Hina Fazal

Hina Fazal is a International Visiting Graduate Student (IVGS) at the Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies, University of Toronto. Her research focuses on policing and police violence. She has published in leading peer-reviewed journals, including the Asian Journal of Criminology and the International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, and has presented her work at international conferences in the United States, U.K., Turkey, and Europe. With over eleven years of teaching experience as a Lecturer at Bahauddin Zakariya University, Pakistan, Hina has supervised numerous research projects at both the undergraduate and master’s levels. Her academic contributions reflect a strong commitment to advancing critical discussions on policing and justice in global contexts.

Selected Publications

• Abbas, N., Fazal, H., Asif, M., & Jauregui, B. (2025). Examining dull compulsion and obligation to obey as mediators between police legitimacy and compliance with traffic laws in Lahore. Under review.
• Asif, M., Fayaz. M., Light, M., & Fazal, H. (2025). Blood revenge as an instrumental action to restore and uphold personal and cultural honor in Pakistan. Under review.
• Asif, M., Fazal. H., Sarfraz, M., & Hassan, A. (2024). Investigating the Moderators in the Relationship between Righteous Anger and Support for Lynching. Asian Journal of Criminology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11417-024-09444-y
• Asif, M., Fazal. H., & Akbar, M. S. (2024). Legitimacy of the courts: Evidence from a survey in Punjab, Pakistan. International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice. https://doi.org/10.1080/01924036.2024.2310174
• Akram, K., Akram, F., Sidiki., S.N.,& Fazal, H. (2022). Knowledge Acquisition and Product Development Capability Magnify Competitive Advantage: Insight into Higher Education Intuitions of Pakistan. Journal Pengurusan (UKM Journal of Management) ISSN: 01272713.
• Hassan, A., A., U., Iqbal, H., Fazal, H., Kit, W., L. (2021). Mishaal Khan Case: Comparative Analysis of Newspapers Editorials. Journal of Media and Communication, 5(3): 71-81.
• Amin, R., Sadaf, A., Shafique, N., Iqbal, K., Fazal, H., & Parveen, S. (2020). DOES Curiosity-Exploration Enhance Motivation to Achieve? Enlightened Influence Through Mindfulness Among Undergraduate Students. Ponte, 76(9): 37-58.
• Hassan, A, A, U. Fazal, H., Khalid, T. (2020). Political Hate Speech in Political Procession: A comparative analysis of PMLN, PPP and PTI Processions for Election 2018). Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences (PJSS), 40(2).
• Fazal, H., & Tariq, S. (2016). Socio-economic Implications and Participation of Women in Pakistani Politics. Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences (PJSS), 36(2).

Presentations

• Paper presented entitled as “Blood revenge as an instrumental action to restore and uphold personal and cultural honor in Pakistan” at the American Sociological Association, Chicago, USA. (August 8-12 , 2025).
• Paper presented entitled as “Justification and Legitimacy of Police Violence: A Cultural Explanation” at the ISA World Congress of Sociology, Melbourne, Australia. (June 25-July 1st , 2023).
• Paper presented entitled as “Moral Education in the Development of New Democratic Culture! A Revolutionary Challenge” in the 44th Association of Moral Education (AME) Annual Conference, held in Barcelona, Spain (8-10 November 2018).
• Paper presented entitled as “Sexploitation of Women, Religious Extremism and Globalization, The Trinity Formula of Neo-Colonialism! A Marxist Analysis" in XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology research committee session “Karl Marx” 200 Years Later that was held in Toronto, Canada (15-21 July 2018).
• Paper presented entitled as “Impact of Neo-liberal Globalization on Contemporary Societies and Its Discontents! A Post Marxist Cross Cultural Study” in XIXI ISA World Congress of Sociology research committee session “Globalization, New media and the Culture of Real Virtuality: Emerging Patterns" that was held in Toronto, Canada (15-21 July 2018).
• Presentation of a collaborative dialogue related to media presentation on “Women’s Liberation and Moral Ethics in Post-Talibanized Pakistan” in 43rd Association of Moral Education(AME) Annual Conference, held at The Chase Park Plaza-Royal Sonesta Hotel, St. Louis Missouri, USA (2-4 November 2017).
• Paper presented entitled “The Impact of Domestic Violence on Pakistani Women’s Mental Health” in British Sociological Association (BSA) Medical Sociology Conference, held at the University of York, UK (13-15 September 2017).
• Participated in the 42nd Annual Conference of ‘The Association for Moral Education” held at Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (7-11 December 2016).
• Paper presented entitled as “Psychological Empowerment at Workplace: An Approach to Enhance Individual Creativity and Firm Innovativeness among Employees” in the 1th National Conference on Emerging Trends and Challenges in Social Sciences, organized by the Department of Sociology Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan Pakistan (15-16 November 2016).
• Paper presented entitled as “Domestic Violence Against Women” in 2nd International Conference on Advances in Education and Social Sciences, held in Istanbul, Turkey (10-12 October 2016).