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'''Quaid-i-Azam University''' Islamabad ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|جامعہ قائداعظم}}}}; commonly referred to as '''QAU'''), founded as '''University of Islamabad''', is a ranked 1 [[Public university|public]] [[research university]] in [[Islamabad]], [[Pakistan]].<ref>[https://www.dawn.com/news/22978/promotion-of-s-t-stressed Promotion of S&T stressed] Dawn (newspaper), Published 20 February 2002, Retrieved 9 February 2020</ref><ref name="Google maps">{{cite web|title=QAU Location Address|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&authuser=0&ie=UTF-8&q=quaid+e+azam+university&fb=1&gl=us&hq=quaid+e+azam+university&cid=0,0,9519095407991940175&ei=DdwuUsOmI6rwiwKHi4CwDA&ved=0CIEBEPwS|website=Google maps website|access-date=12 February 2020}}</ref>
Founded as the University of Islamabad in 1967, it was initially dedicated to the study of [[postgraduate education]] but expanded and established as Qaid e Azam university in 1973 to an [[interdisciplinary]] university offering undergraduate and postgraduate education.<ref name="Qau press">{{cite web|url=http://www.qau.edu.pk/introduction/|title=QAU Introduction|publisher=QAU Press|access-date=12 February 2020}}</ref> (https://hec.gov.pk/english/universities/Pages/Islamabad/Quaid-i-Azam-University.aspx)
== Overview ==
The university has, as of 2015, grown into the largest varsity in [[Islamabad]] with a total enrollment exceeding 13,000 students.<ref name="Qau press" /> The university is on a 1700 [[acres]] (or 6.9 km<sup>2</sup>) campus on the foothills of the [[Margalla Hills|Margalla]].<ref name="Dawn news, 2013">{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/697632|title=Quaid-e-Azam University declared as top university of Pakistan|last=Yusuf|first=Suhail|date=23 February 2012|newspaper=Dawn (newspaper)|access-date=12 February 2020}}</ref> Divided into four faculties and nine affiliated research institutes, QAU is among Pakistan's largest and [[Rankings of universities in Pakistan|highest ranked]] public universities.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1052728/hec-announces-university-rankings/|title=HEC announces university rankings |date=23 February 2016|newspaper=The Express Tribune (newspaper)|language=en-US|access-date=12 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|date=23 February 2016|title=5th Ranking of Pakistani Higher Education Institutions|url=http://hec.gov.pk/InsideHEC/Divisions/QALI/Others/RankingofUniversities/Documents/Ranking_Doc.pdf|journal=5th Ranking of Pakistani Higher Education Institutions|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323093014/http://hec.gov.pk/InsideHEC/Divisions/QALI/Others/RankingofUniversities/Documents/Ranking_Doc.pdf|archive-date=23 March 2016|access-date=12 February 2020}}</ref> In 2020, it is ranked between 510 and 520 overall whilst in Physics, Mathematics and agriculture departments ranked 225th, 225th and 125th respectively worldwide, in emerging economics it's ranked below 100 which is probably a prestige, and also ranked 111th in Asia by the ''[[QS World University Rankings]]''<ref>[https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/quaid-i-azam-university QAU on TopUniversities.com website] Retrieved 2 September 2020</ref> while its regional publications ranked QAU among 120 in Asia in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/564260/2013-rankings-three-pakistani-universities-among-worlds-top-200/|title=2013 rank: Three Pakistani universities among world’s top 200 - The Express Tribune (newspaper)|date=17 June 2013|author=Riazul Haq|language=en-US|access-date=1 September 2020}}</ref> The ''[[Times Higher Education World University Rankings]]'' ranked QAU between 401 and 500 globally and top 75 in Asia in its 2020 lists.
The university has intellectual interaction with international institutes, including the [[United Nations]], [[University of Tokyo]] and the [[International Centre for Theoretical Physics|ICTP]].<ref name="Qau press" /><ref>{{Cite web|title = International collaboration: Moot on plasma physics next week - The Express Tribune|url = http://tribune.com.pk/story/627692/international-collaboration-moot-on-plasma-physics-next-week/|website = The Express Tribune|access-date = 2016-02-09|language = en-US}}</ref> It is one of the most popular universities in the country and counts several public figures and intellectuals among its current and former faculty, researchers, or alumni since its establishment. They include [[Maleeha Lodhi]], [[Nasim Zehra]], [[Shamshad Akhtar]], [[Muhammad Suhail Zubairy|Suhail Zubairy]], [[Abdul Rashid Ghazi]], Farzana Aslam, [[Tasneem Zehra Husain|Tasneem Zehra]] and [[Salma Zahid]]. The university is currently led by Professor Muhammad Ali.
