Dr. Mohammad Tahir Shah is a geoscientist. He is the founder Vice Chancellor of the FATA University, FR Kohat by the Federal Government on 18 January 2016. He became the director of the National Centre of Excellence in Geology in 2013 and served the Centre for more than 34 years.
Dr. Shah has published 73 abstracts (37 international and 36 national) in the proceedings of national and international conferences and 150 peer reviewed research papers in the journals of international repute (60 in impact factor journals, 54 in HEC recognized journals and 36 other national and international journals). Dr. Shah contributed to the field of human resource development by producing several M.Sc., 35 M.Phil and 13 Ph.D. scholars who are now holding positions in national and international organization. He is currently supervising 3 Ph.D, and 6 M.Phil. students.
Dr. Shah has made contributions towards science and technology both nationally and internationally by convening/organizing 2 international and 4 national level conferences/workshops and have participated and delivered talks in large number of national and international conferences mainly in the United States, UK, Italy, Austria, China, Bangkok, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan.
He remained the principal and co-principal investigator of several national and international projects worth more than 10 million Rs. and also remained the project director of a national level project.
Dr. Shah has carried out extensive geological research in understanding the genesis of the various types of rocks, mineral deposits (especially lead, zinc, copper and manganese) and gemstones in the northern parts of Pakistan. He supervised an international collaborative project of exploration for source rock for gold and precious metals in the Gilgit-Baltistan region. He has also established state of the art geochemistry laboratory in the National Centre of Excellence in Geology, whereby analysis of rocks, minerals, soil, plants and water are carried out through sophisticated instruments. The researchers throughout Pakistan acquired geochemical data from this laboratory for their national and international publications. For the last several years he has developed interest in the environmental problems of the country and has carried out research in the field of Environmental Geology. Dr. Shah has remained a teacher of the University of Peshawar.
Education and life
Dr. M. Tahir Shah was born in village Sirikot, Tehsel Ghazi, District Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on 20 July 1956. He got his primary education from his village, higher secondary education from the Central Model School Mianwali in 1972 and intermediate from the Islamia College Peshawar in 1975. He obtained B.Sc. (Hons) Geology in 1978 and MSc Geology from the Department of Geology, University of Peshawar in 1981. He was appointed as a Research Associate (BS-17) in the National Centre of Excellence in Geology, University of Peshawar in 1982. In 1986, he received the first M.Phil. degree in Geology from the University of Peshawar. Dr. Shah won the Thomas Jefferson Ph.D. scholarship and proceeded to the University of South Carolina, Columbia (USA) in 1987 and returned to Pakistan, after completing his Ph.D., in 1991. He was promoted to assistant professor (1992–1995), associate professor (1995–2002), professor (2009), and tenured professor (2009–2016).
In recognition to Dr. Shah's research contributions in the field of earth and environmental sciences, the President of Pakistan awarded him Civil Award (Tamgha-e-Imtiaz) in the field of science on the eve of 14 August 2014. He was also awarded the Presidential award (Izaz-I-Fazeelat) on the eve of 14 August 2001. He is the recipient of the Gold Medal of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences for his research in 2005. The Pakistan Book Foundation awarded him the Earth Scientist of the year award for his publications in the Earth Sciences in the year 1994–95. He was also awarded IUCN 2001 Environmental award in Academia by SPCS, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He has been awarded Productivity Awards on his international papers for the years 2003–2005 and 2009–2013. He is listed in the directory Productive Scientists of Pakistan published by the Pakistan Council of Science and Technology, Islamabad in 2011–2014. He has also received the Star Laureate award and Dr. Zafar H. Zaidi Gold Medal for the year 2006 by the South Asia Publications (SAP) in recognition to his credentials par excellence in the field of education.
Dr. Shah has been and is the member of the boards of studies of various universities, including University of Peshawar, University of Haripur, Benazir Women University, Quaid-i-Azam University, University of Sargodha, AJK University, University of Poonch, and COMSAT Institute of IT, Abbottabad and Islamabad. He is the member of the Board of Faculty of the University of Swabi, the Board of Directors of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Oil and Gas Company (Ltd) and the Board of Governors of the Centre of Excellence in Mineralogy, University of Baluchistan. Dr. Shah remained the member of the Ph.D. Review Committee and the National Curriculum Revision Committee of the HEC, Islamabad. He is the chief-editor of the HEC recognized Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences and also remained the Sub-Editor of the Journal of Science & Technology, University of Peshawar. Dr. Shah has also won the prestigious Fulbright (1999–2000) and Commonwealth (2000–2001) Post-Doctoral fellowships and has carried out Post-Doctoral research at the University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, U.S., and University of Leicester, UK, respectively. He remained the senior vice president of the National Geological Society of Pakistan (2006–2008).
Civil Award (Tamgha-e-Imtiaz) was awarded by the President of Pakistan in the field of science on the eve of 14 August 2014 and the medal was decorated on me by the Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Mr. Sardar Mehtab Amed Khan Abbasi, on 23 March 2015 in a ceremony held in the Governor house.
Received Presidential award (Izaz-I-Fazeelat) on academic distinction from President of Pakistan in 2001.
Received the PAS Gold Medal 2005 from the Pakistan Academy of Sciences, Government of Pakistan in recognition of the outstanding research in the field of Earth Sciences on 24 December 2005.
Received Earth Scientist of the year 1994–1995 award from National Book Foundation, Ministry of Education, Government of Pakistan.
Received the Star Laureate award and Dr. Zafar H. Zaidi Gold Medal for the year 2006 from the South Asia Publications (SAP) in recognition of my credentials par excellence in the field of education and my name has been included in the SAP's prestigious profile book Who's Who in Pakistan.
Received Research Productivity award for years 2003–2005 and 2011–2013 from the Council of Science and Technology, Government of Pakistan.
Received Research Excellence award 2011 from the Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Peshawar.
Received the IUCN-Environmental Award in academia for the year 2000–2001 from the Sarhad Provincial Conservation strategy (SPCS).
Received Commonwealth Post-Doctoral Fellowship award for year 2000–2001 and completed one-year research at the University of Leicester, UK.
Earned Fulbright Post-Doctoral Fellowship award for year 1999–2000 and completed nine months Fulbright tenure at the University of Nevada, Reno, USA.
Received Honorary Citizenship of the city of Memphis, Tennessee (USA) and key to the city (1988)
Received Honorary Memphis City Councilman, Tennessee (U.S.) (1988).
Received USAID Thomas Jefferson Fellowship award for four years for the completion of Doctoral research at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, U.S.
Selected as member of the Board of Faculty of Sciences, University of Swabi, Hkyber Pakhtunkhwa (2015–2018).
Got top position consecutively in 2011–2014 in the field of Earth Sciences as mentioned in the Book Productive Scientists of Pakistan published by the Pakistan Council of Science and Technology, Islamabad.
