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Dr Saba Gul Khattak, is a member of the Planning Commission of Pakistan. She was the executive director at Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI) for many years. She received her Ph.D. in political science from the University of Hawaii in 1991. She worked as a research fellow at the East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii in 1992-93, and also taught international relations at the University of Peshawar and political science at the University of Hawaii. She is associated with several organizations, being a member of the Women’s Action Forum (WAF), governing bodies of several NGOs, editorial board of Theoretical Perspectives Curriculum Committees of two women’s studies centers. Dr. Khattak specializes in comparative politics and her research interests revolve around the political economy of development, feminist and political theory with special emphasis on state theory. She has provided regular input to the government on women’s issues and co-authored a chapter: “Effects on Women of National and International Armed or Other Kinds of Conflict” the Pakistan National Report for the Beijing Conference on Women. Dr. Khattak writes on gender issues, public policies, governance, militarization, refugee women and refugee politics. She contributes to journals and books and presents papers at conferences. Her papers include “The Effects of Nuclearization on Pakistani Women,” Development; “Gendered and Violent: Inscribing the Military on the Nation-State,” Engendering the Nation-State; “Linkage Between Internal and External Dynamics of South Asian Security,” Internal and External Dynamics of South Asian Security; “Security Discourses and the State in Pakistan,” Alternatives; “Militarization, Masculinity and Identity in Pakistan—Effects on Women,” Unveiling the Issues; “A Reinterpretation of the State and Statist Discourse in Pakistan,” Locating the Self, Perspectives on Women.