==History==
[[File:Muhammad Ali Jinnah.jpg|upright|thumb|alt=jamshed from payactiv.|The university was renamed in honor of [[Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah]] (1876-1948), founder of [[Pakistan]].]]
The University of Islamabad was established on 22 July 1967 by the [[Government of Pakistan]]. It was renamed as Quaid-i-Azam University in honor of [[Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah]], founder of Pakistan in 1976 - which was the year of his birth [[centenary]]. However, the spelling of the university's name were kept different i.e. "i" was used instead of "e" for [[Ezāfe]] that links the two words in Jinnah's title Quaid-e-Azam.
The university offered teaching and research programs for [[PhD]] and [[MPhil]] degrees in the beginning and later offered [[Master's degree|Masters]] programs. The university now offers undergraduate programs as well.
Quaid-i-Azam University has four different faculties and 38 departments, institutes, schools and centers.
==Faculties and departments==
[[File:QAU-DRSM image.png|thumb|537x537px|[[Muhammad Raziuddin Siddiqui|Dr. Raziuddin Siddiqui]] Memorial Library (Main Library) at Quaid-i-Azam University]]
Quaid-i-Azam University consists of four faculties. The following departments, institutes/schools work under these faculties:
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=== Faculty of [[Natural Sciences]] ===
* Department of [[Chemistry]]
* Department of [[Computer science|Computer Science]] (Ranked 201th Worldwide)
* Department of [[Earth Sciences]]
* Department of [[Electronics]]
* Institute of [[Information Technology]] (Ranked 201th Worldwide)
* Department of [[Mathematics]] (Ranked 225th Worldwide)
* Department of [[Physics]] (Ranked 225th Worldwide)
* Department of [[Statistics]]
=== Faculty of [[Social Sciences]] ===
* School of Law
* Quaid-i-Azam School of Management Sciences (QASMS)
* Department of [[Anthropology]]
* Department of Sociology
* Department of [[Linguistics]]
* Department of Defence & Strategic Studies
* School of [[Economics]]
* Department of [[History]]
* School of Politics and International Relations (SPIR)
* Taxila institute of Asian civilizations
* Department of [[Psychology]]
=== Faculty of [[Biological Sciences]] ===
* National Center for [[Bioinformatics]]
* Department of [[Animal Sciences]]
* Department of [[Biochemistry]]
* Department of [[Microbiology]]
* Department of [[Plant Sciences]] (Ranked 125th Worldwide)
* Department of [[Environmental Sciences]]
* QAU School of [[Medicine]]
* Department of [[Pharmacy]]
* Department of [[Biotechnology]]
=== Faculty of [[Medical Science]] ===
* Al-Shifa Eye Trust Hospital Rawalpindi
* Army Forces Post Graduate Medical Institute
* [[Health Services Academy|Health Services Academy, Islamabad]]
* Federal Medical & Dental College
* [[Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences#Quaid e Azam Postgraduate Medical College (QPGMC)|Quaid e Azam Postgraduate Medical College]], [[Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences|PIMS]]
===Institutes===
* National Institute of Historical and Cultural Research (NIHCR) Center for Excellence
* Saulat Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Research
* Center of Excellence in Gender Studies
* National Institute of Psychology
* National Institute of [[Pakistan Studies]]
* Area Study Centre for [[Africa]], North & South America
; Chairs
* Quaid-i-Azam Chair
* Benzair Bhutto Chair
* Rumi Chair
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== Central Library ==
The university has central library (CL), named as DR. Raziuddin Siddiqi memorial library situated at the centre of the university campus and having total covered area is approximately 102,500 sq. ft. On 06-02-1999, the Central Library (CL) was renamed the Dr. Raziuddin Siddiqi Mermorial (DRSM) Library in honour of Dr. Raziuddin Siddiqi's illustrious and meritorious achievements as the founding Vice Chancellor of Quaid-i-Azam University. University offers DRSM Library services for faculty and students of the university.
