{"id":3300,"date":"2023-08-18T08:31:23","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T03:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cemb.edu.pk\/wp\/?page_id=3300"},"modified":"2025-06-02T16:29:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T11:29:26","slug":"dr-muhammad-shafique","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cemb.edu.pk\/?page_id=3300","title":{"rendered":"Dr Muhammad Shafique"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Dr. Muhammad Shafique has completed M.Sc in Zoology from Bahauddin Zakariya (BZU) University\u00a0Multan, whereas M.Phil and PhD (Molecular Biology\/Forensic DNA typing) from Centre of Excellence\u00a0in Molecular Biology (CEMB), University of the Punjab Lahore. Dr. Shafique trained greatly as a\u00a0forensic DNA scientist on STR analysis from Strand Analytical laboratories, Indianapolis, Indiana USA\u00a0in 2006. He served as a forensic DNA scientist and deputy DNA technical manager (2004-2014) at\u00a0Forensic Services lab, CAMB (Centre for Applied Molecular Biology, Ministry of Science and\u00a0Technology) Lahore where he solved and reviewed proficiently thousands of criminal cases and\u00a0appeared in court testimonies as forensic DNA expert. He is performing services as a group\u00a0Incharge\/supervisor in forensic lab of the Centre (CEMB). From 2022-2023, Dr. Shafique worked as\u00a0an honorary post doctorate fellow and staff member at Centre for Forensic Science, University of\u00a0Technology Sydney, Australia.
Dr. Shafique published many research articles in highly peer-reviewed international journals on\u00a0forensic sciences. He has also filed patents for the development of STR multiplex PCR systems. Dr.\u00a0Shafique participated in the 17th International Symposium on Human Identification 2006 at\u00a0Tennessee USA, where he also attended a workshop on Forensic Statistics and \u201906 Technology Tour
sponsored by Promega corporation, Chicago, Illinois USA. He worked as member National Forensic\u00a0Science Commission Pakistan, member faculty board University of the Punjab Lahore and\u00a0contributed rare STR allelic data to worldwide searchable databases like NIST (National Institute of\u00a0Standards and Technology USA) STR database, STRidER database and Y-STR data to YHRD (Y-STR\u00a0Haplotype Reference Database). Moreover, he granted NRPU HEC project for the development of 21\u00a0STR loci database for each province of Pakistan.
Dr. Shafique awarded HEC indigenous PhD scholarship in his PhD at CEMB. For the first time he\u00a0developed a multiplex system for simultaneous detection of autosomal STRs and Y-STRs in the field\u00a0of forensic DNA typing. Because of this achievement, he won the \u2018Technology Award\u2019 at 5 th Invention\u00a0to Innovation Summit 2016 University the Punjab Lahore. He was invited as guest speaker in\u00a0National Forensic Science conference organized by National Forensic Science Agency Islamabad,\u00a0Pakistan. Dr. Shafique received performance evaluation awards many times from the University of\u00a0the Punjab, Lahore. To train the police officials, medicolegal doctors, judicial staff and students, Dr\u00a0Shafique organized\/co-organized up to 10 workshops regarding crime scene search and modern\u00a0forensic techniques for crime investigation. He also co-organized international symposia for\u00a0advances in molecular biology of plants and health sciences at the Centre.
In developing Forensic DNA Typing with respect to applied and research areas in the country, he is\u00a0fully confident to add value, by sharing his expertise.<\/p>

Research Interests:<\/b>
Forensic DNA typing, Population genetics, STR multiplex development, forensic DNA phenotyping, new emerging technologies for human identification. Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) of RM-\u00a0STRs.<\/p>

