The Board of Advanced Studies and Research (BASR), University of Karachi, in its meeting on June 19, 2015, under the chairmanship of KU Vice-Chancellor Professor Muhammad Qaiser, awarded 47 PhD and seven MPhil degrees in various disciplines. According to KU Registrar Professor Mozzam Ali Khan, MPhil degrees were awarded to Akhter Baloch (Urdu), Mehwish Shafi Khan (Mathematical Sciences), Muhammad Amin (Zoology), Rizwan Rehman (Physics), Atteeq Razak (Mathematical Sciences), Twaha Ahmed Minai (Computer Science) and Ayliya Fatima Agha.
PhD Degrees were awarded to Muhammad Qasim Rajpar (Sindhi), Mohammad Abdul Haq (Botany), Zulfikar Ali (Sindhi), Fazal Haque Farooqi (Urdu), Rashid Ahmed (International Relations), Chaudry Wasim Iqbal (Law), Khalid Amin (Urdu), Neelam Malick (Pharmacology), Tahmeena Tabishh Latifi (Special Education), Muhammad Azeem Iqbal (Urdu), Pervaiz Iqbal (Marine Biology), Sara Azhar (Statistics), Syed Sanwer Ali (Environmental Studies), Fayyaz Ahmed Ansari (Chemistry), Abdur Razaq (Usool-ud-Din), Mohsin Raza (Environmental Studies), Farzana Korejo (Botany), Perwaiz Haider Nonary (Islamic Learning), Shahnaz Perween (Zoology), Saba Yasien (Clinical Psychology), Muhammad Ateeq (Chemistry, HEJ), Muhammad Asif Nawaz (Biotechnology, KIBGE), Syed Ajazuddin (Marine Biology), Shagufta Nesar (Pharmaceutics), Izhar Baig (Public Administration), Muhammad Faezul Ebraar (Arabic), Hadia Sarwat (Clinical Psychology), Mirza Izhar Hussain (Pharmaceutics), Sofia Qaiser (Biotechnology, KIBGE), Muhammad Atif Aslam (Quran & Sunnah), Syed Zafar Hussain Jafri (Political Science), Irfan Ali (Microbiology), Farheen Khanum (Geography), Asad Karim (Biotechnology, KIBGE), Muhammad Saeed (Computer Science), Hamid Ali (Islamic Learning), Shazia Shaheen Zafar (European Studies ASCE), Kehkashan Khan (Chemistry), Shafaq Ahmad (Clinical Psychology), Hina (Clinical Psychology), Mubeen Rani (Chemistry), Muhammad Riaz (Islamic Learning), Muhammad Ateq (Philosophy), Ikram Shah (Sociology), Sheeba Naz (Biotechnology), Sajid Iqbal (Chemistry), and Samreen Mirza (Zoology).