One hundred three MBBS graduates awarded degrees
KARACHI: One hundred three MBBS graduates were conferred degrees at the 10th Convocation of the Liaquat National Medical College (LNMC) held at the Auditorium, Convention Centre, Liaquat National Hospital on May 24th, 2025. The Registrar Jinnah Sindh Medical University Dr. Mohammad Azam Khan administered the Oath to the graduates and the Vice Chancellor, Jinnah Sindh Medical University Prof Dr. Amjad Siraj conferred the degrees. Dr Mariam, Dr Malaika Ali and Dr Alina Amin Muhammad secured the first, second & third positions respectively. Dr Manal Arshad Malik was awarded the Wajid Ali Shah Medal for the Best Graduate (Class of 2024), on the basis of her academic performance across five years of the MBBS program.
Prof Dr. Amjad Siraj along with Prof. Dr. Karimullah Makki presenting degrees to Dr Mariam, Dr Malaika Ali and Dr Alina Amin Muhammad first, second & third position holders at the 10th Convocation of the Liaquat National Medical College (LNMC) held at LNH auditorium on May 24th, 2025. On right Dr Manal Arshad Malik is being awarded the Wajid Ali Shah Medal for the best graduate (Class of 2024).
Prof. Dr. Karimullah Makki, Principal LNMC in his welcome address, congratulated the graduates and their parents on the milestone achieved. He highlighted the academic standards of the college by citing the results secured by the LNMC students with the pass percentage of the graduating batch at 99%. He said that since the start LNMC has produced 1200 medical graduates who are serving the medical field in different capacities in Pakistan & abroad. He stated that LNMC is recognized by multiple foreign medical bodies like, Education Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) USA, General Medical Council (GMC)U.K, Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER), Canadian Resident Matching Service (CaRMS), Australian Medical Council (AMC), Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) and Avicenna (WHO) Directory.
LNM, he further stated has also been accepted as Host international students and send our students to foreign institution, in the Association of American Medical Colleges via the Visiting Students Learning Opportunities (VSLO) program. LNMC is one of the best medical college in the private sector of Pakistan & the first choice of the student, as this year the first students who opted admission in LNMC has the aggregate of 93.45%. He praised the teaching faculty for providing extensive training & teaching clinical acumen to the students. He advised the graduates to always prioritize service to the ailing humanity and strive for post graduate qualifications to get better knowledge and skills.
Group photograph shows Prof. Dr. Karimullah Makki, Dr. Mohammad Azam Khan, Prof. Dr. Amjad Siraj, and Prof. Dr. Salman Faridi with MBBS graduates at the 10th Convocation of the Liaquat National Medical College.
Prof. Dr. Salman Faridi, Medical Director Liaquat National Hospital speaking on the occasion also congratulated the young doctors & their parents on the beginning of their new journey. He advised the graduates that life has a bigger purpose other than material success, and that is to help others in need. He added that the purpose of a fulfilling life is not to receive but to give; not to seek worldly possessions but to bring joys to other people. He stressed that the students should move beyond achievement of personal ambitions and shift their paradigm towards more expansive obligations of serving the nation, by fulfilling the needs of the society that they live in. He guided the graduates that apart from the essential prerequisites of theoretical knowledge and practical dexterity, as doctors their integrity in ethical, moral, financial & professional domains will be pivotal in their career. He advised the graduates that as doctors that they should passionately serve the nation and above all, serve the humanity. The success of your life’s journey will not be defined by the quantum of all the material gains that you have accumulated by its end, but by the number of people that you have helped along the way, he added.
Addressing the participants Vice Chancellor, Jinnah Sindh Medical University Prof. Dr. Amjad Siraj Memon congratulated the graduates and praised their parents for all their efforts to make their children qualified doctors. He also congratulated the LNMC faculty for instilling quality education and morals in the graduates. JSMU he said, as an affiliating university, have proudly witnessed the progress of Liaquat National Medical College, owing to being upright in its standards of merit and the results are testimonial to the quality education being imparted. He highlighted the importance of having the passion to serve, which would be essential for professional success. He advised the graduates that they should pursue their academic ambitions and go abroad but they should always remember the sacrifices that their parents made for them and always look after their parents especially in their time of need.
