Vol. 3 No. 4 (2025): Journal of Arts and Linguistics Studies

Articles

• Will It Bloom This Year: HEC Curriculum 2025 for English and Higher Order Learning Outcomes

  Shafaat Yar Khan

  7461-7492

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• Important Principles of Social Reform in the Light of the Sermons of Hazrat Abu Bakr Siddiq (RA): A Research Study

  Prof. Dr. Kalsoom Paracha, Afshan Noreen

  7829-7853

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• The Role of Literature in Developing Critical Thinking and Communication Skills among University Students in Pakistan: A Review of Educational Practices

  Amber Qurrshi, Farah Naz Ashraf

  7807-7827

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• Stone Sculptures from Takht-i-Bāhī found during archaeological excavations from 2002-2003 to 2012

  M. Habibullah Khan Khattak

  7341-7460

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• Multimodal Communication in the Digital Age: A Pragmatic Analysis of Emojis and Stickers

  Anas Shawky

  7580-7605

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• Lost in Translation Revisited: Timely Teacher Feedback and the Academic Writing Performance of Omani EFL Undergraduates

  Hilal Al Amri, Dr Aqsa Atta , Nuzhat Nawaz

  5303-5331

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• Algorithmic Storytelling: From Hollywood to TikTok: Can AI Reshape Cultural Narratives?

  Ruhma Shazab, Ayesha Ishfaq

  5333-5352

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• A Multimodal Discourse Analysis: Representation of Women in Feminine Hygiene Product

  Shiza Asif, Musarat Yasmin, Isra Irshad

  5253-5377

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• Cultural Contexts, Linguistic Choices, and Women’s Representation: A Cross-Contextual Feminist Stylistic Analysis of Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God and Ahmad Ali’s Twilight in Delhi

  Yousaf Kamran Bhatti , Mujib Rahman

  5379-5399

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• BS English Research Project Writing: Challenges and Reflections from a Balochistan Case Study

  Raheela Naveed Shah, Muhammad Zeeshan, Samreen Zaheer, Bibi Palwasha

  5401-5416

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• Imagining Conflict Through Discourse: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Hypothetical Narratives in a Projected Iran–Israel War

  Dr. Saima Jamshaid , Dr. Nazia Anwar

  5417-5432

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• Improving Narrative Essay Writing Skills through Process Genre Approach: BS 1st Year ESL University Students in Karachi

  Hafiz Imran Nawaz, Prof. Dr. Asadullah Larik, Dr Asadullah Lashari

  5433-5461

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• A Comparative Analysis of Ecocriticism in a Passage to India and Burnt Shadows

  Dr. Zareena Qasim, Hassan Raza, Aisha Umer

  5463-5490

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• Exploring the Correlation between Emotional Intelligence and ESL Speaking Performance Considering Gender Variations

  Dr. Summaira Qanwal, Dr Sadaf Siddiq

  5491-5511

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• Oppressed becomes Oppressor: Transformation of Saraswathi in Nayomi Munaweera’s novel “Island of a Thousand Mirrors”

  Nabila Akbar, Marium Majeed, Shehar Bano

  5513-5524

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• Adaptation as Transposition: An Analysis of Text-Screen Structures of Control in Stephen King’s The Stand (1990/2020)

  Sobia Sikander, Dr Uzma Imtiaz

  5525-5553

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• Scarcity and Sexual Politics: Gendered Precarity Under Neoliberal Patriarchy

  Dr. Shaista Malik, Dr. Ayaz Muhammad Shah, Dr. Abdul Shakoor

  5555-5589

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• Flooding Narratives in Pakistan (2025): A Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA)-Driven Ecolinguistic Analysis of Dawn News Coverage during the Peak of the Crisis

  Shahid Nawaz, Dr. Sadia Siddiq, Muhammad Yaseen

  5591-5628

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• Socially-situated gender identities in Pakistani advertisement: A critical discourse analysis of Linguistic and Cultural Norms

  Shabana Batool, Aliya Huma

  5629-5651

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• Adaptive Reuse as a Conservation Strategy: The Case of Trinity Church, a British-Era Heritage Site in Karachi

  Syed Hamid Akbar, Naveed Iqbal, Waqas Ahmed Mahar, Reena Majid Memon, Muhammad Shaker

