Aims and Objectives

Aims

“Afkar e Taza” aims to promote and publish research in the scope of Iqbal Studies. We aim to reach a level where we will be able to provide sources of scholarly research work. By not charging any amount, we aim to facilitate researchers to publish their work. We further aim to produce such research where theoretical premises are applied to the practical world. Various aspects and Iqbal Studies activities are to be explored and investigated for the development of Iqbaliat. Both empirical and exploratory research works are published.

“Afkar e Taza” is a bi-annual multi-lingual research journal, published under the "Iqbal Chair" University of Sialkot, Sialkot, Pakistan. The Aim and Objective of “Afkar e Taza” is to promote quality research in areas of life, poetry and thought of Allama Doctor Muhammad Iqbal and on the branches of learning in which he was interested like History, Philosophy, Islamic Studies, Sociology, Comparative Religion, Literature and Iqbaliat in Urdu as well as other international languages like English Persian and Arabic. The unpublished innovative and creative research-based articles in the areas described above are published in “Afkar e Taza”. Articles are sent to the experts for judgment and opinion before publication. The journal facilitates publication of researchers and scholars in universities of Pakistan and abroad, their research projects under the defined procedures and guidelines. Researchers and scholars of Urdu and other international languages outside universities can also send their research articles. “Afkar e Taza” strictly follows the rules and regulations set out by HEC for journals.

WE DO NOT CHARGE ANY FEE FOR THE PUBLICATION, PROCESSING, OR REVIEWING OF ARTICLES

 

OBJECIVES

  1. To provide a research platform to scholars, teachers, students, and general researchers.
  2. To develop a scholarly community to develop a research culture in our country.
  3. To promote local and international research in the field of Iqbaliat.
  4. To facilitate new researchers by publishing their work.
  5. To publish research that can have some practical impact on the private and public sectors of Pakistan and the region.
  6. To provide free of cost quality research to the researchers.
  7. To promote knowledge sharing and building on the existing blocks of knowledge.
  8. To develop communication between academia, Literary personalities, policymakers, and decision-makers.