=== [[Online public access catalog|OPAC]] ===
Provides [[Bibliography|bibliographic]] information of print books available in main and seminar libraries of the university
=== E-Resources ===
Access [[Ebook|E-books]], E-Journals and open access material related to course oriented and research.
=== Seminar libraries ===
The main library has its six sub libraries in various departments of the university.
=== [[Electronic Theses and Dissertations|Electronic thesis]]/ D-Space ===
The link consists of Electronic version of all thesis produced in the QAU by students of Master, M.Phil. and Ph.D. The resource on this link is under development phase.
=== Ask librarian ===
Ask your question from Chief Librarian via e-mail.
=== [[Higher Education Commission (Pakistan)|HEC]] digital library ===
Access to E-books, E-Journals and open access material related to course oriented, research and many many more.
=== [[Digital library|E-library]] ===
The E-library is the sub office of DRSM. which provides various services to faculty and students.
=== E-library quick links ===
The section consists of Useful links for Plagiarism, Research Articles and E-Books.
==Rankings and reputation==
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<!------------- World/Global rankings ------------>
| THE_W =401–500 | THE_W_ref = <ref name=Rankings>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/quaid-i-azam-university|title=The World University Rankings: Quaid i Azam University|date=1 October 2018|access-date=12 February 2020}}</ref>
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| QS_W =378 | QS_W_ref =<ref name=Rankings/>
| ARWU_W = 701–800 | ARWU_W_ref = <ref>[http://www.shanghairanking.com/ARWU2018Candidates.html Academic Rankings of World Universities] Retrieved 2 September 2020</ref>
| USNWR_W = 451 | USNWR_W_ref = <ref>[https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/quaid-i-azam-university-503114 US News & World Report's rankings of Best Global Universities: Quaid-i-Azam University] Retrieved 1 September 2020</ref>
| Reuters_W = | Reuters_W_ref =
| RUR_W = | RUR_W_ref =
| CWTS_W = | CWTS_W_ref =
<!-------------- Regional rankings --------------->
| THE_Asia =79 | THE_Asia_ref = <ref name=Rankings/>
| QS_Asia =91 | QS_Asia_ref = <ref name=Rankings/>
<!---------------- Special rankings --------------->
| QS_W_Employability =19.8 | QS_W_Employability_ref = <ref name=Rankings/>
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| HEC_N =1 | HEC_N_ref = <ref>[http://hec.gov.pk/english/universities/Pages/AJK/rank.aspx HEC Universities Ranking 2015]</ref>
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Quaid-i-Azam University was ranked 378 in the world by the ''[[QS World University Rankings]]'' of 2022<ref name=Rankings/> and 91 in Asia.<ref name=Rankings/>
For QS Top 10 Asian universities, QAU was ranked 6th in the natural science category in 2010.<ref name=TOP>{{cite web|url=http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/asian-university-rankings/2010/subject-rankings/natural-sciences |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110211104449/http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/asian-university-rankings/2010/subject-rankings/natural-sciences |date=13 February 2011|archive-date=15 April 2011|website=TopUniversities.com website|title=Overview of Quaid-i-Azam University|access-date=1 September 2020}}</ref> The university was overall ranked between 100 and 200 among the QS world top universities in 2007 and 2009.<ref name=TOP/> According to the latest 2019 ranking of the [[Higher Education Commission of Pakistan]], Quaid-i-Azam University is ranked first in the general category.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jocation.com/forum/Pakistani_Universities_ranking_by_HEC_42 |title=Ranking of Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC) Recognized Universities in Pakistan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627040627/http://www.jocation.com/forum/Pakistani_Universities_ranking_by_HEC_42 |archive-date=27 June 2015|access-date=1 September 2020}}</ref> According to [[Times Higher Education World University Rankings|Times Higher Education]] Latest Rankings 2022, QAU is the only Pakistani University to be ranked among the world top 401 to 500 universities.