Selected as member of the Departmental Tenure Review Committee (DTRC) of the Department of Geography, University of Peshawar on March 19, 2015.
Selected as member of the Board of Studies of Geology, University of Poonch, Rawalakot, Azad Jummu and Kashmir (September, 2014)
Selected as member of the Board of Studies of Geology Department, University of Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, (September, 2014)
Selected as member of the Board of Directors of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Oil and Gas Company Limited (KP OGCL) (May, 2014)
Selected as member of the Board of Studies of the Department of Earth Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam, University, Islamabad (January 2014)
Selected as member of the Committee for Revision of Research Productivity Award by the Pakistan Council for Science and Technology, Islamabad, (2013).
Selected as member of the Ph.D. Review Committee for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Baluchistan Region by the Higher Education Commission, Islamabad (January 4, 2013.
Working as Reviewing Editor of the International Journal of Environmental Geotechnics.
Working as Chief-Editor of the Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences, University of Peshawar.
Remained sub-Editor of the Journal of Science and Technology, University of Peshawar.
Selected as member of the Board of Studies of Department of Environmental Sciences, of COMSTATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad (January, 2012).
Selected as member of the Board of Studies of Department of Meteorology, of COMSTATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad for (August, 2011).
Shortlisted for interview by the Search Committee for the position of Vice-Chancellor of Hazara University (2010).
Selected as member Expert working Group on Development of Mineral Wealth for 10th Five year plan 2010–15 by the Planning Commission, Government of Pakistan (August, 2009).
Nominated as subject expert by HEC on the Board of Governors of Centre of Excellence in Mineralogy, Quetta (January, 2009).
Selected as member of the Steering Committee of the project PC-11 Source rock mapping and investigation for hydrocarbon in FATA (August, 2008).
Nominated as member of the National Curriculum Revision Committee on Geology by the Higher Education Commission, Islamabad (March 2008)
Elected as the Senior Vice President of the National Geological Society of Pakistan for the years 2006 to 2008.
Selected as member of the Board of Faculties of Social Sciences of the Frontier Women University, Peshawar (March, 2007).
Selected as a member of the Advisory Committee for Development of Chromite and Gypsum in NWFP and FATA by the Industries and Mineral Division, NWFP (August, 2007).
Remained as member of the Board of Studies of (1) Applied Geology of the Institute of Geology University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, (2) Department of Geology, University of Peshawar, (3) Department of Earth Sciences, University of Sagodha and (4) Centre for Pure and Applied Geology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro.
Selected as member of the Peshawar University Reform Committee for Examination.
Elected as Treasurer of Pakistan Student Association, University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA for two years (1989–1991).
First M.Phil Post-graduate in Geology from University of Peshawar in 1986.
Collaborative Project: "Integration of Geological, Geochemical and Remote Sensing Data for finding Source Rocks for Gold in the Northern Areas of Pakistan under Pak-US Joint Academic and Research Program". (funding by HEC and US-state Department).
Collaborative Research: "Towards a better understanding of the collisional history of the Pakistani Himalayas: inference from remote sensing, geochronology and isotopic data from Kohistan terrane" (funding by NSF, USA)
Mineralogy, geochemistry and genesis of the manganese deposits of Waziristan, Pakistan (funded by NCEG).
Mineralogical and geochemical studies of ultramafics, mafics, volcanics and metamorphic rocks along the Main Mantle Thrust (MMT), Allai kohistan, northern Pakistan (funded by former UGC).
Crustal evaluation of the Kohistan island arc. Study of structure, lithostratigraphy and volcanism in arc- related basing (as co-investigator in PSF funded Project No. F-PU/EARTH 50 (funded my PSF).
Mineralogy of the heavy mineral concentrates of placers and extraction of placer gold in the Bagrot valley, Gilgit Agency, northern Pakistan (funding by HEC).
Mineralogy, geochemistry and genesis of the manganese deposits of Hazara, Pakistan (funded by Commonwealth Fellowship, UK).
Litho and stream sediments geochemical investigations in regard to base and precious metals in Timargara and Samarbagh, Kohistan terrane, northern Pakistan (funded by NCEG).
Evaluation and assessment of Shekhai limestone and argillaceous rocks of Haripur district for use as raw material for cement and aggregates in construction (funding by NCEG). Evaluation and assessment of various types of marbles from Malakand agency, Swat, Charsada and Nowshera, N.W.F.P, Pakistan for their use as dimension stones (funding by NCEG).
Evaluation and assessment of limestone deposits from Nowshera, Haripur and Kohat districts of N.W.F.P. for their industrial applications (funding by NCEG).
Alkali-aggregates reactivity of selected sites for coarse aggregates, Peahawar, N.W.F.P (funding by NCEG).
Mineralogy, chemistry, genesis and economic evaluation of the Manganese deposits of Waziristan (funding by NCEG).
Litho and stream sediments geochemical investigations in regard to base and precious metals in Dir and Swat Kohistan, northern Pakistan (funded by Fulbright Fellowship, USA).
Involved in a project on Mineral Sector Development Study North West Frontier Province Pakistan (funded by World Bank).
Evaluation of granites of Swat and Dir for their uses as dimension stones (Private funding).
Involved in various projects with Chemistry Department, Universities of Peshawar, Agriculture University, Sarhad Development Authority, Pakistan Mineral Development Corporation, Geological Survey of Pakistan and various other private sectors (locally funded).
Worked as Co-principal Investigator in a project on the review of analytical processes at Khawaja Glass Industries under the Institutional Excellence Project, industry/ University cooperation, sponsored by USAID.
Mineralogy, geochemistry, genesis and economic evaluation of sediment-hosted base metal mineralization in Besham area and the volcanic-hosted hydrothermal copper mineralization in Dir area (funded partly by NSF, USA and partly by USAID).
Improving Soil Fertility and Soil Health in Pakistan through Demonstration and Dissemination of the Best Practices for Farmers (Funded by ICARDA, Islamabad Rs. 7.7m) .
Regional Geo-chemical Exploration for Precious Metals in Southern Parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. (Funding by Directorate General Mine and Minerals, Mineral Department, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
Mineralogy, geochemistry, genesis and economic evaluation of the barite deposits of Haripur, Pakistan (funding by NCEG).
Mineralogy, geochemistry, genesis and economic evaluation of manganese deposits of Khuzdar, Baluchistan, Pakistan (funding by HEC).
Mineralogy, chemistry, genesis and economic evaluation of the Manganese deposits of Prang Ghar area, Mohmand Agency (funding by NCEG).
Evaluation of the concrete aggregates for construction of bridges, buildings and roads.
Geochemical investigations of water, soil and plants associated with mafic and ultramafic rocks and mineral deposits: perspective environmental hazards and their remedies (funding by NCEG).
Geochemical studies of the various economic mineral deposits of Pakistan.
