LAHORE: (Monday, July 30, 2012): Punjab University has awarded 08 PhD degrees to the scholars in which Muhammad Ali S/o Akbar Ali in the subject of Islamic Studies after approval of his thesis entitled “Asri Islami mamlakat ki kharaija policy, islami taleemat aur nazaer’’, Niaz Ahmad S/o Feroz Khan in the subject of Applied Psychology after approval of his thesis entitled “Academic achievement and its relationship with social anxiety and self-esteem in male and female school students”, Ijaz Ahmad S/o Haji Ahmad in the subject of Punjabi after approval of his thesis entitled “Sindh wich Punjabi shairy (Mudh toun 1947 tai)”, Ayaz Muhammad Khan S/o Taj Din in the subject of Education after approval of his thesis entitled “Implementation of devolution plan and its impact on the school system of the Punjab”, Saima Muneer D/o Muhammad Muneer in the subject of Education after approval of her thesis entitled “Relationship between organizational culture and organizational effectiveness in public and private sector universities”, Javed Hassan Akhtar S/o Ghulam Ali in the subject of Education after approval of his thesis entitled “Relationship of program demand with academic self-regulation and performance of university students”, Muhammad Najam Shaikh S/o Muhammad Yaseen Shaikh in the subject of Physics after approval of his thesis entitled “Linear and non-linear waves in magnetic and plasma like media” and Saba Riaz D/o Riaz Ahmed in the subject of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics after approval of her thesis entitled “Extended spectrum beta-lactamases phenotypic and genotypic study”.