Career counselling: Questions and answers

Q1: Dear sir, I am in the 4th Semester of BSc (Hons) Agriculture Science in Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi. I have to choose a major subject in 5th semester and in your opinion which subject has a wider scope at national and international level? Entomology, Plant Breeding & Genetics, Plant Pathology, Agronomy or Food Technology? My CGPA is 3.60/4.00. (Sufiyan Saeed – Rawalpindi)

Q2: I am from FATA. I have done MBA specialization in Human Resourced Management (HRM) and Master in International Relations which means I have done double master. Now I want to PhD but I am really confused that in which field I will do PhD. I have decided to do MS & MPhil in Management, Strategic Human Resources Management and International Relations. I can’t decide subjects for MS/MPhil and PhD too. I’m eligible for above three programmes like management as I have done MBA, I’m also eligible for SHRM because I have done MBA specialization in HRM and I’m also eligible for International Relations because I have done Master in IR. Please tell me which field will be more beneficial for me in future so that I can hold that field. (Sadiq Afridi – Fata)

Q3: Respected Mr Abidi, I’m currently student of Commerce a 4 years bachelors from University of Karachi. My parents think I should choose marketing as a major. I’m confused and seek your advice in choosing the right path. (Jamal Chattha, Karachi)

Q4: Dear sir, my son has recently done Electronics Engineering from and now he wish to firstly do a job as an electrical engineer, secondly his preference is any airline and thirdly he may choose to study masters in the same subject.

His CGPA is 3.5. Your expert opinion would be very useful (Shah Taj Bhutta, Jhelum).(Syed Azhar Husnain Abidi is a renowned educationist in Pakistan, with more than 20 years of experience as provider of education counselling services. He has represented Pakistan in over 100 national and international seminars, conferences and fora. He is a recipient of the most coveted civil award Tamgha-e-Imtiaz).