Assistant Professor
Dr Zahidullah
051-9575675 Ext: 5675
Zahid.ullah@aiou.edu.pk

Education

Ph.D Environmental Sciences 2009, University of Peshawar

MSc. Environmental Sciences 1990, University of Peshawar

Experience

12 years' Experience as a Lecturer and 13 years' Experience as an Assistant Professor in AIOU Islamabad

Years of Service      25 Years

Publications

  1. Zahid Ullah, Hizbullah Khan, Amir Waseem, QaisarMehmood and Umar Farooq (2013) “Water Quality Assessment of the River Kabul at Peshawar, Pakistan: Industrial and urban wastewater impacts”. ISSN 1063-455x, Journal of Water Chemistry and Technology 07/ 2013 volume 35 No. (4) pp 170-176 copy right allerton Press, Inc., 2013.DOI, 10.3103/S1063455x1304005x
  2. Adnan A.T., Adnan M., Qaisar M., Sheikh S.A. and Zahid Ullah (2015) (Published online: 10 Aug.2014) “Impact of Rapid Urbanization on Microclimate of Urban Areas of Pakistan”. Air Qual. Atmos Health Vol.8: (3) pp 299–306, DOI 10.1007/s11869-014-0288-1 Springer Science +Business Media Dordrecht 2014.
  3. Qaisar M.., Faiqa M., Zulfiqar A.B. Maria S., Muhammad B., Hajira Y., Robina F., and Zahid Ullah (2014). “Biological Treatment of the Dye Reactive Blue 19 by Cattails and Anaerobic Bacterial Consortia” Toxicological & Environmental Chemistry, Vol. 96, No. 4, pp 530-541. DOI.org/10.1080/02772248.2014.970556.
  4. Qaisar M., Jin Wang, Arshid Pervez, Syeda Shaima, Meryem, Muhammad, W. and Zahidullah (2015) “Health risk assessment and oxidative stress in workers exposed to welding fumes” Toxicological & Environmental Chemistry, Vol.97, No.5, pp 634-639. http://dx.Doi.org/10.1080/02772248.2015.1059639
  5. Muhammad Imran Ashraf, Muhammad Ateeb, Muhammad Hussain Khan, Naseer Ahmad, Qaisar Mahmood and Zahidullah. (2016) “Integrated Treatment of Pharmaceutical Effluents by Chemical Coagulation and Ozonation”. Journal of Separation and Purification Technology Vol.158 pp 383-386. ees.seppur.03630b2.34af8acb@eesmail.elsevier.co
  6. Muhammad Ishtiaq, Noor Jehan, Said Akbar Khan, Said Muhammad, Umar Saddique, Bushra Iftikhar and Zahidullah (2018) “Potential harmful elements in coal dust and human health risk assessment near the mining areas in Cherat, Pakistan.” Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Volume 25, Issue (15), pp 14666–14673.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-018-1655-5
  7. Ather Hassan, Syed Zafar Ilyas ,  Abdul Jalil and Zahid Ullah (2021) “Monetization of the environmental damage caused by fossil fuels” Environmental Science and Pollution Research  Vol. 28, Issue (17) pp 21204-21211. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-12205-w.
  8. Syed Zafar Ilyas, Ather Hassan, Syed Mujtaba Hussain,  Abdul Jalil, Yadullah Baqir, Simeon Agathopoulos and Zahid Ullah (2022).  COVID‑19 persuaded lockdown impact on local environmental restoration in Pakistan. Environmental Monitoring and  Assessment (2022) 194:272  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-022-09916-7 pp1-9 
  9.  Wirdah Saeed, Sapna Tajbar and Zahid Ullah (2025). Spatiotemporal covariability between air pollution  and meteorological variables over Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Environmental Monitoring and  Assessment (2025) 197:450.         https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-025-13869-y pp1-25
  10. Saima Fazal, Hao Xu, XinrongXu, Shaobin Huang, Yongqing Zhang, Arshad Ali, Waseem Hayat, Yingying You,  Xiaodong Du, and Zahid Ullah. (2019) “Simultaneous removal of carbon, sulphur, and nitrogen from biological synthetic wastewater: aerobic and anaerobic approach”. Arabian Journal of Geosciences 12:168 pp 1-8, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-019-4346-8
  11. Saima Fazal, Shaobin Huang, Yongqing Zhang, Zahid Ullah, Arshad Ali and Hao Xu. (2019) “Biological treatment of red bronze dye through anaerobic process”. Arabian Journal of Geosciences 12:415 pp 1-7, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-019-4572-0
