Mohammad Tahir Shah

Mohammad Tahir Shah
Born	20 July 1956 Sirikot, Pakistan, Pakistan
Residence	Peshawar
Citizenship	Pakistan
Nationality	Pakistani
Fields	Geology, geochemistry, economic geology, mineral exploration and environmental geology
Institutions	National Centre of Excellence in Geology
Alma mater	University of Peshawar University of South Carolina University of Nevada University of Leicester
Doctoral advisor	John.W. Shervais
Known for	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 has carried out research in the field of Environmental Geology.
Notable awards	Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (2014) Izaz-I-Fazeelat (2001) Gold Medal of the Pakistan Academy of Sciences (2005) Earth Scientist of the Year (1994) Productivity Awards (2003-2005) and (2009-2013)

Dr. Mohammad Tahir Shah is a geoscientists. He is the founder Vice Chancellor of the FATA University, FR Kohat by the Federal Government on January 18, 2016.^[1] 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^[2] recognized journals and 36 other national & 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 presently supervising 3 Ph.D, and 6 M.Phil. students.

Dr. Shah has made contributions towards Science & 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 USA, 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 of 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,^[3] 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.^[4]

Education & Life

Dr. M. Tahir Shah was born in village Sirikot, Tehsel Ghazi, District Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on July 20, 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,^[3] University of Peshawar^[4] 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).

Academic career

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^[5] 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^[6] 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, USA and University of Leicester, UK respectively. He remained the Senior Vice President of the National Geological Society of Pakistan (2006-2008).

Awards

• Civil Award (Tamgha-e-Imtiaz) was awarded by the President of Pakistan in the field of Science on the Eve of August 14, 2014 and the medal was decorated on me by the Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Mr. Sardar Mehtab Amed Khan Abbasi, on March 23, 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 December 24, 2005.
• Received Earth Scientist of the year 1994-995 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 titled “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 (USA) (1988).
• Received USAID Thomas Jefferson Fellowship award for four years for the completion of Doctoral research at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA.

Honors

• 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.

Research Projects

• 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, Agricul¬ture 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 Khawa¬ja 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, Paksitan (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 environmen¬tal 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

