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			{{Short description\|University in Islamabad, Pakistan}}
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			\| native_name = قومی جامعہ جدید زبانیں
	\|established = 1970 (became university 29th May 2000)
			\| former_name = Institute Of Modern Languages
	\|chancellor = ] President, ]
	\|~~rector~~ = ~~Brig~~ ~~(R)~~ ~~Aziz~~ ~~Khan~~		\| image = NUML-Logo.jpg
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			The '''National University of Modern Languages (NUMLs)''' (Urdu: {{Nastaliq\| قومی جامعہ جدید زبانیں}}) is a multi-campus ] with its main campus located in ], Pakistan<ref name="Google maps services">{{cite web\|title=Address and locations of National University of Modern Languages (NUML)\|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?q=NUML&ie=UTF-8&ei=vls-U4KwJ82ayQHu04HYBg&ved=0CAoQ_AUoAw\|publisher=Google Maps\|access-date=16 February 2022}}</ref> and other campuses in different cities of Pakistan.

			The university offers undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate programs in languages, linguistics, social sciences, media & communications, management sciences, electrical & software engineering and computer sciences.
	'''National University of Modern Languages''' ({{lang-ur\|''' جامعہ قومی لسانیات جديد '''}}) is located at ], ]. The ] began as an institute in 1970 to help people communicate and understand each other in different languages, to assimilate different cultures and to act as a springboard for emerging disciplines. At present it is a fully autonomous, degree awarding university.It is the largest and the oldest university in ] that specializes in linguistics and foreign languages. It has crossed several barriers and now teaches 27 languages in addition to many emerging arts and sciences.The university accommodates more then 10,000 students and over 1,000 staff members.NUML has been recognized as one of the two Pakistani universities that got place in competing for World Top ranking universities.

	== ~~Administrative Set-Up~~ ==		== History ==
			The National University of Modern Languages was established as an institute of modern languages in 1969. Initially, the institute provided language training facilities to the Armed Forced personnel and other government servants. In May 2000, its status was upgraded from an institution to a federal charter University.
	The ] is the Chancellor while the ] is the Pro-Chancellor. The day to day administration is controlled by a Board of Governors headed by the Chief of the Army Staff,the GHQ. Federal Secretaries of different ministries and prominent citizens from both private and public sectors function as its member. The Rector (Vice Chancellor) is responsible for keeping the university operative at an optimum level both in academics and administration.

			==Faculties and departments==
	== Campuses ==
	The university has main campus located in the south west of Islamabad, Pakistan in sector H-9 in the backdrop of Margalla hills spreaded over an area of 25 acres whereas it has sub-campuses located in ], ], ],] ,], ] and ]

			===Faculty of the Engineering and Computer Sciences===

			* Department of Software Engineering
	]
			* Department of Computer Science
			* Department of Electrical Engineering
			* Department of Mathematics
			* Department of Artificial Intelligence
			* Department of Information Technology

			=== Faculty of Arts and Humanities ===
			*Department of English for Under-Graduate Studies
			*Department of English for Graduate Studies

			=== Faculty of Management Studies ===
	== External links ==
			*Department of Economics
	*
			*Department of Management Science
	*
	*		*Department of Commerce and Accounting

	*
			=== Faculty of Social Sciences ===
	*
			*Department of Educational Sciences
	*
			*Department of International Relations & Peace and Conflict Studies
	{{Colleges and universities in Islamabad}}
			*Department of Governance and Public Policy
			*Department of Media Studies
			*Department of Pakistan Studies
			*Department of Islamic Thought and Culture
			*Department of Applied Psychology
			*Department of Area Studies China

			===Faculty of Languages===
			*Department of Arabic Language and Culture
			*Department of Chinese Language and Culture
			*Department of English Language Teaching
			*Department of French Language and Culture
			*Department of German Language and Culture
			*Department of Italian Language and Culture
			*Department of Japanese Language and Culture
			*Department of Korean Language and Culture
			*Department of Pakistani Languages
			*Department of Persian Language and Culture
			*Department of Russian Language and Culture
			*Department of South Asian Languages and Cultures
			*Department of Spanish Language and Culture
			*Department of Turkish Studies
			*Department of Urdu Language and Literature
			*Department of Translation and interpretation

			==== International institutes, centers and chairs operating at NUML ====

			* Confucius Institute, China
			* Iranology Center, Iran
			* King Sejong Institute, Republic of Korea
			* Yunus Emre Institute, Turkiye
			* Belarusian Language and Culture Chair, Belarus
			* Jean Monnet Chair – Europe

