Muhammad Ahmad
Biographic Data
| ID | 3844987 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Muhammad Ahmad |
| GIVEN NAMES | Muhammad |
| FAMILY NAME | Ahmad |
| SIGNATURE | AHMAD M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Government College University, Faisalabad |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6759-9511 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1967 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Improving Writing Skills in Academic English Through Explicit Instruction and Process Writing
Reaching proficient literacy levels is a universal goal in an academic world that is becoming increasingly text-oriented. This objective is challenging, especially for PhD students demanding practical techniques to improve one of the most essential skills: writing. This study aims to provide research-based techniques to enhance writing skills in academic English. For this purpose, the effectiveness of two distinct pedagogical approaches (i.e., ex…
Determining the L2 academic writing development stage: A Corpus-Based Research on Doctoral Dissertations
This corpus-based research investigates features representing different stages of development in Pakistani academic writing (AW) to determine the stage of Pakistani AW in physical and social sciences. Corpus for this research comprises texts from 80 doctoral dissertations and is analyzed through AntConc after tagging with Multidimensional Analysis Tagger (MAT) and TagAnt. Results show Pakistani AW in both disciplines frequently comprising nouns a…
The Power of an ‘Absolutely Not’ by the Pakistani PM Imran Khan: A Critical Discourse Analysis
People use language for different social practices, for different purposes and in different contexts. Discourse analysis is a vast and deep field of study which examines these social practices to understand the hidden meanings behind the text. The objective of this paper was to analyze a simple but very strong and amazing phrase ‘absolutely not’ by the Pakistani PM in a particular context. The PM used this phrase during an interview with Jonathan…
Freedom Of Expression In Islam “Is Freedom of Expression in Islam compatible with Article 10 of ECHR?”
A predominated opinion has emerged in the West that Islam disregards Human Rights, especially the Freedom of Expression. Many Western scholars have explicitly expressed their views through literature. This article examines Islam's freedom of expression and its compatibility with Article 10 of ECHR. Some research has been carried out to understand the clear picture of freedom of expression in Islam and its limitations. However, no research has bee…
Tourist revisit intention: A focus on perceived service quality, place attachment, and tourist intimacy
The purpose of this paper was to investigate the role of perceived service quality and place attachment in developing place intimacy and revisit intention among foreign tourists visiting Pakistan, by adopting the stimulus–organism–response model. A survey-based, cross-sectional research design was used to collect data from 329 foreign tourists visiting Pakistan. The data were analyzed using SmartPLS. Results supported the conceptualized model and…
Exploring linguistic variation in Pakistani English newspaper editorials through multidimensional analysis
This research investigated linguistic variation in Pakistani English newspaper editorials employing multidimensional analysis to identify: distinguished language feature; and linguistic variation in the light of textual dimensions model. Corpus comprised 1,000 editorials from four newspapers. Results showed the distinguished use of nouns, public verbs and sentence relatives thereby the editorials were found focusing on narrative, explicit and inf…
Exploring Disciplinary Variation in Pakistani Academic Writing: A Corpus-Based Research on Doctoral Dissertations
It was a corpus-based research and aimed to explore disciplinary variations (in the use of phrasal features) in academic writing (AW) produced by L2 writers of English across disciplines. Corpus of this research (comprising 80 dissertations written by Pakistani doctoral level candidates from two academic disciplines i.e. Arts and Humanities and Life Sciences) was analyzed through AntConc after tagging through POS and MAT Taggers. The results reve…
Investigating Marginalization, Loss, Trauma and Resilience of Third World Women in Joshi's Henna The Artist
The current research elegantly examines the majority of the time,enveloping the reader in a dreamscape of currencies, parrots, and exquisite meals. Joshi's narrating technique is captivating and the time passes quickly in the globe she has created. Nevertheless, her prose occasionally devolves into elaborate cramps and there are omissions and inconsistencies in her portrayal of the class structure in 1950s India, especially regarding ladies. Read…
Frequency of radial artery occlusion in patients with diabetes mellitus 24.hr and one month after coronary intervention
Introduction: Transradial coronary intervention (CI) is frequently complicated by radial artery occlusion (RAO). The research has a variety of prevalence reports, and its indicators are not properly known. The purpose of this research was to analyze the frequency of RAO in diabetes mellitus patients 24 hours and one-month following CI. Methods: In this study, 1,350 participants (included 101 repeated operations after one month) who undergo 1,451 …