Geochemical survey for base metals, gold, silver and other precious metals and gemstones in Kohistan, Karakoram and Hindukush regions of Pakistan.
Evaluation of plutonic and volcanic rocks of the Kohistan arc in regards to their economic potential on the basis of mineralogy and geochemistry.
Evaluation of various types of marbles and granites of Pakistan for their use as dimension stones.
Geochemical investigation of water and soil polluted through natural and industrial processes in N.W.F.P. Pakistan. The identification of their causes and remedies.
Assessment and evaluation of industrial minerals and rocks and gemstones of the N.W.F.P. for their use in various types of industries of Pakistan
Khan, S. D., Shah, M. T., Ahmed, L., (under review). "Hyperspectral imaging of Gold Mineralized Samples from Northern Pakistan". Nature Communications.
Ullah K., Arif M. and Shah, M. T. (under review). "Sedimentology of the Neogene Kamlial and Chinji Formations from Kohat plateau, western Himalayan foreland basin, Pakistan". Journal of Earth System Science.
Siddiqui, I, Agheem, M. H., Shah, M. T., 2016. "Mode of occurrence of Mercury in Lignite deposits of Sindh Province, Pakistan". Canadian Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences, 10 (1), 3817–3826.
Zahir Ur Rehman, Z., Khan, S., Shah, M. T., Brusseau, M. L., Mainhagu, J., 2015 (Accepted). "Transfer of heavy metals from soils to vegetables and associated human health risk in selected sites in Pakistan". Pedosphere, in press
Ahmad, L., Shah, M. T., Khan, S. D., 2015 (online). "Reflectance spectroscopy and remote sensing data for finding sulfide-bearing alteration zones and mapping geology in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan". Earth Science Informatics, DOI: 10.1007/s12145-015-0239-x
Ageem, M. H., Shah, M. T., Khan, T., Murata, M., Humaira, D and Zafar, M., 2015 (online) "Petrogenetic evolution of pegmatites of the Shigar Valley, Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan". Arabian Journal of Geosciences, DOI: 10.1007/s2517-015-1900-x
Gul, N., Shah, M. T., Khan, S., Khattak, N. U., Muhammad, S., 2015 (online). "Arsenic and heavy metals contamination, risk assessment and their source in drinking water of the Mardan district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan". Journal of Water and Health, 13 (4), 1073-1083. DOI:10.2166/wh.2015.011
Mohammad, J., Khan, S., Shah, M. T., Din, I. U., Ahmed, A., 2015. "Essential and nonessential metal concentration in morel mushroom (Microchella esculenta) in Dir Kohistan, Pakistan". Pakistan Journal of Botany, 47 (SI), 133–138.
Nawab, J., Khan, S., Shah, M. T., Qamar, Z., Din, I., Mahmood, Q., Gul, N., Huang Qing, H., 2015. "Contamination of soil, medicinal and fodder plants with lead and cadmium present in mine affected areas, northern Pakistan". Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 187:605, 1–14. DOI.1007/s10661-015-4807-9
Begum, S., Shah, M. T., Muhammad, S. and Khan, S., 2015. "Role of mafic and ultramafic rocks in drinking water quality and its potential health risk assessment, Northern Pakistan". Journal of Water and Health 13 (4), 1130–1142. DOI:10.2166/wh.2015.066.
Nawab, J., Khan, S., Shah, M. T., Gul, N., Ali, A., Khan, K. and Huang Qing., 2015 (online) "Heavy metal bioaccumulation in native plants in chromite impacted sites: A search for effective remediating plant species". CLEAN-Soil, Air, Water. 43(9999), 1–10.
Ullah, K., Arif, M. and Shah, M. T., 2015. "Geochemistry and provenance of the Lower Siwaliks from Southwestern Kohat, western Himalayan Foreland Basin, NW Pakistan". Geologica Acta, 13 (1), 45–61.
Ali., L., Moon, C. J., Williamson, B. J., Shah, M. T., Khattak, S. A., 2015. "A GIS-based stream sediment geochemical model for gold and base metal exploration in remote areas of northern Pakistan". Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 8(7), 5081–5093. DOI:10.1007/s12517-014-1531-7
Abir, I. A., Khan, S. D., Ghulam, A., Tariq, S., Shah, M. T., 2015. "Active Tectonics of Western Potwar Plateau-Salt Range, Northern Pakistan from InSAR Observations and Seismic Imaging". Remote Sensing of Environment, 168, 265–275
Nawab, J., Khan, S., Shah, M. T., Khan, K., Huanga, Q. and Ali., R., 2015. "Quantification of heavy metals in mining affected soil and their bioaccumulation in native plant species". International Journal of Phytoremediation 17, 801–813.
Ullah, K., Arif, M. and Shah, M. T., 2015. "Petrography and geochemistry of the Kamlial Formation, southwestern Kohat plateau, Pakistan: implications for paleoclimate of the Western Himalayas". Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences, 01/2015; 24:276–288. DOI: 10.3906/yer-1410-21
Hussain, R., Khattak, S. A., Shah, M. T. and Ali, L. (2015). "Multistatistical approaches for environmental geochemical assessment of pollutants in soils of Gadoon Amazai Industrial Estate", Pakistan Journal of Soils and Sediments, 15, 1119–1129.
Ahmed, Z., Subhan, F., Shah, M. T. and Farooq, S., 2014. "Effect of fasting on serum lithium levels: An experimental study in animal models". Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 27(1): 33–7.
Khan, S., Shah, I. A., Muhammad, S., Malikc, R. N. and Shah M. T. 2015. "Arsenic and Heavy Metal Concentrations in Drinking Water in Pakistan and Risk Assessment: A Case Study". Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal 21, 1010–1031.
Sajid, M., Arif, M., Shah, M. T., 2014. "Petrogenesis of Granites from Utla area of Gadoon, North-West Pakistan: Implications from petrography and geochemistry". Journal of Earth Science, 25(3), 445–459.
Khattak, N. U., Khan, M. A., Shah, M. T. and Ali, N. 2014. "Radon concentration in drinking water sources of the region adjacent to tectonically active Karak thrust, southern Kohat plateau, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan". Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 302, 315–329. DOI 10.1007/s10967-014-3257-0.
Ali, L., Williamson, B. J., Moon, C. J., Shah, M. T. and Khattak, S. A. (2015). "Distribution of gold in different size fractions of stream sediments as a guide to bedrock gold mineralization along the shyok suture Zone and adjacent areas of the Kohistan Islnad Arc, Pakistan". Arabian Journal of Geosciences 8, 2227–2235. DOI 10.1007/s12517-014-1306-1.
Biber, K., Khan S. D. and Shah, M. T., 2015. "The source and fate of sediment and mercury in Hunza River basin, Northern Areas, Pakistan Investigation of the source, fate, and transport of mercury in Hunza River, Northern Areas, Pakistan", Hydrological Processes, 29, 579–587.