			== Research journals ==
			{\| class="wikitable"
			! Sr.
			! Name
			! ISSN#
			! Image
			\|-
			\|a)
			\|Al Basirah
			\|2520-7334
			\|]
			\|-
			\|b)
			\|DARYAFT
			\|2616-6038
			\|]
			\|-
			\|c)
			\|NUML Journal of Critical Inquiry (JCI)
			\|2789-4665
			\|]
			\|-
			\|d)
			\|Journal of Research in Social Sciences (JRSS)
			\|2306-112X(E)
			\|]
			\|-
			\|e)
			\|NUML International Journal of Business & Management
			\|2521-473X (Online)
			\|]
			\|-
			\|f)
			\|NUML International Journal of Engineering and Computing
			\|2788-9629
			\|]
			\|-
			\|g)
			\|Polyglot: A Journal of Language, Culture & Translation Studies
			\|2790-2307
			\|]
			\|}

			== Distinguished people ==
			]

			* General Pervez Musharraf NI(M) TBt
			* General Khalid Shameem Wynne NI(M), HI(M) (Late)
			* General Raheel Sharif NI(M) HI(M)
			* Admiral Muhammad Zakaullah NI(M) HI(M) SI(M) TI(M) (Retd)
			* Admiral Asif Sandila NI(M) HI(M) (Retd)
			* Air Chief Marshal Tahir Rafique Butt, TBt, NI(M), HI(M) (Retd)
			* Sahabzada Yaqub Khan (Late)
			* Zobaida Jalal
			* Salman Bashir (Retd)
			* Masood Khan
			* Tehmina Janjua
			* Kashif Abbasi {{cn\|date=April 2023}}

			== Rectors ==
			{\| class="wikitable"
			!Sr.
			!Name
			!From
			!To
			!Portrait
			\|-
			\|1)
			\|Brig Aziz Ahmed Khan (Retd)
			\|29-05-2000
			\|23-06-2011
			\|]
			\|-
			\|2)
			\|Maj Gen Masood Hasan HI(M), Retd
			\|24-06-2011
			\|30-06-2015
			\|]
			\|-
			\|3)
			\|Maj Gen Zia Ud Din Najam HI(M), Retd
			\|10-07-2015
			\|10-07-2019
			\|]
			\|-
			\|4)
			\|Maj Gen Muhammad Jaffar HI(M), Retd
			\|10-07-2019
			\|09-01-2024
			\|]
			\|-
			\|5)
			\|Maj Gen Shahid Mahmood Kayani HI(M), Retd
			\|10-01-2024
			\|To date
			\|]
			\|-
			\|}

			== Alumni ==

			{\| class="wikitable"
			!Name
			!Job Title
			!Department
			!Institution
			\|-
			\| Mansoor Khan
			\|Vice President
			\|Company Secretary Office
			\|Hashoo Group
			\|-
			\|Qasim Chattha
			\|Controller
			\|Military Accounts
			\|Military Accounts
			\|-
			\|Salman Yasin
			\|Country Manager
			\|Business Intelligence
			\|Business Intelligence
			\|-
			\|Shahneed Ahmed
			\|Manager
			\|Corporate Business
			\|Jubilee Life Insurance
			\|-
			\|Madiha Hamad
			\|HR Manager
			\|HR
			\|AAI German
			\|-
			\|Muhammad Tayyab
			\|Marketing Executive
			\|Marketing
			\|DESTO
			\|-
			\|Sohaib Afzal Khan
			\|Finance Executive
			\|Finance
			\|Attock Petroleum Ltd
			\|-
			\|Raima Amjad
			\|Resident Auditor
			\|Local Fund Audit
			\|Govt. of Pakistan
			\|-
			\|Syed Komail Shamim
			\|Area Manager - North
			\|Psychiatry & Neurology
			\|Lundbeck Pakistan
			\|-
			\|Sameen Mansoor
			\|CEO
			\|CEO
			\|Palki Creations
			\|-
			\|Jawwad Zuberi
			\|CEO
			\|CEO
			\|Mohsin Sons
			\|-
			\|Shaun Shafqat
			\|Senior Manager
			\|Financial Services
			\|S&P Global
			\|-
			\|Dr. Muahmamd Asif
			\|Professor
			\|Management Sciences
			\|SZABIST Islamabad
			\|-
			\|Hassan Anwaar
			\|Sales Manager Pakistan
			\|Airline Industry
			\|Air Arabia, Air Arabia Abu Dhabi, Fly Jinnah
			\|}

			== Intellectual forums ==
			Different intellectual and academic forums have been established to study and investigate contemporary geo-political challenges and socio-cultural dynamics. Some of these include:-

			# NUML Dialogue Forum
			# Centre for Regional Studies
			# Centre for Research on Languages and Cultures
			# Center for Multidisciplinary Research
			# NUML Writer's Forum
			# NUML Mehfil Forum

			NUML Dialogue Forum engages the faculty and the students in critical interactions about the contemporary issues. It has a semi-structured pattern of discussion in which a talk is given by some renowned personality and subsequently a question-answer session follows.