Investigating the moderating impact of crime and corruption on the economic growth of Bangladesh: Fresh insights
This study investigates the moderating role of the corruption index with the impacts of foreign direct investment (FDI), unemployment, corruption, and crime rate on economic growth in Bangladesh from 1988 to 2019. The Augmented Dicky-Fuller (ADF) and Phillips-Peron (P-P) unit root tests were applied to check the stationary properties of the concerned variables. The auto regressor distribution lags approach is used to test the hypotheses. The resu…
Formative Assessment Practices in Public Sector Universities of Pakistan
The purpose of this study was to analyse the formative assessment practices in public sector universities of Pakistan through the perception of heads of departments, departmental controllers of examinations, university teachers and students. Forty eight (48) heads of departments, 48departmental controllers of examinations, 144 university teachers were interviewed and 48 focus group discussions were conducted among the BS students in 6 public sect…
Depiction of Religion in Hindi and Urdu Drama Serial: A Comparative Analysis
The study investigated Hindi and Urdu drama serials to demonstrate how the religion is being portrayed. The results of this study suggested that religion was never been a main theme in both Hindi and Urdu drama. The findings reveled that Indian dramas are more possessive about the religion and its importance in the human life. Through the content analysis by using the lens of social learning theory the finding concluded that in both the countries…
A Critical Discourse Analysis of Socio-Psychological Factors in Taufiq Rafat’s “Wedding in the Flood”
People use language for different social practices in different contexts and perspectives, and discourse analysts examine these social practices for a better understanding of the discourse. The language used by a poet is different from the language used by common people; the poetic diction helps to understand a poet’s literary style, his ideology, and the use of descriptive language. This article focuses on exposing the socio-psychological factor…
Covid-19 and inequalities: The need for inclusive policy response
ESL Materials and Gender Representation: A Corpus-Based Study of Secondary School Textbooks in Punjab, Pakistan
Use of Modals as Stance Markers: A Corpus-Based Study on Pakistani English Newspaper Editorials
This study analyses the use of modals as stance markers in newspaper editorials. Corpora of the study comprised of 500 editorials published in Pakistani English newspapers, that is, The Daily Dawn and The Daily News (250 editorials from each newspaper) which were analysed with the help of AntConc 3.4.4.0. Results show Pakistani editorial writers use all types of modals (i.e., prediction, possibility, necessity, modal adverbs, reporting verbs, kno…
A Critical Discourse Analysis of Gender Representations in the Content of 5th Grade English Language Textbook
This study investigates gender representation in an English language textbook taught to the students of Grade-5 in public and private schools in Punjab (Pakistan) by applying Fairclough’s three-dimensional model. For this purpose, content and critical discourse analyses approaches were applied to check eight-factor gender discrimination in the said textbook. As a result, it was observed that the said textbook was highly gender biased which repres…
Use of Modal Verbs as Stance Markers in Pakistani English Newspaper Editorials
This study investigates the use of modal verbs as stance markers in Pakistani English newspaper editorials. For this purpose, corpora of 1000 editorials have been developed from the editorials published in The News, The Dawn, The Frontier and The Express Tribune (250 editorials from each newspaper) and analyzed using AntConc 3.4.4.0. Results reveal that prediction, possibility and necessity are the characteristic features of Pakistani English new…
Understanding the Antecedents of Organic Food Consumption in Pakistan: Moderating Role of Food Neophobia
Environmental and health problems have increased the interest of researchers and practitioners in investigating the factors that affect organic food consumption. However, little attention has been paid to the actual organic food buying behavior, particularly in developing countries like Pakistan. Therefore, the aim of the present study is to determine the actual buying patterns of consumers. For this purpose, a conceptual model based on green per…
Organisational Skills in Academic Writing: A Study on Coherence and Cohesion in Pakistani Research Abstracts
Writing requires a suitable and strategic use of language with communicative potential and structural correctness. The use of coherence and cohesion helps create communicative potential and structural correctness in texts. This study aims to investigate the use of cohesive items in the abstracts of Pakistani research articles and thereby determine what type of cohesive items are frequently used by writers. In addition, the study aims to know what…
On the Black Student Movement—1960–70
(1978). On the Black Student Movement—1960–70. The Black Scholar: Vol. 9, The 1960's, pp. 2-11
Toward Pan African Liberation
(1974). Toward Pan African Liberation. The Black Scholar: Vol. 5, African Liberation, pp. 24-31
