The Punjab University on Saturday awarded PhD degrees to five scholars in various disciplines.
According to Punjab university spokesman, those scholars who got PhD degrees include: Nazia Erum D/o Rana Muhammad Afzal in the subject of Physics after approval of her thesis titled ‘Computational and Quantum Mechanical Investigations of Oxide and Halide Perovskites Using First Principles Study’.
Shamaila Hamid D/o Ch Hamid Hussain was awarded degree in the subject of South Asian Studies (Area of Specialization is Sociology) after approval of her thesis entitled ‘Socio- Political Factors: Affecting Voting Behavior of Christian Community in Punjab (Pakistan)’.
Similarly, Umar Farooq S/o Muhammad Aslam in the subject of South Asian Studies (Area of Specialization is Sociology) after approval of his thesis titled ‘China-Pakistan Economic Corridor: Impact on Indo-Pak Relations’, Muhammad Ali S/o Hashim Ali Khokher in the subject of Agricultural Sciences (Plant Pathology) after approval of his thesis entitled ‘Biological Control of Damping off (Pythium Debaryanum. R. Hesse.) Disease of Chillies’.
In the subject of Molecular Biology another scholar Sidra Akhtar D/o Mirza Muhammad Akhtar has been awarded degree after approval of her thesis titled ‘Expression of Bacterial Cellulose Synthase (Bes) Gene in Cotton’.—APP