  5653-5690

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• An Ecolinguistic Analysis of Discursive Strategies in Dawn’s 2025 Flood Coverage: A Mixed-Method Study

  Hadisa Fatima, Fatima Noor, Sourath Seelro

  7493-7515

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• Unraveling the Influence of Haunting Memories on the Characters in Que Mai’s “Dust Child”

  Irfan Haider, Prof. Dr Mazhar Hayat, Khurram Shehzad Zafar, Ali Sher, Khawar Abbas

  5691-5709

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• Stylistic Analysis as a Tool for Enhancing Critical Reading: Insights from Poetry and Fiction in the ESL/EFL Context

  Ramzan Hanif, Dr. Sajid Hussain, Dur e Nayab, Muhammad Hasnain, Abdul Waheed

  5711-5724

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• Investigating the Lexical Demands of Specialized Podcasts for English for Specific Purposes: A Corpus-Based Study

  Numan Bilal, Jamal Nasar, Dr. Sajid Iqbal, Dr. Tariq

  5725-5762

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• An Exploration of Discourse and Power in Shah’s A Season for Martyrs: A Foucauldian Perspective

  Muhammad Noman Tahir, Muhammad Afzal Khan Janjua

  5763-5779

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• Beyond the Traditional Curriculum: Using a Targeted Intervention to Expose Gaps in Teaching Academic Discussion Skills to EAP Undergraduates

  Hashim Khan

  5781-5803

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• Institutionalized Patriarchy in Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper: Analysis from Millett’s Perspective

  Faisal Ibrahim, Jannat Fatima, Ayesha Saddique

  5805-5821

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• The English Pronunciation of Senior English Teachers in Public Sector Schools of District Dir Lower: An Analytical Study of Major Errors in the Articulation of English Diphthongs and Underlying Factors

  Dr. Gul Zamin Khan, Dr. Islam Badshah, Dr. Shaukat Ali

  5823-5846

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• The Potency of One Voice: Malala Yousafzai's Struggle for Empowering Education in the Third Space of Resistance

  Sana Fatima Alvi , Saira Sajid, Muhammad Numan Amjad, Sahar Sultan

  5847-5874

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• Beyond Stereotypes: Discursive Reclamation and World-Building in Africanfuturist Literature

  Anila Afzal, Dr. Fatima Zafar

  5875-5898

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• Ontological Exclusion and Decolonial Shakespeare Pedagogy in Pakistan: Appropriation, Digital Humanities, and the Challenge to Western Epistemologies

  Dr Zakia Resshid, Dr Shahzeb Khan

  5899-5920

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• Conceptual Metaphors and Cultural Cognition in Farzana Aqib’s Who Are You: A Cognitive-Linguistic Analysis

  Aziz Ullah Khan, Atta Ullah Jan Bangash, Mohammad Osama Bin Hameed, Muhammad Hassan Shah

  5921-5935

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• Discourse and Power: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Ambassador Asim Iftikhar Ahmad’s Speech at the UN Security Council

  Aziz Ullah Khan, Tariq Mehmood, Dr Ihsan Ullah Khan, Asad Muhammad Khan

  5937-5950

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• The Misogynistic Language and Traditional Roles: A Feminist Stylistics Study of Two Pakistani Dramas “Zindagi Gulzar Hai (2013) and Teray Bin (2023)

  Aleena A. Qayoom Shaikh

  5951-5972

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• Linguistic Capital and the Class Divide: An Analysis of English Proficiency as Economic Currency in Pakistan

  Hashim Khan

  5973-5996

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• Intra-Action of Objects as Symbols of Cultural Heritage in Mirza Waheed's The Book of Gold Leaves

  Rabia Ijaz, Sarah Abdullah

  5997-6015

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• Personal Becomes Collective: Construction of Collective Memory in Susan Abdulhawa’s novel Mornings in Jenin

  Urooj Waheed, Ammara Sarfraz

  6017-6037

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• A Comprehensive Socio-phonetic Study of the Plosive /p/ and Fricative /f/ Merger among Pashto Speakers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

  Hashim Khan, Mushtaq Ahmad Khan

  6039-6061

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• Challenges Encountered in Child First Language Acquisition and its Association with Familial Interventions, Motivation and Perception