==Notable alumni and faculty==
{{more citations needed section|date=April 2021}}
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# [[Abdul Rashid Ghazi]]
# [[Aasim Sajjad Akhtar]]
# [[Abrar ul Haq]]<ref>[http://www.forumpakistan.com.pk/abrar-ul-haq-profile-interview-and-pictures-t56413.html Profile of Abrar ul Haq on Forum Pakistan website] Published 26 February 2010, Retrieved 12 February 2020</ref>
# [[Hamza Ali Abbasi]]
# [[Ahmed Hassan Dani]]
# [[Akbar S. Ahmed]]
# [[Alamgir Hashmi]]
# [[Ansar Pervaiz]]
# [[Arshad Sharif]]
# [[Asghar Qadir]]<ref name=ccis>{{cite web|url=http://www.ciit-atd.edu.pk/CCIS/Symposium_2007.html#04 |title=Profile of Asghar Qadir on Computational Complexities Innovations & Solutions website|date=6 November 2009|access-date=12 February 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007120420/http://www.ciit-atd.edu.pk/CCIS/Symposium_2007.html#04|archive-date=7 October 2011}}</ref>
# [[Fayyazuddin]]
# [[Ismat Beg]]
# [[Irshad Hussain]]
# [[Hareem Farooq]]
# [[Ilhan Niaz]]
# [[Khadija Mushtaq]]
# [[Maliha Lodhi]]
# [[Marriyum Aurangzeb]]<ref>[https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/161533-Maryam-Aurangzeb-to-take-oath-as-State-Minister-for-Information-today Maryam Aurangzeb to take oath as State Minister for Information today] The News International (newspaper), Published 1 November 2016, Retrieved 2 September 2020</ref>
# [[Mazhar Mahmood Qurashi]]
# [[Muhammad Sharif]]
# [[Muhammad Suhail Zubairy]]
# [[Muhammad Imran Qadir]]
# [[Nasim Zehra]]
# [[Nargis Sethi]]
# [[Nisar Ali Khan]]
# [[Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema]]<ref>[https://tribune.com.pk/story/1911854/1-renowned-academic-dr-pervaiz-iqbal-cheema-passes-away/?__cf_chl_captcha_tk__=840999aa0be48970243eaee32c1ff7e686cc3486-1581636105-0-AaP_PytFESTM56UFrFZ37XfNh1vzJlQuhvjf0npJfonD3-aQD3Gl1MViIFAsV3OBcfH20Kn50jCl7WBUSkc_nWoLBQ3WW-QdhDlvagGYOwBQRRwGPjkI4uxRbuZGi86zx_TrV8xVvPaR78lLftCrsyYLHc1rssz_v2P8_LfB3C_lyTPBuzDUS8LWO31sjnP7l33oLwYi2-CFpivbICEMPKlY9M_9nE4Rmr2OCLC5sP_WXB-WVnOAa-2bVr7iWTzH-MuZIU_XrxYyd1xbaq0Wdqvq3jZ8V3rRLbhls2EQQlpmRbGTis-NBKSMxwDBSYhVFZseuS4X0F2gNrbiiWX36frUUf7CNOd2JsUmO01k3fT_J2isTQSEQbw9iNAP5QkmAjVcjhdpKGcW526Wznpop34 Renowned academic Dr Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema passes away] The Express Tribune (newspaper), Published 16 February 2019, Retrieved 13 February 2020</ref>
# [[Pervez Hoodbhoy]]
# [[Qaiser Mushtaq]]
# [[Qamar-uz-Zaman Chaudhry]]
# [[Rana Mubashir]]
# [[Zafarullah Khan (lawyer)|Zafarullah Khan]]
# [[Raziuddin Siddiqui]]
# [[Shamshad Akhtar]]
# [[Shireen Mazari]]
# [[Tahir Amin]]
# [[Tasneem M. Shah]]<ref name=ccis/>
# [[Zia Mian]]
# Brigadier [[Anis Ahmed (military officer)]] {{div col end}}
<gallery class="center" widths="160" heights="160" perrow="6" caption="Notable Alumni">
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Qadir_in_2019.jpg [[[Muhammad Imran Qadir]]] is a Pakistani [[pharmaceutical scientist]].
File:Shamshad Akhtar - World Economic Forum on the Middle East 2010.jpg|[[Shamshad Akhtar]] served as the vice president of the [[World Bank]].
