Mahnaz Muhammad Ali, Khizra Sardar. 2022. “Covid-19 and Macroeconomic Dynamics: An Integration of Pakistan's Economy.” Competitive Education Research Journal 3. https://cerjournal.com/index.php/cerjournal/article/view/78
19. Sidra Naeem ,Mahnaz Muhammad Ali. Ishtiaq Ahmad. 2022. “Does Fiscal Decentralization Improve Gender Parity in Employment? Evidence from Pakistan.” Pakistan Journal of Economic Studies 5. https://journals.iub.edu.pk/index.php/pjes/article/view/915
20. Ali, Mahnaz Muhammad and Muzammil, Muhammad and Umar, Ayesha. 2022. “The Exchange Rate Volatility and Exports Growth of the Selected Developed Economies.” Science Impact Publishers 4. 10.52223/jei4022206
21. Ali, Mahnaz Muhammad and Soharwardi, Mariam Abbas. 2022. “Economic Cost of Education and Behavior of Parents towards Child Labor.” Science Impact Publishers 4. 10.52223/jei4012202
22. Mariam Abbas Soharwardi, Mahnaz Muhammad Ali and Shahbaz Ahmad. 2021. “STRESS AND HEALTH: PSYCHOLOGICAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC FACTORS.” Journal of ISOSS 313 Journal of ISOSS 7. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/358103404_STRESS_AND_HEALTH_PSYCHOLOGICAL_SOCIAL_AND_ECONOMIC_FACTORS
23. Rahat, Sarmad and Soharwardi, Mariam Abbas and Ali, Mahnaz Muhammad. 2021. “THE ECONOMY AND PRODUCTIVITY OF ORGANIC MILK FARMS COMPARED TO CONVENTIONAL FARMS MANAGED IN THE U.S.” Health Education Research Foundation (HERF) 3. https://doi.org/10.52567/pjsr.v3i3.248
24. Ali, Muhammad Mansoor and Ali, Mahnaz Muhammad and Umer, Lubna Shahnaz. 2021. “Examining Effectuation Theory: Lessons for Entrepreneurial Activity in Developing Countries.” South Punjab Center for Research and Development (SPCRD) 4. 10.47067/ramss.v4i2.159
25. Naeem, Sidra and Muhammad Ali, Mahnaz. 2021. “Fiscal Decentralization and Gender Parity in Developing Asia.” National University of Modern Languages 16. https://doi.org/10.52015/nijbm.v16i1.54
26. and Ali, Mahnaz Muhammad and Bibi, Zulaikha and Sadiq, Rozina and. 2021. “THE IMPACT OF FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT ON CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCE: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM DEVELOPING ASIAN ECONOMIES.” Health Education Research Foundation (HERF) 3. https://doi.org/10.52567/pjsr.v3i4.282
27. Naeem, Sidra and Ali, Mahnaz Muhammad and Rehman, Hafeez ur. 2021. “Fiscal Decentralization and Gender Parity in Education: Empirical Evidence from Pakistan.” CSRC Publishing 7. https://doi.org/10.26710/jbsee.v7i4.2058
28. Naeem, Sidra and Ali, Mahnaz Muhammad and Rehman, Hafeez ur. 2021. “Fiscal Decentralization and Gender Parity in Education: Empirical Evidence from Pakistan.” CSRC Publishing 7. https://doi.org/10.26710/jbsee.v7i4.2058
29. Mahnaz Muhammad Ali , Rozina Sadiq. 2020. “Foreign Direct Investment and Current Account Balance: The Case of South Asian Economies.” Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences (PJSS) 40. file:///C:/Users/HP/Downloads/foreign-direct-inves_61be18cda9073.pdf
30. Ali, Mahnaz muhammad and Soharwardi, Mariam Abbas and Sadiq, Rozina. 2020. “Corruption and Foreign Direct Investment: Empirical investigation of Asian Developing Economies.” Newport Institute of Communications and Economics 13. https://doi.org/10.51239/nrjss.v13i4.225
31. Ali, Mahnaz muhammad and Soharwardi, Mariam Abbas and Sadiq, Rozina. 2020. “Corruption and Foreign Direct Investment: Empirical investigation of Asian Developing Economies.” Newport Institute of Communications and Economics 13. https://doi.org/10.51239/nrjss.v13i4.225
32. Mahnaz Muhammad Ali, Tusawar Iftikhar Ahmad, Rozina Sadiq. 2019. “Empirical Investigation of Foreign Direct Investment and Current Account Balance in East Asian Economies.” Pakistan Journal of Commerce and Social Sciences 13. https://jes.ac.pk/index.php/jes/article/view/220
33. ATIF ALI JAFFRI, NABILA ASGHAR, MAHNAZ M. ALI and ROOMA ASJED. 2012. “FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AND CURRENT ACCOUNT BALANCE OF PAKISTAN .” Pakistan Economic and Social Review 50. https://pu.edu.pk/images/journal/pesr/PDF-FILES/6%20JAFFRI%20Foreign%20Direct%20Investment%20and%20Current%20Account%20Bal_v50_no2_2012.pdf
The Islamia University of Bahawalpur was established in the year 1975 by upgrading historical institute of the Jamia Abbasia.
