First ever public sector Women University in the Upper Sindh was established at

Rohri Rohri ( Sindhi: روهڙي; ur, ) is a city of Sukkur District, Sindh province, Pakistan. It is located on the east bank of the Indus River, located directly across from Sukkur, the third largest city in Sindh. Rohri town is the administrative ...

, in the name of

Begum Nusrat Bhutto ''Begum'' Nusrat Bhutto (; sd, نصرت ڀٽو; ur, ; born as Nusrat Ispahani; 23 March 1929 – 23 October 2011) was an Iranian-Pakistani public figure of Kurdish origin, who served as spouse of the Prime Minister of Pakistan between 1971 unti ...

by the government of Sindh through the act of parliament. Begum Nusrat Bhutto (BNB) Women University () is located at the National Highway N-5 bypassing

city of

Sukkur District Sukkur District ( sd, سکر ضلعو, ur, ) is a district in Sindh Province in Pakistan. It is divided into 5 administrative townships (''tehsils'', also called "talukas"), namely: Sukkur City, New Sukkur, Rohri, Saleh Pat and Pano Aqil. Amon ...

. It is exclusively for women, having the arts, science, business, and computer science faculties. Initially the departments of Education, English, mass communication, business, Mathematics and Biological and Human Sciences have started their teaching programmes. The construction work of the university is looked after by the project director appointed by

Government of Sindh The Government of Sindh ( sd, حڪومت سنڌ) ( ur, ) is the provincial government of the province of Sindh, Pakistan. Its powers and structure are set out in the provisions of the 1973 Constitution, in which 30 Districts of 7 Divisions un ...

and is carried out by M/s Global Engineering Services Rawalpindi, Currently the construction work is at its full swing.

History

Prime Minister of Pakistan The prime minister of Pakistan ( ur, , romanized: Wazīr ē Aʿẓam , ) is the head of government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Executive authority is vested in the prime minister and his chosen cabinet, despite the president of Paki ...

Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani Yusuf Raza Gilani (Urdu: ; born 9 June 1952), is a Pakistani politician who served as 18th Prime Minister of Pakistan from 25 March 2008, until his retroactive disqualification and ouster by the Supreme Court of Pakistan on 26 April 2012. He ...

announced the establishment of Women University during his visit to Sukkur on January 11, 2009. Sindh government decided to name the Women University after former

First Lady of Pakistan First ladies and gentlemen of Pakistan ( ur, ) is an unofficial title traditionally given, often interchangeably, to the wife or husband of the president and prime minister of Pakistan. The current First Ladies of Pakistan are Samina Alvi, wife ...

, so a bill in this regard was drafted and forwarded to Law department for establishing "

Women University" at

Sukkur Sukkur (; ) is a city in the Pakistani province of Sindh along the western bank of the Indus River, directly across from the historic city of Rohri. Sukkur is the third largest city in Sindh after Karachi and Hyderabad, and 14th largest ci ...

. Commissioner Sukkur Division was assigned officially to prepare master plan for the establishment of Women University at Sukkur adjacent to Aror University of Art, Architecture, Design & Heritage site. Finally The Sindh Assembly passed the bill moved by Provincial Minister for Law, the House passed the Begum Nusrat Bhutto Women University Sukkur Bill, 2018 on Thursday April 19, 2018, providing for the way for establishment of women university in district Sukkur.

Faculties

The university includes the following faculties. * (i) Faculty of Natural Sciences * (ii) Faculty of Commerce, Economics, and Management Sciences * (iii) Faculty of Cultural and Social Sciences * (iv) Faculty of Education, Literacy and Learning * (v) Faculty of Family and Community Sciences * (vi) Faculty of Law * (vii) Faculty of Journalism and Communication * (viii) Faculty of Engineering and Technology * (ix) Faculty of Theology and Religious affairs * (x) Faculty of Pharmacy; and * (xi) Such other faculties as may be prescribed by the Statute

Admissions

The HEC give accreditation to BNB Women University Sukkur and allow to admit 50 female students each in five faculties, admission process have started for four year graduation program in following disciplines through centralized entry test to be held in centers at Karachi, Hyderabad and Sukkur on 31 October 2020. * BS Computer Science * BBA (HRM/Finance/Marketing) * BS Management & Technology * BS Mathematics * BS English * BS Management Sciences * B.Ed. * Doctor of Physiotherapy (DPT) * BS Biotechnology * BS Chemistry * BS Genetics * BS Physics * MS Education

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