While Registrar Professor Dr Khan Rass Masood, Controller Examinations Professor Dr Liaqat Ali, all deans of faculties, principles of colleges, directors of institutes, heads of departments, professors, students receiving degrees and medals and their parents also attended the ceremony.
Mujahid Kamran said that average annual PhD for 1990-2007 was 41 whereas the average for the period 2008-2011 is 134. Prior to the assumption of office by the present administration PU had never produced 100 Phd's per anum. In each of the previous four years from 2008 to 2011 the number of PhDs produced per annum has been over 100.
He also said that endowment fund for research was given funds of Rs 250 million in 2011. Currently this fund stands at Rs 360 million and will keep on adding money to this fund. The target is that when the funds will reach Rs one billion the university will use it for research activity. "Presently a budget allocation of Rs 850 million for 2012-2013 exists, which the university will use for research activity.
VC Dr Mujahid Kamran said the only reason behind our all national crises was lack of education. He said our rulers, since the inception of Pakistan, had never recognised the utmost importance of education properly. He said education was the key to progress and development of any nation and we were facing national disasters because of illiteracy. Educational backwardness and illiteracy was the only reason of all devastations and natural punishments.
He said it was unfortunate that Pakistan stood at 186 out of 193 countries in spending lowest of their GDP on education. He appealed to the government to focus and promote education in a true manner as a lot of time had already passed. A human being without education was blind, deaf and burden on earth.
He said the leadership of our country had not realised that the 722 verses of Holy Quran, which is 1/8th of the Holy Book, stressed to focus on the mysteries of the universe. The Vice-Chancellor said Almighty Allah had promised His blessings including power, respect and wealth to only that nation who was educated. And the nation, he added, sans strong character could not become educated. He said Allah did not value verbal beliefs. Our religion is for the betterment of the world. Offering Salat has become a custom only but no one was punctual of time and line.
He said the earth was also not ready to accept the burden of nations who were illiterate. Vanishing of nations, who were uneducated and illiterate, is destined according to the rules of nature. He said that the group, who led the world, termed human beings as "human garbage." Dr Mujahid Kamran advised the students to promote education wherever they go, vast their hearts, earn fair income, get perfection in their field and helping others should be make the cause of lives.
Earlier, 206 PhD, 345 M Phil, 339 Master's and 180 undergraduate degrees while 211 medals among 155 medal holders were distributed. As many as 84 medals were distributed among 71 undergraduate students while 127 medals were distributed among 84 Master's students. A total of 1225 degrees were distributed in the convocation.