Dr.Abdul Khaliq

Dr. Abdul Khaliq is an Assistant Professor of English at the Cholistan University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (CUVAS), Bahawalpur, where he has taught since January 2019. He is an applied linguist whose work centres on language learning strategies, second language acquisition, language testing and the psychology of language learners.

He earned his MA in English Language and Literature (2001), his M.Phil (2011) and his PhD in English (Applied Linguistics, 2015) at the Islamia University of Bahawalpur. His M.Phil examined the language learning strategies of Pakistani Army officers. His doctoral research studied how psychological factors interact with strategy use.

His career spans colleges and universities across southern Punjab. He was a lecturer at Jinnah Post Graduate College, Bahawalpur (2008–2015) and a visiting faculty member at the Islamia University of Bahawalpur, teaching literature, linguistics, functional English and communication skills. He then served as Assistant Professor at Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan (2015–2017), and at Khawaja Fareed University of Engineering and Information Technology, Rahim Yar Khan (2017–2019). Alongside this, he has trained teachers and spoken-English skill trainers and has been an HEC trainer in testing and evaluation since 2018.

Dr. Khaliq has published nearly fifty research papers in national and international journals. They cover strategy use and anxiety, code-switching, technology-enhanced and online learning during COVID-19, and AI and NLP applications in English language teaching. He has presented at conferences in Pakistan and Malaysia and has been a keynote and guest speaker.

He has supervised 34 M.Phil theses and serves as an external examiner for M.Phil and PhD viva voce examinations at universities including the Islamia University of Bahawalpur, University of Lahore, NCBA&E and Gomal University, Dera Ismail Khan. Outside academia he enjoys creative writing, reading, gardening, running and badminton, and has competed in football and athletics at HEC level.