  Saman Bareen Ashraf

  6063-6093

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• Lexical Creativity in Feminine Brand Names: A Morphological Perspective

  Saira Shahid, Dr Aamir Aziz, Amina Bashir

  6095-6126

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• Context-Aware Sentiment Analysis Using Long Short-Term Memory

  Maryam Mehmood, Asad Ijaz, Tayyaba Tabeer, Marium Azad

  6127-6146

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• Modal Verbs and Ideological Positioning in the General Election Manifestos of Pakistani Political Parties: A Critical Stylistic Approach

  Yasmin Akhtar , Prof. Dr Sarwet Rasul

  6147-6180

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• Symbolic Semiotics of Gendered Spirituality: A Comparative Rhetorical Analysis of Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist and Elif Shafak’s The Forty Rules of Love

  Munazza Batool Tahir, Prof. Dr. Naveed Ahmad

  6181-6195

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• From Home to High Status: A Corpus-Based Examination of Code-Switching and Language Loss in Pakistan

  Hina Tahir, Dr. Naveed Nawaz Ahmad , Dr. Rabia Faiz , Dr. Hafiz Ahmad Bilal

  6197-6216

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• Gendered Spiritual Consciousness and Narrative Identity: A Comparative Study of Transformative Spirituality in Paulo Coelho’s ‘The Alchemist’ and Elif Shafak’s ‘The Forty Rules of Love’

  Munazza Batool Tahir, Prof. Dr. Naveed Ahmad

  6217-6230

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• Evaluating Association of Universal Grammar as Self-Explanatory Principles and Rules with First Language Learning and Acquisition

  Saman Bareen Ashraf

  6231-6252

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• Using AI for Academic Writing: Perceptions of Students from Universities of Lahore

  Saadia Shahzad, Naureen Zaman

  6253-6284

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• The Transition from Sovereign Torture to Digital Spectacle: A Genealogical Study of The Spinner’s Tale and The Election

  Ambreen Bibi, Dr. Muhammad Asif Khan

  6285-6307

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• Feminist Discourse in Urdu Poetry: A Sociolinguistic Study of Parveen Shakir’s Poetry

  Munazza Batool Tahir

  6309-6322

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• Exploring Women’s Voices: Gender, Empowerment, and Self-Representation in Pakistani English Novels

  Khadijah Waheed, Fouzia Phyllis Amroun, Attiya Ijaz

  6323-6354

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• A Corpus-Based Critical Discourse Analysis of Speech Acts in Pakistan’s National Education Policy 2025

  Dr. Kalsoom Jahan, Ammara Afzaal, Uzma Safdar

  6355-6377

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• Prioritizing Security over Democracy: U.S. Security Assistance and Civil–Military Imbalance in Pakistan

  Sundas Safdar, Dr Saima Naz, Nadia Hanif

  6379-6409

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• Reimagining Sindh’s Spiritual Heritage through Magical Realism in Bina Shah’s A Season for Martyrs

  Suhail Ahmed Solangi, Murk Mari, Mahnoor Aadil Soomro

  6411-6430

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• Exploring the Rhetoric of Persuasion: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Erwin Smith’s War Speech

  Muhammad Abdur Rehmaan, Dr Awais Bin Wasi

  6431-6446

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• Governance Reform in Pakistan: Key Challenges, Thematic Insights, and Policy Pathways

  Dr Zermina Tasleem, Dr Sohail Ayaz Muhammad

  6447-6463

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• Post 9/11 Trauma and Memory Mapping: A Neocortical Reading of Mohsin Hamid’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist

  Javeria Urooj, Fazilat Moeen

  6465-6486

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• Code-Switching in EFL Classrooms: An Interactional Sociolinguistic Analysis of Teacher Pedagogy and Student Interaction

  Ummama Wajid, Laiba Inayat, Ayesha Shehzad, Gul Faya

  6487-6523

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• Implementing Bioprogram Hypothesis at Multilingualism and its Impact on Code-Switching for Exposed Speech Outputs

  Saman Bareen Ashraf

  6525-6545

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• The Archaeology of Loss: Transgenerational Trauma in Susan Abulhawa's Mornings in Jenin

