List Of Universities In Karachi

Pakistan has a large number of universities supported by the Government of Pakistan and the Provincial Governments. Apart from these there are private universities supported by various bodies and societies. The wise will consult Pakistan's Higher Education Commission and their list of recognized universities.
This is an extensive list of Universities and autonomous educational institutes in Karachi, Sindh. The list is not complete but does contain most of the important names.


Public Sector

•   Dawood College of Engineering and Technology
•   Dow University of Health Sciences
•   Federal Urdu University
•   Institute of Business Administration
•   NED University of Engineering & Technology (Nadirshaw Edulji Dinshaw University)
•   Pakistan Naval Academy
•   University of Karachi
•   Virtual University of Pakistan

Private Sector

•   Aga Khan University
•   Baqai Medical University
•   Dadabhoy Institute of Higher Education
•   DHA Suffa University
•   FAST-National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences
•   Fatima Jinnah Dental College
•   Greenwich University
•   Hamdard University
•   Indus Institute of Higher Education
•   Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture
•   Institute of Business & Technology BIZTEK, Korangi Creek & Shahrah-e-Faisal
•   Institute of Business Management
•   Iqra University
•   Jinnah University for Women
•   Karachi Institute of Economics & Technology
•   Khadim Ali Shah Bukhari Institute of Technology (KASB)
•   Meharban Jogari University
•   Mid asia Institute of Science & Technology
•   Mohammad Ali Jinnah University
•   Nazeer Hussain University
•   Newports Institute of Communications and Economics, P.E.C.H.S. & Gulshan-e-Iqbal
•   Pakistan Navy Engineering College, a constituent college of the National University of Sciences and Technology
•   Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science & Technology (SZABIST)
•   Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology
•   Textile Institute of Pakistan
•   Ziauddin Medical University

Other Institutions

•   Al-Khair University (Karachi Campus)
•   Applied Economics Research Centre (AERC)
•   Asia Pacific Institute of Information Technology
•   Bahria University[4]Karachi Campus
•   College of Business Management (CBM)
•   College Of Digital Sciences (CDS)
•   College of Physicians & Surgeons Pakistan
•   COMMECS Institute of Business and Emerging Sciences, Block-13, Gulistan-e-Jauhar.
•   COMSATS Institute of Information Technology
•   Griffith college Dublin Ireland, Karachi
•   Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP)
•   Institute of Cost & Management Accountants of Pakistan (ICMAP)
•   Institute of Industrial Electronics Engineering (PCSIR)
•   Institute of Textile Technology and Management Foundation, Near S.I.T.E. Stadium, S.I.T.E.
•   Karachi Institute of Economics & Technology
•   Karachi Institute of Information Technology
•   Karachi University Business School
•   KASBIT
•   National Institute of Public Administration (Karachi)
•   National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (Karachi Campus)
•   PAF-Karachi Institute of Economics & Technology
•   Pakistan Institute of Management
•   Pakistan Institute of Public Finance Accountants, PIA Society, Block-9, Gulistan-e-Jauhar
•   Pakistan Marine Academy
•   Plastics Technology Centre - Pakistan
•   Synthetic Fibre Development & Application Centre
•   Usman Institute of Technology, Abul-Hasan Isphahani Road, Gulshan Town

Source:
http://www.jangforum.com

Important Web Addresses Of Karachi Organizations

Urban Resource Centre	www.urckarachi.org
Orangi Pilot Project - Research & Training Institute (OPP-RTI)	www.oppinstitutions.org
Orangi Pilot Project - Orangi Charitable Trust (OPP-OCT)	www.oppoct-microcredit.com
Punjab Urban Resource Centre, Lahore (PURC)	www.purclhr.org
Government of Sindh, Pakistan	www.sindh.gov.pk
Karachi City District Government	www.karachicity.gov.pk
Karachi Metropolitan Corporation	www.kmc.com.pk
House Building Finance Corporation (HBFC)	www.hbfc.com.pk
Economic Survey	www.finance.gov.pk
Dr Akhtar Hameed Khan OPP-RTI	www.hakhtar-hameed-khan.8m.com
Guide to Karachi City	www.apnakarachi.com
National Kirthar Park	www.savekirthar.org
Information on Law	www.pakistanlaw.com
Pakistan Tourism Development Department	www.tourism.gov.pk
Daily Dawn Karachi	www.dawn.com
Daily Joang and daily The News	www.jang-group.com

