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- ↑ Directorate-Chair. "Introduction". Institute of Space and Planetary Astrophysics (ISPA). Retrieved 19 September 2012.
- ↑ "Institute of Space and Planetary Astrophysics". University of Karachi Department of Media and Press.
- ↑ Newspaper, the (13 February 2011). "Space research institute suffering from neglect". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
- ↑ "Inaugrial of Dr. Irshad Ahmed Khan Afridi Seminar Library, University of Karachi" (PDF). Institute of Space & Planetary Astrophysics (ISPA), University of Karachi. 31 May 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
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