Professor of English (BPS-20) and Head of the English Department, Higher Education Department, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
For more than three decades Muhammad Azmat has taught English language, linguistics and literature, from middle-school classrooms in Haripur to BS and MA programmes and, in 2015–16, the Preparatory Year Programme of the English Language Institute at Umm Al-Qura University in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
He holds eight academic and professional degrees in English and its teaching: PhD English coursework (4.00/4.00) and an MS English (4.00/4.00 in the research thesis) from the International Islamic University Islamabad, MA and BA English and a BEd from the University of Peshawar, a gold-medal MEd from Hazara University, and a Postgraduate Diploma in TEFL from Allama Iqbal Open University.
His research brings systemic-functional linguistics and stylistics to literature and to the Qur'an, from colonial power in Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea to the leadership of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ in the Qur'an. He has also written on assessment through Bloom's Taxonomy. As a teacher-trainer, award-winning magazine chief-editor, documentary maker and poet in English, Urdu and Hindko, he is a familiar figure in the academic life of Haripur.
Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.Francis Bacon · Of Studies
As Chief-Editor and Editor of the English Section, he led the Govt. Postgraduate College Haripur magazine to first position among all the government colleges of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the Provincial Annual Magazine Contest, 2021–22. He received a shield as the province's best college-magazine Chief-Editor and a souvenir as best English-section Editor.
Chief-EditorEditor, English SectionSession 2021–22He is Chief-Editor of the joint magazine of all the government colleges of District Haripur. It won first position in the Provincial JMC Magazine Contest (2023–24), and he is now editing its 2nd edition (2024–25).
Outstanding Chief-Editor of KPHe was script-writer, producer, director and voice-over narrator of the first-ever documentary of Govt. Postgraduate College Haripur.
He wrote the guidebooks for English Class XI and XII, used by all Boards of Education of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (University Publishers, Peshawar, 2014).
He was a Lecturer at the English Language Institute, Umm Al-Qura University (2015–16), teaching English for general and specific purposes to Preparatory Year students.
As Head and In-charge of College Plantation & Beautification and Chairman of the Plantation Drive, he left a lasting mark on the GPGC Haripur campus.
His three theses span literary stylistics, Qur'anic discourse and educational assessment. All three ask how the choices in a text show its values.
International Islamic University, Islamabad. Coursework completed with a 4.00/4.00 GPA in Advanced Literary Theory, Literary Stylistics, Narratology, Twentieth-Century Literature and Intercultural Pragmatics.
International Islamic University, Islamabad (2008–11). He earned 4.00/4.00 in the research thesis, with coursework in postcolonial studies, applied linguistics and comparative literature.
Hazara University, Mansehra (2008–09). He graduated with a CGPA of 3.98/4.00 and was awarded the gold medal for first position.
He presented this paper at the International Conference on Problems of Qur'an's Translations in the Subcontinent. His PhD mock-proposal was “Domestic Violence and Underlying Moralities: A Nietzschean Analysis of Selected Cross-cultural Films”.
Afsar, A. & Azmat, M. · Islamic Studies 51(2), 193–211 · Islamic Research Institute, IIU Islamabad. The article compares ten popular English translations of four verses of Surah Yusuf and shows how their lexical, syntactic and punctuation choices reflect different translator ideologies.
Azmat, M. · European Academic Research 6(7), 3393–3415
Azmat, M. · European Academic Research 6(7), 3382–3392
Azmat, M. · European Academic Research 6(1), 75–85
Azmat, M. · European Academic Research 6(1), 86–98
Azmat, M. · Hayatian Journal of Linguistics and Literature 1, 3–19 · University of Gujrat
Arshad, R. & Azmat, M. · International Journal of Research in Linguistics and Lexicography 1(2), 23–35
International Conference on Problems of Qur'an's Translations in the Subcontinent · IIU Islamabad, 29–30 April 2013
Two published guidebooks and seven manuscripts in preparation for university English programmes.
His essays, reviews and poems in English, Urdu and Hindko have appeared in college magazines across the province.
The Hindko verse includes a verse translation of Surah Al-Fatiha and a translation of the poetry of the Sufi poet Bulleh Shah, 2021–2026.
He teaches English language, linguistics and literature to Intermediate and BS classes. He also sets question papers and evaluates student performance.
He taught Intermediate, BS and MA English classes and served as Director Academics, BS Campus In-charge and Head of Gender Studies.
He taught English for General Purposes (EGP) and English for Specific Purposes (ESP) to Preparatory Year Programme classes.
He taught English to Higher Secondary classes and set and evaluated Intermediate English question papers.
He teaches essay-writing for Pakistan's Central Superior Services exams.
He taught linguistics and English literature to MA English classes.
He trained in-service teachers in ELT pedagogy.
Coursework completed in Advanced Literary Theory, Literary Stylistics, Narratology, Twentieth-Century Literature, Intercultural Pragmatics and Advanced Research Seminars.
His courses covered general and applied linguistics, literary theory, postcolonial studies, educational theories, international comparative literature, and Islam and postmodernism.
His courses covered educational research, critical thinking, guidance and counselling, evaluation and curriculum development.
His courses covered psycholinguistics, sociolinguistics, EFL in the classroom, phonology and grammar. He also completed the MA TEFL coursework.
His majors were advanced English grammar, language and linguistics, the literary essay, and practical criticism.
Among around 350 government colleges · Session 2023–24
Honoured by the Mughal Braddry, Haripur
For tireless efforts as a teacher · Superior College, Haripur
Session 2021–22, awarded 2024
Session 2021–22, awarded 2024
Certificate of Appreciation · Alkhidmat Foundation Haripur
Souvenir for successful performance
Certificate of Appreciation · UET Peshawar
Shield & Certificate of Appreciation
Certificate for successful orientation session
Certificate · Allama Iqbal Open University
Ministry of Broadcasting and Information
PhD English coursework · Govt. of Punjab & IIUI
First position in MEd, session 2008–09 · Hazara University
Prime Minister of Pakistan (UNESCO, UNICEF, Govt. of Pakistan)
NWFP Directorate of Curriculum
Govt. High School No. 1, Haripur
He has been a resource person for the KP Directorate of Higher Education, NRTC, UET Peshawar, AIOU and SPELT. He has run hands-on workshops, seminars and consultancy sessions for teachers and students.
One-day session for NRTC college teaching faculty, 20 August 2023.
For college faculty of KP on behalf of the Directorate of Higher Education, 7 March 2019.
For faculty of UET Peshawar and nine more universities of Peshawar, Buner and Lahore on behalf of Quality Systems International, 25 January 2019.
One-day training session conducted by the District Administration of Haripur.
Counselling session for Intermediate students at GPGC Haripur, January 2019.
Sessions at RITE Haripur for the AIOU Regional Coordinator Office.
Guest presenter at the monthly session of SPELT, 30 April 2013.
He has done this work for various universities and Boards of Education.
He has supervised BS English and MA TEFL theses on everything from Shakespeare and Van Gogh to error analysis and Qur'anic stylistics.
Guidebooks, theses, articles, poems, book reviews, mock proposals, research proposals, official write-ups, magazine editorials, sample interview drafts and a documentary script.
You can get in touch about supervision, teacher-training workshops, IELTS and CSS essay guidance, editorial work or research collaboration.