Jabeen, S., Shah, M. T., Ahmed, I., Khan, S., Hayat, M. Q. 2014. "Physico-chemical parameters of surface and ground water and their environmental impact assessment in the Haripur Basin, Pakistan", Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 138, 1–7.
Shah, M. T., Ara, J., Muhammad, S., Asad, S. A. and Ali, L., 2014. "Potential Heavy Metal Accumulation of Indigenous Plant Species along the Mafic and Ultramafic Terrain in the Mohmand Agency, Pakistan". CLEAN-Soil, Air, Water. 42(3), 339–346.
Agheem, M. H., Shah, M. T., Khan, T., Murata, M., Arif, M., Dars, H., 2014. "Shigar valley gemstones, their chemical composition and origin, Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan". Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 7, 3801–3814; DOI 10.1007/s12517-013-1045-8
Muhamamd, S., Shah, M. T., Khan, S., Saddique, U., Gul, N., Khan M. U., Malik, R. N., Farooq, M., Naz, A., 2013. "Wild plant assessment for heavy metal phytoremediation potential along the mafic and ultramafic terrain, Northern Pakistan". BioMed Research International (formerly: Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology).
Khan, S., Shahnaz, M., Jehan, N., Rehman, S. and Shah, M. T., Din, I., 2013. "Drinking water quality and human health risk in Charsada district, Pakistan". Journal of Cleaner Production, 60, 93–101. doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2010.02.016.
Khan, S., Shah, M. T., Din, I., Rehman, S. and Khaliq, A., 2012. Mercury Exposure of Workers and Health Problems Related with Small-scale Gold Panning and Extraction. Journal of The Chemical Society Of Pakistan 34 (4), 870–876.
Shah, M. T., Ara, J., Muhammad, S. and Khan, K., Tariq, S., 2012. Health risk assessment via surface water and sub-surface water consumption in the mafic and ultramafic terrain, Mohmand agency, northern Pakistan. Jour. Geochem. Explor. 118, 60–67.
Shah, M. T., Alizai, A. H. and Khan, S. D., 2012. "Environmental Geochemistry of surface and subsurface water from Dera Ismail Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan". Journal of the Chemical Society of Pakistan 34 (1), 243–250.
Amin, N., Ali, K. and Shah, M. T., 2012. "Investigation of Raw material for the manufacturing of white cement in Durukhula Nizampur Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan". Journal of The Chemical Society Of Pakistan 34 (1), 49–52.
Khattak, N. U., Khan M. A., Shah, M. T. and Javed, M. W., 2011. "Radon concentration in drinking water sources of the Main Campus of the University of Peshawar and surrounding areas, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan". Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 290, 493–505.
Amin, N., Ali, K., Shah, M. T. and Alam, S. 2011. "Chemical activation of bagasse ash in cement mortar". Advances in Cement Research, 23 (2), 89–95.
Muhammad, S., Shah, M. T. and Khan, S. 2011. "Heavy metal concentrations in soil and wild plants growing around Pb-Zn sulfide terrain in the Kohistan region northern Pakistan". Microchemical Journal 99, 67–75.
Muhammad, S., Shah, M. T. and Khan, S. 2011. "Health risk assessment of heavy metals and their source apportionment in drinking water of Kohistan region, northern Pakistan". Microchemical Journal, 98, 334–343.
Khan, S., Rehman, S., Cao, Q., Jehan, N. and Shah, M. T. 2011. "Uptake and translocation of Pb and pyrene by rye-grass cultivated in aged spiked soil". International Journal of Environment and Pollution, 45(1/2/3), 110–122
Khan, S., Rehman, S, Khan, A. Z., Khan, A. A. and Shah, M. T., 2010. "Soil and vegetables enrichment with heavy metals from geological sources in Gilgit, northern Pakistan". Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 73: 1820–1827.
Muhammad, S., Shah, M. T. and Khan, S., 2010. "Arsenic health risk assessment in drinking water and source apportionment using multivariate statistical techniques in Kohistan region, northern Pakistan". Food and Chemical Toxicology 48, 2855–2864.
Shah, M. T., Begum, S. and Khan, S. 2010. "Pedo and biogeochemical studies of mafic and ultramafic rocks in the Mingora and Kabal areas, Swat, Pakistan". Environmental Earth Sciences (Previously Environmental Geology) 60, 1091–1102.
Jabeen, S., Shah, M. T., Khan, S. and Hayat, M. Q., 2010. "Determination of major and trace elements in ten important folk therapeutic plant of Haripur Basin, Pakistan". Journal of Medicinal Plants Research 4 (7), 559–566.
Adnan, M., Hussain, J., Shah, M. T., Shinwari, Z. K., Bhahader, F. A., Khan, N., Khan, A. L. and Watanabe, T., 2010. "Proximate and nutrient composition of medicinal plants of humid and sub-humid regions in North-west Pakistan". Journal of Medicinal Plants Research 4 (4), 339–345.
Hussain, J., Khan, A. L., Rehman, N., Hamayun, M., Shah, T., Nisar, M., Bano, T. and Shinwari, Z. K., Lee, I., 2009. "Proximate and nutrient analysis of selected vegetable species: A case study of Karak region, Pakistan". African Journal of Biotechnology 8(12), 2725–2729.
Khan, S., Ahmad, I., Shah, M. T., Rehman, S. and Khaliq, K., 2009. "Use of constructed wetland for the removal of heavy metals from industrial wastewater". Journal of Environmental Management 90, 3451–3457.
Ali, K., Amin, N. and Shah, M. T., 2009. "Physicochemical study of bagasse and bagasse ash from the sugar industries of N.W.F.P., Pakistan and its recycling in cement manufacturing". Journal of the Chemical Society of Pakistan, 31 (3), 375–378.
Amin, N. Ali, K. and Shah, M. T., 2009. "Raw mix designing and clinkerization of high strength Portland cement with bagasse ash and its impact on clinker moduli and fuel consumption". Journal of the Chemical Society of Pakistan, 31 (3), 370–374.
Amin, N., Ali, K. and Shah, M. T., 2009. "Recycling of bagasse ash in cement manufacturing and its impact on clinker potential and environmental pollution". Journal of the Chemical Society of Pakistan, 31 (3), 357–361.
Amin, N., Shah, M. T. and Ali, K., 2009. "Investigation of raw material for the manufacturing of sulfate resisting cement in Darukhula, Nizampur, NWFP, Pakistan". Magazine of Concrete Research 61(10), 779–785.
Zakir, S. N., Ihsanullah, I., Shah, M. T., Iqbal, Z. and Ahmad, A., 2009. "Comparison of heavy and trace metals levels in soil of Peshawar Basin at different time intervals". Journal of The Chemical Society Of Pakistan, 31 (2), 246–255.
Zakir, S. N., Ihsanullah, I., Shah, M. T. and Iqbal, Z., 2009. "Effect of time intervals on levels of selected heavy metals in surface and ground waters in Peshawar Basin". Journal of The Chemical Society Of Pakistan, 31 (5), 757–771.
