The Advanced Studies and Research Board of the University of Karachi, has awarded as many as 72 degrees including 51 MPhil and 21 PhD degrees in various disciplines.
The KU Registrar, Professor Dr Saleem Shahzad, on Monday said that ASRB in its recently held meeting under the chairmanship of the varsity’s Vice Chancellor, Professor Dr Khalid Mahmood Irqai, awarded these degrees. According to him, the MPhil degrees were awarded to Saadia Riaz, M Anwar ul Haq, Sheeba Wajid, Rafaila Rafique, M Noman Khan, Sindhia Kumari, Muhammad Altaf, Sidra Akhter, Raheel Ahmed, Shabana, Ambreen, Sanaullah, Nida Iqbal, Ghulam Farooq, Tehsin Ahmed, Quratulaine, Hunain Ali, Kanwal, Jasara Gul, Sajjid Haider, Hamna Shadab, Nurmeen Adil, Nasir Abbas and Komal Zia (Chemistry [HEJ]), Sobia Ekram and Ayesha Sultana (Molecular Medicine), Sobia (Pharmaceutical Chemistry), Anum Adil and Maha Shahid (Pharmacology), Atta Ullah (Marine Science), Yusra Hussain (English [Linguistics]), Raheel Shakeel Ahmad (Urdu), Hina (Pharmaceutics), Nida Gulzar Siddiqui, Talha Ahmed Siddiqui, Khasif Haneef, and Farah Naz Ata (Applied Economics [AERC]), Syed Muddasir Hussain (Commerce), Aelia Zaidi, Hafsa Rafique, Habiba Zaheer and Maheen Hassan (Clinical Psychology), Saba Abid (Psychology), Samrine Zehra and Nida Nasir (Islamic Learning), Sakina (Pharmacognosy), Syeda Sarah Abbas (Pharmaceutics), Tooba Khan (Microbiology), Ehtisham Asif (Biotechnology), Abdul Jabbar (Environmental Studies) and Asma Javed (Biotechnology [KIBGE]).
Meanwhile, he mentioned that the PhD degrees were awarded to Muhammad Irfan (Molecular Medicine), Arif Ali Shah (Usool-ud-Din), Ubaid Ullah (Zoology), Sohaib uz Zaman (Business Administration), Muhammad Asif (Pharmaceutics), Shadman Andalib and Syed Rashid Ali Jaffary (Pharmacognosy), Hina Afzal and Fouzia Naseer (Botany), Nayab Kanwal (Marine Biology), M Asif Asgher and Muti ur Rehman (Chemistry), Abdul Wajid and Faraz Ul Haq (Chemistry [HEJ]), Khizar Hayat Khan Tahir and Mariya Baig (Public Administration), Sarah Syed Kazmi (European Studies), Nudrat Naeem (Political Science), Syed Noman Ali (Agriculture), Erum Hanif (Biotechnology) and Laraib Liaquat (Biochemistry).
