Dr. Muhammad Khalid Sohail
Category: Faculty
Published on: January 28, 2022,
Last modified on: October 8th, 2023
Last updated on October 8th, 2023
Personal Information
Campus Islamabad  

Department Management Studies
Designation Professor
Name Dr. Muhammad Khalid Sohail
Email Mkhalids33@live.com
Ksohail.buic@bahria.edu.pk
Phone (Office EXT) 92-51-9260002 Ext.1969
Research Area Finance, IPOs, financial market, corporate finance, A.I
Number of Publications Journals = 40
Conferences = 6
Qualification
Degree Passing Year Majors University
PhD 2016 Finance CUST, Islamabad
MS 2006 Finance COMSATS, Islamabad
MBA 2001 Finance University of Peshawar
MSc (CS) 1994 Computer Sc. Gomal University
Teaching Experience
Designation From To Organization
Professor Jan 2022 Date Bahira University, Islamabad
Associate Professor Sep 2019 Dec 2021 Bahira University, Islamabad
Assistant Professor Feb 2008 Sep 2019 COMSATS, Islamabad
Assistant Professor Oct 2006 Feb 2008 PMAS, Arid Agr. Uni. Rwp.
Officer Jan 1996 Jan 2004 SME Bank
Officer Dec 1995 Jan 1996 Fauji Foundation
Lecturer Jul 1994 Dec 1995 CECOS Peshawar
Research Publications
1 Sohail, M. K., Nasr, M. (2007), Performance of initial public offerings in Pakistan, Journal of International Review of Business Research Papers, Vol.3 No.2 June, 2007, 420-441. NR-1
2 Sohail, M. K., Raheman, A., (2009), Determinants of Underpricing of IPOs regarding Financial & Non-Financial Firms in Pakistan. European Journal of Economic, Finance & Administrative Sciences. Issue 15, 62-73. HEC, Y-category
3 Sohail, M. K., Raheman, A. (2010), Examining the Short-run IPOs performance in state of economy: Normal, Boom & Recession, International Research Journal of Finance and Economics. Issue 35. June, 2010, 173-186 HEC, Y-category
4 Zulfiqar B., Raheman, A., Sohail, M. K., et al. (2011), Examining Performance of Closed-End Mutual Funds under Different States of Stock Market in Pakistan, Journal of International Review of Business Research Papers, Vol.7 No.3 May, 2011, Pp. 233-249 NR-2
5 Fida, B. A., Khan, M. A., Sohail, M. K. (2011), “Revisiting Aggregate Import Demand Function in Pakistan using ARDL Methodology”, American Journal of Scientific Research, Vol. 33, Pp 5-12. HEC, X-category
6 Raheman, A., Sohail, M. K., et al. 2011, “Oil Prices Fluctuations and Stock Returns: A Study on Asia Pacific Countries”, American Journal of Scientific Research, Vol. 43, Pp. 97-106. HEC, X-category
7 *Fida, B. A., Khan, M. A., Sohail, M. K., 2012, “Analysis of exchange rate fluctuations and external debt: Empirical evidence from Pakistan”, African Journal of Business Management, Vol. 6(4), Pp. 1760-1768 NR-3
8 Raheman, A., Sohail, M. K., et al. 2012, “Impact of Capital Expenditure on Working Capital Management in Selected Listed Pakistani Firms”, American Journal of Scientific Research, Vol.53, Pp. 15-23. HEC, X-category
9 Sohail, M. K., Raheman, A., et al., 2012, “Index Re-Composition Effects: Comparison Of Different Models”, J. Basic. Appl. Sci. Res., 2(4) Pp. 3294-3301. ISI indexed
10 Raheman, A., Sohail, M. K., et al. 2012, “Foreign exchange risk exposure in firms listed at Karachi stock exchange”, International Research Journal of Finance and Economics, Issue 91, P. 29-38, HEC, Y-category
11 Sohail, M. K., Raheman, A., et al., 2012, “Effects of Index Reconstitution under Different States of Market”, J. Basic Appl. Sci. Res. 2(7): 7128-7141. ISI indexed
12 Raheman, A., Sohail, M. K., et al. (2014). Short-run and long-run performance of initial public offerings in Pakistan, Pakistan Business Review, Vol. 16, No.3 Pp. 613-645. HEC X-category
13 *Majeed, U., Raheman, A., Sohail, M. K., et al. (2015). Islamic calendar events and stock market reaction: evidence from Pakistan, Science international, Sci.Int. (Lahore), 27(3),2559-2567. NR-4
14 *Raheman, A., Batool, H., Waheed, Z., Zulfiqar, B., Sohail, M. K. (2015). Impact of weather on stock returns and volatility – a study on Pakistani stock markets and selected industries, Science international, Sci.Int. (Lahore), 27(3),2633-2641. NR-5
15 *Raheman, A., Kiyani A, Niaz S, Sohail, M. K., et al. (2015). Sports and stock returns volatility: a case of cricket matches played by Pakistan with Asian countries. Science international, Sci.Int. (Lahore), 27(3),2623-2632. NR-6
