Interviews for University of Karachi Vice Chancellor to Begin July 9; Search Committee Clears 47 Candidates as Grade 22 and 21 Bureaucrats Enter the Race for the First Time in History
KARACHI (Education Reporter) The interview process for the prestigious post of Vice Chancellor at the University of Karachi—the country’s largest university—is scheduled to commence on July 9 and will span over four days. Following a rigorous vetting process, the Search Committee completed the scrutiny of 52 initial applications and declared 47 candidates eligible for the final interviews, with 12 candidates scheduled to be interviewed each day.
In a historic first for the University of Karachi, serving high-ranking bureaucrats have entered the running for the top academic post, including Grade 22 bureaucrat Naveed Ahmed Shaikh and Grade 21 bureaucrat Dr. Saif-ur-Rehman. The battlefield for the VC slot features a diverse pool of heavyweights, including current and former vice-chancellors of various universities, prominent professors, bureaucrats, barristers, a retired brigadier, and other distinguished professionals.
The list of candidates who have applied for the position includes current Vice Chancellor Khalid Mahmood Iraqi, Rukhsar Ahmed, Arshad Saleem, Priya Aftab Ahmed, Iftikhar Ahmed Siddiqui, Shaima Bukhari, Aneela Amber Malik, Nargis Anjum, Moazzam Ali Khan, Maqsood Ali Ansari, Syed Muneer Ahmed Shah, Nazar Hussain Phulpoto, Jamil-un-Nabi, Dr. Abdul Majid Khan, Shah Ali Al-Qader, Bilquis Gul, Haris Shoaib, Shariq Ahmed, Muhammad Shahid Qureshi, Samar Sultana, Shafiq-ur-Rehman, Syed Ghulam Musharraf, Riaz Hussain Soomro, Syed Hussain Mehdi, Shahnila Zardari, Naveed Ahmed Shaikh, Syed Saif-ur-Rehman, Samina Kidwai, Farzana Shaheen, Waseem Hayat Chand, Syed Shabib-ul-Hassan, Syed Imran Jami, Muhammad Asim, Ehsan Elahi, Sarfaraz Ali Meetlo, Mirza Mahmood Baig, Naima Saeed, Sajid Jehangir, Nabeel Ahmed Zubairi, Nazir Hussain Kalhoro, Masood Mashkoor Siddiqui, Afshan Siddiq, Sajid Ali, Zameen Shahid Siddiqui, Robina Mushtaq, Shaista Tabassum, Syed Arif Kamal, Zia-ul-Qayyum, Brigadier (R) Ghulam Reza, Saliha Rahman, Kamran Ali Abbasi, and Munawar Ali Mahisar.