University of Karachi

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University of Karachi
جامعہ كراچى
Motto	رَبِّ زدْنيِ عِلْماً (Arabic)
Motto in English	"O my Lord! Advance me in Knowledge"
Established	June 1951
Type	Public
Religious affiliation	Islam
Vice-Chancellor	Dr. Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui
Faculty	6 [1]
Staff	+2500 [1]
Students	+24,000 (regular in-campus only) [1]
Location	Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Campus	1,800 acres (7.3 km2) [1]
Affiliations	HEC, UGC
Website	www.uok.edu.pk

The University of Karachi (Urdu: جامعہ كراچى ) is located in Karachi, Pakistan. It is the largest public university in the country with a student population of 24,000 (regular in-campus only). According to the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan, it is ranked among the top universities of the country. The university has made itself known by producing the largest amount of research output in terms of patent, international peer reviewed, journals and organizing regular academic conferences. In 2008 the university entered the THES ranking for the top 500 Universities in the World.^[2]

Contents 1 History 2 University Library 3 Karachi University Press 4 Faculties 5 Departments of University of Karachi 6 Research Institutes and Centres 7 Affiliated Colleges 7.1 Government Colleges 7.2 Armed Forces Colleges 7.3 Law Colleges 7.4 Education Colleges 7.5 Hospitals/Institutes 7.6 Medical and Dental Colleges 8 Former vice chancellors 9 Alumni 10 See also 11 References 12 External links

[edit] History

The University of Karachi was established through the parliament as a Federal University in 1951. However, through another act of the parliament in 1962 its status was redefined as university of the province of Sindh. On 23 October, 1950 the Karachi University Act was passed and after an amendment in 1951 it was enacted. For the first two years, the University of Karachi remained as an examination University for the affiliated colleges. In 1953 it started its teaching and research activities at two Faculties of Arts and Science. Opened with an initial intake of 50 students, the university is now a sprawling structure of 53 Departments and 20 Research Centers and Institutes, under eight faculties of Arts, Science, Islamic Studies,Engineering,law, Pharmacy, Management and Administrative Sciences and Medicine. At present the enrolment of regular students at the Campus is slightly over 24,000. There are about 700 faculty members and more than 2500 supporting staff.

On 18 January 1960 the university was shifted to the new campus on a plot of 1279 acres located on the Country Club Road (now University Road).

[edit] University Library

The Dr. Mahmud Hussain Library is an imposing three storey structure firmly placed in the centre of campus activities. The Dr. Mahmud Husain Library was established in 1952, with the start of University of Karachi. Previously, the library resided in another building. It moved later to the present building. The library houses 350,000 volumes, some of them dating back to the 1600s. The library also proudly holds the status of being the depository of the personal book collection of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. Teachers from over 100 affiliated colleges frequent the university, along with scholars from 19 research institutions. A loan and resource sharing system exists with other academic entities in the Karachi area. A digital library was provided recently enabling the scholars and students to access many online books and journals.

A staff of 25 Librarians and 10 Assistant Librarians and around 90 non professional staff helps maintaining the library.The library is on the upper end of the academic spectrum in Pakistan. The building includes reading rooms (6 for general purposes and another 6 for research).

[edit] Karachi University Press

It is one of the biggest educational presses and publishes all the material for university along with books.

[edit] Faculties

• Faculty of Science
• Faculty of Pharmacy
• Faculty of Medicine
• Faculty of Islamic Studies
• Faculty of Management and Administrative Sciences
• Faculty of Arts

[edit] Departments of University of Karachi

The University of Karachi has a number of departments including:

Faculty of Science Department of Agriculture Department of Applied Chemistry Department of Applied Physics Department of Biochemistry Department of Bio-Technology Department of Botany Department of Chemical Technology/Engineering Department of Chemistry Department of Computer Science Department of Food Science & Technology Department of Genetics Department of Geology Department of Geography Department of Health & Physical Education Department of Mathematics Department of MIBM (Evening Programme) Department of Microbiology Department of Petroleum Technology Department of Physics Department of Physiology Department of Statistics Department of Zoology

Faculty of Arts Department of Arabic Department of Criminology Department of Bengali Department of Economics Department of Education Department of English Department of General History Department of International Relations Department of Islamic History Department of Library & Information Science Department of Mass Communication Department of Persian Department of Philosophy Department of Political Science Department of Psychology Department of Sindhi Department of Sociology Department of Social Works Department of Special Education Department of Urdu Department of Visual Studies

Faculty of Pharmacy Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department of Pharmaceutics Department of Pharmacology Department of Pharmacognosy

Faculty of Islamic Studies Department of Islamic Learning Department of Quran Wa Sunnah Department of Usulal Din Department of Sirah Chair

