PESHAWAR: Riffat Deeba has completed her doctoral degree in political science from Qurtaba University, Peshawar, by successfully defending her thesis.

Her topic was ‘human rights, as a catalyst of social change, their dynamics, problems & prospects in Pakistan and the role of judiciary’.

Her thesis was evaluated by professors of foreign universities as well as by Dr Saifur Rehman, TI(M) director research and publication, National Defence University Islamabad, who termed it great contribution to the growing field of transitional justice, comparative law and literature concerning human rights, judicial independence and the rule of law. Ms Deeba has previously got gold medal in LLB and distinctions in LLM and MA political science.

She has also done courses on human rights from Germany and England.

Published in Dawn, September 24th, 2018