File:NewestPic.jpg|[[Ismat Beg]] mathematician, known for his work on [[Multiple-criteria decision analysis]], and [[fixed point (mathematics)]]
File:Maleeha Lodhi, Pakistan-US talks 2001.jpg|Dr. [[Maliha Lodhi]] is a leading Pakistani diplomat.
File:Dr a qadir.JPG|[[Asghar Qadir]] is a Pakistani mathematician and a prominent cosmologist.
File:US Navy 090720-N-8053S-068 French Rear Adm. Alain Hinden, left, shakes hands with Pakistan Navy Rear Adm. Muhammad Zakaullah at the Combined Task Force (CTF) 150 change of command ceremony.jpg|[[Muhammad Zakaullah]] former [[Chief of Naval Staff (Pakistan)|Chief of Naval Staff]]
File:Naelachohan1982.jpg|[[Naela Chohan]] is a Pakistani diplomat and women rights activist.
File:Sartaj Aziz (cropped).jpg|[[Sartaj Aziz]] is a Pakistani economist and a strategist who serves as the Minister for Foreign Affairs.
File:Abrar-ul-Haq 2014-05-10.jpg|[[Abrar-ul-Haq]] is a Pakistani musician and politician.
File:Khalid Wynne (close-up).jpg|General [[Khalid Shameem Wynne]] is a retired Pakistani four-star general officer.
File:Nasim Zehera interviewing Mike Mullen in 2010 (cropped).jpg|[[Nasim Zehra]] is a leading journalist.
File:Zahid headshot.jpg|[[Salma Zahid]] as a Member of Parliament of Canada.
File:Blank.png|[[Hamza Ali Abbasi]] is a Pakistani theatre, film and television actor, model and director.
File:Blank.png|[[Marriyum Aurangzeb]] is a Pakistani politician who served as Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting.
File:Dr.Hussain.png|[[Irshad Hussain]] is a Pakistani chemist and Nanomaterials scientist.
File:Ayesha Siddiqa (cropped).jpg|[[Ayesha Siddiqa]] is a Pakistani military scientist.
File:Blank.png|Lt Gen (R) Zamir ul Hassan Shah is designated as Secretary General of the Ministry of Defence (2017)
</gallery>
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.qau.edu.pk/ Official website]
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'''Quaid-i-Azam University''' Islamabad ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|جامعہ قائداعظم}}}}; commonly referred to as '''QAU'''), founded as '''University of Islamabad''', is a ranked 1 [[Public university|public]] [[research university]] in [[Islamabad]], [[Pakistan]].<ref>[https://www.dawn.com/news/22978/promotion-of-s-t-stressed Promotion of S&T stressed] Dawn (newspaper), Published 20 February 2002, Retrieved 9 February 2020</ref><ref name="Google maps">{{cite web|title=QAU Location Address|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&authuser=0&ie=UTF-8&q=quaid+e+azam+university&fb=1&gl=us&hq=quaid+e+azam+university&cid=0,0,9519095407991940175&ei=DdwuUsOmI6rwiwKHi4CwDA&ved=0CIEBEPwS|website=Google maps website|access-date=12 February 2020}}</ref>
Founded as the University of Islamabad in 1967, it was initially dedicated to the study of [[postgraduate education]] but expanded and established as Qaid e Azam university in 1973 to an [[interdisciplinary]] university offering undergraduate and postgraduate education.<ref name="Qau press">{{cite web|url=http://www.qau.edu.pk/introduction/|title=QAU Introduction|publisher=QAU Press|access-date=12 February 2020}}</ref> (https://hec.gov.pk/english/universities/Pages/Islamabad/Quaid-i-Azam-University.aspx)
== Overview ==
The university has, as of 2015, grown into the largest varsity in [[Islamabad]] with a total enrollment exceeding 13,000 students.<ref name="Qau press" /> The university is on a 1700 [[acres]] (or 6.9 km<sup>2</sup>) campus on the foothills of the [[Margalla Hills|Margalla]].<ref name="Dawn news, 2013">{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/697632|title=Quaid-e-Azam University declared as top university of Pakistan|last=Yusuf|first=Suhail|date=23 February 2012|newspaper=Dawn (newspaper)|access-date=12 February 2020}}</ref> Divided into four faculties and nine affiliated research institutes, QAU is among Pakistan's largest and [[Rankings of universities in Pakistan|highest ranked]] public universities.