Saba Gul Khattak

Dr. Saba Gul Khattak is a Pakistani academic, political scientist and a feminist who served as the Executive Director of Sustainable Development Policy Institute between June 06, 2002 to July 04, 2007. Prior to which she was a political science professor at the University of Peshawar and University of Hawaii. She was also the member of the social sector at the Planning Commission of Pakistan. 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 earned her Ph.D. in political science from University of Hawaii in 1991. She is the author of Women and Human Security in South Asia: The Cases of Bangladesh and Pakistan and Development challenges confronting Pakistan.