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President of Pakistan Honours AKU Faculty with Prestigious Civil Awards
 Dr.
Amin Suria, Professor of Pharmacology, received the prestigious
civil award, Sitara-e-Imtiaz. Dr. Suria joined AKU in 1983
as one of the first faculty
members of the Medical College. He is internationally recognized
for his many scientific contributions, most notably for elucidating
the mechanisms of action of the benzodiazepine class of drugs.
Commenting on his scientific successes, Dr. Suria said with
his signature bluntness that "there is no limit to what
a person can do provided he or she
does not care who gets the credit."
 Dr.
Muhammad Anwar Waqar, the Akbarali Bandeali Professor
and Chair of Biochemistry, was the recipient of Sitara-e-Imtiaz.
Dr. Waqar joined AKU in 1986 to head the Biochemistry Department.
He has been a leading figure in the field of molecular biology
for many years and is best known for his work in the area
of DNA structure and function. Attributing his scientific
inspiration to the revolution in DNA technology,
Dr. Waqar says, "an understanding of molecular biology
and nucleic acids sequencing offered an exciting new world
of endless possibilities to me with far reaching consequences."
Dr. Anwar Gilani, Professor of Pharmacology, was awarded the Pride
of Performance  Award. Dr.
Gilani joined AKU in 1986 as Senior Instructor and rose to
become Professor in 1997. He has a wide range of research
interests and has made breakthrough discoveries in the area
of natural products pharmacology. While commenting on the
motivations for his research, Dr. Gilani notes: "there
is a need to explore our indigenous resources and develop
a system where traditional and modern physicians can work
together for better health care of non-affording patients,
who comprise the majority of our country’s population."
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