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MQRDC International Conference 2006
Prof. Dr. Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui, Vice-Chancellor, University of Karachi presents a shield
to Dr. Ahmad Ali Khan, Professor Emeritus and a resource person of the Conference.
Prof. Dr. Muhammad Shamsuddin, Dean Faculty of Arts and Prof. Dr. Fauzia Shamim, Convener
of the Conference are also seen in the picture
“With the passage of time, our approach towards
qualitative research should be changed using the
latest techniques and methodologies”. This was stated
by Prof. Dr. Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui, Vice
Chancellor, University of Karachi while inaugurating
Multidisciplinary International Conference on
“Qualitative Research in Developing Countries:
Opportunities and Challenges” held under the
auspices of Faculty of Arts, University of Karachi from
November 3-4, 2006.
Prof. Siddiqui thanked the local and foreign scholars,
researchers and other guests for sharing their
knowledge and experience that are likely to stimulate
researchers and academicians' views in various fields
of social sciences.
reasons; first, it has
provided a platform for
researchers from a range
of disciplines, working in
the qualitative paradigm,
to discuss and debate
common issues. Second,
the conference, by
focusing on developing
countries, is an effort to
address the challenges
faced by the researchers
working in qualitative
paradigm, but more
important, to highlight the
opportunities for gaining
in-depth understanding of
issues which we cannot get
through the use of
quantitative methods
alone”.
He appreciated the
thought-provoking
presentation by Dr. Adrian
Holiday, the keynote speaker from Christchurch
University, UK and urged upon researchers to face
realities and meet the challenges of the modern
times.
Dr. Pirzada invited the researchers of the developing
countries to address various issues concerning
qualitative research.
He acknowledged the collaboration of the Higher
Education Commission and applauded Dr.
Shamsuddin, Dean of the Faculty of Arts for holding
such an event and expressed hope that these efforts
would continue in the future on a regular basis so
that the outcome of qualitative research was put to
human advantage in the developing countries.
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“In order to meet the challenges of the 21 century,
scholars and researchers of the developing countries
must work hand in hand with other nations of the
world”, Dr. Pirzada stressed.
He said that this Conference had come as a breath of
fresh air. “This Conference is significant for two
Speaking on the occasion, Prof. Dr. Akhlaq Ahmed,
Pro Vice Chancellor, University of Karachi related the
need of qualitative research essential for the sake of
improvement in human society in multifarious spheres
of research.
“The field of social sciences did not receive due
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