Munawar Ali Mahar is serving as an Additional Directing Staff (MCMC). His professional experience includes serving as a Faculty Member in the Department of International Relations the National University of Modern Languages (NUML) from 2020 to 2024. Prior to this, he worked as a Research Officer at the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), GHQ Rawalpindi (2014-18). Currently, Mr. Mahar is pursuing a PhD in International Relations at NUML University,Islamabad.

His academic credentials include an MPhil in International Relations from the National Defence University (NDU), Islamabad (2015), where he received the HEC Indigenous Merit Scholarship, and an MSc in History from Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU), Islamabad (2008), where he earned a Departmental Merit Scholarship. In 2019, Mr. Mahar was accepted as a PhD Research Fellow at the University of Ottawa, Canada, at the School of International Development and Global Studies.

Mr. Mahar has contributed to both theoretical and policy-oriented research. His research interests encompass human security, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), public policy, non-traditional security, international relations, environmental security, and history. He has worked as a Research Associate on the National Research Program for Universities (NRPU), funded by the Higher Education Commission (HEC), focusing on Pakistan's foreign policy and economic agenda. To his credit, he has also three research papers in HEC-recognized academic journals. Additionally, Mr. Mahar has been an active media commentator, providing analysis on national and international affairs in English dailies. He has appeared on national television channels, offering insights on global and regional issues in Urdu, Sindhi, and English, bridging the gap between academic research and policy discourse.