University of Karachi - History

History

Vice Chancellors
  • Prof. A. B. A. Haleem, 23 Jun 1951 - 22 Jun 1957
  • Prof. Dr. Basheer Ahmad Hashmi, 23 Jun 1957 - 22 Jun 1961
  • Prof. Dr. Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi, 23 Jun 1961 - 2 Aug 1971
  • Prof. Dr. Mahmud Hussain, 3 Aug 1971 - 9 Apr 1975
  • Prof. Dr. Saleemuzzaman Siddiqui, 10 Apr 1975 - 16 Jan 1976
  • Prof. Dr. Ehsan Rasheed, 7 Jan 1976 - 31 Aug 1979
  • Prof. Dr. S. Masum Ali Tirmizi, 1 Sept 1979 - 31 Aug 1983
  • Prof. Dr. Jameel Jalibi, 1 Sept 1983 - 31 Aug 1987
  • Prof. Dr. Manzoor uddin Ahmad, 1 Sept 1987 - 7 Jul 1990
  • Prof. Dr. S. Irtafaq Ali, 8 Jul 1990 - 6 Jul 1994
  • Prof. Dr. Abdul Wahab, 6 Jul 1994 - 4 Apr 1995
  • Prof. Dr. Abdul Wahab, 5 Apr 1995 - 9 Nov 1996
  • Prof. Dr. Hafeez A. Pasha, 10 Nov 1996 - 24 Jul 1997
  • Prof. Dr. Zafar H. Zaidi, 25 Jul 1997 - 7 Jan 2001
  • Prof. Dr. Zafar Saeed Saify, 12 Jan 2001 - 28 Feb 2001
  • Prof. Dr. Zafar Saeed Saify, 1 Mar 2001 - 5 Jan 2004
  • Prof. Dr. Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui, 6 Jan 2004 – 9 Feb 2012
  • Prof. Dr, Muhammad Qaiser, 10 Feb 2012 - Present

The University of Karachi was established through parliament as a Federal University in 1951. In 1962 its status was redefined as a 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 intake of 50 students, the university now has 53 Departments and 20 Research Centers and Institutes, under faculties of Arts, Science, Islamic Studies, Engineering, Law, Pharmacy, Management and Administrative Sciences and Medicine. The enrolment of regular students at the campus is around 28,000. There are about 1000 faculty members and more than 3000 supporting staff. On 18 January 1960 the university was shifted to the new campus on a plot of 1,279 acres (5.18 km2) located on the Country Club Road (now University Road), under the vice-chancellorship of Prof. Dr. Basheer Ahmad Hashmi, 23 June 1957 - 22 June 1961.

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