  Mehrish Khan, Prof. Dr. Muhammad Asif Khan

  6547-6565

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• Gender Representation through Conceptual Metaphors in Pakistani Literary Discourse: A Study of Moth Smoke by Mohsin Hamid

  Tehreem Ijaz, Dr. Muhammad Yousaf

  6567-6587

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• An Ecolinguistic Analysis of Human-Nature Relationships in Pakistani English Press.: A Case Study of Dawn’s Editorials

  Hamna Zainab Noor, Dr Awais Bin Wasi

  6589-6607

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• Gender Performativity and the Trickster Figure of Amar Ayyar in Tilism-e-Hoshruba

  Sarah Abdullah, Prof Dr. Amra Raza, Dr. Amna Umer Cheema

  6609-6624

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• Youth and Political Movements in Pakistan: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives

  Dr Saima Naz, Dr Zil E Huma Rafique

  6625-6646

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• Exploring the Role of Digital Transformation and Integration in Modern Education

  Meerab Ayoub, Javed Manan, Tahir Shah

  6647-6666

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• The Effectiveness of Teaching Vocabulary through Synonym-Based Instruction in A Quasi-Experimental Study at The Secondary Level

  Rabia Alam, Dr Ishfaque Ahmed Abbasi, Mehr un Nisa

  6667-6685

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• Human–Nature Conflict and Environmental Ethics in Sarah Orne Jewett’s ‘A White Heron’: An Ecocritical Study”

  Saima Anwar Dhamyal, Muhammad Adnan, Dr. Samreen Anjum, Ambreen Bibi

  6687-6719

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• Subaltern Voices: A Critical Analysis of Female Narratives in South Asian Postcolonial Literature

  Dr. Faheem Arshad , Anosha Khaliq, Aneeqa Ahmad

  6720-6740

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• Multimodal Discourse Analysis of Linguistic and Visual Strategies in Pakistani Tea Advertisements

  Aisha Feyaz, Nazia Suleman, Dr. Zoobia Abbas

  6741-6785

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• Positioning Suprasegmental Instruction in TESOL Pronunciation Pedagogy: An Educational Review

  Ali Haider, Uzair Ahmad

  6787-6809

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• Monsters, Media, and Modernity: Exploring Cultural Narratives in Pakistani Literature, Film, and Interactive Fiction

  Attiya Ijaz, Fouzia Phyllis Amroun, Khadijah Waheed

  6811-6834

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• Effect of Second Language Learning Anxiety on Undergraduate ESL Speaking Skills

  Shehla Qasim, Alia Ali Bhutto, Asif Ali Jamali

  6835-6863

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• Poetic Value after Generative AI: Authorship, Creativity, and the Lyric in the Age of ChatGPT

  Fazal Ghufran, Hammad Hussain, Asaf Ali, Wajid Ullah, Majid Ali Khan, Paghunda Irshad

  6865-6882

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• The Semiotic Representation of Women Empowerment in Pakistani Advertisements

  Mashal Syed, Dr. Muhammad Ajmal , Dr. Rubina Masum

  6883-6919

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• Narrating Time and Trauma: Temporal Point of View and Racial Discrimination in Gravel Heart

  Muhammad Naeem Khan, Rabia Faiz

  6921-6942

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• Empowering Voices: The Relationship Between Culturally Responsive ELT Strategies and Active Classroom Participation among Graduate ESL Learners

  Dr. Farah Zaib, Nazish Jameel

  6943-6961

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• Foucauldian Biopower in Márquez’s “The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World": A Critical Discourse Analysis

  Uzma Munir, Fatima Baig

  6963-6979

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• Asserting Syntactic Complexity for Interpretation and Understanding Legal Language for Courtroom Procedures

  Saman Bareen Ashraf

  6981-6999

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• Impact of National Language Planning and Policy on Indigenous Languages in Pakistan: A Case Study of Punjabi and Saraiki Landscape

  Bilal Hussain, Azhar Pervaiz

  7001-7032

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• Women in Paulo Coelho’s Fiction: A Feminist Critique of “The Valkyries” by Paulo Coelho

  Sarah Gul, Dr. Zarina Qasim

  7033-7057

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• Syntactic Nativization and the Indigenization of English in Shehryar Fazli’s Invitation (2011)

