
Prof Dr. Arif Jawaid
Dean of Languages / Professor
Prof Dr. Arif Jawaid
Qualification: Ph.D (Education/TESOL). University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom (1995) (Received Best research award for Ph.D.)
Specialization: Benchmarking in TESOL

Ms. Amna Khalil
A/HOD
Ms. Amna Khalil
Qualification: MPhil English Literature, PU
Area of Specialization: Pakistani Literature, South Asian Literature, Women’s Writing, Shakespearean Studies, Transnational Literature, Contemporary World Literature
Official Email:amnakhalil@lgu.edu.pk
Publication:
1. Khalil, A., & Abbas, I. (2024). Invigorating The Dislodged Roots in An Unwonted Land: Immigrant Narratives in Jhumpa Lahiri’s Unaccustomed Earth. Journal of English Language, Literature and Education, 6(1), 44-62. https://doi.org/10.54692/jelle.2024.0601212
2. Ali, R., Khalil, A. (2023). A Comparative Analysis Of The Selected Romantic Poems Of Ahmed Faraz And E. E. Cummings. Journal Of English Language, Literature And Education, 5(3), 89-111.
https://doi.org/10.54692/jelle.2023.0503180
https://jelle.lgu.edu.pk/index.php/jelle/article/view/180/126
3. Hussain, A., Khalil, A. (2022). Analysing Mrs Everything: A Novel through the Lens of Embodied Sexual Practice Perspective. Journal of Research in Humanities, 58(1), 1-19.
http://pu.edu.pk/home/journal/jrh/Current-Issue.html
4. Haroon, M., Khalil, A. (2022). Commodification and Objectification of Women in Shahid Nadeem’s Plays Kala Meda Bhes (Black is My Robe) and Dukhini (Woman of Sorrow). Journal of English Language, Literature and Education, 3(3), 15-26.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54692/jelle.2021.0303100
https://jelle.lgu.edu.pk/index.php/jelle/article/view/100
5. Hussain, A., Ali, R., Khalil, A. (2021). A Comparative Analysis of Percy Bysshe Shelley and Faiz Ahmed Faiz. Journal of English Language Literature and Education, 4(4), 101- 112.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.46827/ejlll.v4i4.240
https://www.oapub.org/lit/index.php/EJLLL/article/view/240
6. Khalil, A., Ayub, R. (2021). Post-colonial Othering in William Shakespeare’s Play Othello; The Moor of Venice. Journal of English Language, Literature and Education,2(2), 89-100.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54692/jelle.2020.020276
https://jelle.lgu.edu.pk/index.php/jelle/article/view/76
7. Alvi, A. H., Khalil, A.(2019). Violence and Politics of Resistance: An Analysis of Twilight in Delhi. European Journal of Literature, Language and Linguistics Studies, 3(3), 141- 146.
DOI:10.5281/zenodo.360349
https://oapub.org/lit/index.php/EJLLL/article/view/147
8. Khalil, A., Mumtaz, N. (2019). The Futility of Modern Life in the novel The White Peacock by D. H. Lawrence. Journal of English Language, Literature and Education,1(2), 55- 68.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.54692/jelle.2019.01025″

Dr. Nasim Riaz Butt
Professor
Dr. Nasim Riaz Butt
Qualification: PhD English Literature
Specialization: Oklahoma State University

