Conferment of 25 PhD and 14 MPhil degrees approved

KARACHI: The Board of Advanced Studies and Research (BASR), University of Karachi (KU), has approved conferment of 25 PhD and 14 MPhil degrees.KU Registrar Prof M Kaleem Raza Khan announced this on Thursday. He said that KU Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui chaired the meeting of the BASR.Those who would be conferred PhD degrees are: Abdul Qader al Shalabi (Islamic Learning), Rana Farhat (Urdu), M Feroz Hayat (Sociology), Moona Mehboob Khan (Pharmaceutical Chemistry), Saira Saeed (Botany), Abdul Waheed (Pharmaceutical Chemistry), Najma Shaheen (Biochemistry), Shazia Raseed (Marine Biology), Bilqees Siddiqui (Islamic Learning), Juveria Siddiqui (Chemistry- HEJ), Waseem Shahzad (Pharmaceutical Chemistry), Saeed Abbas (Chemistry), Muhammad Nadeemullah (Social Work), Muhammad Faisal Zia (Social Work), Muhammad Ishtiaq (Islamic Learning), Abdul Majid (Usool-Ud-Din), Salman Shahzad (Clinical Psychology), Waheed-uz-Zaman (ISPA), Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (Pharmacognosy), Zhabiz Golker (Microbiology), Safdar Ali Shirazi (Geography), Somia Gul (Pharmaceutical Chemistry), Sana Shamim (Pharmaceutical Chemistry), Saima Siddiqui (Zoology) and Lubna Iqbal (Biochemistry).The candidates who would be awarded MPhil degrees are: Ghazala Naureen (Genetics), Fida Hussain (European Studies), Asma Naz (Chemistry- HEJ), Muhammad Shahzad (Pharmacognosy), Saima Zia (Chemistry- HEJ), Mehmood Khan (Applied Economics), Shahnaz Perween (Zoology), Munawar Ahmed Siddiqui (Biochemistry), Syed Muhammad Ziaul Haque (ISPA), M Iqbal Nasiri (Pharmaceutics), Aziz-un-Nisa (Education), Majida (Chemistry- HEJ), Somia Iram (Applied Economics) and Kamran Ahmed (Pharmaceutics).MS (Surgery): Dr Najmus Saqib (MBBS), MS Neurosur-gery (JPMC).MD (Medicine): Dr Jawwad-us-Salam Khan (Neurology – JPMC). – Dailytimes