Research Publications

• 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. Canad. Jour. Pure. Applied Sciences, 10 (1), 3817-3826.^[7]
• 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. Sci. Inform., DOI: 10.1007/s12145-015-0239-x^[8]
• 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. Arab.Jour. Geoscie. DOI: 10.1007/s2517-015-1900-x^[9]
• 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. Jour. Water. Health., 13 (4), 1073-1083. DOI:10.2166/wh.2015.011^[10]
• 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. Pak. Jor. Bot., 47 (SI), 133-138.^[11]
• 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. Environ. Monitor. Assess. 187:605, 1-14. DOI.1007/s10661-015-4807-9^[12]
• 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. Jour. Water. Health. 13 (4), 1130-1142. Doi:10.2166/wh.2015.066.^[13]
• 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 and water. 43(9999), 1-10.^[14]
• 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.^[15]
• 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. Arab. Jour. Geoscie., 8(7), 5081-5093. DOI:10.1007/s12517-014-1531-7^[16]
• 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 Sens. Environ., 168, 265-275^[17]
• 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. Inter. Jour. Phytoremed. 17, 801-813.^[18]
• 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 Jour. Earth sci., 01/2015; 24:276-288. DOI: 10.3906/yer-1410-21^[19]
• 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. Jour. Soils. Sediments, 15, 1119-1129.^[20]
• Ahmed, Z., Subhan, F., Shah, M.T. and Farooq, S., 2014. Effect of fasting on serum lithium levels: An experimental study in animal models. Pak. Jour. Pharmaceu. Scie., 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. Hum. Ecol. Risk Assess. 21, 1010-1031.^[21]
• Sajid, M., Arif, M., Shah, M.T., 2014. Petrogenesis of Granites from Utla area of Gadoon, North-West Pakistan: Implications from petrography and geochemistry. Jour. Earth. Sci., 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. Jour. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem. 302, 315-329. DOI 10.1007/s10967-014-3257-0.^[22]
• 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. Arab.Jour. Geosci. 8, 2227-2235. DOI 10.1007/s12517-014-1306-1.^[23]
• 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, Hyrdol. Process., 29, 579-587.^[24]
• 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, Jour. Geochem. Explor., 138, 1-7.^[25]
• 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 and water. 42(3), 339-346.^[26]
• 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 Jour. Geosci., 7, 3801-3814; DOI 10.1007/s12517-013-1045-8^[27]
• 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. Jour. Clean. Product., 60, 93-101. doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2010.02.016.^[28]
• 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. Jour. Chem. Soc. Pak. 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.^[29]
• 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. Jour. Chem. Soc. Pak. 34 (1), 243-250.^[30]
• 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. Pakistan. Jour. Chem. Soc. Pak. 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. Jour. Radioanal. Nuclerar Chem. 290, 493-505.^[31]
• Amin, N., Ali, K., Shah, M.T. and Alam, S. 2011. Chemical activation of bagasse ash in cement mortar. Advances in Cement Res., 23 (2), 89-95.^[32]
• 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. Microchem. Jour. 99, 67-75.^[33]
• 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. Microchem. Jour., 98, 334-343.^[34]
• 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. Inter. Jour. Environ. Pollut., 45(1/2/3), 110-122^[35]
• 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. Ecotoxic. Environ. Safty. 73: 1820-1827.^[36]
• 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. Chem. Toxicol. 48, 2855-2864.^[37]
• 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. Environ. Earth Sci., (Previously Environ. Geology) 60, 1091-1102.^[38]
• 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. Jour. Medic. Plants. Res. 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. Jour. Medic. Plants. Res. 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 Jour. Biotech. 8(12), 2725-2729.^[39]
• 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. Jour. Environ. Manag. 90, 3451-3457.^[40]
• 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. Jour. Chem. Soc. Pak, 31 (3), 375-378.^[41]
• 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. Jour. Chem. Soc. Pak, 31 (3), 370-374.^[42]
• 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. Jour. Chem. Soc. Pak, 31 (3), 357-361.^[43]
• 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. Magaz. Conc. Res. 61(10), 779-785.^[44]
• 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. Jour. Chem. Soc. Pak., 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. Jour. Chem. Soc. Pak., 31 (5), 757-771.^[45]
• 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? Geol. Soc. Amer. Bull., 121, 366-384.
• Shah, M.T. and Moon C.J., 2007. Manganese and ferromanganese ores from different tectonic settings in the NW Himalayas, Pakistan. Jour. 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. Jour. Chem. Soc. Pak., 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. Jour. Chem. Soc. Pak., 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. Jour. Chem. Soc. Pak., 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. Jour. Chem. Soc. Pak., 29(2), 116-120.
• Shah, M. T. and Tariq, S., 2006. Oxygen isotope chemistry of the water from Peshawar basin, Pakistan. Jour. Chem. Soc. Pak., 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, Paksitan. Jour. Chem. Soc. 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 Paksitan: its implication in mineral exploration and environmental degradation. Environ. 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. Jour. 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. Jour. 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, north¬ern Pakistan. Mineralium Deposita, 29, 422-426.

Publications in other international journals/Proceedings/Books

• Gohar, A., Shah, M.T. and Bilqees, R., 2015. Engineering characteristics for different building stones exposed in the vicinity of Abbottabad, NE Pakistan. Proceed. 9th Intern. Indus. Miner.Symp, 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. Jour. Glob. Innov. Agric. Soc. Sci., 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 Appl. Sci. Jour., 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 Jour. Geochem., 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 Jour. Geochem., 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. Chin. Jour. Geochem., 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. Jour. Solid Wast Tech. Manag., 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. Proc. 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. Proc. 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. Proc. 11th Himalya-Karakoram-Tibet workshop, Arizona, 133-135.

Publications in HEC recognized journals of “X” category

• 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. Jour. Himalay. Earth Sci, 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. Jour. Himalay. Earth. Sci., 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. Jour. Himalay. Earth. Sci., 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. Jour. Himalay. Earth. Sci., 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. Proc. Pak. Acad. Sci. 36(2), 119-134.
• Shah, M. T. and Jan, M. Q., 1996. Review of geochemical characteristics as petroge¬netic and palaeotectonic indicators of igneous rocks. Proc. Pak. Acad. Sci., 33, No. 1-2, 73-78.

