Author Guidelines

Author Guidelines

Arachosia, Arachosia academic forum Quetta, welcomes papers in English, Urdu and Pashto on Pashto language, literature, history, art, Folk and culture. When preparing your manuscript, take care of the following directions:

  1. Manuscripts should not exceed 8000 words (including endnotes and references).
  2. Abstract should be in English, and have word length of 200 words.
  3. Paper title should be in English, as well as Pashto (For papers written in Pashto)
  4. References should be provided in English, as well as Pashto (For papers written in Pashto)
  5. Paper would be submitted for double blind review. Hence, your name, email address, and mailing address should not be present in the article. They should be uploaded separately.
  6. Quotations from foreign texts must be translated in the body of the paper, and accompanied by the original in the endnotes.
  7. Arachosia publishes one single-authored paper, OR, two co-authored and a single authored, OR, a co-authored paper by the same author. Those articles written by Joint authors, the first author is required to provide written proof of the contribution of second author in the said article
  8. Papers must be in accordance with the MLA style.

In connection with the selection of topics for Arachosia journal, it should be noted that preference would be given to topics i.e. Pashto Language & Literature, Pashtoon Culture, Civilization, History, Geography and Folklore. More than two articles on the same subject in the same issue of Arachosia Journal are not allowed.

Dr. Hafiz Rehmatullah Niazi

Editor

Arachosia International Research Journal  

Aracosia.pashto@gmail.com