Khan, S. D., Walker, D. J., Hall, S. A., Burke, K. C., Shah, M. T. and Stockli, L., 2009. Did the Kohistan-Ladakh island arc collide first with India? Geological Society of America Bulletin, 121, 366–384.
Shah, M. T. and Moon C. J., 2007. "Manganese and ferromanganese ores from different tectonic settings in the NW Himalayas, Pakistan". Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 29, 455–465.
Shah, M. T. and Tariq, S., 2007. "Environmental geochemistry of the soils of Peshawar basin, N.W.F.P., Pakistan". Journal of The Chemical Society Of Pakistan, 29 (5), 438–445.
Siddiqui, I. and Shah, M. T., 2007. "Environmental impact assessment of the Thar, Sonda and Meting-Jhimpir Coalfield of Sindh. Pakistan". Journal of The Chemical Society Of Pakistan, 29 (3), 222–230.
Shah, M. T., Liaqat A. and Khattak, S. A., 2007. "Gold anomalies in the Quaternary sediments of Peshawar Basin, Shaidu area, District Nowshera, Pakistan". Journal of The Chemical Society Of Pakistan, 29 (2), 103–110.
Shah, M. T. Fayez, A. and Ali. L., 2007. "Chemical study of the raw material in Gandghar range, district Haripur, NWFP for Portland cement manufacturing". Journal of The Chemical Society Of Pakistan, 29(2), 116–120.
Shah, M. T. and Tariq, S., 2006. "Oxygen isotope chemistry of the water from Peshawar basin, Pakistan". Journal of The Chemical Society Of Pakistan, 28(5), 494–500.
Hussain, I., Marwat, G. A., Khan, I., Ali, J., Khan S. A., Ali, L. and Shah, M. T., 2006. "Heavy metals investigation in selected agricultural soils of NWFP, Pakistan". Journal of the Chemical Society of Pakistan, 28 (1), 68–71.
Shah, M. T., Kifayattullah, Q. and Arfan, M., 2004. "Pedo and bigeochemical study of Zinc-Lead deposits of the Besham area, northern Pakistan: its implication in mineral exploration and environmental degradation". Environmental Geology, 45, 544–549.
Shah, M. T. and Moon, C. J., 2004. "Mineralogy, geochemistry and genesis of the ferromanganese ores from Hazara area, NW Himalayas, northern Pakistan". Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 23, 1–15. (IF = 2.74)
Shah, M. T. and Danishwar, S., 2003. "Potential fluoride contamination in the drinking water of Naranji area, N.W.F.P., Pakistan". Environmental geochemistry and health, 25, 475–481. (IF = 2.57)
Iqbal, Z., Muhammad, Z., Shah, M. T., Bashir, S., Khan, T. and Khan, M. D., 2002. "Relationship between the concentration of copper and iron in the aqueous humour and intraocular pressure in rabbits treated with topical steroids". Clinical Experimental Ophthalmology, Australia. 30, 28–35.
Kafayatullah, Q., Shah, M. T. and Arfan, M., 2001. "Biogeochemical and environmental study of the chromite-rich ultramafic terrain of Malakand area, Pakistan". Environmental Geology. 40, 1482–1486.
Shah, M. T. and Shervais. J. W., 1999. "The Dir-Utror metavolcanic sequence, Kohistan arc terrane, northern Pakistan". Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 17, 459–475.
Shah, M. T. and Khan, A., 1999. "Geochemistry and origin of Mn-deposits in the Waziristan ophiolite complex, north-waziristan, Pakistan". Mineralium Deposita, 34, 697–704.
Shah, M. T., Ikramuddin, M. and Shervais, J. W., 1994. "Behavior of Tl relative to K, Rb, Sr, and Ba in mineralized and unmineralized metavolcanics from the Dir area, northern Pakistan". Mineralium Deposita, 29, 422–426.
Gohar, A., Shah, M. T. and Bilqees, R., 2015. "Engineering characteristics for different building stones exposed in the vicinity of Abbottabad, NE Pakistan". Proceedings of the 9th International Industrial Minerals Symposium, Turkey, 515–522.
Gul. N., Shah, M. T., Khan, S. and Muhammad, S., 2014. "Quantification of the heavy metals in the agricultural soils of Mardan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan". Journal of Global Innovations in Agricultural and Social Sciences, 2(4), 158–162.
M. Naveen Anjum, M. Tahir Shah, Fayyaz Ali, Ezaz Hussain and Liaqat Ali., 2013. "Geochemical studies of fluoride in drinking water of Union Council Ganderi, District Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan". World Applied Sciences Journal, 27(5), 632–636.
Shah, M. T., Khan, T. and Khan, A., 2010. "Lead isotope signature of the Pb-Zn sulphide mineralisation in the Reshian-Lamnian area of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan". Chinese Journal of Geochemistry, 29, 65–74. DOI 10.1007/s11631-010-0065-2.
Amin. N., Shah, M. T. and Ali. K., 2009. "Raw mix designing, clinkerization and manufacturing of high-strength Portland cement from the limestone and clay of Darukhula Nizampur, Nowshera District, North West Frontier Province (N.W.F.P.), Pakistan". Chinese Journal of Geochemistry, 28, 279–283. DOI 10.1007/s11631-009-0279-3.
Ali, K., Amin, N. and Shah, M. T., 2008. "Chemical study of limestone and clay for cement manufacturing in Durukhula, Nizampur district, Nowshera, North West Frontier Province (N.W.F.P), Pakistan". Chinese Journal of Geochemistry, 27, 242–248.
Ali, k., Amin, N., Shah, M. T. and Iqbal, Y., 2008. "Recycling of bagasse ash in the raw mix designing and clinkerization of high strength Portland cement as a raw material and its impact on clinker potential and fuel consumption". Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management, 34(2), 70–80.
Shah, M. T., and Tariq, S., 2007. "Environmental impact of the soils of Peshawar basin, Pakistan on the agriculture and ecosystem of the region". Extended Abstract. In: Biogeochemistry of terrace elements: environmental protection, remediation and human health (Zhu, Y., Lepp, Nicholas and Naidu, R., eds). Tsinghua University Press, Beijing, China, p. 921–922
Shah, M. T. and Jan, M. Q., 2002. "Mineral resource potential of the Himalaya, Karakoram and Hindukush mountains, northern Pakistan". In: Ilyas, M. (Ed)., Man, Mountain and Medicine, 2, 1–36.
Tahirkheli, T., Shah, M. T. and Khan, M. A., 2000. "Genesis of copper mineralization in the western Kohistan island arc terrane, NW Himalayas, Hindukush, N. Pakistan". Proceedings of the 15th HKT workshop. Earth Science Frontiers, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), 7 suppl, 410–411.
