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Dr. Zafar Ahmed

Assistant Professor

Ph.D. Urdu 2014 National University of Modern Languages, 2008-2014 (Major Field: Linguistics)

Dissertation: Analytical study of Urdu Language research in Pakistan

M.A. Urdu 2004 National University of Modern Languages, 2003-2004

B.A. Arts 2001 University of Sindh, 2000-2001

Current Academic Position:
Assistant Professor, Department of Urdu, National University of Modern Languages, 04-12-2017 to
Present

Current Editorial Service:
Editor, Daryaft, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, 31-05-2023 to present

Other Current Professional Positions:
HEC Approved PhD Supervisor, 2019 to present
Reviewer ‘Tahqeeqi Jareeda’, Government College Women University, Sialkot, 2018 to present

Previous Academic Position Held:
Assistant Professor, NUML International Center of Education, Xinjiang Normal University, Urumqi,
China, 25-03-2016 to 03-12-2017
Assistant Professor, Department of Urdu, National University of Modern Languages, 09-03-2016 to
24-03-2016
Lecturer, Department of Urdu, National University of Modern Languages, 29-09-2007 to 08-03-2016
Lecturer (on contract), Department of Urdu, National University of Modern Languages, 01-08-2006
to 28-09-2007

Previous Administrative Position Held:
Coordinator of UG Programs, Department of Urdu, National University of Modern Languages, 01-01-
2019 to 31-07-2023
Coordinator of Functional Programs, Department of Urdu, National University of Modern Languages,
01-01-2019 to 31-07-2023
Coordinator of the Department for QEC, 2009-2014
Coordinator, Department of Urdu Language & Literature, National University of Modern Languages,
2009-2014
Coordinator of the Department for HEC, 2009-2014

Previous Editorial Services:
Associate Editor, Daryaft, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, 2013-2016
Associate Editor, Takhliqui Adab, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, 2013-2015
Previous Professional Positions:
Reviewer ‘Takhliqui Adab’, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, 2013-2015
Reviewer ‘Tahqiqi Zawiay’, Al-Khair University, Bhimbhar, AJK, 2015-to 2020
Field Bibliographer & Indexer, Modern Language Association of America, 2011 to 2016
Other Previous Professional Positions:
Presiding Officer, Polling Station 154, NA-52 Islamabad-I, General Election of Pakistan 2018, 24-25
July, 2018

Articles in HEC approved Journals:

Urdu Imla: Sufarishat ka Taqabli Mutala, Daryaft-10, ISSN # 1814-2885, National University
of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Jan 2011, 245-249
 Edward Saeed ki Tanqid e Maghrib, Takhliqui Adab-8, ISSN # 1814-9030, National
University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, June 2011, 368-372
 Khaybar Pakhtun Kha (Sarhad) mei Urdu ky Aaghaz o Irtiqa ky Nazryat, Daryaft-15, ISSN #
1814-2885, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Jan 2016, 242-248
 Balochistan mei Urdu ky Aaghaz I Irtiqa ky Nazryat, Tahqiqi Zawiay-9, ISSN # 2309-0499, Al-
Khair University, AJ&K, Jan 2017, 137-142
 Hindi-Urdu Tanazea aur Urdu Rasmul Khat, Daryaft-19, ISSN # 1814-2885, National
University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Jan 2018, 121-128
 1980 tak Urdu mei Rasmul Khat aur Imla ki Tehqiq, Tahqeeqi Jareeda-4, ISSN # 2521-8204,
GC Women University, Sialkot, July 2018, 93-112
 Urdu Qawaid Nawesi ka Aaghaz o Irtiqa, Zaban o Adab-23, ISSN # 1991-7813, GC University,
Faisalabad, July 2018, 96-107
 Dewan Khawaja Ghulam Fareed ke Urdu Trajim ki Riwayat, Tahqiqi Zawiay-12, ISSN # 2309-
0499, Al-Khair University, AJ&K, July 2018, 1-10 (Co-author)
 Haspanvi Novel ‘Chalta Purza’ ka Tajziati Mutalea, Tahqeeqi Jareeda, Vol-4-1, ISSN # 2521-
8204, GC Women University, Sialkot, Jan 2020, 135-152 (Co-author)
 Urdu aur Cheeni mei Rangun ke Naam aur unka Istimaal: Taqabli Mutalea, Mayar-23, ISSN #
2074-675X, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Jan 2020, 57-64 (Co-author)
 Urdu Qawaid ki Jadid Tehqiq: Tazjiati Mutalea, Almas, Vol-22-1, ISSN # 1818-9296, Shah
Abdul Latif University, Khairpur, December 2020, 09-18
 Pakistan mei Urdu Lughat ki Tehqiq: Tajziati Mutalea, Daryaft-24, ISSN # 1814-2885,
National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad, Dec 2020, 117-126
 Lisaniat aur Maasharti Rawabit, Idrak-15-1, ISSN # 2412-6144, Department of Urdu, Hazara
University, Mansehra, August 2021, 19-36 (Co-author)
 Afsana “The Neck lis” ke Mukhtalif Urdu Trajim ka Mawazna (Maupassant ki Haqiqat Pasandi
ke Tanazur mei), Jahan-e-Tahqeeq- 4-3, ISSN # 2709-7625, https://jahan-etahqeeq.
com/index.php/jahan-e-tahqeeq, 31st August 2021, 206-217 (Co-author)
 Sahebzada Tabish Kamal ki Naat mei ‘Sanat Husne talab’ ka Istimal: Uslobiati Mutalea, Harfo-
Sukhan-5-4, ISSN # 2709-4743, https://harf-o-sukhan.com/index.php/Harf-osukhan/
article/view/248, 11 Nov 2021, 222-232 (Co-author)
 Urdu Rasmu Khat ka Irtiqa, Imtizaj, Vol-17, Issue -17, ISSN # 2518-9719, Department of
Urdu, University of Karachi, 30th June 2022, 146-154 (Co-author)
 Pakistan mei Urdu Imla aur Rasmul Khat ki Tehqiq mei Jadid Raweyye, Tahqeeqi Jareeda,
Vol-6-1, ISSN # 2521-8204, GC Women University, Sialkot, July 2022, 215-230
 Marxism aur Taraqqi Pasandi, Tahqeeqi Zawiay, Vol-10-2, ISSN # 2309-0499, Al-Khair
University, AJ&K, 31st Dec 2022, 80-88 (Co-author)
 Zamir Jaffri ki Khaka nigari: Fikri wa Fanni Jaiza, Tahqeeqi Zawiay, Vol-10-2, ISSN # 2309-
0499, Al-Khair University, AJ&K, 31st Dec 2022, 143-151 (Co-author)
 Adab baraye Zindagi ka Tasawur, Muhakama, Vol-3-1, ISSN # 2790-5853, University of
Sialkot, 08-01-2024, 9-21 (Co-author)

Articles in other Journals:
 Urdu mei Lisaani Tehqiq: Aik Tajziati Mutala (1857 se 1947 tak ), Taabeer-01, ISSN # 2521-
8190, Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Jan 2015, 97-104

Articles in Foreign Journals:

Pakistan mei Turk Talibelmun ki tehsil e Urdu: Riwayat, Masail, Tajawiz, Doğu Araştirmalari-17 (A Journal of Oriental Studies), Istanbul University, 2017/1, 120-13Books/Monograph:
 Urdu Cheeni Lughat, (Bol Chal Zakhira Alfaz), ISBN # 978-969-474-573-2, National Language
Promotion Department, Islamabad, Pakistan, August 2019, (Co-Compiler)
 Urdu Sikhiye (Learn Urdu), ISBN # 978-969-474-380-6, for Foreigners, National Language
Promotion Department, Islamabad, Pakistan, December 2020, (Co-Compiler)

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