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1052728/hec-announces-university-rankings/|title=HEC announces university rankings |date=23 February 2016|newspaper=The Express Tribune (newspaper)|language=en-US|access-date=12 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|date=23 February 2016|title=5th Ranking of Pakistani Higher Education Institutions|url=http://hec.gov.pk/InsideHEC/Divisions/QALI/Others/RankingofUniversities/Documents/Ranking_Doc.pdf|journal=5th Ranking of Pakistani Higher Education Institutions|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323093014/http://hec.gov.pk/InsideHEC/Divisions/QALI/Others/RankingofUniversities/Documents/Ranking_Doc.pdf|archive-date=23 March 2016|access-date=12 February 2020}}</ref> In 2020, it is ranked between 510 and 520 overall whilst in Physics, Mathematics and agriculture departments ranked 225th, 225th and 125th respectively worldwide, in emerging economics it's ranked below 100 which is probably a prestige, and also ranked 111th in Asia by the ''[[QS World University Rankings]]''<ref>[https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/quaid-i-azam-university QAU on TopUniversities.com website] Retrieved 2 September 2020</ref> while its regional publications ranked QAU among 120 in Asia in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/564260/2013-rankings-three-pakistani-universities-among-worlds-top-200/|title=2013 rank: Three Pakistani universities among world’s top 200 - The Express Tribune (newspaper)|date=17 June 2013|author=Riazul Haq|language=en-US|access-date=1 September 2020}}</ref> The ''[[Times Higher Education World University Rankings]]'' ranked QAU between 401 and 500 globally and top 75 in Asia in its 2020 lists.
The university has intellectual interaction with international institutes, including the [[United Nations]], [[University of Tokyo]] and the [[International Centre for Theoretical Physics|ICTP]].<ref name="Qau press" /><ref>{{Cite web|title = International collaboration: Moot on plasma physics next week - The Express Tribune|url = http://tribune.com.pk/story/627692/international-collaboration-moot-on-plasma-physics-next-week/|website = The Express Tribune|access-date = 2016-02-09|language = en-US}}</ref> It is one of the most popular universities in the country and counts several public figures and intellectuals among its current and former faculty, researchers, or alumni since its establishment. They include [[Maleeha Lodhi]], [[Nasim Zehra]], [[Shamshad Akhtar]], [[Muhammad Suhail Zubairy|Suhail Zubairy]], [[Abdul Rashid Ghazi]], Farzana Aslam, [[Tasneem Zehra Husain|Tasneem Zehra]] and [[Salma Zahid]]. The university is currently led by Professor Muhammad Ali.
==History==
[[File:Muhammad Ali Jinnah.jpg|upright|thumb|alt=jamshed from payactiv.|The university was renamed in honor of [[Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah]] (1876-1948), founder of [[Pakistan]].]]
The University of Islamabad was established on 22 July 1967 by the [[Government of Pakistan]]. It was renamed as Quaid-i-Azam University in honor of [[Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah]], founder of Pakistan in 1976 - which was the year of his birth [[centenary]]. However, the spelling of the university's name were kept different i.e. "i" was used instead of "e" for [[Ezāfe]] that links the two words in Jinnah's title Quaid-e-Azam.
The university offered teaching and research programs for [[PhD]] and [[MPhil]] degrees in the beginning and later offered [[Master's degree|Masters]] programs. The university now offers undergraduate programs as well.
Quaid-i-Azam University has four different faculties and 38 departments, institutes, schools and centers.
