The Department of English acquaints its students and scholars with the contemporary trends in English language, literature, and linguistics. The Department offers MA, PGCTE, PGDTE, and PhD programs, in addition to the core, discipline specific, ability enhancement, skill enhancement, and generic courses in line with the CBCS, for all the Under Graduate and Post Graduate programs offered in the University. The Department aims at mainstreaming minorities, promoting quality research, enhancing English-Urdu Cultural interactions, and accelerating women empowerment. It prepares students not only for employability purposes but also for carrying out societal responsibilities. Its primary objectives are to promote bi-lingual research in English and Urdu, and to encourage innovative and inter-disciplinary research. The Department organizes regular national and international conferences and workshops. The thrust areas of research in the Department include English Language Teaching, Phonetics, British Literature, American Literature, Commonwealth Literature, English-Urdu Literature, English-Urdu Translation Studies, Muslim Literature, Indian Writing in English, and Literary Theory and Criticism.