Publications in HEC recognized journals of “Y” category

• 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. Jour. Himalay. Earth. Sci., 45(1), 31-52.
• Agheem M. H., Shah, M. T., Khan, T., Ahmed, I., Laghari, A. and Dars, H., 2011. Field features abd petrography used as indicators for the classification of Shigar valley pegmatites, Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. Jour. Himalay. Earth Sci., 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 Univ. Res. Jour., 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. Jour. Himalay. Earth Sci., 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. Jour. Himalay. Earth Sci., (Geol. Bull. Univ. Pesh), 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. Geol. Bull. Univ. 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. Geol. Bull. Univ. Peshawar, 37: 27-40.
• Shah, M.T. and Lechler, P. J., 2004. Geochemical exploration in the Dir and Swat Kohistan, northern Pakistan. Geol. Bull. Univ. 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. Geol. Bull. Univ. 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. Geol. Bull. Univ. 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. Geol. Bull. Univ. Peshawar, 33, 53-78.
• Hamidullah, S., Saifullah and Shah, M.T., 2000. Heavy metals pollution in soils of Peshawar city, NWFP, Pakistan. Geol. Bull. Univ. 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 Paksitan. Geol. Bull. Univ. 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. Geol. Bull. Univ. 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. Pak. Jour. Sci. and indus. Res. 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. Geol. Bull. Univ. 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. Geol. Bull. Univ. 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. Geol. Bull. Univ. 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. Geol. Bull. Univ. 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. Geol. Bull. Univ. 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. Geol. Bull. 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. Geol. Bull. Univ. 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. Geol. Bull. Univ. 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. Geol. Bull. Univ. 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. Geol. Bull. Univ. Peshawar, 26, 45-58.
• Shah, M. T. and Jan M. Q., 1993. Mineralogical constraints of the Shergarh Sar amphibo¬lites, Allai Kohistan, northern Pakistan. Geol. Bull. Univ. Peshawar, 26, 59-73.
• Shah, M.T., Thrope, R.I. and Siddique, S.A., 1992. Lead isotope signature of the Protero¬zoic sediment-hosted base metal deposits at the margin of the Indian plate in Besham area, Northern Pakistan. Geol. Bull. Univ. 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. Geol. Bull. Univ. Peshawar, 25, 67-71.
• Shah, M.T., 1992. Tourmaline as an evidence of exhalative origin for Besham base metal deposits in northern Pakistan. Geol. Bull. Univ. 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. Geol. Bull. Univ. Peshawar, 20, 215-216.
• Shah, M.T., and Majid, M., 1985. Major and trace element variations in the laves of Sher¬garh Sar area and their significance with respect to the Kohistan tectonic anomaly. Geol. Bull. Univ. 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. Geol. Bull. Univ. Peshawar, 18, 41-52.
• Rafiq, M., Ahmed, I. and Shah, M.T., 1984. Major faults and lineaments of the surroundings of the Peshawar plain. Geol. Bull. Univ. 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. Geol. Bull. Univ. 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. Geol. Bull. Univ. 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. Geol. Bull. Univ. Peshawar, 16, 65-83.
• Majid, M., Shah, M.T., Latif, A., Aurangzeb, and Kamal, M., 1981. Major elements abun¬dance in the Kalam lavas. Geol. Bull. Univ. Peshawar, 14, 45-62.

Publications in HEC recognized journals of “Z” category

• Begum, J., Kaka Khail, and Shah, M. T., 2005. Co-Deposition of Cu-Zn thin film alloys from non-cyanide bath. Jour. Sci. Tech., Univ. Peshawar, 29, (2), 23-26.
• Begum, J., Kakakhel, L. and Shah, M.T., 2004. Co-deposition of Ni-Fe alloys on mild steel. J. Sci. Tech. Univ. 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. J. Sci. Tech. Univ. Peshawar, Pakistan, 26: 23-27.
• Shah, M.T. and Lechler, P.J., 2002. Gold anomalies in the Dir and Swat Kohistan, northern Pakistan. J. Sci. Tech. Univ. Peshawar, Pakistan, 26: 1-6.
• Begum, J., Kakakhel, L. and Shah, M.T., 2002. Nickle electroplating on mild steel. J. Sci. Tech. Univ. 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. J. Sci. Tech. Univ. 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. Jour. Sci. Tech. Univ. Pesh. 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. Jour. Sci. Tech. Univ. Peshawar, 19, No. 1and 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 Univ. Res. Jour. (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 Jour. Geol., 10, 123-139.

