Faculty Profile

Dr. Adnan Maqbool
Assistant Professor (HEC approved PhD supervisor)
Ph.D Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu, China

  • He is currently working as an Assistant Professor in Khwaja Freed University of Engineering and Information Technology (KFUEIT) Rahim Yar Khan. He received Ph.D. in International Trade at Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE) from 2014-2018. He worked as a lecturer from 2012-2013 at the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan. He has two years of business experience and 2.5 years marketing job experience. His research interests include International Trade, Fiscal Decentralization, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) flows, Public Finance, Environmemtal Quality and teaching subjects are Applied Economics, Economic Principles, Contemporary World, Organizational Behavior, and Introduction to International Business, Microeconomics, and Macroeconomics.
  • He was born and raised in Rahim Yar Kan. He has a great passion for teaching, reading books and research articles, attending research conferences, and organizing seminars. He speaks five languages including Urdu, English, Chinese, Punjabi, and Saraiki.

  • Zhao, W., Hafeez, M., Maqbool, Adnan., Ullah, S., & Sohail, S. (2021). Analysis of income inequality and environmental pollution in BRICS using fresh asymmetric approach. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-14209-6. Impact Factor 3.04.
  • Hussain, S., K. Rehman., Maqbool Adnan, S. Rafique., A. Ali., (2021). The impact of E-Satisfaction, Personality Traits, Religiosity and Locus of Control on Investor’s Decision Making with mediating role of Financial Behavior and E-loyalty. ESCI International Journal of Modern Agriculture, Volume 10 No.2 Page; 2707-2723.
  • Zafar, M.Z.; Maqbool Adnan.; Cioca, L.-I.; Shah, S.G.M.; Masud, S. (2021) Accentuating the Interrelation between Consumer Intention and Healthy Packaged Food Selection during COVID-19: A Case Study of Pakistan. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 2846. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18062846. Impact Factor: 2.84
  • Majeed, M. T., Yu, Z., Maqbool, Adnan., Genie, M., Ullah, S., & Ahmad, W. (2021). The trade-off between economic growth and environmental quality: does economic freedom asymmetric matter for Pakistan? Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-13709-9 Impact Factor: 3.04
  • Muhammad W. A., Peng Y., Maqbool Adnan, Zeenat Z., Muhammad S., (2021) The nexus of sectoral-based CO2 emissions and fiscal policy instruments in the light of Belt and Road Initiative. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-13040-3. Impact Factor: 3.04
  • M. Sarfraz, Ilknur Ozturk, Syed G.M. Shah, Maqbool Adnan., (2020). Contemplating the Impact of the Moderators Agency Cost and Number of Supervisors on Corporate Sustainability Under the Aegis of a Cognitive CEO. Frontiers in Psychology, Volume 11, 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00965 Impact Factor: 2.149.
  • Nazim, M., Sharif. M. S., Zeb. N., Maqbool. Adnan., Zahar. M., & Bakhas. A. (2020). The power of green brand loyalty: Exploring the effect of green perceived value, green perceived risk and green trust on the green repurchase decision. Paradigms, 14(1), 234-238.
  • Muhammad N., Maqbool, Adnan., Habib, A., Zeb, N., Nadeem, A. H., Abdullah, M., & Anam, Z. (2020). Discernment of despotic leadership through the interpersonal deviance: mediation moderation model. Hamdard Islamicus, 43(1), 1002-1016.
  • Muhammad N., Zeb N., Maqbool, Adnan., Habib, A., Zeb, N., Nadeem, A. Ghazanfar S., M., & Anam, Z. (2019). Predicting organizational silence and employee turnover intentions Hamdard Islamicus, 42(1), 343-361.
  • Syed G.M. Shah., M. Sarfraz., Z. Fareed., M. A. Rehman., Maqbool Adnan., (2019). M. A.M. Qureshi., Whether CEO Succession Via Hierarchical Jumps Is Detrimental or Blessing in Disguise? Evidence from Chinese Firms. Zagreb International Review of Economics & Business.
  • Hameed, Z., Maqbool, Adnan., Athar, M. R., Ijaz, M. S., & Ehsan-ul-Hassan. (2013). How to Increase Employee Performance: Investigating the Impact of Incentive Motivators and Organization-Based Self-Esteem in a Pakistani Perspective. Middle-East Journal of Scientific Research, 14(5), 696-702.
  • Hameed, Z., Maqbool, A., Aslam, N., Hassan, E. u., & Anwar, M. (2013). An empirical study to investigate the impact of social networking sites on student’s academic performance and attitude in case of Pakistan. Asian Journal of Empirical Research, 3(6), 775-784.
  • M. S. Ijaz, A. I. Hunjra, and R. I. Azam, Maqbool, A. “Accessing the Financial Failure Using ZScore and Current Ratio: A Case of Sugar Sector Listed Companies of Karachi Stock Exchange”. World Applied Sciences Journal 23 (6): 863-870, 2013

  • International Trade, International Busniess, Public Finance, Enviromental pollution

  • Completed Start-up Research Grant Program (SRGP project, valued Rs. 428,032) entitled: The Impact of fiscal fragmentation on the emerging economic growth of Pakistan on April, 2020.
  • Got performance-based appreciation certificate from Worthy Vice Chancellor Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology July, 2020
  • Won Chinese Government Scholarship 2014-2018

  • Completed Start-up Research Grant Program (SRGP project, valued PKR. 428,032) entitled: The Impact of fiscal fragmentation on the emerging economic growth of Pakistan on April, 2020.
  • Applied National Research Program for Universities (NRPU) Project entitled: The asymmetric impact of technological innovation on environmental pollution in Pakistan: Evidence from Quantile Estimations of worth PKR: 4.3 Million under scrutiny May, 2021.
  • HEC approved PhD supervisor
  • Got performance-based appreciation certificate from Worthy Vice Chancellor Khwaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology July, 2020
  • Won Chinese Government Scholarship (CSC) 2014-2018.