  12. Sumaira Thind,  Iqbal Hussain,  Rizwan Rasheed, Muhammad Arslan Ashraf, Abida Perveen, Allah Ditta, Saddam Hussain, Nighat Khalil, Zahid Ullah and Qaisar Mahmood (2021) “Alleviation of cadmium stress by silicon nanoparticles during different phenological stages of Ujala wheat variety” Arabian Journal of Geosciences: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-021-07384-w  Vol.  14:1028 pp 1-15
  13. Waheed Anjum, Nadia Riaz, Muhammad Saqib, Malik Tahir Hayat, Zahid Ullah and Qaisar Mahmood, (2021) “Occupational health impacts of transport industry: Collagen degrader, blood lead, and respiratory illnesses.” Arabian Journal of Geosciences: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-021-07878-7 Vol. 14:1530 pp 1-8
  14. Abida Parveen, Iqbal Hussain, Shagufta Perveen, Muhammad Arslan Ashraf, Rizwan Rasheed, Saddam Hussain, Sajjad Hussain ,Sumaira Thind, Arshad Ali ,Zahid Ullah and Qaisar Mahmood (2022) “Fertigation of calcium nitrate [Ca(NO3)2] confers metal tolerance in two chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) cultivars.” Arabian Journal of Geosciences: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-022-09638-7 Vol. 15:1078 pp 1-10
  15. Qaiser Mehmood, Bibi Saima, Hajra Yaqoub, Zahidullah and SumairaAfsheen (2013) Review Article “Natural treatment systems as sustainable Eco technologies for the developing countries. Hindawai Publishing Corporation Bio-Med Research International volume 2013, article ID 796373, 19  pages http: dx, doi.org/101155/2013/796373
  16. Qaisar Mahmood, Shahida Shaheen, Muhammad Bilal ,Madiha Tariq, Bibi Saima Zeb, Zahid Ullah  and Arshad Ali. (2019) “Chemical pollutants from an industrial estate in Pakistan: a threat to environmental sustainability” Applied Water Science 9:47 pp 1-9, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13201-019-0920-1
  17. Jawad Ali, Muhammad Amjad Khan, Shahla Nazneen, Juma Muhammad, Muhammad Jamal Nasir, Muhammad Tahir Shah, Zahidullah and Sardar Khan (2018) “Assessment of heavy metals and physico-chemical characteristics of water and sediments, Kurram River (Pakistan)”. Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences Volume 51, No. 1, pp. 113-126.
  18. Rahib Hussain, Seema Anjum, Shehla Sattar, Liaqat Ali, Zahid Ullah, and Nisar Muhammad (2020) “Evaluation of the contaminated soil and its impacts on Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) Crops in Swabi, Pakistan”. Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences Volume 53, No. 1, pp 34-48.
  19. Iqbal Ahmad, Jawad Ahmed, Saima Batool, Muhammad Nadeem Zafar, Amna Hanif, Zahidullah, Muhammad Faizan Nazar, Anwar Ul-Hamid, Uzma Jabeen, Alaa Dahshan, Muhammad Idrees and Syeda Aalia Shehzadi (2021) “Design and fabrication of Fe2O3/FeP  heterostructure for oxygen evolution reaction electrocatalysis” Journal of Alloys and Compounds 894 (2021) 162409 journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/jalcom  http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2021.162409
  20. Nadeem Asghar, Khan Iqbal Ahmad, Naghmana Rashid, Muhammad Nadeem Zafar, Farooq Khurum Shehzad, Zahid Ullah, Anwar Ul-Hamid, Muhammad Faizan Nazar, Muhammad Junaid, Muhammad Faheem, Syed Salman Shafqat, Uzma Jabeen and Alaa Dahshan. (2021) “Enhanced electrochemical activity of Co3O4/Co9S8 heterostructure catalyst for water splitting”. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy Journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/he pp 1-11  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2021.11.124. 

Project, Research Interests

Assessment, monitoring, and evaluation of Environmental pollution, Characterization of water, wastewater and industrial effluent, Environmental protection and resource conservation, Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Sustainable Development, solid waste management and Natural Resource Management.

About

The Allama Iqbal Open University was established in May, 1974, with the main objectives of providing educational opportunities to masses and to those who cannot leave their homes and jobs. During all these past years, the University has more than fulfilled this promise.