KARACHI: As many as 87 graduates were awarded MBBS degrees at the 11th convocation of the Liaquat National Medical College (LNMC) held at the Liaquat National Hospital’s auditorium on Saturday.

Dr Farhana Riaz, Dr Alina Karam and Dr Aliyan secured the first, second and third positions.

The Wajid Ali Shah Medal for the Best Graduate and the Principal’s Medal for Best Female Graduate were presented to Dr Aliyan and Dr Uswah Imran, respectively.

Dr Ishrat Ghani and Dr Muhammad Naheel Khalili received the Professor Amir Ali Shoro Medal and the MD’s Medal for Best Male Graduate awards, respectively.

The Best Alumni Award was presented to Dr Syed Ijlal Ahmed, who graduated from LNH in 2016. Currently, he is serving as consultant neurologist and physician scientist at Saint Francis healthcare system, USA.

In his welcome address, LNMC Principal Prof Karimullah Makki congratulated the graduates and their parents on the milestone achieved, while expressing pride over the remarkable performance demonstrated by students in exams.

Highlighting the college’s progress, Prof Makki said the LNMC graduates were serving the medical field in different capacities in Pakistan as well as abroad.

“The college is recognised by multiple foreign medical regulatory bodies and also has been accepted as the host and home institution by Association of American Medical Colleges through its Visiting Students’ Learning Opportunities programme,” he said.

He advised students that they should not forget the skills they had learnt and continue to work hard in this era of AI and digitalisation.

In his remarks, Prof Salman Faridi, Medical Director LNH&MC, said that when professional excellence combined with a healing touch extraordinary outcomes were seen.

“Technology can treat a disease but only a human can care for a patient. The key to a rewarding life is to help others. The aim must not be seeking material possessions but to bring joys to other people,” he said.

He stressed that the young graduates should move beyond achievement of personal ambitions and aim for more expansive obligations of serving the nation and fulfilling the needs of the society.

In his address, Jinnah Sindh Medical University Vice Chancellor Prof Amjad Siraj Memon said that students should keep their options open for post-graduation in the current geopolitical situation.

“You must have the passion to serve. This is essential for professional success. Your foremost duty is towards your country and your parents,” he said.

Published in Dawn, May 17th, 2026