Pakistan

KU mulls honorary PhD for Iranian president during upcoming visit

Ebrahim Raisi's visit to Karachi is scheduled in conjunction with his broader trip to Pakistan on April 23

Safdar Rizvi April 18, 2024

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi. PHOTO: AFP/File

KARACHI:

The University of Karachi is set to convene a syndicate meeting on Saturday following the recommendation of Sindh Governor Kamran Khan Tessori to bestow an honorary Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree upon the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi, during his forthcoming visit to Pakistan.

The suggestion for Karachi University to confer the honorary PhD upon the Iranian president originated from Sindh Governor Tessori and the Chancellor of Public Universities of Sindh. The University of Karachi has formally received a letter from the Sindh governor outlining this recommendation.

A day prior, the Sindh governor engaged in discussions with the vice chancellor of Karachi university regarding this proposal. Subsequently, upon reception of the official letter, the varsity swiftly arranged an emergency session of its syndicate to deliberate on the matter of granting the honorary PhD to President Raisi.

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President Ebrahim Raisi's visit to Karachi is scheduled in conjunction with his broader trip to Pakistan on April 23. A special convocation ceremony is likely to be hosted at the Governor House Sindh on the same day.

Speaking to The Express Tribune, University of Karachi Vice Chancellor Professor Dr Khalid Mahmood Iraqi confirmed the scheduled emergency syndicate meeting for Saturday at 3 pm. The agenda for the meeting will focus solely on the proposed honorary degree, and pending syndicate approval, President Raisi will be presented with the honorary PhD certificate.

The forthcoming visit by Iranian President Raisi holds significant importance, marking him as the first head of state to visit Pakistan following the formation of the new government in the country. Notably, his visit comes shortly after Iran's direct attack on Israel.

COMMENTS (2)

Rebirth | 4 months ago | Reply Instead of asking the PPP to build a university in Hyderabad the governor is trying to secure his position in office by appeasing Zardari and his political party which is soon going to re-register as the Aml movement in Pakistan like the political wing of the Shia militia in Lebanon. That s what Pakistan has come to. Zardari s son is running the only sport Punjabians under American patronage allow us to play cricket and he s also responsible for our entire domestic security apparatus. Then the caretaker CM of Sindh who they re now trying to make governor which has prompted the incumbent governor to stoop this low. It reminds me of the time Dr. Asim Husain hid the Siddiqui in his name just as Fauzia Wahab did and her son did. Reverse taqiya just to come to power

Fasihuddin Ahmed Ansari | 4 months ago | Reply Justification

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