Publications in other journals / Books of international repute

• 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. Pesh. Univ. Teach. Assoc. Jour. 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. J. Eng. and Appl. Sci. 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 SS, Akbar HM (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 SS, Akbar HM (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. Univ. Res. J. Eng and Tech, 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. Sci. Tech. and Develop., 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. Geol. Surv. 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.), Proc.. Nat, Symp. 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.), Proc.. Nat, Symp. 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. Geol. Surv. Pak. 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. Proc. Nation. Conf. on Fuel and Environ. Univ. Peshawar, 152-159.
• Siddique, I., Hamidullah, S. and Shah, M.T., 1996. Heavy metal pollutants in Lakhra coal ash. Prtoc. Ist Nation. Conf. on Fuel and the Environ. Univ. 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, Univ. 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. J. Envir. and Anal. Chem. Univ. 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.

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10. Gul, Nida; Shah, Mohammad Tahir; Khan, Sardar; Khattak, Nimat Ullah; Muhammad, Said (2015-04-27). "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): 1073–1084. doi:10.2166/wh.2015.011. ISSN 1477-8920.
11. Mohammad, Juma; Khan, Sardar; Shah, Muhammad Tahir; Ahmed, Adnan (2016-01-04). "ESSENTIAL AND NONESSENTIAL METAL CONCENTRATIONS IN MOREL MUSHROOM (MORCHELLA ESCULENTA) IN DIR-KOHISTAN, PAKISTAN". 47.
12. Nawab, Javed; Khan, Sardar; Shah, Mohammad Tahir; Qamar, Zahir; Din, Islamud; Mahmood, Qaisar; Gul, Nayab; Huang, Qing (2015-09-01). "Contamination of soil, medicinal, and fodder plants with lead and cadmium present in mine-affected areas, Northern Pakistan". Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 187 (9): 1–14. doi:10.1007/s10661-015-4807-9. ISSN 0167-6369.
13. Begum, Shaheen; Shah, Mohammad Tahir; Muhammad, Said; Khan, Sardar (2015-11-26). "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. ISSN 1477-8920.
14. Nawab, Javed; Khan, Sardar; Shah, Mohammad Tahir; Gul, Nayab; Ali, Abid; Khan, Kifayatullah; Qing, Huang; Qing, H (2015-08-10). "Heavy Metal Bioaccumulation in Native Plants in Chromite Impacted Sites: A Search for Effective Remediating Plant Species". doi:10.1002/clen.201400605]. ISSN 1863-0669.
15. ULLAH, K.; ARIF, M.; SHAH, M. TAHIR (2015-01-01). "Geochemistry and provenance of the Lower Siwaliks from southwestern Kohat, western Himalayan Foreland Basin, NW Pakistan". Geologica Acta. 13 (1). doi:10.1344/GeologicaActa2015.13.1.3. ISSN 1695-6133.
16. Ali, Liaqat; Moon, Charlie John; Williamson, Ben James; Shah, Muhammad Tahir; Khattak, Seema Anjum (2014-07-19). "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. ISSN 1866-7511.
17. Ahmad Abir, Ismail; Khan, Shuhab D.; Ghulam, Abduwasit; Tariq, Shahina; Shah, Mohammad Tahir (2015-10-01). "Active tectonics of western Potwar Plateau–Salt Range, northern Pakistan from InSAR observations and seismic imaging". Remote Sensing of Environment. 168: 265–275. doi:10.1016/j.rse.2015.07.011.
18. Nawab, Javed; Khan, Sardar; Shah, Mohammad Tahir; Khan, Kifayatullah; Huang, Qing; Ali, Roshan (2015-09-02). "Quantification of Heavy Metals in Mining Affected Soil and Their Bioaccumulation in Native Plant Species". International Journal of Phytoremediation. 17 (9): 801–813. doi:10.1080/15226514.2014.981246. ISSN 1522-6514. PMID 26079739.