We are all Prisoners of War
Afghanistan: A Study of Political Developments in Central and Southern Asia
Afghanistan: A Study of Political Developments in Central and Southern Asia
We are all Prisoners of War
Toward Pan African Liberation
(1974). Toward Pan African Liberation. The Black Scholar: Vol. 5, African Liberation, pp. 24-31
On the Black Student Movement—1960–70
(1978). On the Black Student Movement—1960–70. The Black Scholar: Vol. 9, The 1960's, pp. 2-11
A Critical Discourse Analysis of Gender Representations in the Content of 5th Grade English Language Textbook
This study investigates gender representation in an English language textbook taught to the students of Grade-5 in public and private schools in Punjab (Pakistan) by applying Fairclough’s three-dimensional model. For this purpose, content and critical discourse analyses approaches were applied to check eight-factor gender discrimination in the said textbook. As a result, it was observed that the said textbook was highly gender biased which repres…
Use of Modal Verbs as Stance Markers in Pakistani English Newspaper Editorials
This study investigates the use of modal verbs as stance markers in Pakistani English newspaper editorials. For this purpose, corpora of 1000 editorials have been developed from the editorials published in The News, The Dawn, The Frontier and The Express Tribune (250 editorials from each newspaper) and analyzed using AntConc 3.4.4.0. Results reveal that prediction, possibility and necessity are the characteristic features of Pakistani English new…
Understanding the Antecedents of Organic Food Consumption in Pakistan: Moderating Role of Food Neophobia
Environmental and health problems have increased the interest of researchers and practitioners in investigating the factors that affect organic food consumption. However, little attention has been paid to the actual organic food buying behavior, particularly in developing countries like Pakistan. Therefore, the aim of the present study is to determine the actual buying patterns of consumers. For this purpose, a conceptual model based on green per…
Organisational Skills in Academic Writing: A Study on Coherence and Cohesion in Pakistani Research Abstracts
Writing requires a suitable and strategic use of language with communicative potential and structural correctness. The use of coherence and cohesion helps create communicative potential and structural correctness in texts. This study aims to investigate the use of cohesive items in the abstracts of Pakistani research articles and thereby determine what type of cohesive items are frequently used by writers. In addition, the study aims to know what…
Use of Modals as Stance Markers: A Corpus-Based Study on Pakistani English Newspaper Editorials
This study analyses the use of modals as stance markers in newspaper editorials. Corpora of the study comprised of 500 editorials published in Pakistani English newspapers, that is, The Daily Dawn and The Daily News (250 editorials from each newspaper) which were analysed with the help of AntConc 3.4.4.0. Results show Pakistani editorial writers use all types of modals (i.e., prediction, possibility, necessity, modal adverbs, reporting verbs, kno…
Formative Assessment Practices in Public Sector Universities of Pakistan
The purpose of this study was to analyse the formative assessment practices in public sector universities of Pakistan through the perception of heads of departments, departmental controllers of examinations, university teachers and students. Forty eight (48) heads of departments, 48departmental controllers of examinations, 144 university teachers were interviewed and 48 focus group discussions were conducted among the BS students in 6 public sect…
Depiction of Religion in Hindi and Urdu Drama Serial: A Comparative Analysis
The study investigated Hindi and Urdu drama serials to demonstrate how the religion is being portrayed. The results of this study suggested that religion was never been a main theme in both Hindi and Urdu drama. The findings reveled that Indian dramas are more possessive about the religion and its importance in the human life. Through the content analysis by using the lens of social learning theory the finding concluded that in both the countries…
A Critical Discourse Analysis of Socio-Psychological Factors in Taufiq Rafat’s “Wedding in the Flood”
People use language for different social practices in different contexts and perspectives, and discourse analysts examine these social practices for a better understanding of the discourse. The language used by a poet is different from the language used by common people; the poetic diction helps to understand a poet’s literary style, his ideology, and the use of descriptive language. This article focuses on exposing the socio-psychological factor…
Covid-19 and inequalities: The need for inclusive policy response
ESL Materials and Gender Representation: A Corpus-Based Study of Secondary School Textbooks in Punjab, Pakistan
Exploring Disciplinary Variation in Pakistani Academic Writing: A Corpus-Based Research on Doctoral Dissertations
It was a corpus-based research and aimed to explore disciplinary variations (in the use of phrasal features) in academic writing (AW) produced by L2 writers of English across disciplines. Corpus of this research (comprising 80 dissertations written by Pakistani doctoral level candidates from two academic disciplines i.e. Arts and Humanities and Life Sciences) was analyzed through AntConc after tagging through POS and MAT Taggers. The results reve…
