Hello, I'm Dr. Waqas.
I teach IT and Business at Binary University in Puchong — and after class, I'm usually back at my desk writing PHP for the same university. Seventeen years in, I still find the work interesting.
Pakistan to Australia
to Malaysia, for good.
I was born in Pakistan, studied in Australia, finished my PhD with a university in the United States — and somewhere along the way, Malaysia quietly became home. I've been here for almost twenty years now, and I have no plans to leave.
Most weekdays you'll find me at Binary University in Puchong, teaching Information Technology and Business courses. I joined in 2010 and never really looked for the next thing — the work kept being worth doing. I lecture in the morning, supervise final-year projects in the afternoon, and write code for the university's web systems whenever I get a free hour.
I'm not the kind of lecturer who teaches from a textbook and stops there. If I'm explaining a database join, I'd rather show you the query I wrote last week. If we're talking about e-commerce, I'd rather walk you through a real cart system than draw boxes on a whiteboard. That's just how I learned, and it's how I teach.
15 years at one university
I started at Binary in 2010 and stayed. The students change, the syllabus changes — somehow the place still feels right.
PHP, MySQL, plain JS
Student portals, course tools, small internal systems. Nothing flashy — just things that work and stay running.
PhD, finished in 2024
I spent three years researching how Malaysians actually shop online — what makes them click, and what makes them leave.
A long road, worth every year.
Twenty-five years, one paragraph at a time.
The stuff I actually
reach for daily.
On the web
Languages I still write
Behind the scenes
Teaching things
class UniversityPortal {
private $stack = ['PHP', 'MySQL', 'JavaScript', 'HTML5', 'CSS3'];
private $projects = [
'Student Portal & Dashboard',
'Course Management System',
'Online Assessment Platform',
'E-Commerce Teaching Projects',
];
public function canWorkRemotely(): bool { return true; }
}
Three years asking
one honest question.
What actually makes a Malaysian shopper click "buy"?
The official title is much longer — but the question underneath was simple. I wanted to know which parts of a website, and which kinds of social media posts, actually change someone's mind when they're about to buy something online. I spent three years talking to people across three Malaysian states to find out.
Four languages, honestly counted.
If you've read this far,
say hello.
Whether it's a research idea, a teaching question, or just curiosity about Malaysia — I read everything that lands in my inbox. I usually reply within a day.