Hamidullah, S., Tariq, S. and Shah, M. T., 1999. "Heavy metals in surface and underground waters of Peshawar basin, Pakistan". Proceedings of the 14th HKT workshop. Terra Nostra, Schriften der Alferd-Wegener-Stiftung, 99 / 2, p. 67–68.
Hamidullah, S., Khan, M. S. and Shah, M. T., 1998. "Heavy metal pollution in the western part of Peshawar metropolis, north Pakistan". Journal of Nepal Geological Society, Vol. 18, 379–94.
Shah, M. T., 1997. "Mineralogy, texture and geochemistry of the volcanic-hosted hydrothermal copper mineralization in the Dir area, Kohistan arc terrane, northern Pakistan". In: N. P., Wijayananda, P. G., Coory, and P. Mosley (eds), Geology in South Asia-II, Geol. Surv. and Mines Bureau, Sri Lanka, Prof. Papers 7, 263–280.
Shah, M. T. and Shervais, J. W., 1996. "Mafic volcanism and the petrologic evolution of the Dir-Utror metavolcanic sequence, Kohistan arc terrane, northern Pakistan". Proceedings of the 11th Himalya-Karakoram-Tibet workshop, Arizona, 133–135.
Rehman, U. A., Shah, M. T., Khan, S. D. and Ahmad, L., 2015. "Investigation of gold and base metals mineralization and the petrochemical studies of the associated host rocks, Shagari Bala area, Skardu Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan". Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences, 48(1), 26–40.
Shafique, M., Israr, S., Shah, M. T. and Khan M. A., 2014. "Remote sensing based strategy of stream sediment sampling for mineral exploration in Peshawar Basin, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan". Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences, 47(2), 141–148.
Sheikh, L., Shah, M. T., Khan S. D. and Ahmad, L., 2014. "Investigation for gold and base metals mineralization and petrochemcil characteristics of the rocks of Golo Das and surrounding areas, District Ghizar, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan". Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences, 47(2), 15–27.
Miandad, S., Shah, M. T., Khan S. D. and Ahmad, L., 2014. "Investigation for gold and base metals mineralization and petrochemcil characteristics of the rocks of upper parts of Bagrot valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan". Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences, 47(2), 29–48.
Rehman, S. S., Shah, M. T., Jan, M. Q. and Majid, M., 1999. "Petrography and geochemistry of rocks from the Sor-Rondane mountains, Dronning Maud Land, eastern Antarctica". Proceedings of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences 36(2), 119–134.
Shah, M. T. and Jan, M. Q., 1996. "Review of geochemical characteristics as petrogenetic and palaeotectonic indicators of igneous rocks". Proceedings of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences, 33, No. 1–2, 73–78.
Tahirkheli, T, Shah, M. T., Khan, M. A. and Bilqees, R., 2012. "Mineralogy and geochemistry of diorites and associated hydrothermal sulfide mineralization of Gawuch Formation in Drosh area, Chitral, northern Pakistan". Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences, 45(1), 31–52.
Agheem M. H., Shah, M. T., Khan, T., Ahmed, I., Laghari, A. and Dars, H., 2011. "Field features and petrography used as indicators for the classification of Shigar valley pegmatites, Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan". Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences, 44(2), 1–7.
Agheem M. H., Shah, M. T., Khan, T., Ahmed, I., Laghari, A. and Siddique, I., 2010. "X-Ray Diffraction Studies of the Gemstones from Shigar Valley, Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan Region, Northern areas of Pakistan". Sindh University Research Journal, 43(1), 1–7.
Kafayat Ullah, Arif, M., Shah, M. T. and Abbasi, I. A., 2009. "The lower and Middle Siwaliks fluvial deposition system of the western Himalayan foreland basin, Kohat, Pakistan". Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences, 42, 61–85.
Kafayat Ullah, Arif, M. and Shah, M. T., 2006. "Petrography of Sandstones from the Kamlial and Chinji Formations, Southwestern Kohat Plateau, NW Pakistan: Implications for Source Lithology and Paleoclimate". Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences, (Geological Bulletin, University of Peshawar), 39: 2–28.
Tahirkheli, T., Khan, M. A., Shah, M. T., 2005. "Geochemistry and petrogenesis of metavolcanic rocks in Gawuch and Drosh formations, Chitral, northern Pakistan". Geological Bulletin, University of Peshawar, 38, 189–202.
Shah, M. T. and Khan, H., 2004. "Exploration and extraction of placer gold in the terraces of Bagrot valley, Gilgit, north Pakistan". Geological Bulletin, University of Peshawar, 37: 27–40.
Shah, M. T. and Lechler, P. J., 2004. "Geochemical exploration in the Dir and Swat Kohistan, northern Pakistan". Geological Bulletin, University of Peshawar, 37: 41–57.
Agheem, M. H., Shah, M. T. and Khan, T., 2004. Gem and gem-bearing pegmatites of the Shigar valley, Skardu, northern Pakistan. Geological Bulletin, University of Peshawar, 37: 167–178.
Khan, A., Shah, M. T., Ali, L. and Mohammad, W., 2004. "Beneficiation study of the manganese ores of the Saidgi area, North Waziristan Agency, Pakistan". Geological Bulletin, University of Peshawar, 37: 191–197.
Shah, M. T., Haq, I. and Hamidullah, S., 2000. "Geology and geochemistry of the rocks of Usheri valley, District Dir, northern Pakistan". Geological Bulletin, University of Peshawar, 33, 53–78.
Hamidullah, S., Saifullah and Shah, M. T., 2000. "Heavy metals pollution in soils of Peshawar city, NWFP, Pakistan". Geological Bulletin, University of Peshawar, 33, 1–9.
Asim, M., Majid, M. and Shah, M. T., 2000. "Mineral chemistry and origin of ophiolitic rocks from the Waziristan ophiolite complex, NW Pakistan". Geological Bulletin, University of Peshawar, 33, 39–52.
Tahirkheli, T., Shah, M. T. and Khan, M. A., 1997. "Lead isotopic signature of the hydrothermal copper mineralization in Drosh-Shishi area, Chitral, Kohistan arc terrane, northern Pakistan". Geological Bulletin, University of Peshawar, vol.30 (Spec. issue, Proc. 3rd. Pak. Geol. Cong. Peshawar), 30, 209–217.
Danishwar, S. and Shah, M. T., 1997. "Geochemistry of ground water and the source of contamination of fluoride in the drinking water of the Narangi area, district Swabi, N.W.F.P., Pakistan". Pakistan Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research 40 (5–12), 83–86.
Tahirkheli, T., Shah, M. T., Khan, T. and Khan M. A., 1996. "Fluid inclusion studies of the copper-bearing quartz veins in Gowuch Formation, Drosh-Shishi area, Chitral, northern Pakistan". Geological Bulletin, University of Peshawar, 29, 51–57.