Dr Nausheen Ishaque
Associate Professor
Dr Nausheen Ishaque
Qualification: PhD English Literary Studies
Area of Specialization: Literary Feminisms of the Third World; Islamic Feminism
Research Interest:Migrant Literature; Diasporic Literature; Comparative Anglophone Literature; Contemporary Literary & Cultural Theory
Official Email:dr.nausheen@lgu.edu.pk
Publication:
“Research Publications (in Indexed Journals)
1. Nausheen Ishaque٭. ‘Violence Ritualized: The Chemistry of Tradition and Religion in Qaisra Shahraz’s The Holy Woman’ in SAGE Open (recognized by HEC in its W category), January-March 2017: pp. 1-8. Available at http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2158244017701527
(Indexed with SSCI Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ and others; Quartile Q1)
2. Nausheen Ishaque٭. ‘Empowerment through Disempowerment: Harem and the Covert Female Resistance in Fatima Mernissi’s Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood’ in Cultural Dynamics (recognized by HEC in its X category), February 2019: 30 (4), pp. 284-302. DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/0921374019828855
(Indexed with Scopus; Quartile: Q2)
3. Nausheen Ishaque٭, Sadia Bibi, Mohammad Afzal Faheem & Chaudhary Hussnain Rasheed. ‘Traversing the Origin and Diaspora: Leila Aboulela’s Minaret in the Light of Miriam Cooke’s Transnational Muslim Feminist Sensibility’ in Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs (recognized by HEC in its W category), 40:4, 694-706, DOI: 10.1080/13602004.2020.1836596
(Publisher: Routledge; Quartile: Q2)
4. Nausheen Ishaque٭. ‘Reclaiming the Female Body in Nawal El Saadawi’s Woman at Point Zero’ in Forum for World Literature Studies (recognized by HEC in its X category), December 2019, pp. 631-646. Available at http://www.fwls.org/uploads/soft/200424/1-200424231148.pdf
(Indexed with Scopus; Quartile: Q3)
5. Mohammad Afzal Faheem & Nausheen Ishaque٭. ‘Marginalization, Mimicry and Subversion: A Bhabhian Reading of Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist’ in Forum for World Literature Studies (recognized by HEC in its W category), Vol. 13, No. 2, June 2021, pp. 224-233. Available at http://fwls.org/uploads/soft/210730/1-210I0142639.pdf
(Indexed with Scopus; Quartile: Q3)
6. Nausheen Ishaque٭ & Saba Riaz. ‘Claude Jutra’s Surfacing (1981) through Visual Spectacles: Framing Female Body, Voyeurism and Paranoia’ in Journal of Adaptation in Film and Performance (recognized by HEC in its Y category), May 2020, 13 (2), pp. 111-120. Available at https://doi.org/10.1386/jafp_00020_1
(Indexed with ESCI Web of Science, MLA, EBSCO)
7. Nausheen Ishaque٭. ‘The Burden of Female Body: An Islamic Feminist Reading of Qaisra Shahraz’s Typhoon’ in International Journal of Islamic Thought (recognized by HEC in its W category), Vol. 19, June 2021, pp. 79-88. Available at http://www.ukm.my/ijit/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/IJIT-Vol-19-June-2021_9_79-88.pdf
(Indexed with ESCI Web of Science, Scopus; Quartile: Q3)
8. Nausheen Ishaque٭ & Muhammad Afzal Faheem. ‘Demonizing Africa’: A Bend in the River and Naipaul’s Comprador Intellectuality’ in Review of Applied Management and Social Sciences (recognized by HEC in its Y category) Vol. 4, No. 2, June 2021, pp. 595-604. Available at https://ramss.spcrd.org/index.php/ramss/article/view/161
(Indexed with CrossRef, ProQuest, Google Scholar)
9. Muhammad Afzal Faheem & Nausheen Ishaque.٭ ‘Decentering the West: Tracing the Postcolonial Bildungsroman in Naipaul’s A Bend in the River’ in Research Journal of Social Sciences and Economics Review (recognized by HEC in its Y category) Vol. 2, No. 3, July-September 2021, pp. 12-19. Available at https://ojs.rjsser.org.pk/index.php/rjsser/article/view/357/217
(Indexed with DRJI, Index Coprenicus)
10. Namra Najam, Areej Shahid & Nausheen Ishaque٭. ‘Gender Performativity and Fluctuating Hieracrchies: A Postmodern Feminist Study of Gillian Flynne’s Gone Girl’ River’ in Research Journal of Social Sciences and Economics Review (recognized by HEC in its Y category) Vol. 2, No. 2, April – June 2022, pp. 48-55. DOI: https://doi.org/10.36902/rjsser-vol2-iss2-2022(48-55)
(Indexed with DRJI, Index Coprenicus)
Research Publications (Others)
• ‘Revisiting Postcolonial Feminism and Theology: A Literature Review’ in Asian Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vol. 2, No. 4, November 2013. Available at http://www.ajssh.leena-luna.co.jp/AJSSHPDFs/Vol.2(4)/AJSSH2013(2.4-34).pdf
• ‘Education and Peace: Effects of Terrorism on the Situation of Education in KPK’, a research paper presented at International Multidisciplinary Conference Towards Better Pakistan, September 2012, Peshawar and published in Sarhad University International Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences Vol.1 , No. 1, April 2013.
• ‘Muslim Feminist and Transnational Networking in Asia: Upholding the Origin and Diaspora’ in Journal of Law, Policy and Globalization, Vol. 8, 2012. Available at http://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/JLPG/article/view/3749
• ‘[De]Constructing the Feminine: Addressing the Postmodern Feminist Syndrome’ in Pakistaniaat: A Journal of Pakistan Studies, Vol. 5, No. 3 (2013. Available at http://pakistaniaat.org/index.php/pak/article/view/215

