The Department of Urdu Language & Literature is committed to the promotion and development of the Urdu language and its literature. We are actively contributing to Urdu language and literature education in Pakistan while striving to further enhance our teaching and research standards and establish NUML as an outstanding model of a “University of Languages” in the region. The Department comprises 22 teaching and research faculty members. We offer a number of academic programs, including the newly introduced Bachelor of Science (BS Urdu) program in Urdu Studies. On the research front, the faculty continues its efforts to strengthen research in Urdu language, literature, and applied linguistics. In addition, the Department is devoted to promoting quality academic research in the fields of language and literature. Through the establishment of faculty-level research initiatives, the Department works in coordination with university-level research bodies to develop research teams and strengthen academic publications, with the aim of advancing Pakistan’s national language through high-quality scholarly research. The Department also publishes an Urdu research journal, Daryaft, which was established in 2002. The journal has been included in the Higher Education Commission (HEC) Pakistan approved journal list since 2005. Over the years, Daryaft has earned recognition for its academic quality and scholarly contribution to Urdu language and literature research. The journal is indexed in several prestigious national and international databases and indexing services, including DOAJ, Crossref, EBSCO, ISSN, and the Index of Urdu Journals.