Hamidullah, S., Shah, M. T. and Khan, M. A., 1996. "Identification and characterization of the quality of silica sand resources from Munda Gucha, district Mansehra, in glass making". Geological Bulletin, University of Peshawar, 29, 59–68.
Danishwar, S., Shah, M. T. and Laghari, A., 1995. "Status of drinking water quality in western part of the Thar desert, Sindh, Pakistan". Geological Bulletin, University of Peshawar, 28, 39–47.
Khattak, M. U. K., Stakes, D. S., Shervais, J. W., Arif, M. and Shah, M. T., 1995. "Stable isotope thermometry of the Nanga Parbat-Haramosh Massif and the Kohistan-Ladakh arc, northern Pakistan". Geological Bulletin, University of Peshawar, 28, 109–126.
Danishwar, S., Shah, M. T. and Majid. M., 1995. "Abundance of fluoride and its source in drinking water of Kheshki and surrounding area, district Nowshera, N.W.F.P., Pakistan." Geological Bulletin, University of Peshawar, 28, 31–37.
Shah, M. T., 1994. "A note on the bornite-chalcopyrite intergrowth texture in the volcanic-hosted copper mineralization in the Dir area, northern Pakistan". Geological Bulletin, University of Peshawar, 27, 125–126.
Danishwar, S., Majid M., Shah, M. T. and Haq, N., 1994. "Fluoride abundance in drinking water and related health hazards: a case study from Khishki area, Nowshera District, N.W.F.P." Geological Bulletin, University of Peshawar, 27, 113–116.
Shah, M. T., Shervais, J. W. and Ikramuddin, M., 1994. "The Dir metavolcanic sequence: calc-alkaline magmatism in the Kohistan arc terrane, northern Pakistan". Geological Bulletin, University of Peshawar, 27, 9–27.
Shah, M. T. and Hamidullah, S., 1994. "Field and mineralogical constraints of the Dir metavolcanic sequence, Kohistan arc terrane, northern Pakistan". Geological Bulletin, University of Peshawar, 27, 43–55.
Hamidullah, S. and Shah, M. T., 1993. "Textural and minerachemical significance of hornblendes from an andesite at Dir, Kohistan arc, N. Pakistan". Geological Bulletin, University of Peshawar, 26, 45–58.
Shah, M. T. and Jan M. Q., 1993. "Mineralogical constraints of the Shergarh Sar amphibolites, Allai Kohistan, northern Pakistan". Geological Bulletin, University of Peshawar, 26, 59–73.
Shah, M. T., Thrope, R. I. and Siddique, S. A., 1992. "Lead isotope signature of the Proterozoic sediment-hosted base metal deposits at the margin of the Indian plate in Besham area, Northern Pakistan". Geological Bulletin, University of Peshawar, 25, 59–65.
Shah, M. T., 1992. "Validity of sphalerite geobarometry and Gt-Bio geothermametry to estimate P/T conditions of metamorphism for the sediment-hosted base metal deposits in Besham area, northern Pakistan". Geological Bulletin, University of Peshawar, 25, 67–71.
Shah, M. T., 1992. "Tourmaline as an evidence of exhalative origin for Besham base metal deposits in northern Pakistan". Geological Bulletin, University of Peshawar, 25, 123–126.
Jan, M. Q. and Shah, M. T., 1987. Ni, Cr, Cu, Zn, Co, Ag, and Au contents of some talc-carbonate rocks from N.W.F.P. Pakistan. Geological Bulletin, University of Peshawar, 20, 215–216.
Shah, M. T., and Majid, M., 1985. "Major and trace element variations in the laves of Shergarh Sar area and their significance with respect to the Kohistan tectonic anomaly". Geological Bulletin, University of Peshawar, 18, 163–188.
Majid, M. and Shah, M. T., 1985. "Mineralogy of the blueschist facies metagraywacke from the Shergarh Sar area, Allai Kohistan, N. Pakistan". Geological Bulletin, University of Peshawar, 18, 41–52.
Rafiq, M., Ahmed, I. and Shah, M. T., 1984. "Major faults and lineaments of the surroundings of the Peshawar plain". Geological Bulletin, University of Peshawar, 17, 180.
Rafiq, M., Shah, M. T., and Ahmed, I., 1984. "Note on tremolite zone from the extension of Skhakot-Qila ultramafic complex in Utman khel, Mohmand Agency". Geological Bulletin, University of Peshawar'Geological Bulletin, University of Peshawar, 17, 178–179.
Rafiq, M., Shah, M. T., Rehman, M. and Ihsan, M., 1984. "Petrochemistry of the rocks from Babaji area, a part of the Ambela granitic complex, Buner, Northern Pakistan". Geological Bulletin, University of Peshawar, 17, 31–42.
Abid, I. A., Abbasi, I. A., Khan, M. A. and Shah, M. T., 1983. "Petrography and geochemistry of the Swalik Sandstone and its relationship to the Himalayan Orogeny". Geological Bulletin, University of Peshawar, 16, 65–83.
Majid, M., Shah, M. T., Latif, A., Aurangzeb, and Kamal, M., 1981. "Major elements abundance in the Kalam lavas". Geological Bulletin, University of Peshawar, 14, 45–62.
Begum, J., Kaka Khail, and Shah, M. T., 2005. "Co-Deposition of Cu-Zn thin film alloys from non-cyanide bath". Journal of Science and Technology - University of Peshawar, 29, (2), 23–26.
Begum, J., Kakakhel, L. and Shah, M. T., 2004. "Co-deposition of Ni-Fe alloys on mild steel". Journal of Science and Technology - University of Peshawar, Pakistan, 26: 51–53.
Shakirullah, M., Ahmad, I, Shah, M. T., Ishaq, M., Habib-ur-rehman, Sanaullah, and Bahader, A., 2002. "Ash depletion study of Pakistani low rank pulverized coal". Journal of Science and Technology - University of Peshawar, Pakistan, 26: 23–27.
Shah, M. T. and Lechler, P. J., 2002. "Gold anomalies in the Dir and Swat Kohistan, northern Pakistan". Journal of Science and Technology - University of Peshawar, Pakistan, 26: 1–6.
Begum, J., Kakakhel, L. and Shah, M. T., 2002. "Nickel electroplating on mild steel". Journal of Science and Technology - University of Peshawar, Pakistan, 26: 51–53.
Shakirullah, M., Ahmad, I, Shah, M. T., Ishaq, M., Habib-ur-rehman, Sanaullah, and Bahader, A., 2002. "Ash depletion study of Pakistani low rank pulverized coal". Journal of Science and Technology - University of Peshawar, Pakistan, 26: 23–27.
Gul, A., Shuaib, M., Shah, M. T. and Danishwar, S., 2001. "Chemical investigations of oil field water at Sadkal oil filed of OGDC, Fateh Jang, Attock District, Punjab, Pakistan". Journal of science and technology, University of Peshawar 25, 27–33.
