FALAK SUFI MEMORIAL PRIZE

Participation Prize

MUHAMMAD SHABAN RAFI submitted a paper entitled ‘The Sociolinguistics of SMS: Ways to Identify Gender Boundaries’ for the 2009 Falak Sufi Memorial Prize. His essay was appreciated by the Editorial Board and awarded a participation prize of US$100.

Shaban is a faculty member at the Department of English Language and Literature, University of Management and Technology (UMT), Lahore. He has been involved in the English Language Teaching (ELT) profession and research for the last decade, and has submitted articles for publication in a number of national and international journals.

Shaban has also presented his papers on ELT, Linguistics and Applied Linguistics issues in various international and national conferences.

Winning Contributions:

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HANA ZAHIR
submitted a paper entitled ‘Social Institutions: Impediment to Decreasing Total Fertility Rates through Increasing Female Education in Developing Countries - Evidence from Pakistan’ for the 2008 Falak Sufi Memorial Prize. Her essay was selected as the winner and she was awarded a prize of US$1000 . . . more

AFREINA NOOR
submitted a paper entitled ‘Gender, without Men: An Oxymoron’ for the 2008 Falak Sufi Memorial Prize. Her essay has been selected as the runner-up winner and and she has been awarded a prize of US$500 . . . more