Department of English AIOU Islamabad

15/09/2026

AIOU offers short courses including 03 English language proficiency courses for different levels. The courses are offered in Face to Face mode, and the classes will be held on the Main Campus.

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04/09/2026

Many congrats, Dr Saira Maqbool and Team English at Allama Iqbal Open University, for the second PhD defense. Muhammad Younas worked on “Ideological Moderation in Muslim Scholars’ Religious Discourse: A Critical Discourse Analysis" under the supervision of Dr Saira Maqbool. Prof. Dr Sarwat Rasool (FJWU), Prof. Dr Jamil Asghar Jami (NUML) and Dr Ghulam Ali (AIOU) served as examiners. Dean Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Prof Dr Syed Muhammad Amir Shah chaired the session.

27/08/2026

*Literary Society, Department of English, AIOU*
*Presents*
*Webinar: "Phenomenology of Literature: A Hermeneutics of Perception Vita Memoriae"*

Join the Department of English, Allama Iqbal Open University, for a discussion on this topic.

*Date:* Friday, 28 August 2026
*Time:* 3:00 to 4:00 pm (PKT)
*Location:* Online
Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/426200361905052?p=Kwl18hX02gURt3LkTO

*Speaker:* Isabel Ayesha Khalid
Independent Researcher and Poet

Explore an author and reader's perspective on the nature of literature.
Don’t miss this insightful session!

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27/08/2026

Recording of the recent Webinar, especially for those who couldn't attend it.

https://youtu.be/FZ5StmVgQ4s?si=kY36obzUXGZvlHw-

Recording of our previous webinar!

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04/08/2026

📢 AIOU Center for Lifelong Learning Invites You to an Online Webinar

ENGLISH BEGINNERS | INTERMEDIATE & ADVANCED

🕐 Tuesday, 4th August 2026
02:00 PM – 03:00 PM (Pakistan Standard Time)

🎙️ Coordinator:
Dr. Ubaidullah Khan

👥 Target Audience:
Students / Faculty

💻 Mode:
Online / Face-to-Face (F2F)

Microsoft Teams Link:
🔗 https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/447573262187536?p=Zc4VnDb7U0jwHoV13M

Meeting ID: 447 573 262 187 536
Passcode: 5JZ6jk6D

02/08/2026

On 31 July 2026, Friday, the Literary Society of the Department of English, Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, organized a webinar on Contemporary Pakistani Gothic Fiction in English. The speaker for this session was Dr. Muhammad Numan, Assistant Professor, Department of English, UMT, Lahore. The participants and speaker were welcomes by Dr. Muhammad Kamal Khan, HOD, Department of English, AIOU, who also delivered the concluding remarks and offered the vote of thanks.

The session highlighted the fact that Pakistani gothic imagination is primarily local, dealing more prominently and perhaps even entirely with local myth and legend. By analyzing the genre of Pakistani English Gothic Fiction in general and specific texts, the speaker engaged questions of psychology, symbolism, mythology, cosmology, the Gothic, Pakistani fiction, and Islamicate fiction. He also addressed local and international research on the topic, pointing out alternative interpretations and possible new directions in the process.

29/07/2026

*AIOU Literary Society Presents*
*Webinar: "Jinn, Hauntings, and Unsettling Worlds"*

Join the Department of English, Allama Iqbal Open University, for a discussion on *Contemporary Pakistani Gothic Fiction in English*.

*Date:* Friday, 31 July 2026
*Time:* 2:30 to 4:00 pm (PKT)
*Location:* Online

*Chief Guest:* Prof. Dr. Syed Muhammad Amir Shah
Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, AIOU

*Speaker:* Dr. Muhammad Numan
Assistant Professor, School of Liberal Arts, UMT Lahore

Explore how jinn, hauntings, and the supernatural shape modern Pakistani literature.
Don’t miss this insightful session!

Link: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/474241127121858?p=uNJSWSr9dgvCOOwnx7

03/09/2025

Miss. Abeer Iftekhar and Mr. Khalid Zafar defended their M. Phil English theses in the Viva Voce Exam held in the Committee Room of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities. Prof. Dr. Abdul Aziz Sahir, Dean, presided over the defense, while Dr. Fasih Ahmed from COMSATS, Islamabad and Dr. Khurram Shahzad from NUML, Islamabad participated as external examiners.

The scholars were supervised by Dr. Munir Khan and Dr Rashida Imran, respectively.

22/07/2025

Two M. Phil English (Linguistics) scholars Ms. Samina Najeeb and Ms. Zill e Huma successfully defended their theses.

Prof. Dr. Abdul Aziz Sahir, Dean, presided over the meeting. The scholars were supervised by Dr. Muhammad Kamal Khan and Dr. Ubaidullah Khan respectively. Dr. Umaima Kamran from Quaid e Azam University, Islamabad, and Dr. Anila Gill from NUML, Islamabad were the external examiners/ experts.

24/04/2025

The Department of English AIOU held a session of the Research Proposal Committee for Batch III scholars of M. Phil English (Linguistics). The session was chaired by Prof. Dr. Syed Amir Shah, Director Administration and attended by Dr. Muhammad Nawaz from COMSATS as subject expert, and the faculty members from the Department. The scholars presented their topics which were approved by the Committee after a thorough discussion.