Selected Publications:<\/b><\/p>

  1. Shafique, M., Sajid, N., Aziz, Y., Afzal, M., Shahzad, M., Shehzadi, A., Bashir, S., Daud, S. and\u00a0Shahid, A.A. (2022). Genetic data of 22 autosomal STR loci in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and\u00a0Gilgit Baltistan population of Pakistan using PowerPlex\u00ae fusion system.\u00a0Legal Medicine, 59 p.102129.\u00a0(IF= 2.017)\u00a0<\/li>
  2. Javed, F., Shafique, M., McNevin, D., Javed, M. U., Shehzadi, A., &amp; Shahid, A. A. (2022). Empirical\u00a0Evidence on Enhanced Mutation Rates of 19 RM-YSTRs for Differentiating Paternal\u00a0Lineages.\u00a0Genes,\u00a013(6), 946. (IF= 4.141)\u00a0<\/li>
  3. Javed, F., Shafique, M., Rani, N., Rubab, A., Shahid, A.A. (2021). Allele frequency data of 15\u00a0autosomal STRs in Arain population of Pakistan. Int J Legal Med. (IF= 2.791)<\/li>
  4. Rubab, A., Shafique, M., Javed, F., Saleem, S., Zahra, F.T., McNevin., D. and Shahid, A.A. (2020).\u00a0Population genetic portrait of Pakistani LahoreChristians based on 32 STR loci. Nature-Scientific\u00a0Reports.10:18960. (IF= 4.379)<\/li>
  5. Zahra, F.T., Hussain, M., Khan, K. Aslam, M.A., Shafique, M., Rubab, A., Javeed, S. (2020).\u00a0Genetic polymorphism of Y-chromosomal STRs in Gujjar population of Punjab. Int J Legal Med.\u00a0134,\u00a01333\u20131334. (IF= 2.222)<\/li>
  6. Saleem, S., Shahid, A. A., Shafique, M., Rubab, A., Javed, F., &amp; Husnain, T. (2019). Phylogenetic\u00a0analysis and haplotype diversity in Christian residents of Lahore, Pakistan, using 17 Y-chromosomal\u00a0STR loci. International Journal of Legal Medicine, 134,\u00a0521\u2013522. (IF= 2. 222)\u00a0<\/li>
  7. Shahzad, M., Hussain,M., Shafique, M., Perveen, R., Sheikh, N. (2019). Population genetic data of\u00a030 insertion\u2013deletion markers in Punjabi population of Pakistan. International Journal of Legal\u00a0Medicine, 134,\u00a0511\u2013512. (IF= 2. 222)<\/li>
  8. Shafique, M., Shahzad, M. S., Rahman, Z., Shan, M. A., Perveen, R., Shahzad, M., Hussain, M.,\u00a0Shahid, A.A., &amp; Husnain, T. (2016). Development of new PCR multiplex system by the simultaneous\u00a0detection of 10 miniSTRs, SE33, Penta E, Penta D, and four Y-STRs. International Journal of Legal\u00a0Medicine, 130(6), 1409-1419. (IF=2.382)\u00a0<\/li>
  9. Shafique, M., Hussain, M., Shan, M. A., Shahzad, M., Hussain, S., Hussain, N., Ehsan, F.,\u00a0Perveen, R., Iqbal, M. (2015). Genetic Diversity of 15 autosomal STR loci in the population of\u00a0Southern Punjab Pakistan. Forensic Science International: Genetics, 19, e1-e2. (IF= 4.988)\u00a0<\/li>
  10. Perveen, R., Rahman, Z., Shahzad, M. S., Israr, M., Shafique, M., Shan, M. A., Zar, M.S., Iqbal,\u00a0M., &amp; Husnain, T. (2014). Y-STR haplotype diversity in Punjabi population of Pakistan. Forensic\u00a0Science International: Genetics, 9, e20-e21. (IF=4.604)<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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    FACULTY Dr. Muhammad Shafique Associate Professor Forensic Research Labe-mail: shafique@cemb.edu.pk Dr. Muhammad Shafique has completed M.Sc in Zoology from Bahauddin Zakariya (BZU) University\u00a0Multan, whereas M.Phil and PhD (Molecular Biology\/Forensic DNA typing) from Centre of Excellence\u00a0in Molecular Biology (CEMB), University of the Punjab Lahore. Dr. Shafique trained greatly as a\u00a0forensic DNA scientist on STR analysis from Strand […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":96739698,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3300","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cemb.edu.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cemb.edu.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cemb.edu.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cemb.edu.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/96739698"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cemb.edu.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3300"}],"version-history":[{"count":41,"href":"https:\/\/www.cemb.edu.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17668,"href":"https:\/\/www.cemb.edu.pk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3300\/revisions\/17668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cemb.edu.pk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}