• ​​​​Professor    09-03-2016  till  date    regular    NUML
• Associate Professor    24-06-2015  to   08-03-2016    regular    NUML
• Assistant Professor    02-01-2006  to  23-06-2015    regular    NUML
• Lecturer    20-7-2002  to  01-01-2006    regular    NUML
• Lecturer    15-9-1999  to 19-7-2002       contract    NIML
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• Appointments previously held 
• Head Department of English     16-07-2015    23-12-2019
• Dean Faculty of Languages    24-12-2019    15-04-2021
• Director of Marketing and Publications    16-04-2021    02-08-2022
• Director of Translation and Interpretation    28-11-2022    18-8-2024
   

 

1.    Vowel Adjustment in Khowar: A Phonological Analysis of English Loanwords, International Journal of Contemporary Issues in Social Sciences.

2.    Phonological Adaptation of English Loanwords in Khowar: An Optimality Analysis, Research Journal of Language and Literary Studies.

3.    Dynamic Acoustic Properties of Pakistani English: A Description of Formant Variations of F1 & F2 Produced by Pakistani Speakers, Pakistan Journal of Social Research. 

4.    Impact of Phonemic Transcription on Learners’ English Spelling: A Segmental Study, Journal of Languages, Culture and Civilization.

5.    Ideological Underpinning of Political Slogans of Mainstream Political Parties of Pakistan: A Critical Discourse Analysis, Global Social Sciences Review.

Linguistics

Education

2015 PhD English Linguistics

Thesis/Dissertation Topic: Relation of Phonemic Transcription to the Pronunciation of Pakistani Learners of English: A NUML Case Study

Experience

• ​​​​Professor    09-03-2016  till  date    regular    NUML
• Associate Professor    24-06-2015  to   08-03-2016    regular    NUML
• Assistant Professor    02-01-2006  to  23-06-2015    regular    NUML
• Lecturer    20-7-2002  to  01-01-2006    regular    NUML
• Lecturer    15-9-1999  to 19-7-2002       contract    NIML
•  
• Appointments previously held 
• Head Department of English     16-07-2015    23-12-2019
• Dean Faculty of Languages    24-12-2019    15-04-2021
• Director of Marketing and Publications    16-04-2021    02-08-2022
• Director of Translation and Interpretation    28-11-2022    18-8-2024
   

 

Publications

1.    Vowel Adjustment in Khowar: A Phonological Analysis of English Loanwords, International Journal of Contemporary Issues in Social Sciences.

2.    Phonological Adaptation of English Loanwords in Khowar: An Optimality Analysis, Research Journal of Language and Literary Studies.

3.    Dynamic Acoustic Properties of Pakistani English: A Description of Formant Variations of F1 & F2 Produced by Pakistani Speakers, Pakistan Journal of Social Research. 

4.    Impact of Phonemic Transcription on Learners’ English Spelling: A Segmental Study, Journal of Languages, Culture and Civilization.

5.    Ideological Underpinning of Political Slogans of Mainstream Political Parties of Pakistan: A Critical Discourse Analysis, Global Social Sciences Review.

Interests

Linguistics