16 Sohail, M. K., & Anjum, M. S. (2016). Efficiency Dynamics of Initial Public Offerings Using Data Envelopment Analysis and Malmquist Productivity Index Approach. Engineering Economics, 27(2), 175-184. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5755/j01.ee.27.2.10062 Impact factor 0.79
17 Zafar, S., Raheman, A., Rizwan, M. F., Sohail, M. K (2017), Capital Structure Decision and Firm’s Life Cycle-A Study on Non-Financial Sector of Pakistan, Nice Research Journal, 9 (1), 1-18. http://www.nicerjss.com/index.php/JFME/article/view/38/35 HEC Y-category
18 Akbar, M. A., Sang, J., Khan, A. A., Amin, F. E., Hussain, S., Sohail, M. K., … & Cai, B. (2018). Statistical Analysis of the Effects of Heavyweight and Lightweight Methodologies on the Six-Pointed Star Model. IEEE Access, 6, 8066-8079., DOI:10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2805702. Impact factor 3.2
19 Habib, A., Hussain, S., Khan, A. A., Sohail, M. K., Ilahi, M., Mufti, M. R., & Faisal, M. I. (2019). Knowledge based quality analysis of crowdsourced software development platforms. Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory, 25(2), 122-131. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10588-018-9269-5 , https://doi.org/10.1007 impact factor 0.769
20 Rasheed, A., Sohail, M. K., Din, S. U., & Ijaz, M. (2018). How Do Investment Banks Price Initial Public Offerings? An Empirical Analysis of Emerging Market. International Journal of Financial Studies, 6(3), 77.; doi:10.3390/ijfs6030077, ISI indexed https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7072/6/3/77 HEC Y-category
21 21. factor 0.789, DOI: 10.15611/aoe.2018.2.10 http://argumentaoeconomica.ue.wroc.pl/?p=97 https://dbc.wroc.pl/Content/52794/PDF/
Sohail_IPO_Underpricing_Phenomenon_On_The_Karachi_Stock_2018.pdf
22 Sohail, M. K and Farhat, R. (2018) “What Happened to the Investors of South Asian Countries While Investing in the Newly Listed Firms: A New Approach?,” Journal of Economics, Business and Management vol. 6, no.4, pp. 150-154, Web link: http://www.joebm.com/vol6/565-MS0018.pdf NR7
23 Sohail, M. K., Raheman, A (2019), Does Maturity Level of Newly Listed Firms Matter in the Long-Run Performance? Evidence from Pakistan, Nice Research Journal, 11 (2), 94-111. HEC Ycategory, http://www.nicerjss.com/index.php/JFME/article/view/73/73
24 Hussain, S., Keung, J., Sohail, M. K., Khan, A. A., & Ilahi, M. (2019). Automated framework for classification and selection of software design patterns. Applied Soft Computing, 75, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asoc.2018.10.049 impact factor 3.9, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1568494618306173
25 Hussain, S., Keung, J., Sohail, M. K., Khan, A. A., Ilahi, M., Ahmad, G., … & Noor, M. A. (2019). A methodology to rank the design patterns on the base of text relevancy. Soft Computing, 23(24), 13433-13448. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00500-019-03882-y , Impact Factor 2.37 Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2019, 4s
26 Rasheed, A., Sohail, M. K. and Din, S. (2018). Why do firms decide to go public? A case study of Karachi Stock Exchange, Pakistan Business Review, Vol. 20, No.3, p. 676-690 HEC X-category, https://pbr.iobm.edu.pk/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/17-993-9480-1-SP.pdf
27 Hussain, S., Keung, J., Sohail, M. K., Khan, A. A., Ahmad, G., Mufti, M. R., & Khatak, H. A. (2019). Methodology for the quantification of the effect of patterns and anti-patterns association on the software quality. IET Software, 13(5), 414-422., Impact Factor: 0.947, DOI: 10.1049/ietsen.2018.5087
28 Sultana, F., Raheman, A, and Sohail, M. K. (2019), A comparative study on liquidity management, operating performance and firm value, Pakistan Business Review, Vol. 21, No.1. p-15-26. https://pbr.iobm.edu.pk/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Article-2.pdf HEC X-category
29 Hussain, S., Mufti, M. R., Sohail, M. K., Afzal, H., Ahmad, G., & Khan, A. A. (2019). A Step towards the Improvement in the Performance of Text Classification. TIIS, 13(4), 2162-2179. DOI: 10.3837/tiis.2019.04.024 , http://itiis.org/digital-library/manuscript/2333 impact factor 0.71
