14/02/2025
With the grace of ALLAH Almighty, the first One Day National Conference on โContemporary Trends in English Language, Literature and Linguisticsโ organized by the Department of English, Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering, Science and Technology, Nawabshah resulted in a big success. Around 20 universities participated in the conference. The moral assistance of the Patron-in-Chief Prof. Dr. Saleem Raza Samo, the Vice Chancellor of QUEST, Nawabshah, Patron, Prof. Dr. Zahid Hussain Abro, Pro Vice-Chancellor QUEST and Prof. Dr. Muhammad Ibrahim Channa, Dean faculty of Science, Conference Chair, Prof. Dr. Insaf Ali Siming, Chairman of English Department, Conference Secretary, Dr. Abdullah Laghari & Dr. Muhammad Arif Soomro led to achieving the milestone in the conference.
The worthy Vice Chancellor appreciated the efforts of Prof. Dr. Insaf Ali Siming and his dynamic team in organizing a magnificent that brought scholars across the country onto the platform to contribute significantly. The Vice Chancellorโs address followed two plenary talks by Prof. Dr. Madad Ali Shah, the Vice Chancellor, SBBU SBA and Prof. Dr. Tariq Hassan Umrani, the former Director, IELL University of Sindh which provided the scholars with rich insights into research. Afterwards, the panel discussions had significant deliberations in the domain of literature and linguistics. The former was moderated by Mr. Muhammad Ibrahim Khokhar comprising Dr. Ghazal Shaikh, Prof. Dr. Ghulam Ali Buriro, Dr. Shabana Tunio and Prof. Syed Farzand Ali Shah as panelists; whereas, the latter was moderated by Ms. Kishwer Nazli comprising Prof. Dr. Farida Yasmeen Panhwar, Dr. Sahiba Khatoon, Dr. Waseem Malik and Prof. Dr. Mansoor A. Channa as panelists.
Oral presentations and Poster presentations shared the rich insights and provided platforms to the novice researchers to share their research contribution. The poster presentations were judged by Dr. Tania Laghari and (Dr) Mansoor Ali Koondhar. Central Library was the hub of research on that day in which the efforts of Mr. Farooq Ahmed Channar are praiseworthy in maintaining the library which remained the centre of attraction for the scholars.
Heartfelt congratulations to the conference chair, Prof. Dr. Insaf Ali Siming on displaying a fabulous show. Dr. Siming highlighting the importance of conferences hinted that he would go to an International conference very soon. He opined that the response of the scholars and expert linguistics participating across the country was more than an encouragement for the entire team of the English Department which might result in an International Conference which would turn out to be as glorious as the first conference was.
