KU awards 49 PhD, 133 MPhil, other degrees in various disciplines

The Advanced Studies and Research Board of the University of Karachi has awarded 49 PhD, and 133 MPhil degrees in various disciplines during the recently held ASRB meeting

KARACHI, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 24th Jul, 2026) The Advanced Studies and Research board of the University of Karachi has awarded 49 PhD, and 133 MPhil degrees in various disciplines during the recently held ASRB meeting.

The KU ASRB meeting also awarded 22 M.S. Course Work (30 Cr. Hr.), six MS (Master of Surgery), one MD (Doctor of Medicine), and one LL.M. degree. It was chaired by the KU Vice Chancellor Professor Dr Khalid Mahmood Iraqi on the other day.

The PhD degrees were awarded to Siraj Ahmed Nizamani (Area Study Centre for Europe), Dr Sanum Ali Dahari (Anatomy [BMSI]), Shayan Zufishan (Biochemistry), Rafia Sahar (Botany), Muhammad Saquib Ali (Chemical Engineering), Afsheen Afsar (Chemistry), Sana Manzoor, Khair Bux, and Amber Ata (Chemistry [HEJ]), Ayesha Fareed and Syeda Kanza Nisar (Commerce), Muhammad Zahid Hussain, Kamran Shahzad, Sajid Sardar, and Hafiz Muhammad Raheed (Criminology), Kashif Jamal (History), Laeeq Ahmed, and Sumaira Ashraf (Islamic Learning), Shumaila Naz (Marine Biology), Fatima Kiran (Mass Communication), Samina Baig, Sanya Shabbir, Johar Hussain, Ambreen Rafique, and Lubna Razaq (Microbiology), Adil, Rushda Afroz, Farwa Naqvi, and Zaid Anis Sherwani (Molecular Medicine), Muhammad Shoaib, and Rabia Iqtadar (Pharmaceutical Chemistry), Aatqa Rauf, and Muhammad Sikandar (Pharmaceutics), Fazilat Mehboob Ahmad, and Sonam Anis (Pharmacognosy), Hina Ilyas (Pharmacology), Muhammad Kashif (Physics), Danish Hasan Qaiser, Saif Ullah Shaikh, and Uzma Firdous (Physiology), Iqra Sarfaraz, Sumayya Salim Girach, and Areeja Shahid (Psychology), Maria Abbasi, and Dr Rahat Naz (Public Administration), Shumaila (Sociology), Muhammad Nazir, and Sidra Ashraf (urdu), Shumaila Mubarak (Zoology [MRCC]).

The MPhil degrees were awarded to Ayesha Saleem, and Iqra Aisha Shaikh (Applied Economics Research Centre [AERC]), Saeed Ali (Arabic), Areeba, Abid Ali, Shehla Tabassum, Abdul Samad, Muhammad Umer, and Ammar Zia (Botany), Zareef Khan (Botany [ISHU]), Uzma Sattar, Tayyaba Ashfaq, Kushmala Taj, Muhammad Ahad Ahmed, Sumbul Latif Qureshi, and Ammara Zafar (Chemistry), Syeda Narmeen, Muhammad Shehriyar, and Muhammad Ahsan Ali (Chemistry [HEJ]), Aatka Azfar, Saima Shaheen, Seema Siddiqua, and Ayesha Bibi (Clinical Psychology [ICP]), Misbah Irfan, Nazish Jafry, Rida Bint e Ali, and Rabia Shahid (Commerce), Usama Khan, and Muhammad Sharif (Economics), Shazia (English [ELT & Apllied Linguistics]), Areesha Muntaha, and Masooma Rao (Environmental Studies), Rakshinda Saeed, and Hajra Nasir (food Science and Technology), Nabeel Ur Rehman, and Saima Aslam (Genetics), Hiba Arif, Amrin Hina Khan, and Aimen Faisal (Geography), Sumair Ayoob (International Relations), Aisha Baqar, Rasheed Ahmed, Muhammad Hassan Raza, and Noor e Hira (Islamic Learning), Nayab Manzoor (Marine Biology), Asfa Shahid (Marine Science), Muhammad Arif Al Arafat Sarki, and Riffat Ali (Mathematics), Tuba Maqsood, Mahreen, Hafsa, Iqra Saleem, Fareha Masood, and Sidra Ibrahim (Microbiology), Farwa Anwer, Mahnaz Abdullah, Saima Tabassum, and Sheikh Aamir Ishaque (Pakistan Studies), Mahrukh Ahmed, Warda, Javeria, and Naba Mujtaba (Pharmaceutical Chemistry), Syed Kalb e Ali Zaidi, Syeda Fazila Naeem, Quratulain Jaffari, Marium Abid, and Bushra Ejaz Siddiqui (Pharmaceutics), Almas Siddique, Madiha Fatima Sana, Faraz Khalid, and Sayyeda Sualeha Waseem (Pharmacology), Zarafshan Nasim, Khola Mukhtar, and Areeba Shamim (Pharmacy Practice), Shahid (Philosophy), Sidra Farooq (Physical Therapy), Nadeem Abbas (Physics), Sira Hassan Askarey, Mariyam Asim, and Saba (Physiology), Amna Tanzila, and Fizzah Rehman (Psychology), Naeem Ahmad (Public Administration), Shangraf, Wajid Aalam, Sumaira Sarfaraz, and Aseesur Rehman (Quran & Sunnah), Shaista Akhtar (Sindhi), Tahira Bano, and Zanira Kanjiani (Teacher education), Qamar Haider (Urdu), Muhammad Noman, and Muhammad Hamid (Usool Ud Din), Haleema, and Imtiaz Ahmed (Zoology [MRCC]).

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The M.S. Course Work (30 Cr. Hr.) degrees were awarded to Syed Muhammd Basit Ali Rizvi, and Saira Qamar Siddiqui (Computer Science), Maha Tanweer, and Farah Asif (Environmental Studies), Asim Ali, Maheen Riaz, Khadija, Kunze Hasnain Sumbul, and Gullain Nisar (Area Study Centre for Europe), Maryam Khan, and Simrah Malik (Food Science and Technology), Erum Iqbal (Genetics), Sidra Karwani (Geography), Sumera Abbasi, and Ahmed Murtaza (History), Wajeeha Ikram (Microbiology), Tanzeela Mujtaba, Diviya Rani, and Sonia Devi (Physical Therapy), Borair, and Kanwal Asrar (Physics), Sibghatullah (Teacher Education).

During the meeting, LL.M. degree was awarded to Hira Tariq Iqbal (school of Law), MS (Master of Surgery) degrees were to awarded to Dr Yousuf Shah (E.N.T.), Shajia Haider (Operative Dentistry), Dr Nasir Hussain, and Dr Abdi Rashid (Orthopedic Surgery), Dr Ambreen Ejaz (General Surgery), Dr Hira Zaheer (Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery), and M.D. (Doctor of Medicine) degree was awarded to Dr Syed Farhat Jafri (Community Medicine).