Faculty of Management & Administrative Sciences Karachi University Business School Department of Commerce Department of Public Administration

Faculty of Medicine MS (Surgery) MD (Medicine)

[edit] Research Institutes and Centres

Applied Economics Research Centre Area Study Center for Europe Center of Excellence for Women Study Center of Excellence in Marine Biology Center for Molecular Genetics H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry [1] . Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine Dr. A.Q. Khan Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Institute of Clinical Psychology Institute of Environmental Studies Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Institute of Marine Science National Nema-. tological Research Centre Pakistan Study Center Sheikh Zayed Islamic Research Centre Institute of Space and Planet Astrophysics Institute for Sustainable Halophyte Utilization Marine Reference & Research Collection Center Department of Chemical Engineering Department of Zoology Department of Computer Science

[edit] Affiliated Colleges

Following is the complete list of affiliated colleges and institutes of University of Karachi^[3]

[edit] Government Colleges

Abdullah College for Women, North Nazimabad, Karachi Adamjee Government Science College, off Business Recorder Road, Karachi Aisha Bawani College, Shahrah e Faisal, Karachi A.P.W.A. College for Women, F.B. Area, Karimabad, Karachi Allama Iqbal Government Girls College, Shah Faisal Colony No. 2, Karachi City College, Opposite Ziauddin Hospital, F.B. Area, Karachi Government College of Commerce & Economics, Dr. Ziauddin Ahmed Road, Karachi Government College, Block 7, Gulshan e Iqbal, Karachi Government Degree College, Landhi/Korangi No. 6, Karachi Government Degree Science College, Old Haji Camp, Lyari, Karachi Government Degree Science College, Malir, Karachi Government D. J. Science College, Dr. Ziauddin Ahmed Road, Karachi Government Degree College for Women, Korangi No.4, Karachi Government Degree Girls College, Murad Memon Goth, Malir, Karachi Government Degree Girls Commerce College, Block-16, F.B. Area, Karachi Government College for Men, Nawab Siddiqui Ali Khan Road, Nazimabad, Karachi Government Degree College for Women, Nazimabad Chowrangi, Karachi Government Degree College for Women, Shahrah-e-Liaquat, Karachi Government Degree College for Women, Saudabad, Malir, Karachi Government Degree College for Women, Korangi No.6, Karachi Government Degree Girls College, New Karachi, Karachi Government Degree Science College, Malir Cantt. Karachi Government Degree Girls College, P.I.B. Colony, Karachi Government Haji Abdullah Haroon College, Shah Waliullah Road, Khadda, Karachi Government H.I. Osmania Girls College, Osmania Colony, Karachi Government HRH Aga Khan Girls College, PIB Colony, Karachi Government Islamia College for Women, Gulshan-e-Zahoor, Lines Area, Karachi Government Islamia Arts/Commerce College, M.A. Jinnah Road, Karachi Government Islamia Science College, M.A. Jinnah Road, Karachi

Government Jamia Millia College, Malir City, Karachi Government Jinnah College, Nazimabad, Karachi Government Karachi College for Women, Chand Bibi Road, Karachi Government Khatoon-e-Pakistan College for Women, Stadium Road, Karachi Government Khurshid Girls College, Shah Faisal Colony, Karachi Government Liaquat College, Kala Board, Malir, Karachi GovernmentScience/Commerce College, Orangi Town, Karachi Government National College, Off Shaheed-e-Millat Road, Karachi Pakistan Shipowners Government College, Shahrah-e-Noor Jehan, North Nazimabad, Karachi B.A.M.M. PECHS Government College for Women, Street No.10, Above Green Nursery, Block-2, Karachi Government Premier College, ST-7, Block-H, North Nazimabad, Karachi Government Quadi-e-Millat College, Located in the premises of Government Degree Science College, Liaquatabad, Karachi Government Raunaq-e-Islam College for Women, Nawab Muhabat Khanjee Road, Karachi Rana Liaquat Ali Khan Government College of Home Economics, Stadium Road, Karachi Sir Syed Government Girls College, Nawab Siddiqui Ali Khan Road, Nazimabad, Karachi Government Sirajuddullah College, F.C. Area, Karimabad, Karachi Government S.M. Science College, Burns Gardens, Shahrah-e-Liaquat, Karachi Government S.M. Arts & Commerce College, Shahrah-e-Kamal Ata Turk, Karachi Government Superior Science College, Shah Faisal Colony, Karachi S.M.B. Fatima Jinnah Government Girls College, Nishter Road, near Zoo Karachi Government College for Boys, North Karachi, Karachi Government Degree Girls College, Block-M, North Nazimabad, Karachi Government Degree Boys & Girls College, Stadium Road, SRE Majeed, Karachi St. Lawrence Government Degree Girls College, St. Pedro Douza Road, Garden East, Karachi Government Degree Girls College, Sector 11-B, North Karachi Government Degree College for Men, Bufferzone, Karachi Government Degree Girls College, Zamzama, Gizri, Karachi Government Degree Girls College, Near Shaikh Zaid Centre, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi

[edit] Armed Forces Colleges

• PAF Air War College Faisal, Shahrah-e-Faisal, Karachi
• Pakistan Navy Staff College, Shahrah-e-Faisal, Karachi
• Pakistan Marine Academy, Mauripur Road, Karachi
• Institute of Safety, PAF Base Masroor, Karachi
• Pakistan Naval Academy, PNS Rahbar, Manora, Karachi
• Fazaia Degree College, Faisal, Shahrah-e-Faisal, Karachi
• School of Ordinance, Malir Cantt., Karachi
• School of Army Air Defence, Malir Cantt., Karachi

[edit] Law Colleges

• Government Islamia Law College, Allama Shabbir Ahmed Road, Karachi
• Government S. M. Law College, Dr. Ziauddin Road, Karachi

[edit] Education Colleges

• Govt. College of Education, Off: Rashid Minhas Road, F.B. Area, Karachi
• Govt. Jamia Millia College of Education, Malir City, Karachi
• PAF College of Education, PAF Korangi Creek, Karachi

[edit] Hospitals/Institutes

• Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre, Rafiqui Shaheed Road, Karachi
• Kulsoom Bai Valika Social Security Hospital, SITE, Manghopir Road, Karachi
• National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, (NICVD) Rafiqui Shaheed Road, Karachi
• Ojha Institute of Chest Diseases, T.B. Senitorium, University of Karachi
• Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, Nazimabad, Karachi
• Sindh Institute of Urology & Transplantation (SIUT), Civil Hospital Karachi
• Liaquat national hospital stadium road karachi

[edit] Medical and Dental Colleges

• Karachi Medical & Dental College, Block-M, Allama Rasheed Turabi Road, North Nazimabad, Karachi

JinnaH medical and dental college, shaheed e millat road karachi

[edit] Former vice chancellors

1. Prof. A. B. A. Haleem 23-06-1951 to 22-06-1957

2. Prof. Basheer Ahmad Hashmi 23-06-1957 to 22-06-1961

3. Prof. Dr. Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi 23-06-1961 to 02-08-1971

4. Prof. Dr. Mahmud Hussain 03-08-1971 to 09-04-1975

5. Prof. Dr. Saleemuzzaman Siddiqui (Acting) 10-04-1975 to 16-01-1976

6. Prof. Dr. Ehsan Rasheed 07-01-1976 to 31-08-1979

7. Prof. Dr. S. Masum Ali Tirmizi 01-09-1979 to 31-08-1983

8. Prof. Dr. Jameel Jalibi 01-09-1983 to 31-08-1987

9. Prof. Dr. Manzoor uddin Ahmad 01-09-1987 to 07-07-1990

10. Prof. Dr. S. Irtafaq Ali 08-07-1990 to 06-07-1994

11. Prof. Dr. Abd-ul-Wahab (Acting) 06-07-1994 to 04-04-1995

12. Prof. Dr. Abd-ul-Wahab 05-04-1995 to 09-11-1996

13. Prof. Dr. Hafeez A. Pasha 10-11-1996 to 24-07-1997

14. Prof. Dr. Zafar H. Zaidi 25-07-1997 to 07-01-2001

15. Prof. Dr. Zafar Saeed Saify (Acting) 12-01-2001 to 28-02-2001

16. Prof. Dr. Zafar Saeed Saify 01-03-2001 to 05-01-2004

17. Prof. Dr. Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui 06-01-2004 to date

[edit] Alumni

A

• Jamiluddin Aali - Urdu poet, critic, playwright, essayist, columnist, and scholar of Pakistan.
• Abdul Rasheed Hussain - Maldivian politician and public figure.
• Abrar Hasan - prominent lawyer and a constitutional expert.
• Abul Khair Kashfi - author, researcher, critic, linguist and scholar of Urdu literature and linguistics.
• Ahmed Ali - Pakistani novelist, diplomat and scholar.
• Mohammed Ajeeb - former Lord Mayor of Bradford.
• Ajmal Mian - former Chief Justice of Pakistan.
• Altaf Hussain - the leader and founder of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM).
• Anthony Theodore Lobo - Pakistani Roman Catholic bishop.
• Asif Noorani - newspaper and television writer.
• Aslam Farrukhi - noted Urdu author, critic, poet, linguist, scholar and broadcaster of Pakistan.
• Atta ur Rahman, Chairman HEC and Director H.E.J. Research Institute of Chemistry

B

• Ansar Burney - leading Pakistani human rights and civil rights activist.

