Department of City and Regional Planning

Kashmala Tahir

Kashmala Tahir
Kashmala Tahir

Lecturer

Department of City and Regional Planning

Email:Kashmalacrp@gmail com.

Education and Qualification

2017-2019

LAHORE COLLEGE FOR WOMEN UNIVERSITY, JAIL ROAD, LAHORE.

MS City & Regional Planning CGPA: 3.97 (Gold Medalist)

Title of Research Project: Formulation of Planning and Housing

Design      Guidelines      for      Mainstreaming      Disability                 and Development Based on Universal Design Principles

2013-2017

LAHORE COLLEGE FOR WOMEN UNIVERSITY, JAIL ROAD, LAHORE.

BS City & Regional Planning CGPA: 3.60

Title of Research Project: Preparation of Access Audit Mechanism

for Barrier Free Mobility: The Case of WAPDA Town and Lahore High Court

2011-2013

PUNJAB COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, SHAHDARA CAMPUS, LAHORE.

F.Sc. (Pre-engineering)

Grade: A

2009-2011

WORKER WELFARE GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL, RANA TOWN, SHAHDARA, LAHORE.

Matriculation

Grade: A

WORK EXPERIENCE

 

City & Regional Planning Department, Lahore College for Women University. (14 July 2022 to present)

Lecturer

Subjects Taught

  • Master Planning
  • Housing
  • Planning Legislation
  • Disability & Development
  • Fundamentals of Geography
  • Introduction to Sociology
  • Principles of Management
  • Gender Mainstreaming in Disaster Management
  • Geo-Hazards
  • Economics of Disaster
  • Disability & Disaster

Undergraduate Research Supervised

  • The Evaluation of Punjab Community Safety Act, 2022 Enforcement on High Rise Buildings: A Case Study of Gulberg Town, Lahore - 2025
  • Access Audit of Orange Line Metro Train for Barrier Free Mobility of Persons with Disabilities (PWD’s) Using Universal Design Principles (UDP) - 2024
  • Identification of Challenges Faced By the Females Commuters in Public Transport Case of Speedo Bus Service, Lahore – 2023 

City & Regional Planning Department, Lahore College for Women University. (17 October 2018 to June 2022)

Lecture Assistant

Subjects Taught

  • Introduction to City & Regional Planning

  • History of Cities & Urban Planning

  • Sustainable Development & Community Empowerment

Undergraduate Research Co-Supervised
  • Identification of Social, Psychological, Technical and Financial Barriers Towards the Adaptation of Solar Energy System in Selected Higher Educational Institutions of Lahore - 2022
  • Application of Universal Design Principles (UDP) for the preparation of Kala Shah Kaku (KSK) Campus, Lahore College for Women University (LCWU) - 2021
  • Geographic Origin of Persons with Disabilities (PWDS) and Response of Professionals and Planners regarding Barrier Free Mobility in Lahore - 2020
  • A Study on Social Response about Sick Building Syndrome and its Mitigation Measures (A Case Study of Main Boulevard Gulberg Road Lahore) – 2020

Project Implementation Unit, PDMA. (July 2018 – 12 October 2018)

Internee

Responsibilities:
  • Work on GIS on Layyah
  • Work on GIS on Khushab
  • Make databases like Human Resource Management and etc.

City & Regional Planning Department, Lahore College for Women University. (October 2017- June 2018)

Visiting Lecturer
 
Subjects Taught:
  • History of Urban Planning
  • Surveying
  • Professional Practice for Planners

City & Regional Planning Department, Lahore College for Women University. (March 2017- May 2017)

Internee

Responsibilities

  • Assist in the implementation of assigned projects e. data entry, assistance in the organization of a particular event / seminar relevant to the department.
  • Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.
Lahore Development Authority (LDA)
(August 2016 to September 2016)
Internee

Subjects Taught
  • Introduction to City & Regional Planning
  • History of Cities & Urban Planning
  • Sustainable Development & Community Empowerment
  • Master Planning 

Academic Achievements/Awards

  • Got Gold Medal and Distinction Certificate for attaining 1st Position in
  • Got Roll of Honour for attaining CGPA 97 in MS.
  • Won two times Abdul Rahim Khan Award for attaining distinctions in respective semesters in BS.

Seminar/Workshop/Shortcourses

  • Seminar/Workshop on “Disaster Risk Reduction” by contribution of media and in collaboration with NIDM.
  • Workshop on “Disaster Management in Pakistan” in collaboration with
  • Seminar on “Disaster Risk Reduction and city Planning” by JICA (JAPAN).
  • Short Course on “Fundamentals of Remote Sensing” by Department of Geography, University of Punjab,
  • Seminar on GIS in Municipal Asset Management and Urban Transport System by Urban
  • Conference on Pakistan Road Safety by Institute of Road Safety Traffic Environment
  • Seminar on “Urban Risk Management” in collaboration with
  • Seminar on “An Overview of New South Wales Planning System”.
  • Seminar on “Disability & Development” in collaboration with
  • World Town Planning Day “Iqbal’s Perspective for Town Planners of Pakistan”.
  • Seminar on “De-linking and Re-linking towards Sustainable City & Regional Planning Department”.
  • Workshop on “Airport Planning” by Dr. Qamar ul Islam.
  • Seminar on World Town Planning Day, “Prospects of Town Planning Profession in Pakistan”.
  • Seminar on Study and Work in
  • Seminar on “Let’s make the Right Real” by Asia Pacific Disability Forum (APDF) and Korean Disability Forum (KDF).
  • Seminar on “Urban Risk Management” by Department of Environmental Studies for advanced society, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.

KEY SKILLS

  • Good Managements and Communication
  • Leadership abilities and Learning

Research Publications

  • Khalid, , Tariq, A., Ismail, I. Tahir, K., Ashgar, A, GIS BASED SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF      LAND  USE  ACCESSIBILITY     USING   SPEEDO BUS  ON SELECTED ROUTES IN LAHORE. (2025). Contemporary Journal of Social Science Review, 3(3), 1826-1832