MUHAKAMA is the departmental research journal of the department of the Urdu University Of Sialkot. It is being published biannually in June and December every year. Its medium is the URDU language. Its Advisory Board consists of eminent national and international Urdu scholars. All the research articles received for MUHAKAMA or peer-reviewed and the accepted articles are included in the journal keeping in view all the formalities laid down by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan.

AIMS & OBJECTIVES
MUHAKAMA is a high-quality double-blind peer reviewed research journal. It is an open access bi-annual journal and published by Department of Urdu, University Of Sialkot (Pakistan). Its main aim is to provide a platform for the researchers, academicians, professionals, and students to share their knowledge with the others in the form of good quality research papers from all over the world. MUHAKAMA focuses the literary research and modern trends of criticism in the subject of Urdu Language and Literature but regards the classical tradition of Urdu poetry and fiction too. Research papers which address the links between Urdu and other languages and their literature are also considered for publishing in this journal. MUHAKAMA is committed to publish the wide range of new topics of research on single important criterion that is literary and critical excellence.