Arooba Younas

Research Assistant

Arooba Younas, Research Assistant at CASS Lahore, specialises in qualitative, interdisciplinary studies. She holds an MPhil in Political Science from Forman Christian College (a Chartered University). Her areas of interest include non-traditional security and foreign policy.

Education

She holds an MPhil in Political Science from Forman Christian College (a Chartered University) (FCCU), where she was valedictorian and awarded a Gold Medal for academic distinction. Prior to that, she got her Bachelors of Social Science in Geography and Resource Management from the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), where she graduated with first class honours.

 

Professional Experience

Previously, she worked as a Research Assistant for Professor Dong Dong in the Department of Public Health, CUHK, where she contributed to the ongoing research projects targeting the South Asian ethnic minorities residing in Hong Kong.

She has also built upon her MPhil thesis by conducting primary research funded by FCCU’s Office of Research, Innovation, and Commercialization (ORIC).

 

Areas of Interest

Her primary areas of interest include non-traditional security encompassing climate change and mental health. Her broader research interests range from terrorism, foreign policy, and information and psychological warfare.

 

Academic Contributions 

Her research on Pakistan’s mental health policy has been presented at an international conference and has been published in an international and local journals. Prominent among them is a research paper published by Wiley titled, “A Comparative Analysis of the Indian Lunacy Act 1912 and Pakistan’s Mental Health Ordinance 2001” (Dec 6, 2024).

Recent Publications

Research Paper 

  • Deconstructing the Terrorist Narrative: A Social Media Analysis of  BLA – Arooba Younas, Research Paper, Centre for Aerospace and Security Studies Lahore, June 2025

Situational Paper 

  • Advancing Sustainable Development Goals in Pakistan: An Assessment of the One United Nations Programme – Situational Paper, Centre for Aerospace and Security Studies Lahore, May 2025

Opinion Articles 

  • How Patriotic Songs Became Pakistan’s Soft Power Arsenal In War And Peace, The Friday Times, July 14, 2025
  • Gwadar Becomes a Gateway to Central Asia: Bridges Across Regions, Paradigm Shift, June 25, 2025
  • India’s Siliguri Syndrome: How Bangladesh’s Pivot Is Exposing New Delhi’s Regional Insecurities, The Friday Times, June 8, 2025
  • Is Pakistan’s 109th Place In The World Happiness Report 2025 Justified?, The Friday Times, April 16, 2025 
  • Why USAID: Does it Matter for Pakistan, Minute Mirror, March 24, 2025

 

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