Shah, M. T. and Shervais, J. W., 1997. "Oxygen isotope geochemistry of the Dir metavolcanic sequence and associated copper mineralization in kohistan arc terrane, northern Pakistan: Evidence for a high 18O ore forming fluid". The Nucleus, 34 (1–2), 49–55.
Danishwar, S., Majid, M. and Shah, M. T., 1995. "Mineralogy and geochemistry of lacustrine deposits of the Kheshki area, N.W.F.P., Pakistan". Journal of science and technology, University of Peshawar, 19, No. 1 and 2, 33–39.
Siddiqui, I., Hamidullah, S., Shah, M. T. and Brohi, I. A., 1994. "Impact of coal on ground water chemistry in Lakhra (Sidh)". Sindh University Research Journal (Sci. Ser.), 36(2), 69–78.
Shah, M. T., Majid, M., Hamidullah, S. and Shervais, J. W., 1992. "Petrochemistry of amphibolites from the Shergarh Sar area, Allai Kohistan, N. Pakistan". Kashmir Journal of Geology, 10, 123–139.
Shakirullah, M., Ahmad, I., Wazir, S. and Shah, M. T., Habib-ur-Rehman., Ishaq, M. and Bahader, A., 2003. "Characterization and mineral matter extraction of South Waziristan coal". Peshawar University Teachers Association Journal 10, 115–121.
Shakirullah, Habib-ur-Rehman, Shah, M. T., Subhanullah, Khan, M. A. and Khan, S. A., 2002. "Level of lead and cadmium in different brands of cigarette tobacco smoked in Pakistan". Scientific Khyber, 15 (1), 29–35.
Siddiqui, I., Shah, M. T. and Khan, M., 2000. "Environmental geochemistry of acid mine drainage water at Indus coal mine at Lakhra, Sindh-Pakistan". Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences 19, No. 2, 100–106.
Shah, M. T., 2000. "Mineralogy, chemistry and genesis of the Proterozoic base metal deposits at the northern margin of the Indian plate in Besham area, Himalaya, northern Pakistan". In: Hussain S. S., Akbar H. M. (Eds), Economic Geology of Pakistan. Pakistan Museum of Natural History, 11–57.
Tahirkheli, T., Shah, M. T. and Khan, M. A., 2000. "Mineralogical, isotopic and fluid inclusion studies of copper mineralization in Drosh-Shishi area, Chitral, northern Pakistan". In: Hussain S. S., Akbar H. M. (Eds) "Economic Geology of Pakistan. Pakistan Museum of Natural History, 59–71.
Siddiqui, I., Shah, M. T. and Hamidullah, S., 2000. "Heavy metal pollutants in Lakhra Power station fly ash". Mehran University Research Journal of Engineering & Technology, 19, No. 4, 229–234.
Asim, M., Majid, M. and Shah, M. T., 2000. "Geology, geochemistry and tectonic setting of ophiolitic rocks from the Waziristan Ophiolite Complex, NW Pakistan". Geologica, 5, 109–133.
Shah, M. T., Sarwar, A., Khattak, M. U. K. and Siddiqui, S. A., 1999. "Petrochemical account of various types of rocks of Timargara and Samarbagh areas of southern Dir, Kohistan arc terrane, northern Pakistan". Acta Mineralogica Pakistanica, 10, 85–101.
Shah, M. T., Sarwar, A., Ahmad, W. and Siddiqui, S. A., 1998. "Litho and stream sediments' geochemical studies for gold and base metals in areas around Timargara and Samarbagh, district Dir, northern Pakistan". Acta Mineralogica Pakistanica, 9, 37–54.
Tahirkheli, T., Shah, M. T. and Khan, M. A., 1998. "Oxygen isotopic signature of the hydrothermal copper mineralization in Drosh-Shishi area, Chitral, Pakistan". Acta Mineralogica Pakistanica, 9, 111–116.
Saeed, A., Faridullah, and Shah, M. T., 1998. "Heavy metal analysis in dust falls of Peshawar region, Pakistan". Science, Technology and Development, 17(2), 44–47.
Ali, I., Shah, M. T., Jan, M. R. and Khan, S., 1998. "Trace elements determination by Atomic Absorption spectrophotometer in the rocks of the Kala Daka area, Mansehra, Pakistan". Geological Survey Information Release, 671, 1–16.
Hamidullah, S., Saifullah, and Shah, M. T., 1997. "Heavy metals pollution in the eastern part of Peshawar metropolis, north Pakistan". In: Environmental Pollution (J. Hanif and M. I. Hanif eds.), Proceedings of the National Symposium on Modern Trends in Contemporary Chemistry, Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, Islamabad, 65–73.
Baig, Z. M. and Shah, M. T., 1997. "Nitrate as an anthropogenic pollutant in the ground water of Gadoon area, Swabi District (N.W.F.P.), Pakistan". (J. Hanif and M. I. Hanif eds.), Proceedings of the National Symposium on Modern Trends in Contemporary Chemistry, Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, Islamabad, 45–48.
Ali, I. and Shah, M. T., 1997. "Spectrophotometric method for the determination of alumina in the geological material". Geological Survey of Pakistan information Release No. 635, 1–5.
Shakirullah, M., Rahman, H., Shah, M. T., Subhanullah, and Khan, M. A., 1996. "Level of lead and cadmium in different brands of cigarette tobacco smoked in Pakistan". Proceedings of the National Conference on Fuel and the Environment, University of Peshawar, 152–159.
Siddique, I., Hamidullah, S. and Shah, M. T., 1996. "Heavy metal pollutants in Lakhra coal ash". Proceedings of the 1st National Conference on Fuel and the Environment, University of Peshawar, 89–98.
Danishwar, S., Shah, M. T. and Baig, Z. M., 1995. "Source of high sulfate in Gadoon area, Swabi, N.W.F.P, Pakistan". Proceedings of National Symposium on Environmental Geology, University of Peshawar, 167–172.
Shah, M. T., 1993. "Skarnization of the massive sulfide ores and associated rocks of the Pazang group in Besham area at the northern margin of Ino-Pakistan plate". Acta Mineralogica Pakistanica, 7, 68–78.
Shah, M. T., 1993. "A note on the chalcopyrite disease in sphalerite in the volcanic-hosted copper mineralization in Dir area, northern Pakistan". Acta Mineralogica Pakistanica, 7, 82–84.
Ali, I., Shah, M. T. and Jan, M. R., 1993. "Geochemical techniques for the analyses of rocks and their application to the rocks of granitic composition from Kala Daka area, Mansehra". Journal of Environmental and Analytical Chemistry, University of Peshawar, 2, 34–40.
Shah, M. T., and Majid, M., 1992. "Petrology and chemistry of the ultramafic rocks from the Allai Kohistan section of the Indus Suture Zone in Hazara, northern Pakistan". Acta Mineralogica Pakistanica, 6, 73–84.
