AIOU to launch Ph.D, LLM, MS Shahriah programs from Semester next.

Islamabad -- ?The Department of Shari/ah and Law, Faculty of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Allama Iqbal Open University(AIOU) has decided to launch Ph.D (Shahriah), LLM (Shahriah) and MS (Shahrian) from Autumn, 2014 semester to facilitate the working lawyers who have an aim to improve their academic qualifications.

In this connection, all administrative and academic homework have been finalized, this was announced by the Vice-Chancellor/Dean, Faculty of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Prof. Dr. Ali Asghar Chishti.

The admissions in these programs, he said would be offered in the Semester next. The university will introduce a Bachelor of Laws degree at a later stage, after obtaining the consent of the Bar associates.

Islamic Law and Jurisprudence was established in 1999 to teach Islamic Law and Shariah from Matric to Ph.D levels as per contemporary requirements and to provide opportunity of professional growth and development to the scholars of Islamic law in general and in service personals in particular, he added.

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Publication:	The Frontier Star (Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan)
Date:	Jul 7, 2014
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