30 Rasheed, A., Sohail, M. K. and Nafiees, B. (2019). Measuring market efficiency through Calendar effect anomaly in different states of economy periods, Pakistan Business Review, Vol. 21, No.2 p-420-432. https://pbr.iobm.edu.pk/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/A-12.pdf HEC X-category
31 Naveed, M., Ali, S., Iqbal, K. and Sohail, M.K. (2020), “Role of financial and non-financial information in determining individual investor investment decision: a signaling perspective”, South Asian Journal of Business Studies, Vol. 9 No. 2, pp. 261-278. https://doi.org/10.1108/SAJBS-09-2019-0168 HEC Y-category
32 Sohail, M. K., Sindhu, M. I., & Imran, M. (2020). The Secret To Cash The Profits In Pair Trading Strategies: A Case Of KSE Firms. CITY UNIVERSITY RESEARCH JOURNAL Vol. 10 No. 2, pp. 189-204. http://cusitjournals.com/index.php/CURJ/article/view/410/263 HEC Y-category
33 Naveed, M., Sohail, M. K., Abdin, S. Z., Awais, M., & Batool, N. (2020). Role of ESG disclosure in determining asset allocation decision: An individual investor perspective. Paradigms, 14(1), 157-165. https://paradigms.ucp.edu.pk/static/uploads/2017/09/1424.pdf HEC Y-category
34 Sohail, M. K. Raheman, A., Adil, I. H., Rizwan, M. F. and Khan, S. U. (2020). Pair trading strategies using Machine learning: A case of PSX firms, Pakistan Business Review, Vol. 22, No.3 p-340-351. https://pbr.iobm.edu.pk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/A-11.pdf HEC Y-category
35 Shoukat, S. J., Mufti M. R., Afzal, M., Sohail, M. K, Khan, D. M., et al. (2021). Analyzing COVID-19 Impact on the Researchers Productivity through Their Perceptions, Computers, Materials and Continua, .67(2), 1835-1847 DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.014397 https://www.techscience.com/cmc/v67n2/41327 {HEC W-category, IF:4.89}
36 Qasim, Z., Sohail, M. K., Raheman, A and Sindhu, M. I. (2021). The impact of risk management factors on banks performance of Pakistan, Nice Research Journal, 13(4), 1-27. https://nicerjss.com/index.php/JFME/article/view/221/138 HEC Y-category
37 Huma, Sohail, M. K., Hussain S. … (2021). Analyzing the Correlation Between Mental Illness and COVID-19 Pandemic Through Implication of Social Media Platform, Computers, Materials and Continua, 67(3), 3737-3748 DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.014398 https://www.techscience.com/cmc/v67n3/41582 {HEC W-category, IF:4.89}
38 Mushafiq, M., Sindhu, M.I. and Sohail, M.K. (2021), “Financial performance under influence of credit risk in non-financial firms: evidence from Pakistan”, Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEAS-02-2021-0018 HEC Y-category
39 Mushafiq, M., Khalid, S. and Sohail, M.K. (2021),”Exploring the relationship between investment choices, cognitive abilities risk attitudes and financial literacy “, Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JEAS-07-2021-0130/full/html HEC Y-Category publication date: 15 October 2021
40 Mushafiq, M., Sami, S.A., Sohail, M.K. and Sindhu, M.I. (2022), “Merton-type default risk and financial performance: the dynamic panel moderation of firm size”, Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEAS-09-2021-0181 HEC Y-category
CONFERENCES:
1 Presented research paper titled “What happened to the investors of south Asian countries while investing in the newly listed firms: a new approach?” in 5th International Conference on Economics, Society and Management, Beijing, China. July 5-8, (ICESM 2018).
2 Presented research paper in 9th International Congress On Knowledge, Economy And Management (CkeM2011), International University of Sarajevo at Bosnia Herzegovina from 23rd to 25th of June 2011.
3 Presented research paper in 8th International Congress On Knowledge, Economy And Management (CkeM2010), October 28-31 2010, Halic Congress Center, Istanbul organized by Istanbul University Faculty of Economics Beyazıt, İstanbul Turkey
4 Presented research paper in 1st International Conference on Economic and Management Perspectives (ICEMP 2008): October 17-19, 2008, Famagusta, North Cyprus, Via Turkey organized by International Economic Society.
5 Presented research paper in 3rd International Business Research Conference at Melbourne, Australia from Nov. 20-22, 2006 organized by World Business Institute.
6 Attended “2nd International Conference on Emerging Trends in Management”, Muhammad Ali Jinnah University, Islamabad, Pakistan. (6th June, 2013).