Dr. Zeba Iftikhar is an accomplished academician, researcher, author, and Seerah scholar with over 24 years of teaching and academic experience. She holds a Ph.D. in Islamic History from the University of Karachi, with specialization in historiography, Islamic history, Pakistan Studies, and Islamic Studies.
She has served in various academic and administrative capacities at the University of Karachi. During her tenure, she taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses, supervised research scholars, contributed to academic administration, and helped organize scholarly conferences, seminars, and extension lectures. She has also contributed to curriculum development and authored Islamic Studies textbooks for Oxford University Press.
She has been associated with IoBM’s Center for Policy & Area Studies since 2024. Her academic interests include Islam’s intellectual and historical traditions, Seerah writing, and Pakistan’s ideological and historical development.
Dr. Iftikhar is the Founder and CEO of the Dr. Mohammad Hamidullah Research Center, established in 2018 to promote research on the life and scholarly contributions of Dr. Muhammad Hamidullah. She has authored and edited scholarly works and received multiple Seerah Awards from the Ministry of Religious Affairs, Government of Pakistan, in recognition of her contributions to Seerah scholarship. She has also contributed to academic publishing through editorial responsibilities with HEC-recognized research journals, including Ma’arif and Al-Ayyam.
At IoBM, she teaches undergraduate courses in Islamic Studies, Pakistan Studies, and Pakistan Ideology, promoting critical thinking and informed discussion of historical, religious, and socio-political issues.