15       THESIS:

On completion of the research work, the candidate shall submit his/her thesis to the Registrar Office through the concerned Chairman / Chairperson / Director and Dean Faculty. An application on prescribed form has to be submitted for possible thesis evaluation. He/she must pay the prescribed fees and attach  a copy of the payment receipt with the application form.

The  Registrar  office,  after  the  scrutiny  of  the  application  and  that  of  the payment of all prescribed fees and dues, shall issue a clearance certificate in this regard.

The candidate shall submit to the Research Supervisor six copies of the thesis abstract of (400-500 words) and six copies of the thesis   in      hard      bound form, completed in all aspects, and confirming the required specification of the prescribed format. The thesis shall be typed on A-4 size (210 mm x 297 mm or 8.27 inches x 11.69 inches) white paper with font size 12 (Times New Roman, Normal Setting) and 1.5 spacing. There should be a margin of 1.5 inches on the binding edge while remaining sides’ margin   should be of 1.0 inch.

Title of the thesis should be on the top cover and the year with Ph.D. with name of the scholar on the spine of the thesis.

The Research Supervisor after certifying that the work was completed under his/her supervision shall forward the copies of thesis to the Registrar. The Registrar after completing necessary formalities shall pass the same to the Controller of Examinations for onward perusal of the Examiners. The Controller of Examinations shall retain one copy of the thesis.

Four examiners, one of whom shall be the Research Supervisor (as the internal examiner), one external examiner from Pakistan and two external examiners from  academically/technologically  advanced  countries  shall  evaluate  the thesis. The Vice Chancellor will nominate the examiners.

After obtaining the written consent of the concerned examiners, the Controller of  Examinations  shall  forward  a  copy  of  thesis  to  each  examiner  for evaluation. When reports from all the examiners will be received, it shall be forwarded in the original sealed covers to the Registrar, who shall place them before the AS&RB.

When  the  thesis  examiners  recommend  the  award  of  the  degree  to  the candidate, the AS&RB shall direct the Controller of Examinations to arrange the Viva Voce examinations of the candidate that shall be conducted by the internal and external examiners from Pakistan, in the presence of Vice Chancellor / Pro-Vice Chancellor or their nominees, respective Dean, supervisor. They will give collective reports on the thesis and Viva Voce for the award of Ph.D. degree.

If one of the External examiners proposes revision of whole or a part of the thesis i.e. major changes, then the same External Examiner shall evaluate the revised thesis when it is re-submitted. The revised thesis has to be submitted within the period of six months from the date of relevant notification. Only one chance for re-submission of thesis shall be allowed. The procedure pertaining to the submission and evaluation of the thesis given in above article shall also apply to the revised thesis.

In case, where the examiners recommend the award of the degree but indicate some errors in the thesis or advise some changes, the candidate shall rectify the necessary corrections/changes. The viva voce examination will be held after the receipt of a certificate from the Research Supervisor duly endorsed by Chairperson and relevant Faculty Dean that all the necessary corrections/changes have been made in the thesis.

If one of the two external examiners recommend the thesis for the award of Ph.D. degree and the other gives an adverse report, a fourth examiner shall be appointed and the opinion of the fourth Examiner shall be final. However, if the Examiner who has given the adverse report is a foreign Examiner, the fourth Examiner shall also be a foreigner. Same procedure will be adopted in case of adverse report from Pakistani Examiners.

In case both the external examiners from abroad do not recommend the award of the degree, the AS&RB shall communicate rejection of the thesis and the registration of the candidate shall stand cancelled.

In case the thesis examiners recommend only up to M.Phil standard, for the thesis submitted for Ph.D., the AS&RB may recommend the award of M.Phil degree to the candidate provided that he/she successfully defends the thesis during the Viva Voce examination. This will apply to those candidates who do not hold an M.Phil /MS degree.

The Controller of Examinations will notify the date of open defense, viva voce examinations of Ph.D. candidates.

The Controller of Examinations in the original sealed covers shall forward reports of Viva Voce examiners to the Registrar for placement in the AS&RB.

If the reports are satisfactory, the candidates pass the aforesaid <em>viva voce </em>examinations and approved by the AS&amp;RB then their result shall be declared with effect from the date of approval from the AS&amp;RB.

Decisions for the award of Ph.D. degrees shall be communicated to the Controller of Examinations in order to issue the provisional certificates to the scholars. Scholars will be responsible to provide a final soft and hard copy of their thesis, in addition to the already submitted copies of the thesis, for the record of HEC’s library.

The candidates will be eligible for benefits of the said degree with effect from the date of the approval from the AS&amp;RB.

Academic Council and the Syndicate will approve award of degree in routine as per University rules.

When the Syndicate has finally confirmed the award of the degree, the copy of the thesis retained by the Controller of Examinations shall be deposited in the University Library and a copy (both soft and hard form) of the thesis shall be sent to HEC.