History Of Karachi

Karachi 'The City of Lights' started its life as a small fishing settlement by the Indus Delta known as Kolachi-jo-Kun (the ditch of Kolachi), named after an old fisherwoman, Mai Kolachee who took up settlement here.
In time, the settlement grew into a small fishing village and came to be known as Kolachi-jo-Goth or, the village of Kolachee. This small fishing village gradually started trading activities by sea with Muscat and Bahrai
Talpur rulers of Sindh overthrew the Kalhoras and took back the control of the village. The Talpura Amirs erected a small fort at Manora near the village, which had some cannons brought in from Muscat. The fort had two doorways: one facing the sea known as Khaara Darwaaza (Brackish gate) and the other facing the Lyari river known as Meetha Darwaaza (Sweet gate).

 

On 3rd February, the fort at Kolachi had surrendered without firing a single shot and this small fishing village crossed a turning point in its life. Three years later in 1843, upon the annexation of Sindh into the British empire, the regional capital was transferred from Hyderabad to Karachi by Charles Napier, the first governor of Sindh. The British made the town an Army Headquarters and military cantonments were established outside the town limits. A municipal committee was formed to provide basic facilities and municipal limits were expanded to 74 square miles to allow for expansion, even though the town occupied only 4 square miles. 

source:
http://www.apnakarachi.com

Terrorists Are Successful Again To Attack "PNS Mehran Karachi"

One incident after another and security lapse after lapse have completely exposed the extremely substandard capabilities of the country’s security forces to secure even themselves. Sunday’s terrorist attack on Faisal Base, Karachi, is an addition to a number of attacks in which terrorists have been successful in hitting out at the heart of extremely sensitive strategic locations.

Sunday’s incident was a strange attack; the terrorists didn’t attack the main gate or entrance of the crucially important naval base but reached the center of the base and destroyed a sophisticated aircraft before anyone realized what was going on.

On October 10, 2009, a number of terrorists not only entered the General Headquarters (GHQ) of the Pakistan Army in Rawalpindi but also took dozens of people hostage there for hours. Many people were killed during this terrorist operation on Pakistan’s armed forces’ headquarters.

What is alarming is that in many of these attacks, terrorists reach the place of parade or gathering of security men undetected. Once, the mess hall of the country’s most efficient and trained force, the SSG, was attacked and terrorists killed tens of young officials in cold blood. To this day, the nation does not know how terrorists managed to reach the point where the SSG commandos were dining.

Terrorists have launched similar attacks on different military installations during the last few years without facing any major resistance, which clearly shows there is no concerted security plan to tackle such attacks, offer maximum possible resistance or fight terrorists and stop them from penetrating extremely-sensitive locations.

It is very strange that after an annual budget of Rs600 billion and continuous training from Americans, the Pakistani forces are still unable to even make entry points of their sensitive installations foolproof. Instead of giving full attention to improving their capabilities and removing flaws, the Army’s media persons come out after every mega failure and try to prove in their articles that the incident was not a security failure or lapse but happened because of new techniques used by the terrorists. These embedded journalists also argue that calling these incidents security lapses or security failures is a disservice to Pakistan and tantamount to helping the enemies of Pakistan who want to capture strategic assets of the country.

In this way, the security establishment saves itself from any kind of criticism and no real changes are undertaken to improve the capability of security forces to tactfully tackle the terrorist attacks.

Incidents of the last few weeks have now established that the country’s security and intelligence systems are profoundly inefficient if not a total failure. It is now up to those sitting at the top to decide whether they will allow an independent commission to be set up to make inquires so that flaws and weaknesses can be identified in a professional way and a national strategy adopted to surmount a devastating security situation.

By: Umer Waqqas