Investigating Marginalization, Loss, Trauma and Resilience of Third World Women in Joshi's Henna The Artist
The current research elegantly examines the majority of the time,enveloping the reader in a dreamscape of currencies, parrots, and exquisite meals. Joshi's narrating technique is captivating and the time passes quickly in the globe she has created. Nevertheless, her prose occasionally devolves into elaborate cramps and there are omissions and inconsistencies in her portrayal of the class structure in 1950s India, especially regarding ladies. Read…
Frequency of radial artery occlusion in patients with diabetes mellitus 24.hr and one month after coronary intervention
Introduction: Transradial coronary intervention (CI) is frequently complicated by radial artery occlusion (RAO). The research has a variety of prevalence reports, and its indicators are not properly known. The purpose of this research was to analyze the frequency of RAO in diabetes mellitus patients 24 hours and one-month following CI. Methods: In this study, 1,350 participants (included 101 repeated operations after one month) who undergo 1,451 …
Investigating the moderating impact of crime and corruption on the economic growth of Bangladesh: Fresh insights
This study investigates the moderating role of the corruption index with the impacts of foreign direct investment (FDI), unemployment, corruption, and crime rate on economic growth in Bangladesh from 1988 to 2019. The Augmented Dicky-Fuller (ADF) and Phillips-Peron (P-P) unit root tests were applied to check the stationary properties of the concerned variables. The auto regressor distribution lags approach is used to test the hypotheses. The resu…
Exploring linguistic variation in Pakistani English newspaper editorials through multidimensional analysis
This research investigated linguistic variation in Pakistani English newspaper editorials employing multidimensional analysis to identify: distinguished language feature; and linguistic variation in the light of textual dimensions model. Corpus comprised 1,000 editorials from four newspapers. Results showed the distinguished use of nouns, public verbs and sentence relatives thereby the editorials were found focusing on narrative, explicit and inf…
The Power of an ‘Absolutely Not’ by the Pakistani PM Imran Khan: A Critical Discourse Analysis
People use language for different social practices, for different purposes and in different contexts. Discourse analysis is a vast and deep field of study which examines these social practices to understand the hidden meanings behind the text. The objective of this paper was to analyze a simple but very strong and amazing phrase ‘absolutely not’ by the Pakistani PM in a particular context. The PM used this phrase during an interview with Jonathan…
Freedom Of Expression In Islam “Is Freedom of Expression in Islam compatible with Article 10 of ECHR?”
A predominated opinion has emerged in the West that Islam disregards Human Rights, especially the Freedom of Expression. Many Western scholars have explicitly expressed their views through literature. This article examines Islam's freedom of expression and its compatibility with Article 10 of ECHR. Some research has been carried out to understand the clear picture of freedom of expression in Islam and its limitations. However, no research has bee…
Tourist revisit intention: A focus on perceived service quality, place attachment, and tourist intimacy
The purpose of this paper was to investigate the role of perceived service quality and place attachment in developing place intimacy and revisit intention among foreign tourists visiting Pakistan, by adopting the stimulus–organism–response model. A survey-based, cross-sectional research design was used to collect data from 329 foreign tourists visiting Pakistan. The data were analyzed using SmartPLS. Results supported the conceptualized model and…
Improving Writing Skills in Academic English Through Explicit Instruction and Process Writing
Reaching proficient literacy levels is a universal goal in an academic world that is becoming increasingly text-oriented. This objective is challenging, especially for PhD students demanding practical techniques to improve one of the most essential skills: writing. This study aims to provide research-based techniques to enhance writing skills in academic English. For this purpose, the effectiveness of two distinct pedagogical approaches (i.e., ex…
Determining the L2 academic writing development stage: A Corpus-Based Research on Doctoral Dissertations
This corpus-based research investigates features representing different stages of development in Pakistani academic writing (AW) to determine the stage of Pakistani AW in physical and social sciences. Corpus for this research comprises texts from 80 doctoral dissertations and is analyzed through AntConc after tagging with Multidimensional Analysis Tagger (MAT) and TagAnt. Results show Pakistani AW in both disciplines frequently comprising nouns a…
Psychology (15 works) · Sociology (14 works) · Linguistics (10 works) · Political science (10 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Art (6 works) · Law (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · History (5 works) · Law (5 works)