Abstract. The combined effects of viscous dissipation and Joule heating on unsteady MHD flow over a stretching sheet saturated in porous medium are analyzed. The governing nonlinear coupled partial differential equations are transformed into ordinary coupled differential equations by similarity transformation and solved numerically using Runge-Kutta fourth order method with shooting technique. The study of governing parameters such as radiation, heat source/sink, unsteadiness, permeability and magnetic parameter along with Prandtl number and Eckert number are carried out. The effect of these parameters on fluid velocity, fluid temperature, skin-friction coefficient and Nusselt number are presented through figures and discussed numerically.