Mr. Naseer Ahmed
Senior Lecturer
Mr. Naseer Ahmed

Area of Specialization: Second Language Acquisition
Research Interest: Second Language Acquisition
Official Email:naseeerahmed@lgu.edu.pk

Ms. Uzma Shaheen
Lecturer
Ms. Uzma Shaheen

Area of Specialization: Discourse Analysis
Research Interest: Discourse Analysis
Official Emal:uzmashaheen@lgu.edu.pk

Ms. Naureen Mumtaz
Senior Lecturer
Ms. Naureen Mumtaz
Qualification: M.Phil Applied Linguistics
Specialization: Sociolinguistics, Critical Discourse Analysis, World Englishes

Ms. Javaria Tariq
Senior Lecturer
Ms. Javaria Tariq

Area of Specialization: Academic Reading and Writing Skills, Curriculum Development, Syllabus Designing, Language Testing and Evaluation, Research Methodology
Research Interest:Academic Reading and Writing Skills, Curriculum Development, Syllabus Designing, Language Testing and Evaluation, Conouter Assisted Langauge Learning, Contextualised Teaching and Learning

Ms. Sumaira Mukhtar
Senior Lecturer
Ms. Sumaira Mukhtar

Specialization: Post-Colonial Literature
Research Interest: Post Colonial Literature in Popular Media, Modern Poetry, Cultural Hybridity
Publication:
1. Jahan, K., Malik, U. R., & Mukhtar, S. (2024). Discursive shifts in identity: Racial transformation and societal power dynamics in The Last White Man. Journal of Applied Linguistics and TESOL, 1(1). https://jalt.com.pk/index.php/jalt/article/view/41
2. Jahan, K., Ashraf, S., & Mukhtar, S. (2024). Obstacles in mastering English: A study of students in Lahore District. International Journal of Contemporary Issues in Social Sciences, 3(3), 1067–1079. https://ijciss.org/index.php/ijciss/article/view/1262
3. An Evaluation of English Textbook for Grade-6: Application of Communicative Approach. International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation, Vol. 24, Issue 07, 2020 ISSN: 1475-7192
4. The Process of Developing a Reading Test: A Review Article. International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation, Vol. 24, Issue 07, 2020 ISSN: 1475-7192
5. Co- Author: ‘Dramaturgical Analysis: Play within Play as a Theatrical Technique in an Indian play ‘Where Did I Leave My Purdah’ by Mahesh Dattani’ Published in Journal of English Language Literature and Education ISSN 2663-3485 Vol.1 Issue 1 (July – Sept. 2019) pp 51-6
6. ‘Author: Reading Gender: Negotiation the Subverted Feminine Self and Gender in Moth Smoke’ Published in Journal of Gender and Social Issues Autumn 2019. Vol 18, No.2 Fatimah Jinnah University, Rawalpindi
7. Author ‘Role of Othello’s Jealousy in his Tragedy’ published in International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research Volume 9, Issue 10, October-2018 1255 ISSN 2229-5518
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Col. Zahir Hashmi
Senior Lecturer
Col. Zahir Hashmi
Qualification: MPhil Applied Linguistics
Area of Specialization: Applied Linguistics
Research Interest: Applied Linguistics
Official Email: zahirhashmi@lgu.edu.pk
Publication:
1. Jahan, K., Hashmi, Z.I., & Khan, H. (2024). The illusion of reality: Stylistic elements and thematic depth in Poe’s A Dream Within a Dream. International Journal of Contemporary Issues in Social Sciences, 3(3), 3154–3164. https://ijciss.org/index.php/ijciss/article/view/1512 2. Jahan, K., Hashmi, Z. I., & Khan, H. (2024). ‘We will take care of you’: Identity categorization markers in an interview with transgender individuals. International Journal of Contemporary Issues in Social Sciences, 3(3), 1498–1509. https://ijciss.org/index.php/ijciss/article/view/1310

