Dr.

Aftab Tabasam (PhD Finance)

Personal Details
Nationality: Pakistan
Mobile Number: 03215060000
Postal Address: Faculty of Management, Humanities & Social Sciences Suply Campus
University of Poonch Rawalakot
Email(s): aftabtabbasam@upr.edu.pk, sardaraftabfur@gmail.com

Professional Summary
 Faculty Member at the Department of Business Administration & Commerce
 Work as Head of Department Business Administration
 Worked as a Lecturer Department of Business Administration, University of Azad Jammu &
Kashmir Muzaffarabad
 Worked as a Lecturer Department of Business Administration, Mohi-Ud-Din Islamic
University Islamabad Campus
 15 years of universities’ teaching experience
 Worked as Assistant Director Finance Planning & Development for 8 years in University of
Azad Jammu & Kashmir Muzaffarabad
 5+ years of Industry experience
 Other Professional Skills:
 Have good hands MS Excel, STATA 17 & EViews 12 for quantitative data analysis.
 Head of Students Counselling committee
 Coordinator of National Business Education and Accreditation Council (NBEAC)

Languages and Communication Skills

1. English: fluent in reading, listening, writing, and speaking
2. Urdu: excellent in reading, listening, writing, and speaking
3. Persian: fair in reading, writing, and listening

Education
Ph. D (Finance), June 2022
Foundation University Islamabad, Rawalpindi Campus
 Dissertation: Corporate Governance & Firm Performance: Exploring the Mediating Role of
Financial Slack and Moderating Role of Earnings Quality Attributes
MS Finance (2010)
Capital University of Science & Technology Islamabad, Pakistan

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  Dissertation: Nexus between Political instability and Economic Growth: Evidence from
Pakistan
MSc Economics (2000)
Arid Agriculture University Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Graduation (B. Com) (1996)
Bachelors of Commerce University of the Punjab Lahore, Pakistan
Intermediate Pre-Engineering (1993)
Mirpur Board Azad Kashmir
Matric (1988)
Rawalpindi Board

Experience
Teaching
Full-Time Faculty Member- Since March 2012, Till Date (Lecturer)
Serving as a Lecturer at the Department of Business Administration & Commerce, University of
Poonch Rawalakot, Azad Kashmir
Full-Time Faculty Member- Since January, 2010 to 20, March 2012
Serving as a Lecturer at the Department of Business Administration & Commerce, University of
Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Muzaffarabad
Full-Time Faculty Member- Since January, 2000 to May, 2005
Serving as a Lecturer at the Department of Business Administration, Mohi-ud-Din Islamic
University Islamabad Campus
Industry

Part Time- January, 2008-to March, 2009 ( Chief Accountant)

Working as a Chief Accountant (Finance Manager) in S & H Engineering Co. Dubai, working on
Receivables Management & Company Accounts using Quick Book & MS Excel 2003.

Full Time- May 2005 - 2008 (Assistant Director Finance & Planning)

Worked as a ADF & ADP in the university of Azad Jammu & Kashmir to manage all financial
issues, procurement, devising of PC-I, PC-II Annual Plan of operations (APOs) & Budget.

Research Interests / Background

1. Bank-Firm Relationship
2. Corporate Governance
3. Natural disasters and economic growth
4. Event Studies
5. China Pakistan Economic Corridor
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6. Corporate Sector Performance & Economic Prosperity
7. International Trade & Business Finance
8. Energy Finance & Economics

List of Publications
1. Ashiq, A., Guoxing, Z., Tabassam, A. H., & Waheed, A. (2022). Firm Characteristics and Earning

Management: Moderating Role of Ownership Structure. Journal of Contemporary Issues in Business

and Government Vol, 28(03). (HEC Y-Category)

2. Earning Management and Cost of Capital: Empirical Evidence of selected non-financial

firms in Pakistan. Turkish Online Journal of Qualitative Inquiry (TOJQI). Volume 13, Issue 1,

January2022: 981-995. (HEC Y-Category)

3. Corporate Governance and Firm Performance: Exploring the Mediating Role of Financial Slack. Vol

7 No 2 (2021): Journal of Accounting and Finance in Emerging Economies 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.26710/jafee.v7i2.1793. (HEC Y-Category)

4. BUTT, M. N., MALIK, Q. A., WAHEED, A., & TABASSUM, A. H. (2021). Tax Planning, Financial

Constraints and Investment Management: Empirical Evidence from Pakistan. The Journal of Asian Finance,

Economics and Business, 8(12), 129-139. (HEC X-Category)

5. A Downside Risk Analysis of Inflation Hedging Capabilities of Individual Assets and

Optimal Asset Allocation. IBA Sukkur Journal of Management and Business. Volume 8 |

No. 1 | January– June 2021. (HEC Y-Category)

6. Analyzing the Financial Performance of Pakistani Banks. Journal of Research Society of

Pakistan, JRSP, Vol. 58, No 1(Jan-March 2021). (HEC X-Category)

7. One Belt One Road China Pak-Economic Corridor a Great Game Changer Initiative of the

Current Century. Journal of Business and Economic, Volume 10-2018 58-71. (HEC Y-

Category)

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8. Nexus between Political Instability and Economic Growth in Pakistan. Procedia - Social and

Behavioral Sciences,Volume 230, 12 September 2016, Pages 325-334

doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2016.09.041

Publications in Pipeline
9. Corporate Governance and Firm Performance: Exploring the Moderating Role of Earnings
Quality Attributes. (Webology – HEC X-Category). Mediating-Moderating role of Financial
Development and Financial Stability in the interaction between Political Instability and
Economic Growth. Evidence from Pakistan (Managerial and Decision Economics-Willey
Online, IF 0.97).
10. Earnings Quality and Firm performance: Exploring the Moderating Role of Managerial
Ability. Evidence from Pakistan (Webology HEC X-Category).
11. Corporate Governance and Firm Performance: Exploring the Mediating Role of financial
Slack and Moderating Role of Earnings Quality Attributes. Journal of Theoretical and
Applied Electronics Commerce Research (HEC- W Category IF 3.049) First author
12. Earnings Quality and Firm performance: Exploring the Moderating Role of Managerial
Ability. A panel Study of South Asian Countries (Frontiers in Psychology HEC-W
Category IF 2.899).
13. Political Instability and Economic Growth: The Intervening Role of Financial Risk (Journal
of Accounting and Finance in Emerging (Webology HEC X-Category)

Selected Conference Proceedings/Presentations

1. Nexus between Political Instability and Economic Growth in Pakistan. Procedia - Social and
Behavioral Sciences,Volume 230, 12 September 2016, Pages 325-334
doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2016.09.041. presented in the “3rd International Conference on
New Challenges in Management, Organization and Leadership (NCM)” which is held in
Dubai, UAE on 2nd & 3rd May 2016.

References
1. Professor Dr. Qaiser Ali Malik
HoD, Foundation University Islamabad, Rawalpindi Campus.
Mobile: 03009506703
Email: qaisermalik@fui.edu.pk, qamalik@gmail.com
2. Dr. Shahbaz Khan
Assistant Professor, Foundation University Islamabad Rawalpindi Campus
Mobile: 03347931215
Email: shahbaz.khan@fui.edu.pk
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3. Dr. Arshad Ali Bhatti
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, International Islamic University Islamabad.
Mobile: 0334 0234000
Email: arshad_bhatti@iiu.edu.pk, arshad_bhatti@yahoo.com