1. Kanwal Ameen is attached as Professor Emeritus at Institute of information management, of University of the Punjab, Pakistan where previously she had served in different capacities such as Chairperson of the Department of Information Management, Chairperson of Doctoral Programme Coordination Committee, University of the Punjab, and as Director of External Linkages.
Kanwal Ameen is serving as Vice Chair, Board of Governors of the Punjab Library Foundation.
Kanwal Ameen has authored many publications and in internationally known scholar who has been honoured with several national and international awards, including Tamgha-e-Imtiaz by the government of Pakistan for her contributions in Education.
Kanwal Ameen continues to contribute to the academic community through her research, mentorship of post-graduate students, and serving on editorial boards of international journals.
Kanwal Ameen has been serving as honorary secretary of Ali Zafar Foundation which is working on spreading digital literacy and education with a special focus on girls and helping economically marginalized communities.
Kanwal Ameen attended the University of the Punjab and completed her education with a PhD in Library and Information Science in 2005.
Kanwal Ameen again got a post-doctoral Fulbright Scholarship to research at University of Missouri, Colombia.
Kanwal Ameen then worked as a lecturer at University of the Punjab from 1993 to 2004.
Kanwal Ameen joined the department library and information science as lecturer in 1993.
Kanwal Ameen became assistant professor in 2004 and was selected as professor in 2008.
Kanwal Ameen's teaching interests are in the areas of personality development, information services, information behaviour, qualitative research, information literacy, personal information management, and marketing of information services.
Kanwal Ameen has produced many PhDs and MPhil students and introduced a number of new courses at graduate and postgraduate level.
Kanwal Ameen got best teacher award by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan in 2010.
Kanwal Ameen convened and supervised a committee to redesign Punjab University's official website.
Kanwal Ameen is the mother of Ali Zafar, a Pakistani actor and singer.
In 2010, Kanwal Ameen received the Pakistan Library Association Appreciation Award for Academic Achievement.
Kanwal Ameen has published in many forms, including books, journals, and conference papers.