Our Team

Dr. Hafiz Muhammad Abubakar Siddique
Director, CEM
Dr. Hafiz M. Abubakar Siddique has been working as an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Faculty of Business & Commerce, GIFT University Gujranwala since 2019. He completed his Ph.D. in Economics from the Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science & Technology, Islamabad in 2021. He did his MPhil in Economics from Quaid-I-Azam University Islamabad in 2015, and he received his MSc in Economics from Quaid-I-Azam University Islamabad in 2013. His research interests include Development Economics, Health, Energy & Environment, Trade, Financial Development and Entrepreneurship. He has published more than 49 research papers in national and international journals as well. He has supervised the research dissertation of 10 M.Phil. Students. Currently, he is supervising 2 MPhil Students’ thesis. He teaches Entrepreneurial Mindset, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Mathematical Economics, Labor Economics, Public Economics, and Applied Econometrics.
Abdullah Mustafa 
Lecturer 
Abdullah Mustafa, a PhD candidate at the Technical University of Berlin, Germany is an entrepreneur educator, lawyer, and social entrepreneur passionate about empowering aspiring entrepreneurs. He has an extensive background in entrepreneurship, with an Executive MBA in Innovation, Technology, and Entrepreneurship. He holds a BBA(Hons) in Banking and Finance, an LLB in Banking and Taxation Law, and a Master’s degree in Political Science. He has experience in entrepreneurship education, incubation, and research at the Center for Entrepreneurial Development, IBA Karachi. He is passionate about making a positive impact on the Pakistani Youth.