LAHORE: (Tuesday, August 31, 2021): Punjab University has awarded five PhD degrees to the scholars in which Nadia Idrees D/o Muhammad Idress in the subject of Statistics after approval of her thesis entitled ‘Evaluation and Modification of Various Shrinkage and Variable Selection Techniques in Generalized Linear Models’, Wardah Naeem Bukhari D/o Muhammad Naeem Ajmal Shah in the subject of Art & Design after approval of her thesis entitled ‘Thread Crafts of Multan in a Cultural Context’, Khadija Rafiq D/o Muhammad Rafiq in the subject of Biological Sciences after approval of her thesis entitled ‘Molecular and Biochemical Analysis of Salt Tolerance in Maize (zea mays L.) Genotypes in Response to Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria’, Kalsoom Razzaq D/o Abdul Razzaq Khan in the subject of Islamic Studies after approval of her thesis entitled ‘Quranic Concept of “Contemplation & Pondering” and its Modern Paradigm (Analysis of Literature of Subcontinent Quranic Exegesis)’ and Tahira Akbar D/o Akbar Sial in the subject of Gender Studies after approval of her thesis entitled ‘A Semiotic Gender Analysis of English Textbooks of Pakistan’.