LAHORE: (Monday, December 13, 2021): Punjab University has awarded five PhD degrees to the scholars in which Hafiz Noman Ahmad S/o Muhammad Ishaq in the subject of Islamic Studies after approval of his thesis entitled ‘Imam Ibn-E-Taymiyyah’s Concept of Jihad and Contemporary Thought-Research and Analytical Studies’, Hafiza Zaufishan Naseer D/o Naseer Ahmad in the subject of Islamic Studies after approval of her thesis entitled ‘Interpretation of Word’s Usage According to Its Meaning and a Critical Analysis of Differing Tafaseer’, Fauzia Aqdus D/o Salabat Ali Naz in the subject of Botany after approval of her thesis entitled ‘Systematics and Phylogeny of Macrofungi Associated with Trees Encompassing Murree Hills, Punjab Pakistan’, Hafsah Batool D/o Noor Hussain in the subject of Economics after approval of her thesis entitled ‘Role of Women Empowerment in Achieving Sustainable Economic Development: Evidence from Selected Districts of Punjab (Pakistan)’ and Tabinda Siraj D/o Siraj Din in the subject of Urdu after approval of her thesis entitled ‘A Study of Ideological Trends of Pakistani Urdu Poem’.