19. ULLAH, KAFAYAT; ARIF, MOHAMMAD; SHAH, MUHAMMAD TAHIR (2015-05-26). "Petrography and geochemistry of the Kamlial Formation, southwestern Kohat plateau, Pakistan: implications for paleoclimate of the Western Himalayas". TURKISH JOURNAL OF EARTH SCIENCES. 24 (3). ISSN 1300-0985.
20. Hussain, Rahib; Khattak, Seema A.; Shah, Muhammad Tahir; Ali, Liaqat (2015-02-04). "Multistatistical approaches for environmental geochemical assessment of pollutants in soils of Gadoon Amazai Industrial Estate, Pakistan". Journal of Soils and Sediments. 15 (5): 1119–1129. doi:10.1007/s11368-015-1075-9. ISSN 1439-0108.
21. Khan, Sardar; Shah, Irfan Ali; Muhammad, Said; Malik, Riffat Naseem; Shah, Mohammad Tahir (2015-05-19). "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 (4): 1020–1031. doi:10.1080/10807039.2014.950925. ISSN 1080-7039.
22. Khattak, N. U.; Khan, M. A.; Shah, M. T.; Ali, N. (2014-06-22). "Radon concentration in drinking water sources of the region adjacent to a tectonically active Karak Thrust, southern Kohat Plateau, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan". Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry. 302 (1): 315–329. doi:10.1007/s10967-014-3257-0. ISSN 0236-5731.
23. Ali, Liaqat; Williamson, Ben James; Moon, Charlie John; Shah, Muhammad Tahir; Khattak, Seema Anjum (2014-03-15). "Distribution of gold in different size fractions of stream sediments as a guide to bedrock gold mineralisation along the Shyok Suture Zone and adjacent areas of the Kohistan Island Arc, Pakistan". Arabian Journal of Geosciences. 8 (4): 2227–2235. doi:10.1007/s12517-014-1306-1. ISSN 1866-7511.
24. Biber, Kivanc; Khan, Shuhab D.; Shah, Mohammad T. (2015-02-15). "The source and fate of sediment and mercury in Hunza River basin, Northern Areas, Pakistan". Hydrological Processes. 29 (4): 579–587. doi:10.1002/hyp.10175. ISSN 1099-1085.
25. Jabeen, S.; Shah, M. T.; Ahmed, I.; Khan, S.; Hayat, M. Q. (2014-03-01). "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. doi:10.1016/j.gexplo.2013.12.004.
26. Shah, Mohammad T.; Ara, Jamila; Muhammad, Said; Khan, Sardar; Asad, Saeed A.; Ali, Liaqat (2014-03-01). "Potential Heavy Metals Accumulation of Indigenous Plant Species along the Mafic and Ultramafic Terrain in the Mohmand Agency, Pakistan". CLEAN – Soil, Air, Water. 42 (3): 339–346. doi:10.1002/clen.201200632. ISSN 1863-0669.
27. Agheem, Muhammad Hassan; Shah, Mohammad Tahir; Khan, Tahseenullah; Murata, Mamoru; Arif, Muhammad; Dars, Humaira (2013-08-20). "Shigar valley gemstones, their chemical composition and origin, Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan". Arabian Journal of Geosciences. 7 (9): 3801–3814. doi:10.1007/s12517-013-1045-8. ISSN 1866-7511.
28. Khan, Sardar; Shahnaz, Maria; Jehan, Noor; Rehman, Shafiqur; Shah, M. Tahir; Din, Islamud (2013-12-01). "Drinking water quality and human health risk in Charsadda district, Pakistan". Journal of Cleaner Production. Special Volume: Water, Women, Waste, Wisdom and Wealth. 60: 93–101. doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.02.016.
29. Shah, M. T.; Ara, J.; Muhammad, S.; Khan, S.; Tariq, S. (2012-07-01). "Health risk assessment via surface water and sub-surface water consumption in the mafic and ultramafic terrain, Mohmand agency, northern Pakistan". Journal of Geochemical Exploration. 118: 60–67. doi:10.1016/j.gexplo.2012.04.008.
30. Shah, M. T.; Alizai, A. H.; Khan, S. D. (2012-01-01). "Environmental geochemistry of surface and subsurface water from Dera Ismail Khan Division, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan". Journal of the Chemical Society of Pakistan. 34 (1): 243–250. ISSN 0253-5106.
