KARACHI, July 16: The registrar of the University of Karachi, Prof Rais Alvi, on Monday announced that the Board of Advance Studies and Research (BASR) at a meeting held on July 14 with the vice-chancellor, Dr Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui, in the chair awarded seven MPhil and seven PhD degrees in different disciplines.

The candidates who have been awarded PhD degrees are Syed Salahuddin (Zoology), Farhat Naz Rehman (Islamic Learning), Zulfiqar Ali (Philosophy), Anis Fatima (Mass Communication), Nasreen Afzal (General History), Rashida Parveen and Ejaz Ahmed (Chemistry).

Those awarded MPhil degrees are Amtyaz (Zoology) MRCC, Mohammad Jamil (Mathematics), Shaheen Perveen, Riffat Yasmeen and Halima Khalid (Pharmacy), Munaza Madni (Special Education) and Shabana Saeed (Biochemistry).

Transport facility

The University of Karachi has decided to allow public transport to convey the varsity students to Azadi Chowk.

The decision was taken by Students’ Adviser Dr Khalid Iraqi on the directives of the vice-chancellor, Dr Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui.

However, the students will also be provided with the shuttle service from the Silver Jubilee and Maskan gates during the semester.

BDS exams

The KU examinations department announced the examination schedule of second professional BDS supplementary examinations 2007.

The paper of pharmacology will be conducted on July 21, pathology on 23rd, oral anatomy on 25th and community dentistry on 28th.

All the papers will be held at the Department of Sociology, KU from 2pm to 4pm.

Results

The KU announced the results of BS physiotherapy (New Course) second year annual examinations 2007.

As many as 78 candidates appeared in the exams out of which 69 were declared successful. The overall percentage remained at 88 per cent.—PPI

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