Safeer Awan

Professor Muhammad Safeer Awan, Ph.D. in English Literature and Postcolonial ‘Englishes’, brings nearly 27 years of extensive experience in teaching, research, teacher training, and curriculum development. Since 2016, he has held the positions of Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities and Dean of the Faculty of Languages at the National University of Modern Languages (NUML). Currently, he serves as the Pro-Rector Academics at NUML.

Previously, Professor Awan has been affiliated with Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, and the International Islamic University, Islamabad. He has contributed significantly to the Higher Education Commission (HEC) Pakistan, including chairing the National Curriculum Revision Committee (NCRC) for English.

In 2021, the Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) published his translation of Mustansar Hussain Tarar’s acclaimed Urdu novel Bahao as Sorrows of Sarasvati. His book Tarar’s Fragile Times was recently released by Sang-e-Meel Publications, Lahore. Professor Awan has managed numerous projects in Pakistan in collaboration with the United States Educational Foundation in Pakistan (USEFP) and the Regional English Language Office (RELO) at the US Embassy. He is the Project Director of the NUML-EW! Countrywide Management Program.

His translation of Kishwar Naheed’s autobiography ‘The Second Story of a Bad Woman’ is forthcoming from Sang-e-Meel Publications. Additionally, he has translated ‘165 Days: Prisoner of the Taliban’ into Urdu and is currently engaged in several translation projects in the short story genre.