			Center for Regional Studies is dedicated to the study and investigation of regional issues which are political, cultural and sociological in nature. It is primarily a research-based center which seeks to explore the significant dynamics related to South Asian Region.

			CRLC aims at tracing back the history of languages and cultures to their genesis. Investigating their linkages and role in culture-formation area/era-wise with special emphasis on major civilizations. Developing repository (scripts and audio) – corpus of languages. Publicizing research and providing policy-related input to relevant stakeholder.

			Center for Multi-Disciplinary Research (CMR) Established in 2021, provides technical platform for cross-disciplinary research incorporating IT and commercialization. One project has been submitted (FE&CS – FMS) while seven (FE&CS – FoL, FAH, FMS, FSS) are in process. Two publications have been submitted (FE&CS – FMS, FAH) while eleven (FE&CS – FMS, FSS, FoL, FAH) are in process

			NUML Writers’ Forum (NWF) established to incentivize and encourage faculty, students and alumni to accomplish research and write books on important socio-economic and political issues. Authors are being facilitated in terms of availability of time, provision of relevant research material, compilation, formatting, editing and publication.

			Finally, NUML Mehfil Forum is a cultural and literary forum which organizes various talks and events related to literary and cultural topics. It has a more informal pattern and some intellectual personality is invited for a non-structured talks, poetry recitations, autobiographical narratives and question-answer sessions.

			== Facts & figures ==
			NUML has a huge network of academic collaborations and scholarship awards. Just in the financial year 2021–22, over 1,850 students worth 111 Million PKR were awarded as scholarships. 282 students were awarded HEC Need-based Scholarships (Rs 33.36 Mn). 521 students were given Ehsaas Undergraduate Scholarships (Rs 58.06 Mn). 630 students were given Merit Scholarships (Rs 4.32 Mn). 445 students cases (Ongoing 270 + Fresh 175) - Pakistan Bait-ul-Maal. 08 x Scholarships for Differently-abled Students, Wards of Shuhada and Sports were awarded.

			NUML Placement Centre, established July 2021, organizes a number of Corporate Grooming Sessions, Job Fairs and on-Campus Recruitment Drives.

			Faculty of Languages houses 13 departments and offers teaching in 21 languages. The FoL is the real raison d’etre of NUML as back in 1969, it was conceived as a language institute before its development into a multidisciplinary, broad-based university in 2000. Still, language teaching remains its strongest suit as it is the only HEI in Pakistan which offers language teaching at such a large scale.

			NUML and University of North Texas (UNT) ran a partnership program to train faculty from 2013 to 2015. As a follow-up, NUML is training 45 faculty members of 6 x newly established universities of Pakistan.

			NUML successfully completed English Works Program sponsored by RELO (Regional English Language Office) - US Embassy Islamabad. 135 under-privileged students were trained in communicative, interpersonal and entrepreneurial skills; over 30 students got employment and educational opportunities.

			Global Undergraduate Exchange Program is being administered by United States Educational Foundation in Pakistan (USEFP). The program provides opportunities to Pakistanis to study, research and engage with international students, scholars and professionals in the US. This year, 16 students were selected from Pakistan to study in the US for one semester, out of which, 5 were from NUML.

			NUML also hosted an Anti-Drug Awareness Campaign with ] and ], on combating drug abuse. event included alarming statistics on drug seizures and arrests, with plans to incorporate anti-drug initiatives into NUML's curriculum.<ref>{{cite web \| title=NUML hosts special anti-drug awareness campaign in collaboration with ANF \| website=Associated Press of Pakistan \| date=December 12, 2024 \| url=https://www.app.com.pk/national/numl-hosts-special-anti-drug-awareness-campaign-in-collaboration-with-anf/ \| access-date=December 16, 2024}}</ref>

			== Promotion of sports culture ==
			] Field]]

			* NUML won two Bronze Medals in HEC All Pakistan Intervarsity Intervarsity Boxing championship 2023-24
			* Sajjad Akbar won HEC Zone E Badminton Championship 2023-24
			* NUML won the HEC Intervarsity Football Championship Zone E 2023-24
			* NUML Debating Society (NDS) have won the Team Trophy award in CUST Allama Iqbal Twin City Bilingual Declamation Contest.
			* NUML won the HEC Intervarsity Zone-E Volleyball men championship 2023-24
			* NUML won Table Tennis Championship (Men) for Year 2023-2024
			* Almaa Shfan, Won Silver Medal in All Pakistan Inter-Varsity 15th Korean Ambassador National Taekwondo Championship 2022
			* NUML Won Inter-University Hockey Championship Zone C
			* NUML Won Inter-University Volley-ball Championship Zone C
			* Kamyab Jawan Sports Drive Inter-Varsity - 90 Plus Students Participated in Men (Hockey, Boxing, Judo, Athletics) and Women (Football, Volleyball, Athletics) Sports Events
			* NUML Female student participated in COAS Pakistan Open International Taekwondo Championship – 2021
			* Janita Javed, Won Silver Medal in Table Tennis (All KPK Games 2022)
			* NUML Won Bronze Medal in All Pakistan Inter-Varsity Boxing Championship
			* 3 Gold and 4 Silver Medals, Kamyab Jawan Talent Hunt Wrestling - Province Level

			== Student facilities ==

			=== Auditorium ===
			NUML has an auditorium for different events like Convocations, Conferences, Open house job fair etc.
			=== Hostels ===
			]
			Each Hostel (separate for boys and girls, and also for faculty) in the university is self-contained with amenities such as a reading room, an indoor games room, a lounge and a dining hall with mess.

			=== NUML video conferencing ===
			Video conference facility at NUML is frequently used for conduct of conferences and relaying seminars/workshops/talks or any important academic or non-academic events held in the Islamabad Campus. A video conference setup is also established at the university auditorium through which important events are shared with all regional campuses. Moreover, interviews, interaction with the regional directors and PhD/MPhil scholars’ final defence of thesis are also conducted through this.

			=== Mosque ===
			The mosque is located in the heart of the campus near where the university community offers their daily prayers as well as Jumma prayer. The mosque is open to the public for prayer. Daily sermons are delivered in both Arabic and Urdu. The spacious mosque offers separate prayer facilities for men and women.
			]

			=== NUML Placement Centre ===
			NUML Placement Centre, established in July 2021, organizes a number of corporate grooming sessions, job fairs and on-campus recruitment drives.

			=== Cafeterias ===
			NUML has two cafeterias.

			=== Sports facilities ===
			There is a gymnasium with facilities i.e. basketball, handball, volleyball, badminton courts, table-tennis and weight training gadgets, aerobic and anaerobic fitness machines at NUML. A standard ground for football which is also used for practice of hockey and cricket has also been upgraded. An international standard futsal ground, outdoor volleyball court and a basketball court has also been constructed recently.

			=== Library ===
			NUML has a dedicated block with two floors for library. The present library is holding over one hundred and fifty thousand (150,000) books, journals, documents and non-book material on various disciplines. This facility is available 7 days a week.

			=== E-Library ===
			NUML has established E-Library for its students/scholars and faculty with online access to a wide range of books along with MPhil/PhD thesis.

			=== Research room and facilitation center ===
			In the library, a dedicated research room and facilitation center with 18 & 28 computers respectively have been established for undergraduate and MPhil/PhD scholars and faculty members. NUML has a valid subscription to HEC digital library, which is extended to faculty, students and researchers. Additional digital library resources are arranged from the HEC which include IEEE and ACM etc. Access of Digital Library resources (on-campus and off-campus) for the students and researches are arranged.

			=== Day-care facility ===
			To facilitate academic and administrative staff members, NUML provides Daycare facility for their kids so that they can perform their duties without stress.
			]

			=== FM radio ===
			NUML has FM Radio on fm band 104.6 accessible with in the campus. Its programme cue sheet is also available on website.

			=== Solarization ===
			On main campus Solarization - 600KW installed (40% of total consumption) and Additional 310KW is being installed (overall 54% of consumption)

			=== Go Green Project ===
			NUML took initiated to work on Under NUML's Go green project 2,000 Chinar and 8,000 Rose Plants were planted in last 2 years.

			==Campuses and branches==

			===Campuses===
			Campuses of the university are located in the following cities:

			*] Campus<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.numl.edu.pk/lahore\|title=Campus}}</ref>
			*] Campus<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.numl.edu.pk/faisalabad\|title = Campus}}</ref>
			*] Campus<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.numl.edu.pk/karachi\|title = Campus}}</ref>
			*] Campus<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.numl.edu.pk/multan\|title=Campus}}</ref>
			*] Campus<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.numl.edu.pk/quetta\|title=Campus}}</ref>
			*] Campus<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.numl.edu.pk/peshawar\|title = Campus}}</ref>
			*] Campus<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.numl.edu.pk/hyderabad\|title=Campus}}</ref>
			*] Campus
			*] Campus
			*] Campus

			===Branch===
			The university also has a branch in ] formerly known as ].<ref>http://numlrwp.numl.edu.pk/</ref>

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National University of Modern Languages
قومی جامعہ جدید زبانیں

Other name	NUML
Former name	Institute Of Modern Languages
Type	Public
Established	1969 (1969)
Accreditation	Higher Education Commission Pakistan Academy of Letters Pakistan Engineering Council National Computing Education Accreditation Council Association of Commonwealth Universities
Chancellor	President of Pakistan
Rector	Maj Gen Shahid Mahmood Kayani HI(M), Retd
Director General	Brig Shahzad Munir, nswc, psc
Administrative staff	~1,000
Students	~14,000
Location	Islamabad, Pakistan 33°40′N 73°03′E / 33.667°N 73.050°E / 33.667; 73.050
Campus	Urban
Colours	Blue, white, yellow
Website	numl.edu.pk

The National University of Modern Languages (NUMLs) (Urdu: قومی جامعہ جدید زبانیں) is a multi-campus public university with its main campus located in Islamabad, Pakistan and other campuses in different cities of Pakistan.

The university offers undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate programs in languages, linguistics, social sciences, media & communications, management sciences, electrical & software engineering and computer sciences.

History

The National University of Modern Languages was established as an institute of modern languages in 1969. Initially, the institute provided language training facilities to the Armed Forced personnel and other government servants. In May 2000, its status was upgraded from an institution to a federal charter University.

Faculties and departments

Faculty of the Engineering and Computer Sciences

Department of Software Engineering
Department of Computer Science
Department of Electrical Engineering
Department of Mathematics
Department of Artificial Intelligence
Department of Information Technology

Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Department of English for Under-Graduate Studies
Department of English for Graduate Studies

Faculty of Management Studies

Department of Economics
Department of Management Science
Department of Commerce and Accounting

Faculty of Social Sciences

Department of Educational Sciences
Department of International Relations & Peace and Conflict Studies
Department of Governance and Public Policy
Department of Media Studies
Department of Pakistan Studies
Department of Islamic Thought and Culture
Department of Applied Psychology
Department of Area Studies China

Faculty of Languages

Department of Arabic Language and Culture
Department of Chinese Language and Culture
Department of English Language Teaching
Department of French Language and Culture
Department of German Language and Culture
Department of Italian Language and Culture
Department of Japanese Language and Culture
Department of Korean Language and Culture
Department of Pakistani Languages
Department of Persian Language and Culture
Department of Russian Language and Culture
Department of South Asian Languages and Cultures
Department of Spanish Language and Culture
Department of Turkish Studies
Department of Urdu Language and Literature
Department of Translation and interpretation

International institutes, centers and chairs operating at NUML

Confucius Institute, China
Iranology Center, Iran
King Sejong Institute, Republic of Korea
Yunus Emre Institute, Turkiye
Belarusian Language and Culture Chair, Belarus
Jean Monnet Chair – Europe

Research journals

Sr.	Name	ISSN#
a)	Al Basirah	2520-7334
b)	DARYAFT	2616-6038
c)	NUML Journal of Critical Inquiry (JCI)	2789-4665
d)	Journal of Research in Social Sciences (JRSS)	2306-112X(E)
e)	NUML International Journal of Business & Management	2521-473X (Online)
f)	NUML International Journal of Engineering and Computing	2788-9629
g)	Polyglot: A Journal of Language, Culture & Translation Studies	2790-2307

Distinguished people

General Pervez Musharraf NI(M) TBt
General Khalid Shameem Wynne NI(M), HI(M) (Late)
General Raheel Sharif NI(M) HI(M)
Admiral Muhammad Zakaullah NI(M) HI(M) SI(M) TI(M) (Retd)
Admiral Asif Sandila NI(M) HI(M) (Retd)
Air Chief Marshal Tahir Rafique Butt, TBt, NI(M), HI(M) (Retd)
Sahabzada Yaqub Khan (Late)
Zobaida Jalal
Salman Bashir (Retd)
Masood Khan
Tehmina Janjua
Kashif Abbasi

Rectors

Sr.	Name	From	To
1)	Brig Aziz Ahmed Khan (Retd)	29-05-2000	23-06-2011
2)	Maj Gen Masood Hasan HI(M), Retd	24-06-2011	30-06-2015
3)	Maj Gen Zia Ud Din Najam HI(M), Retd	10-07-2015	10-07-2019
4)	Maj Gen Muhammad Jaffar HI(M), Retd	10-07-2019	09-01-2024
5)	Maj Gen Shahid Mahmood Kayani HI(M), Retd	10-01-2024	To date

Alumni

Name	Job Title	Department	Institution
Mansoor Khan	Vice President	Company Secretary Office	Hashoo Group
Qasim Chattha	Controller	Military Accounts	Military Accounts
Salman Yasin	Country Manager	Business Intelligence	Business Intelligence
Shahneed Ahmed	Manager	Corporate Business	Jubilee Life Insurance
Madiha Hamad	HR Manager	HR	AAI German
Muhammad Tayyab	Marketing Executive	Marketing	DESTO
Sohaib Afzal Khan	Finance Executive	Finance	Attock Petroleum Ltd
Raima Amjad	Resident Auditor	Local Fund Audit	Govt. of Pakistan
Syed Komail Shamim	Area Manager - North	Psychiatry & Neurology	Lundbeck Pakistan
Sameen Mansoor	CEO	CEO	Palki Creations
Jawwad Zuberi	CEO	CEO	Mohsin Sons
Shaun Shafqat	Senior Manager	Financial Services	S&P Global
Dr. Muahmamd Asif	Professor	Management Sciences	SZABIST Islamabad
Hassan Anwaar	Sales Manager Pakistan	Airline Industry	Air Arabia, Air Arabia Abu Dhabi, Fly Jinnah

Intellectual forums

Different intellectual and academic forums have been established to study and investigate contemporary geo-political challenges and socio-cultural dynamics. Some of these include:-

NUML Dialogue Forum
Centre for Regional Studies
Centre for Research on Languages and Cultures
Center for Multidisciplinary Research
NUML Writer's Forum
NUML Mehfil Forum

NUML Dialogue Forum engages the faculty and the students in critical interactions about the contemporary issues. It has a semi-structured pattern of discussion in which a talk is given by some renowned personality and subsequently a question-answer session follows.

Center for Regional Studies is dedicated to the study and investigation of regional issues which are political, cultural and sociological in nature. It is primarily a research-based center which seeks to explore the significant dynamics related to South Asian Region.

CRLC aims at tracing back the history of languages and cultures to their genesis. Investigating their linkages and role in culture-formation area/era-wise with special emphasis on major civilizations. Developing repository (scripts and audio) – corpus of languages. Publicizing research and providing policy-related input to relevant stakeholder.

Center for Multi-Disciplinary Research (CMR) Established in 2021, provides technical platform for cross-disciplinary research incorporating IT and commercialization. One project has been submitted (FE&CS – FMS) while seven (FE&CS – FoL, FAH, FMS, FSS) are in process. Two publications have been submitted (FE&CS – FMS, FAH) while eleven (FE&CS – FMS, FSS, FoL, FAH) are in process

NUML Writers’ Forum (NWF) established to incentivize and encourage faculty, students and alumni to accomplish research and write books on important socio-economic and political issues. Authors are being facilitated in terms of availability of time, provision of relevant research material, compilation, formatting, editing and publication.

Finally, NUML Mehfil Forum is a cultural and literary forum which organizes various talks and events related to literary and cultural topics. It has a more informal pattern and some intellectual personality is invited for a non-structured talks, poetry recitations, autobiographical narratives and question-answer sessions.

Facts & figures

NUML has a huge network of academic collaborations and scholarship awards. Just in the financial year 2021–22, over 1,850 students worth 111 Million PKR were awarded as scholarships. 282 students were awarded HEC Need-based Scholarships (Rs 33.36 Mn). 521 students were given Ehsaas Undergraduate Scholarships (Rs 58.06 Mn). 630 students were given Merit Scholarships (Rs 4.32 Mn). 445 students cases (Ongoing 270 + Fresh 175) - Pakistan Bait-ul-Maal. 08 x Scholarships for Differently-abled Students, Wards of Shuhada and Sports were awarded.

NUML Placement Centre, established July 2021, organizes a number of Corporate Grooming Sessions, Job Fairs and on-Campus Recruitment Drives.

Faculty of Languages houses 13 departments and offers teaching in 21 languages. The FoL is the real raison d’etre of NUML as back in 1969, it was conceived as a language institute before its development into a multidisciplinary, broad-based university in 2000. Still, language teaching remains its strongest suit as it is the only HEI in Pakistan which offers language teaching at such a large scale.

NUML and University of North Texas (UNT) ran a partnership program to train faculty from 2013 to 2015. As a follow-up, NUML is training 45 faculty members of 6 x newly established universities of Pakistan.

NUML successfully completed English Works Program sponsored by RELO (Regional English Language Office) - US Embassy Islamabad. 135 under-privileged students were trained in communicative, interpersonal and entrepreneurial skills; over 30 students got employment and educational opportunities.

Global Undergraduate Exchange Program is being administered by United States Educational Foundation in Pakistan (USEFP). The program provides opportunities to Pakistanis to study, research and engage with international students, scholars and professionals in the US. This year, 16 students were selected from Pakistan to study in the US for one semester, out of which, 5 were from NUML.

NUML also hosted an Anti-Drug Awareness Campaign with ANF and HEC, on combating drug abuse. event included alarming statistics on drug seizures and arrests, with plans to incorporate anti-drug initiatives into NUML's curriculum.

Promotion of sports culture

NUML won two Bronze Medals in HEC All Pakistan Intervarsity Intervarsity Boxing championship 2023-24
Sajjad Akbar won HEC Zone E Badminton Championship 2023-24
NUML won the HEC Intervarsity Football Championship Zone E 2023-24
NUML Debating Society (NDS) have won the Team Trophy award in CUST Allama Iqbal Twin City Bilingual Declamation Contest.
NUML won the HEC Intervarsity Zone-E Volleyball men championship 2023-24
NUML won Table Tennis Championship (Men) for Year 2023-2024
Almaa Shfan, Won Silver Medal in All Pakistan Inter-Varsity 15th Korean Ambassador National Taekwondo Championship 2022
NUML Won Inter-University Hockey Championship Zone C
NUML Won Inter-University Volley-ball Championship Zone C
Kamyab Jawan Sports Drive Inter-Varsity - 90 Plus Students Participated in Men (Hockey, Boxing, Judo, Athletics) and Women (Football, Volleyball, Athletics) Sports Events
NUML Female student participated in COAS Pakistan Open International Taekwondo Championship – 2021
Janita Javed, Won Silver Medal in Table Tennis (All KPK Games 2022)
NUML Won Bronze Medal in All Pakistan Inter-Varsity Boxing Championship
3 Gold and 4 Silver Medals, Kamyab Jawan Talent Hunt Wrestling - Province Level

Student facilities

Auditorium

NUML has an auditorium for different events like Convocations, Conferences, Open house job fair etc.

Hostels

Each Hostel (separate for boys and girls, and also for faculty) in the university is self-contained with amenities such as a reading room, an indoor games room, a lounge and a dining hall with mess.

NUML video conferencing

Video conference facility at NUML is frequently used for conduct of conferences and relaying seminars/workshops/talks or any important academic or non-academic events held in the Islamabad Campus. A video conference setup is also established at the university auditorium through which important events are shared with all regional campuses. Moreover, interviews, interaction with the regional directors and PhD/MPhil scholars’ final defence of thesis are also conducted through this.

Mosque

The mosque is located in the heart of the campus near where the university community offers their daily prayers as well as Jumma prayer. The mosque is open to the public for prayer. Daily sermons are delivered in both Arabic and Urdu. The spacious mosque offers separate prayer facilities for men and women.

NUML Placement Centre

NUML Placement Centre, established in July 2021, organizes a number of corporate grooming sessions, job fairs and on-campus recruitment drives.

Cafeterias

NUML has two cafeterias.

Sports facilities

There is a gymnasium with facilities i.e. basketball, handball, volleyball, badminton courts, table-tennis and weight training gadgets, aerobic and anaerobic fitness machines at NUML. A standard ground for football which is also used for practice of hockey and cricket has also been upgraded. An international standard futsal ground, outdoor volleyball court and a basketball court has also been constructed recently.

Library

NUML has a dedicated block with two floors for library. The present library is holding over one hundred and fifty thousand (150,000) books, journals, documents and non-book material on various disciplines. This facility is available 7 days a week.

E-Library

NUML has established E-Library for its students/scholars and faculty with online access to a wide range of books along with MPhil/PhD thesis.

Research room and facilitation center

In the library, a dedicated research room and facilitation center with 18 & 28 computers respectively have been established for undergraduate and MPhil/PhD scholars and faculty members. NUML has a valid subscription to HEC digital library, which is extended to faculty, students and researchers. Additional digital library resources are arranged from the HEC which include IEEE and ACM etc. Access of Digital Library resources (on-campus and off-campus) for the students and researches are arranged.

Day-care facility

To facilitate academic and administrative staff members, NUML provides Daycare facility for their kids so that they can perform their duties without stress.

FM radio

NUML has FM Radio on fm band 104.6 accessible with in the campus. Its programme cue sheet is also available on website.

Solarization

On main campus Solarization - 600KW installed (40% of total consumption) and Additional 310KW is being installed (overall 54% of consumption)

Go Green Project

NUML took initiated to work on Under NUML's Go green project 2,000 Chinar and 8,000 Rose Plants were planted in last 2 years.

Campuses and branches

Campuses

Campuses of the university are located in the following cities:

Lahore Campus
Faisalabad Campus
Karachi Campus
Multan Campus
Quetta Campus
Peshawar Campus
Hyderabad Campus
Mirpur Campus
Rawalpindi Campus
Gwadar Campus

Branch

The university also has a branch in Rawalpindi formerly known as APCOMS.

References

"ACU Members – Asia – Central and South". The Association of Commonwealth Universities website. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
"Address and locations of National University of Modern Languages (NUML)". Google Maps. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
"NUML hosts special anti-drug awareness campaign in collaboration with ANF". Associated Press of Pakistan. 12 December 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
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Pakistan Army

Leadership

Commander-in-Chief
- President of Pakistan
Chief Executive
- Prime Minister of Pakistan
Parliament
- Senate Committee on Defence
- National Assembly Committee on Defence
Cabinet Committee on National Security

Ministries	Defence Secretary Defence Production
General Headquarters	Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Chief of Army Staff Chief of General Staff Surgeon-General Master-General of Ordnance Adjutant-General Engineer-in-Chief Surveyor-General Accountant-General Judge Advocate General Comptroller-General Quartermaster-General Serving Generals

Combat commands

Field corps	I Corps II Corps IV Corps V Corps X Corps XI Corps XII Corps XXX Corps XXXI Corps
Corps-level formations	Air Defence Strategic Forces Southern Northern Eastern (historical)
Special Forces	Army Special Services Group (SSG) Light Commando Battalion (LCB) Special Security Division (SSD)
Reserves	Pakistan Army Reserve North South

Administrative arms

Infantry regiments	Azad Kashmir Baloch Frontier Force Northern Light Infantry Punjab Sindh
Administrative corps	Armoured Artillery Air Defence Chaplains Aviation Dental Education Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Engineers Medical Military Intelligence Military Police Nursing Ordnance Remount, Veterinary and Farms Service Corps Signals

Paramilitary

Affiliated
organisations

Defence Housing Authority	DHA Karachi DHA Islamabad DHA Lahore
Fauji Foundation	Fauji Foods Askari Bank Fauji Fertilizer Company Mari Petroleum
Sports	Army Basketball Army F.C.

Education
and
Training

Service training	Pakistan Military Academy Parachute Training School
Foundation University Islamabad	Foundation University Medical College
National Defence University	Command and Staff College
National University of Medical Sciences	Army Medical College Armed Forces Post Graduate Medical Institute CMH Lahore Medical And Dental College Wah Medical College
National University of Sciences and Technology	College of Electrical & Mechanical Engineering Military College of Engineering Military College of Signals Pakistan Navy Engineering College College of Aeronautical Engineering
Other universities	DHA Suffa University HITEC University Lahore Garrison University National University of Modern Languages National University of Technology Northern University University of Wah Army Public College of Management Sciences
Preparatory colleges	Army Burn Hall College Army Public Schools and Colleges Cadet Colleges Military College Jhelum Military College Murree Military College Sui

Literature and culture

Books	A Case of Exploding Mangoes Crossed Swords The Battle for Pakistan Military Inc.
Dramatization	Alpha Bravo Charlie Burning Valley Private Maqbool Hussain Ehd-e-Wafa Sinf-e-Aahan
Films	The Glorious Resolve Waar Waar-II Independence Delta Echo Foxtrot Wilco

Category:Pakistan Army

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Universities and colleges in Islamabad

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Azad Kashmir	Mirpur University of Science & Technology
Balochistan	Balochistan University of Engineering and Technology Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences
Islamabad Capital Territory	Air University Pakistan Sir Syed CASE Institute of Technology COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Institute of Environmental Sciences and Engineering Institute of Geographical Information Systems Institute of Space Technology National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences NUST Institute of Civil Engineering NUST School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science NUST School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	University of Engineering & Technology, Peshawar College of Aeronautical Engineering Military College of Engineering (Pakistan) University of Engineering & Technology, Peshawar Sarhad University of Science and Information Technology Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Sciences and Technology (Swabi) University of Engineering and Technology, Mardan
Punjab	National Textile University NFC Institute of Engineering and Fertilizer Research University of Agriculture, Faisalabad University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences COMSATS Institute of Information Technology University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore Muhammad Nawaz Sharif University of Engineering & Technology NFC Institute of Engineering and Technology College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Dr. A. Q. Khan Institute of Computer Sciences and Information Technology Military College of Signals University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila Khawaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology (Rahimyar Khan) Rachna College of Engineering and Technology
Sindh	Dawood University of Engineering and Technology Institute of Industrial Electronics Engineering National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences NED University of Engineering & Technology Pakistan Navy Engineering College Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology Usman Institute of Technology Mehran University of Engineering and Technology Quaid-e-Awam University of Engineering, Science and Technology

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