KU awards 31 PhD, 143 MPhils & other degrees

KARACHI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 12th Mar, 2026) The Advanced Studies and Research board (ASRB) of the University of Karachi (KU) has awarded 31 PhD 143 MPhils in various disciplines. During the recently held ASRB meeting, one Master of Surgery and one LLM degree were also awarded. The KU Vice Chancellor, Professor Dr Khalid Mahmood Iraqi, chaired the meeting.

The PhD degrees were awarded to Saqib Ali (Agriculture and Agribusiness Management), Sohail Ahmed, and Kamran Yaqoob (Biotechnology [KIBGE]), Muhammad Shoaib (Chemical Engineering), Sehrish Jamal, Maria Khalid, and Asif Ahmad (Chemistry [HEJ]), Syed Iqbal Hussain Naqvi (Commerce), Urooj Waheed (Computer Science), Asim Ahmed (Education), Kiran Arshad, and Khadija Tul Kubra (Health, Physical education and sports Sciences), Muhammad Rashid, and Hafiza Shaheen Ashraf (Islamic Learning), Afshan Shams, Rabia, and Abiha Fatima (Molecular Medicine), Muhammad Shazad (Pharmacognosy), Muhammad Sair, and Ali Asgher Shuja (Pharmacology), Sara Rafique (Physiology), Sidra Farooq But, Amra Khan (Psychology), Sobia Anwer, Poonam Riaz, Omairullah Khan, and Vijay Kumar (Public Administration), Sajida Parveen (Teacher Education), Muhammad Akbar, and Bilawal Hussain (Usool-ud-Din), and Maheen Khan (Zoology).

During the ASRB Meeting, the MPhil degrees were awarded to Ali Nawaz (Agriculture and Agribusiness Management), Khadeeja Malik (Applied Economics [AERC]), Huzefa Nooruddin (Arabic), Aamna Urooj (Biochemistry), Sidra Ansari (Biochemistry [NCP]), Sadaf Zaka (Biotechnology), Syed Moiza Sehar, Saima Parveen, Saba, Muhammad Shaheer Raja, Sheraz Ali Rajpar, and Filza Shareen (Botany), Shama, Naila, Saba Mian Muhammad, and Atiya Bano (Chemistry), Muhammad Anas Jabbar, Fakhr e Alam, Zainab, Ihsan Ali, Muhammad Abdul Jalil Abro Qahtan, and Rehana Ali (Chemistry [HEJ]), Marium Mansoor, Fatima Fahim, Fozia Abdul Wahid, and Fatima Zia (Clinical Psychology), Taha Bin Niaz (Computer Science), Syed Hammad Ali, and Akbar Ali Fateh Ali (Criminology), Sher Abbas, and Sahar Zehra (European Studies), Hafiz Muhammad Talha Siddiqui, Maham Fahim, Hafiza Hafsa Ahmed, and Muhammad Talha (food Science and Technology), Abdul Fatah Khokhar, Tahira Naz, and Gul Habib (Health, Physical Education and Sports Science), Mifrakh Zia, (Islamic History), Muhammad Ahmed Raza, Sayed Noor Ullah Shah, Hafiza Iqra, Saeeda Parsa, Hafiz Muhammad Rizwan, Muhammad Uzair Zaheer, Muhammad Ahmad Raza, Ghulam Zainab, Saifullah, Muhmmad Ahmar, Umima Hijab, and Farah Mir (Islamic Learning), Nusrat Shaheen, and Kulsoom Azhar (library and Information Sciences), Muntaha Shah (Marine Biology), Hina Yousuf, Sanobar Nadir, and Sundas Rana (Mass Communication), Hira Nawaz, and Syed Yasir Hasan Rizvi (Mathematics), Mahvish Noorian, Sohail Muhammad, and Areeba Naz (Microbiology), Anamta Zia (Molecular Medicine ), Faiza Chaudhary, and Sana Shakeel (Molecular Medicine [PCMD]), Jahan Ara, and Nusrat Latif (Pakistan Studies), Sumra Hussain (Pharmaceutics), Mahnoor Naeem, and Sabahat Abdullah (Pharmaceutical Chemistry).

The MPhil degrees were also awarded to Lubna Naz, Huma Mahmood, Anam Shaikh, Nuzhat Syed, Momal Shahid, and Areeba Anum (Pharmaceutics), Yumna Suleman, Faiza Sharif, and Syed Muqeet Ahmed Kazmi (Pharmacognosy), Shamsa Ashfaq, and Erum Akhtar (Pharmacology), Muhammad Saad Nouman, and Syeda Sidra Batool (Pharmacy Practice), Fazeela Iqbal, Nosheen Riaz, Arzoo, Annie Talpur, Aqsa Sabir, Mussarat Jabeen, Shama Dilbar, Anooshay Ashfaq, Naseha Mushtaq, Iqra Riaz, and Nisha Tanveer (Physiology), Dr Hufsah, and Dr Shamim Akhtar (Physiology [BMSI]), Syed Samiullah, and Sidra Irshad (Political Science), Haleem ur Rehman, Aneela Riaz, and Syed Azher Hussain (Psychology), Rimsha Shahid, Remsha Moghis, Shahrukh Akram, and Rashid Zaman (Public Administration), Muhammad Furqan, Haq Nawaz, Shahbaz Ali, Muhammad Ibrahim, Bushra Latif, Nazia Gul, Mehmood Ahmed Khawar, Muhammad Abid, Muhammad Yunus, and Muhammad Shahbaz Ahmed (Quran and Sunnah), Bilqees Bhutto (Sindhi), Nosheen Hameed, Javed Ali, and Asad Ullah (Social Work), Raheela, and Sana Nawazish (Sociology), Fatima Ather (Space and Planetary Astrophysics [ISPA]), Muhammad Daniyal (Space Science and Technology), Mehak Javed (Teacher Education), Uzma Jabeen, and Moiz Altaf (urdu), Hafiz Muhammad Ibrahim, Ameer Hamzah, Khaliq ur Rehman, Abdul Wahab, Hafiz Muhamad Fakhrul islam, Imran ul Haq, Hafiz Sohaib Ahmed, Muhammad Saad, Abdul Mateen, Muhammad Bilal, Irfan Ullah, Muhammad Mubashir Khan, and Yasmeen Mujeeb ur Rehman (Usool-ud-Din), Sana Gul, Abid Hussain, and Sidra Qurash (Zoology), and Arooba Nasir (Zoology [MRCC]).

The Master of Surgery degree was awarded to Dr Sheheryar Minallah in the Oral Surgery, and the LLM degree was awarded to Muhammad Waqas.