Ph.D. from the Free University Berlin, Germany, and completed a Fulbright post-doctorate at the University of Wisconsin, USA. Presidential Civil Award-Winning professional archaeologist from Pakistan.
Associate Professor of Archaeology and Cultures of Gandhara and the Silk Roads, and of History and Material Culture of Buddhism (South Asia/Southeast Asia) at Ca' Foscari University, Venice.
PhD on ‘Gandhara Art’, Ca' Foscari University, Venice, Italy Director of Taxila Institute of Asian Civilizations (TIAC), Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad Director of Regional Integration Centre (RIC), Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad