Dr. Shakir Ahmad Shahid, Ph.D, PSP, is a Postdoct Fulbright Alumnus in Criminology and Forensic Science from John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York USA. Dr Shakir has served in various fields like Policing, Investigation, Intelligence and Counter-Terrorism on policy and operational levels as a Senior Police Officer and Director (counter terrorism).
Dr Shakir has also worked in fields of Education, Investment and Rural Development as a civil servant, and in the field of Agriculture as a farmer. Dr. Shakir holds the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry with research publications in fields of bio-materials, bio-energy, polymers and forensic spectroscopy. He also holds the degrees of Master in Psychology, M.Sc Chemistry, L.L.B, and B.Sc (Biology), along with qualifications in fields of crime management, police command, public administration, international law, history, forestry, and agriculture.
In addition to being PhD Research Scholar in Criminology he is a passionate researcher in theoretics of complex systems, energy evolution, entropy-negentropy, symmetries, information, cybernetics, socionics, emergence, resilience, sustainability, virtual and cognitive ecosystems, human behavior, history, dissociation, radicalization, national narrative, social re-engineering, policing, intelligence armed governance, national security, electro-magnetic spectrum, and forensic evidence management and its appraisal.
Originally Dr. Shakir belongs to District Jhang, Punjab, Pakistan. He took birth in house of Malik Ahmad Bukhsh, who was a primary school teacher in Govt. High School Haveli Lal, Tehsil and District Jhang, Punjab, Pakistan. Dr Shakir completed his initial years of schooling in Govt. High School Haveli Lal but in 10th grade shifted to Govt. High School As-habah Tehsil and District Jhang, Punjab, Pakistan. In high school Examination Dr Shakir not only stood first but also set new record of marks securing in his school. He completed his F.Sc with biology, Chemistry and Physics and B.Sc with Zoology, Botany, Chemistry from Govt. College, Jhang.
Dr Shakir is a true son of the soil with ingrained respected and veneration for the culture of Jhang especially and for the cultures of Doabas generally. (Doabah is a piece of land where two rivers meet. Tehsil Jhang is a typical Doaba being situated at the junction of River Chenab and Jehlum).