Khadim’s Quetta

I would like to present my heartiest congratulations to Professor Dr Muhammad Masoom Yasinzai who according to Februray 05 media reports has been appointed as the Vice Chancellor of Quaid-i-Azam University by President Asif Ali Zardari. Professor Yasinzai is currently the Vice Chancellor of the University of Balochistan and has to his credit more than 100 research publications in national and international journals. He has also served as Dean Research and Director Institute of Biotechnology at the University of Balochistan.

Professor Yasinzai was born in 1958. He had his primary education from Kuchlak – a suburb of Quetta located only a few kilometres to the northwest of Quetta. He has M.Sc in Bio-Organic Chemistry and a B.S in Biology and Chemistry. His research and academic activities date back to 1980 when he started teaching at the University of Balochistan. In 1983 Professor Yasinzai received his Ph. D from the University of Hull UK and later on his Post-Doctorate from Perugia Medical School, Italy.

He is the first academician from Balochistan who has ever been privileged to run the office of the Vice Chancellor of the prestigious Quaid-i-Azam International University Islamabad. His nomination is therefore a great honour for our region. No doubt the appointment that was considered and recommended by the ‘search committee’ of the Higher Education Commission (HEC) will definitely boost the morale and confidence of the academia from Balochistan province – a province which still lags behind in many ways and where people at large feel neglected.

We wish Professor Yasinzai every success with his new responsibilities and hope at the same time he would continue working for and towards the development of educational institutions of Balochistan.

Khadim Durrani Quettawaal