Afsheen Fatima

Afsheen Fatima is a Senior Lecturer at Iqra University, where she has been teaching since 2022. She teaches Introduction to International Relations to undergraduate students and actively mentors them in various social initiatives. She regularly organizes guest lectures, workshops, and training sessions to help students develop essential skills for today’s dynamic world.
She holds a Master’s degree in South Asian Studies & International Relations from Turkiye, where she was awarded the prestigious Turkiye Burslari Scholarship. Her academic interests include leadership, media and politics, food security, identity politics, human rights, and sustainable development.
Afsheen is an alumna of several international programs, including the Asia-Pacific Training Workshop on Global Citizenship Education (APCEIU/UNESCO), the Atlas Corps Virtual Leadership Institute, and the Informed Voices Program on Media Literacy by the International Youth Alliance for Peace. She also served as a Selection Committee member for the Community Solutions Program (CSP) 2025 cohort. Currently, she is a Foreign Policy Fellow at the Impact and Policy Research Institute (IMPRI – India), working on a research project titled “Youth Perspectives on the Role of Women in Foreign Policy in Pakistan.”