31. "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 (2): 493–505. 2011-06-30. doi:10.1007/s10967-011-1297-2. ISSN 0236-5731.
32. Amin, N.; Ali, K.; Shah, M. T.; Alam, S. (2011-04-01). "Chemical activation of bagasse ash in cement mortar". Advances in Cement Research. 23 (2): 89–95. doi:10.1680/adcr.8.00031. ISSN 0951-7197.
33. Muhammad, Said; Shah, M. Tahir; Khan, Sardar (2011-09-01). "Heavy metal concentrations in soil and wild plants growing around Pb–Zn sulfide terrain in the Kohistan region, northern Pakistan". Microchemical Journal. 99 (1): 67–75. doi:10.1016/j.microc.2011.03.012.
34. Muhammad, Said; Shah, M. Tahir; Khan, Sardar (2011-07-01). "Health risk assessment of heavy metals and their source apportionment in drinking water of Kohistan region, northern Pakistan". Microchemical Journal. 98 (2): 334–343. doi:10.1016/j.microc.2011.03.003.
35. Khan, Sardar; Rehman, Shafiqur; Cao, Qing; Jehan, Noor (2011-01-01). "Uptake and translocation of lead and pyrene by ryegrass cultivated in aged spiked soil". International Journal of Environment and Pollution. 45 (1-3): 110–122. doi:10.1504/IJEP.2011.039089. ISSN 0957-4352. |first5= missing |last5= in Authors list (help)
36. Khan, Sardar; Rehman, Shafiqur; Zeb Khan, Anwar; Amjad Khan, M.; Tahir Shah, M. (2010-10-01). "Soil and vegetables enrichment with heavy metals from geological sources in Gilgit, northern Pakistan". Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 73 (7): 1820–1827. doi:10.1016/j.ecoenv.2010.08.016.
37. Muhammad, Said; Tahir Shah, M.; Khan, Sardar (2010-10-01). "Arsenic health risk assessment in drinking water and source apportionment using multivariate statistical techniques in Kohistan region, northern Pakistan". Food and Chemical Toxicology. 48 (10): 2855–2864. doi:10.1016/j.fct.2010.07.018.
38. Shah, Mohammad Tahir; Begum, Shaheen; Khan, Sardar (2009-07-29). "Pedo and biogeochemical studies of mafic and ultramfic rocks in the Mingora and Kabal areas, Swat, Pakistan". Environmental Earth Sciences. 60 (5): 1091–1102. doi:10.1007/s12665-009-0253-8. ISSN 1866-6280.
39. Hussain, J.; Khan, A. L.; Rehman, N.; Hamayun, M.; Shah, T.; Nisar, M.; Bano, T.; Shinwari, Z. K.; Lee, I. (2009-01-01). "Proximate and nutrient analysis of selected vegetable species: A case study of Karak region, Pakistan". African Journal of Biotechnology. 8 (12). ISSN 1684-5315.
40. Khan, Sardar; Ahmad, Irshad; Shah, M. Tahir; Rehman, Shafiqur; Khaliq, Abdul (2009-08-01). "Use of constructed wetland for the removal of heavy metals from industrial wastewater". Journal of Environmental Management. 90 (11): 3451–3457. doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2009.05.026.
41. Ali, K.; Amin, N. U.; Shah, M. T. (2009-01-01). "Physicochemical study of bagasse and bagasse ash from the sugar industries of NWFP, pakistan and its recycling in cement manufacturing". Journal of the Chemical Society of Pakistan. 31 (3): 375–378. ISSN 0253-5106.
42. Amin, N. U.; Ali, K.; Shah, M. T. (2009-01-01). "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. ISSN 0253-5106.
43. Amin, N. U.; Ali, K. (2009-01-01). "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. ISSN 0253-5106.
44. Amin, N.; Shah, M.Tahir; Ali, K. (2009-12-01). "Investigation of raw material for the manufacturing of sulphate-resisting cement in Darukhula Nizampur, NWFP, Pakistan". Magazine of Concrete Research. 61 (10): 779–785. doi:10.1680/macr.2008.61.10.779. ISSN 0024-9831.
45. Zakir, S. N.; Ihsanullah, I. (2009-01-01). "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. ISSN 0253-5106.