Kalsoom Jahan
Senior Lecturer
Ms. Kalsoom Jahan

Area of Specialization: Applied Linguistics
Research Interest: Discourse Studies, Applied Linguistics
Official Email: kalsoomjahan@lgu.ed.pk
Publication:
1. Jahan, K., Batool, M., & Ishtiaq, N. (2024). Language and laughter: Deconstructing sarcasm in the representation of beggars in digital media. Journal of Applied Linguistics and TESOL, 1(1). https://jalt.com.pk/index.php/jalt/article/view/79
2. Jahan, K., Malik, U. R., & Mukhtar, S. (2024). Discursive shifts in identity: Racial transformation and societal power dynamics in The Last White Man. Journal of Applied Linguistics and TESOL, 1(1). https://jalt.com.pk/index.php/jalt/article/view/41
3. Jahan, K., Hashmi, Z.I., & Khan, H. (2024). The illusion of reality: Stylistic elements and thematic depth in Poe’s A Dream Within a Dream. International Journal of Contemporary Issues in Social Sciences, 3(3), 3154–3164. https://ijciss.org/index.php/ijciss/article/view/1512
4. Jahan, K., Ashraf, S., & Mukhtar, S. (2024). Obstacles in mastering English: A study of students in Lahore District. International Journal of Contemporary Issues in Social Sciences, 3(3), 1067–1079. https://ijciss.org/index.php/ijciss/article/view/1262
5. Jahan, K., Hashmi, Z. I., & Khan, H. (2024). ‘We will take care of you’: Identity categorization markers in an interview with transgender individuals. International Journal of Contemporary Issues in Social Sciences, 3(3), 1498–1509. https://ijciss.org/index.php/ijciss/article/view/1310
6. Firdaus, A., Jahan, K., & Ranra, B. (2023). Unlocking Academic Success: Exploring the Impact of Teacher-Student Relationships on ESL Learners’ Performance. Jahan-e-Tahqeeq, 6(3), 29-48.
7. Khalil, S. M., Turyalay, G. A., & Jahan, K. (2023). Analyzing the Strategies used by ESL teachers to Diverse L1 Background students. Harf-o-Sukhan, 7(3), 405-413.
8. Jahan, K., Yasmin, F., Rehman, R., & Ashraf, S., (2021) Research Innovations in Technology-Oriented Task-Based Language Teaching: A Library Research. Elementary Education Online, April 2021
İlköğretim Online 20(5):4913-4919
9. Mushtaq, M., Aziz, A., Ramzan, M., & Jahan, K., (2021) Identifying the Rules for the Evaluation of English Language Speaking Skill: A Library Based Review. Elementary Education Online, Vol 20 (Issue 5): pp. 1089-1099 http://ilkogretim-online.org
10. Ranjha, M. I., Jahan, K., & Ahmed, K., (2020) Stylistic Analysis of Surah Al-Naas (Al-nās) Pakistan Languages and Humanities Review. December 2020, Vol. 4, No. II (01-11) P-ISSN2708-6453O-ISSN2708-6461
11. Jahan, K., Ashraf, S., & Mukhtar, S., (2020) The Process of Developing a Reading Test: A Review Article. International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation, Vol. 24, Issue 07, 2020 ISSN: 1475-7192
12. Jahan, K., Mukhtar, S., Yasmin, F., & Mushtaq, M., (2020) An Evaluation of English Textbook for Grade-6: Application of Communicative Approach. International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation, Vol. 24, Issue 07, 2020 ISSN: 1475-7192
13. Jahan, K., Ashraf, S., Shakir, A., & Mushtaq, M., (2020) Code-switching as a Countenance of Language Interference in Teacher’s Talk. International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation, Vol. 24, Issue 06, 2020 ISSN: 1475-7192
14. Jahan, K., Mahmood, M. A., & Azhar, W. (2019). Lexical Analysis of Intermediate English Course Books: A Corpus-Based Study. International Journal of Educational Sciences, 2(1), 13-22. Online: ISSN 2456-6322
15. Jahan, K., Shah, K., & Ahmad, S.S. (2019). Material evaluation in English language classrooms at the secondary level. Dilemas Contemporaneos- Education Politica Y Valore ISSN: 2007-7890. August, 2019
16. Ahmad, S.S., Shah, K., & Jahan, K., (2019). Current Critical Thinking Practices in English as Second Language Classrooms. Dilemas Contemporaneos-Education Politica Y ValoresISSN: 2007-7890. August, 2019
17. Azhar, W., Mahmood, M. A., & Jahan, K. (2019) Particles in English Phrasal Verbs: The Case of ‘Up’, A Corpus-Based Study on the Use of Phrasal Verbs by Pakistani Learners of English. International Journal of Educational Sciences, 26(1-3): 33-41. Online: ISSN 2456-6322
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Ms. Maria Aleem
Senior Lecturer
Ms. Maria Aleem

Area of Specialization: Pakistani Literature, Feminism
Research Interest: Gender Studies, Pakistani Literature
Official Email:mariaaleem@lgu.edu.pk
Publication:
1. M Haroon, M Ahmed. Challenging Patriarchal Dominance: Jessie Burton’s The House of Fortune and the Female Protagonist’s Quest for Autonomy. Journal of English Language, Literature and Education 5 (4), 94-115, 2023. 2. M Haroon, A Khalil. Commodification and Objectification of Women in Shahid Nadeem’s Plays Kala Meda Bhes (Black is My Robe) and Dukhini (Woman of Sorrow). Journal of English Language, Literature and Education 3 (3), 15-26, 2022. 3. N Ishtiaq, J Tariq, K Khalid, N Ahmed, M Haroon, T Saddique. Marxist Alienation in Daniyal Mueenuddin’s Short Stories.International Journal of Scientific and Engineering Research 10 (2), 1256-1263, 2019.

