He was a practicing transnationalhumanist andeducator in North American, European and Asian universities.[3][5] He has argued for a "comparative" aesthetic to foster humane cultural norms. He showed and advocated new paths ofreading theclassical andmodern texts and emphasized the sublime nature, position and pleasures oflanguage arts to be shared, rejecting their reduction tosocial orprofessionalutilities. He has produced many books of seminal literary and critical importance as well as series of lectures and essays (such as "Modern Letters") in the general press.[6][7]
Commonwealth Literature: An Essay Towards the Re-Definition of a Popular/Counter Culture. Lahore, Vision Press, 1983[7]
The Commonwealth, Comparative Literature and the World. Islamabad, Gulmohar Press, 1988
Editor,Pakistani Literature: The Contemporary English Writers. New York, World University Service, 2 vols., 1978; revised edition, Islamabad, Gulmohar Press, I vol., 1987[7]
Editor, with Les Harrop and others,Ezra Pound in Melbourne. Ivanhoe, Australia, Helix, 1983
Editor,The Worlds of Muslim Imagination. Islamabad, Gulmohar Press, 1986[7]
Editor,Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English. London, Routledge, 1994
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