The Advance Studies and Research Board, Punjab University (ASRB) on Monday has approved thesis topics of 20 PhD scholars of various departments and institutes of the university.
A university spokesman informed Business Recorder that the board also raised objections on some topics and recommended modifications and corrections to them. The Vice Chancellor, Dr Mujahid Kamran, chaired the meeting while Professor Dr Muhammad Naeem Khan, Professor Dr Muhammad Arif Butt, Professor Dr Abdul Hameed Khan, Professor Dr Muhammad Saleem Mazhar, Professor Shaista Sonu Sirajuddin, Professor Dr Nayyar Raza Zaidi, Professor Dr Shahida Hasnain, Professor Dr Mughees-ud-Din Sheikh, Professor Dr Zafar Iqbal Jadoon, Professor Dr Samar Fatima, Professor Dr Syed Shahid Ali and Professor Dr Niaz Ahmad attended it..
Those whose PhD thesis topics were approved are, Zil-e-Huma Bashir, Faizan Riaz Cheema, Manzoor Hussain, Shahla Nargis of Molecular Biology Department, Babar Sultan Asadullah of Islamic Studies Department, Kh Zahid Aziz and Asghar Iqbal of Kashmiryat Department, Fauzia Azim of College of Art & Design, Farrah Fatima of English Language and Literature Department, Asim Hameed Butt, Akhtar Abida, Shahid Mahmood Adil, Akhlaq Hussain Shamsi and Mian Muhammad Sajid Shah of Centre for South Asian Studies, Anilla Mobasher of History Department, Bushra Yasmeen, Ayesha Farooq, Raza Ullah and Tahir Mahmood Butt of Sociology Department and Asif Iqbal of Education Department.