KU VC Prof Dr Khalid Iraqi inaugurates eighth pharma career fair 24’

The Vice Chancellor of the University of Karachi Professor Dr Khalid Mahmood Iraqi said that there is a serious lack of sense of responsibility and work culture in Pakistan. Our tragedy is that twenty years ago we called climate change, rapidly growing population problems, and economic decline as the western propaganda, and completely ignored these issues. As we kept neglecting those alarming challenges and due to not paying timely attention to all these problems, the entire country is suffering the consequences of it today.

He shared that for a strong collaboration between industries and universities, it is essential to develop a sustainable curriculum keeping in mind the market’s needs so that students can develop their products and become part of the market.

“The collaboration between academia and industries provides job opportunities for students, and gives chances to the industries to get qualified graduates, and also help the local and international market to boost their products.”

He was addressing the faculty, students, and sponsors of the eighth annual pharma career fair 2024 held at the new building of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences on Tuesday.

The KU VC Professor Dr Khalid Iraqi observed that the purpose of organizing career fairs is to promote linkages with industries and the market. He believes that by conducting such events, we assess market needs by aligning our curriculum with market needs and demands.

In the career fair, more than 42 stalls of different health and public services, pharmacies, and pharmaceutical industries were set up and hundreds of students were given jobs and internships on the spot.

Meanwhile, the Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Professor Dr Muhammad Haris Shoaib said that the faculty regularly organizes career fairs, promoting cooperation between universities and industries and providing employment opportunities to our graduates on the campus. He mentioned that students during their studies also avail the opportunities of working as interns in hospitals and pharmacies which help them a lot.

Later, the KU VC Professor Dr Khalid Iraqi, the Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Professor Dr Muhammad Haris Shoaib, faculty members and others visited stalls of health services and pharmacies.