Aims and Scope

Research Journal Noor-e-Tahqeeq is a peer-reviewed, open-access academic journal published by the Department of Urdu, Lahore Garrison University. The journal aims to promote high-quality scholarly research in the field of Urdu language and literature by providing a credible platform for original, analytical, and critical studies. It seeks to strengthen research culture by encouraging intellectual rigor, methodological soundness, and ethical academic practices.

The primary objective of the journal is to facilitate serious academic discourse on classical and modern Urdu literature while engaging with contemporary theoretical, linguistic, and interdisciplinary perspectives. Noor-e-Tahqeeq endeavors to bridge traditional literary scholarship with modern research methodologies and global academic trends in the humanities.

Research Journal Noor-e-Tahqeeq welcomes original research articles, critical analyses, and scholarly reviews in the following areas, though not limited to:

  • History and evolution of Urdu language and literature

  • Critical and analytical studies of classical, modern, and post-modern Urdu poetry and prose

  • Literary criticism, theory, and contemporary critical approaches

  • Linguistics, stylistics, semantics, and discourse analysis

  • Comparative literature (Urdu in relation to other languages and literary traditions)

  • Translation studies and cross-cultural literary analysis

  • Sufi, religious, and philosophical literature in Urdu

  • Critical studies of Urdu fiction, novel, drama, and autobiography

  • Urdu journalism, rhetoric, and literary aspects of modern media

  • Literature and its relationship with social, cultural, political, and intellectual movements

  • Emerging trends, new perspectives, and contemporary debates in Urdu studies

The journal prioritizes manuscripts that demonstrate originality, scholarly depth, critical insight, and a meaningful contribution to the field of Urdu studies and the broader discipline of Arts and Humanities.