A PhD scholar, Mr Syed Said Badshah Bukhari, Department of Environmental Sciences, successfully defended his thesis publicly on 25 September 2018.

His thesis is titled "Growth Response of Deodar (Cedrus deodara), Blue Pine (Pinus wallichiana) and Chir Pine (Pinus roxburghii) to Climate Change in Galies Forest Division - Abbottabad"

His PhD was supervised by Professor Dr Syed Shafiq ur Rehman.