Islamabad - The NUST Business School held its 8th undergraduate and postgraduate convocation on Tuesday, a statement said.

Saquib Shirazi, CEO of Atlas Honda, an automobiles manufacturing company, was chief guest at the ceremony; who awarded degrees to as many as 191 graduates and medals to the distinction holders.

In his address, the chief guest urged the graduates to never let go of the age-old values, including sacrifice, morality and hard work. He said that Pakistan’s greatest strength was its human resource, adding that now there were more opportunities for Pakistani people to be good entrepreneurs than ever before.  

The PhD degrees were awarded to Dr Zubair Mumtaz and Dr Muhammad Sohail Rizwan. President’s Gold Medal for the best performance in academics for Master of Business Administration was awarded to Moez Malik Khattak and Hina Chaudhry.  The President’s Gold Medal for the best performance in academics for Bachelors in Business Administration was awarded to Izza Zahir. Also, the Rector’s Gold Medal for the best final year project of Bachelors in Business Administration was awarded to Izza Zahir; and certificates to Sania Ahmed, Zainab Khan and Ayesha Ahmed for collectively working on the project titled, “Developing a business plan for intelligent video based solutions (IVBS) software.”

The President’s Gold Medal for the best performance in academics for Bachelors in Accounting and Finance was awarded to Arusha Latif. The Rector’s Gold Medal for the best final year project of Bachelors in Accounting and Finance was awarded to Talha Akbar; and certificates to Amir Ali, Ahmed Bilal and Abdullah Bin Khalid for working as a team on the project titled, “Pakistan Land Exchange – A land valuation portal.”