I am currently working as a Professor and Chairman in the Department of Information & Communication Engineering at The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan. I earned my B.Sc. (Hons.) degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore, Pakistan, in 2000. I completed my M.S. in Telecommunication Engineering from NWFP University of Engineering & Technology, Peshawar, Pakistan, in 2008, and my Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, in January 2017. I joined Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan as Assistant Professor in 2007. Before joining the Islamia University of Bahawalpur, I worked as an Assistant Divisional Engineer at Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited from 2002 to 2007 and as a System Engineer with Delta Indus Systems, Pakistan, from 2000 to 2002. My research focuses on signal processing and communication, with emphasis on image and video processing, compression, forensics, quality assessment, and enhancement. I also work on medical image analysis, machine learning applications, wireless sensor networks, and smart grid technologies. I have authored around 80 publications in leading journals and conferences and serve as a reviewer for top-tier venues in these fields. I am a Senior Member of IEEE and Advisor of the IEEE SPS Student Chapter. I served as Chair of the IEEE the IEEE Bahawalpur Subsection (2017–2024).