Sikandar Hayat, Professor of History and Public Policy, FC College University, Lahore

Dr Sikandar Hayat is Distinguished Professor of History and Public Policy and Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences at FC College University, Lahore. He joined the university in 2013. In 2014-17, he was Chair of History/Pakistan Studies Department. Earlier, in 2006-12, he worked as Directing Staff (Research) at National Management College (formerly Pakistan Administrative Staff College) and Dean, National Institute of Public Policy at the National School of Public Policy, Lahore. In 1973-2006, he was associated with the Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, first teaching at the Department of Pakistan Studies, till 1983, and then at the Department of History till his retirement in 2006, as Meritorious Professor of History and Chair of the department. In 1995-96, he was American Institute of Pakistan Studies Scholar-in-Residence and taught courses at the Western Michigan and Arkansas State (Jonesboro) universities in the USA.

The first edition of the book received the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan's 'Best Book Publication Award' in Social Sciences and Humanities (2011).