F

• Fauzia Wahab - Pakistani politician in the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).
• Farooq Naek - Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan, Ex-Law Minister.
• Farman Fatehpuri - author, researcher, critic, linguist and scholar of Urdu literature and linguistics.

G

• Gholam Mujtaba - Pakistani politician and prominent Pakistani American.

H

• Haseena Moin - Playwright, drama writer.
• Hashmat Ali Rajput - Physician and Assistant Professor New York Medical College,USA.
• Huma Baqai - noted commentator on international affairs.
• Husain Haqqani - Pakistan Ambassador to the United States.
• Hussain Haroon - Pakistan Ambassador to the United Nations.

I

• Ibn-e-Insha - outstanding Urdu poet humorist and travelogue writer.
• Imran Nazar Hosein - leading International Islamic Philosopher, Scholar and author.
• Israr Ahmed - a Pakistan-based Muslim religious figure.

J

• Jamal Ahsani - an acclaimed Urdu poet.
• Jameel Jalibi - a noted linguist, critic, writer, researcher, educationist and scholar of Urdu literature.

K

• Khalida Ghous - eminent scholar of International Relations & Human Rights and a prominent activist.

M

• Makhdoom Ali Khan - former Attorney General of Pakistan
• Manzoor Ahmad - Philosopher.
• Masuma Hasan - first women Ph.D. and first women Federal Secretary of Pakistan.
• Moinuddin Aqeel - author, critic and linguist being an outstanding scholar of Urdu literature and Linguistics.
• Moonis Ahmar - eminent scholar of International Relations and Conflict Resolution.
• Muhammad Ali Siddiqui - noted Philosopher and Critic of Pakistan.
• Syed Munawar Hasan - Ameer, Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan.
• Munir Akram - Former Pakistan ambassador to the United Nations.

N

• Naseer Turabi - famous Urdu poet, son of Allamah Rasheed Turabi
• Nasreen Jalil - Naib Nazima of Karachi & MQM leader.
• Nazim Hussain Siddiqui - former Chief Justice of Pakistan
• Michael Nazir-Ali - current Bishop of Rochester in the Church of England.
• Niaz Ahmed Siddiki - Ex-IG Sindh Police,
• Nida Sameer - leading anchor person of Geo News.
• Nisar Memon, former Federal Minister for Information & Broadcasting.
• Noon Meem Danish, poet^[4]

P

• Parveen Shakir - Urdu poetess, teacher and a civil servant of the Government of Pakistan.
• Pirzada Qasim - noted scholar, Urdu poet and Vice Chancellor of the University of Karachi.
• Tanwir Phool - noted poet,children's literature author and an officer of the central bank of the Government of Pakistan.

Q

• A. Q. Khan - Pakistani scientist and metallurgical engineer, widely regarded as the founder of Pakistan's nuclear program.

R

• Raza Rabbani, Senator
• Rehman Malik, Senator, Minister of Interior, Government of Pakistan.
• Riaz Ahsan, noted professor and former president of Sindh Professors and Lecturers Association.

S

• Syed Sajjad Ali Shah, former Chief Justice of Pakistan
• Saeeduzzaman Siddiqui, former Chief Justice of Pakistan
• Shahid Aziz Siddiqi - Fmr Federal Scretary, and Vice Chancellor Ziauddin University
• Shaukat Aziz, former Prime Minister of Pakistan, former Citibank executive officer
• Shamim Akhter, noted scholar of International Relations and an expert on Middle East.

T

• Muhammad Taqi Usmani - an eminent Hanafi Islamic scholar from Pakistan who has served as a judge on the Shariah Appellate Bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
• Talat A. Wizarat - noted scholar of International Relations and Middle Eastern Studies.

W

• Waheed Murad - outstanding Pakistan film actor.
• Syed Waqar Ahmed Rizvi - Writer, critic, linguist.

Z

• Zahida Hina - Colominst, author, poet.
• Zahid Latif Butt - professor and a senior teacher of Biology.

[edit] See also

• List of Affiliated Institutes and Colleges with University of Karachi

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Introduction - Karachi University
2. ^ http://www.topuniversities.com/university_rankings/results/2008/overall_rankings/fullrankings/
3. ^ Affiliated Colleges of University of Karachi
4. ^ Farrukhi, Asif (2007-12-09). "AUTHOR: A poet in New York". Dawn (Pakistan Herald Publications). http://www.dawn.com/weekly/books/books6.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-13. 

[edit] External links

• Official Website of the University of Karachi
• A Cyber Joint For Karachi University Alumni
• A Forum for the Students of Karachi University
• Pakstudy (University of Karachi Section)

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