Ms. Syeda Maryam Naqvi
Senior Lecturer
Ms. Syeda Maryam Naqvi
Qualification: M.Phil English Applied Linguistics
Specialization: Discourse Analysis, Sociolinguistics

Shumaila Ashraf
Senior Lecturer
Ms. Shumaila Ashraf

Area of Specialization: Applied Linguistics
Research Interest: Discourse Analysis, sociolinguistics,linguistics
Publication:
1. Research paper entitled Investigating the Relationship Between Leadership Practices and ESL Teacher Job Satisfaction
Author(s): Ikramullah1, Zaristan Khan, Shumaila Ashraf
Research Journal: Harf-O-Sukhan, 7(3), 477-484.
Retrieved from https://harf-o-sukhan.com/index.php/Harf-o-sukhan/article/view/913,
ISSN:2709-4030
2. Research paper entitled A Socio-Psychological Exploration of Usman Ali’s Play ‘The Prisoners’
Author(s): Sharjeel Ashraf1*, Sundus Gohar, Shumaila Ashraf, Sumble Sarfraz, Hina Javaid
Research Journal: Saudi Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences,
Journal homepage: https://saudijournals.com
ISSN:2415-6256
3. Research paper entitled Lexicon Amelioration of Feminine Learners through Short Stories: A Rural/ Urban Perspective
Author(s): Naseer Ahmed, Roshi Khalid, Sharjeel Ashraf, Tahseen Muhammad, Shumaila Ashraf, Rabnawaz Shad
Research Journal: International Journal of Applied Linguistics 10.31124/advance.8173166 ISSN: (1783-1490)
4. Research paper entitled Evolving Communicative and Textual Competency over Genres
Author(s): Naseer Ahmed, Shumaila Ashraf, Hafsa Karamat Meo, Sharjeel Ashraf, Syeda Maryam Naqvi
Research Journal: International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research Volume 10, Issue 5, May-2019 ISSN 2229-5518, impact factor 4.9, HEC recognized
5. Research paper entitled Code-Switching as a Countenance of Language Interference in Teacher’s Talk
Jahan, K., Ashraf, S., & Mukhtar, S., (2020) The Process of Developing a Reading Test: A Review Article. International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation, Vol. 24, Issue 07, 2020 ISSN: 1475-7192

Ms. Rabia Rehman
Lecturer
Ms. Rabia Rehman

Qualification: M.phil English Linguistics, TESOL Expert
Area of Specialization: Applied Linguistics
Research Interest: IELTS, Technology Enriched Teaching, TESOL
Official Email:rabiarehman@lgu.edu.pk
Publication:
1.Teaching Challenges of IELTS Test Preparation; Speaking section: An Exploratory research..

Hassan Khan
Lecturer
Hassan Khan
Qualification: M.Phil English Literature
Specialization: Post-colonial Literature, American Literature, Classical poetry
Research Interest: Post Colonial Literature
Official Email: hassankhan@lgu.edu.pk
Publication:
1. Jahan, K., Hashmi, Z.I., & Khan, H. (2024). The illusion of reality: Stylistic elements and thematic depth in Poe’s A Dream Within a Dream. International Journal of Contemporary Issues in Social Sciences, 3(3), 3154–3164. https://ijciss.org/index.php/ijciss/article/view/1512 2. Jahan, K., Hashmi, Z. I., & Khan, H. (2024). ‘We will take care of you’: Identity categorization markers in an interview with transgender individuals. International Journal of Contemporary Issues in Social Sciences, 3(3), 1498–1509. https://ijciss.org/index.php/ijciss/article/view/1310 Challenging Stereotypes of Racial Discrimination in the
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Skin, White Masks- Onomazien 2023
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Novel Thinner Than Skin By Uzma Aslam Khan – Onomazien, 2023
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The Problem of Asymmetric Representation: The
Racialization, Marginalization and Deservedness In I Am
Malala By Christina Lamb And Malala Yousafzai- Journal
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Politics of Marginalization and Representation in “I am
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