  Kashif Haroon, Aziz Ullah Khan

  7059-7068

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• Exploring English Language as a Social Currency in Recent Intermediate English Textbooks of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: A Critical Discourse Analysis

  Muhammad Owais, Nasim Gul, Dr. Said Imran

  7069-7094

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• L2 Motivational Self System Among School, College, and University Students in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan: A Mixed-Methods Investigation

  Javaria Javed, Dr. Muhammad Imran, Dr. Bilal Khan

  7095-7115

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• Stylistic Deviations in Ali's Twilight in Delhi (2007)

  Aisha Sardar, Ayesha Habib

  7117-7126

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• The Evolution of Narrative Forms in Pakistan: From Traditional Literature to Digital Journalism and Game Studies

  Khadijah Waheed, Attiya Ijaz, Fouzia Phyllis Amroun (Ma, Ba)

  7127-7154

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• Attitudes toward Punjabi Language, Identity Construction, and Intergenerational Language Shift in Pakistan: A Quantitative Analysis

  Amna Ghazanfar, Dr Ijaz Asghar, Dr Hafiz Ahmad Bilal , Dr Uzair ul Hasan, Afshan Jabeen Zahra, Faiza Fayyaz, Aniqa Chaudhary

  7155-7193

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• Attitudinal Barriers and Motivation in Second Language Learning: A Study of Elementary ESL Learners in Punjab

  Aniqa Chaudhary, Dr Ijaz Asghar , Dr Hafiz Ahmad Bilal, Uzair ul Hasan, Afshan Jabeen Zahra, Faiza Fayyaz, Amna Ghazanfar

  7195-7223

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• The Role of Classroom Instructions in Developing English Wh-Question Formation among Urdu-Speaking ESL Learners in Pakistan

  Habiba Khatoon, Azhar Pervaiz

  7225-7260

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• English Teachers’ Written Corrective Feedback in an English Medium of Instruction University in Pakistan: Students’ Perspective

  Roha Asif, Amina Shahzadi, Bushra Saeed

  7261-7274

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• Misogyny and Navigating Self: A Radical Feministic Analysis of Ghose’s The Illuminated

  Muhammad Arif, Mujahid Niaz Qureshi, Quratulain Ijaz, Dr. Sajid Ali

  7275-7294

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• Structural Analysis of “Kafka’s The Hunger Artist and Jacob’s The Monkey’s Paw through Poe’s Unity Effect”

  Muhammad Arsalan Siddiqui, Zehra Shah, Zara Kayani, Muhammad Sadiq

  7295-7318

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• Between Rights and Reality: Investigating Women’s Lived Autonomy in Avni Doshi’s Burnt Sugar through the Capabilities Approach

  Areeba Zahid, Ayesha Qadir

  7319-7340

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• Integrating AI within MSA (Mythic System Analysis) Frameworks for the Algorithmic Translation and Preservation of Cultural Memory

  Ziqi Zhou, Richard Helder, Chaolin Yang

  7341-7377

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• Comparative Literary Analysis: Id, Ego, and Superego in J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World -A Psychoanalytic Study of Harry Potter

  Mudassir Ul Hassan

  7543-7559

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• Undergraduate ESL Learners' Perceptions of AI-Assisted Feedback for Writing Development: A Qualitative Study at NUML Hyderabad Campus

  Sajad Ali, Noor Fatima Shah, Sourath Seelro

  7561-7579

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• The Auteur Barbie: A Metamodern Analysis of Greta Gerwig’s Films

  Syeda Fatima Tuz Zahra, Dr. Amer Akhtar

  7607-7710

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• Language of Instruction and Students’ Academic Achievement: A Comparative Study of English and Urdu Medium Schools in Pakistan

  Farrah Naz Ashraf, Shanza Saeed, Amber Qureshi

  7711-7756

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• Evolution of Women’s Socio-Legal and Political Status in Pakistan: A Historical Analysis (1947–2025)

  Khadeja tul Kubra, Dr Saima Naz, Gulam Murtaza

  7757-7785

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• A Thematic Study of Ahmad Sagheer's Novels (With Reference to: Jang Jari Hai, Darwaza Abhi Band Hai, and Ek Boond Ujala)

  Tahira Bibi

  7787-7805

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