Open Access Policy

Aafaq-e-Tahqeeq (AT) follows the principles of Open Access publishing and provides immediate, free, and unrestricted access to all published research articles. The journal follows the Gold Open Access model, ensuring that all published content is freely available to readers worldwide without subscription fees, registration requirements, or access barriers.

All articles published by Aafaq-e-Tahqeeq (AT) are made permanently accessible online. Readers are permitted to read, download, copy, share, print, search, and link to the full text of published articles for academic and research purposes.

The journal publishes articles under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which allows users to reuse, distribute, and adapt published content provided that appropriate credit is given to the original author(s), article title, journal name, and source of publication.

Creative Commons License:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Authors retain copyright ownership of their published work and grant Aafaq-e-Tahqeeq (AT) the non-exclusive right to publish, distribute, archive, and preserve their articles.

The journal is committed to promoting global knowledge sharing, increasing research visibility, and supporting unrestricted access to scholarly communication in Urdu literature, linguistics, cultural studies, and related disciplines.