==Faculties and departments==
[[File:QAU-DRSM image.png|thumb|537x537px|[[Muhammad Raziuddin Siddiqui|Dr. Raziuddin Siddiqui]] Memorial Library (Main Library) at Quaid-i-Azam University]]
Quaid-i-Azam University consists of four faculties. The following departments, institutes/schools work under these faculties:
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=== Faculty of [[Natural Sciences]] ===
* Department of [[Chemistry]]
* Department of [[Computer science|Computer Science]] (Ranked 201th Worldwide)
* Department of [[Earth Sciences]]
* Department of [[Electronics]]
* Institute of [[Information Technology]] (Ranked 201th Worldwide)
* Department of [[Mathematics]] (Ranked 225th Worldwide)
* Department of [[Physics]] (Ranked 225th Worldwide)
* Department of [[Statistics]]
=== Faculty of [[Social Sciences]] ===
* School of Law
* Quaid-i-Azam School of Management Sciences (QASMS)
* Department of [[Anthropology]]
* Department of Sociology
* Department of [[Linguistics]]
* Department of Defence & Strategic Studies
* School of [[Economics]]
* Department of [[History]]
* School of Politics and International Relations (SPIR) | Check website: http://spir.qau.edu.pk/
* Taxila institute of Asian civilizations
* Department of [[Psychology]]
=== Faculty of [[Biological Sciences]] ===
* National Center for [[Bioinformatics]]
* Department of [[Animal Sciences]]
* Department of [[Biochemistry]]
* Department of [[Microbiology]]
* Department of [[Plant Sciences]] (Ranked 125th Worldwide)
* Department of [[Environmental Sciences]]
* QAU School of [[Medicine]]
* Department of [[Pharmacy]]
* Department of [[Biotechnology]]
=== Faculty of [[Medical Science]] ===
* Al-Shifa Eye Trust Hospital Rawalpindi
* Army Forces Post Graduate Medical Institute
* [[Health Services Academy|Health Services Academy, Islamabad]]
* Federal Medical & Dental College
* [[Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences#Quaid e Azam Postgraduate Medical College (QPGMC)|Quaid e Azam Postgraduate Medical College]], [[Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences|PIMS]]
===Institutes===
* National Institute of Historical and Cultural Research (NIHCR) Center for Excellence
* Saulat Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Research
* Center of Excellence in Gender Studies
* National Institute of Psychology
* National Institute of [[Pakistan Studies]]
* Area Study Centre for [[Africa]], North & South America
; Chairs
* Quaid-i-Azam Chair
* Benzair Bhutto Chair
* Rumi Chair
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== Central Library ==
The university has central library (CL), named as DR. Raziuddin Siddiqi memorial library situated at the centre of the university campus and having total covered area is approximately 102,500 sq. ft. On 06-02-1999, the Central Library (CL) was renamed the Dr. Raziuddin Siddiqi Mermorial (DRSM) Library in honour of Dr. Raziuddin Siddiqi's illustrious and meritorious achievements as the founding Vice Chancellor of Quaid-i-Azam University. University offers DRSM Library services for faculty and students of the university.
=== [[Online public access catalog|OPAC]] ===
Provides [[Bibliography|bibliographic]] information of print books available in main and seminar libraries of the university
=== E-Resources ===
Access [[Ebook|E-books]], E-Journals and open access material related to course oriented and research.
=== Seminar libraries ===
The main library has its six sub libraries in various departments of the university.
=== [[Electronic Theses and Dissertations|Electronic thesis]]/ D-Space ===
The link consists of Electronic version of all thesis produced in the QAU by students of Master, M.Phil. and Ph.D. The resource on this link is under development phase.
=== Ask librarian ===
Ask your question from Chief Librarian via e-mail.
=== [[Higher Education Commission (Pakistan)|HEC]] digital library ===
Access to E-books, E-Journals and open access material related to course oriented, research and many many more.
=== [[Digital library|E-library]] ===
The E-library is the sub office of DRSM. which provides various services to faculty and students.
=== E-library quick links ===
The section consists of Useful links for Plagiarism, Research Articles and E-Books.
==Rankings and reputation==
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| THE_W =401–500 | THE_W_ref = <ref name=Rankings>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/quaid-i-azam-university|title=The World University Rankings: Quaid i Azam University|date=1 October 2018|access-date=12 February 2020}}</ref>
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| ARWU_W = 701–800 | ARWU_W_ref = <ref>[http://www.shanghairanking.com/ARWU2018Candidates.html Academic Rankings of World Universities] Retrieved 2 September 2020</ref>
| USNWR_W = 451 | USNWR_W_ref = <ref>[https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/quaid-i-azam-university-503114 US News & World Report's rankings of Best Global Universities: Quaid-i-Azam University] Retrieved 1 September 2020</ref>
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| QS_W_Employability =19.8 | QS_W_Employability_ref = <ref name=Rankings/>
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Quaid-i-Azam University was ranked 378 in the world by the ''[[QS World University Rankings]]'' of 2022<ref name=Rankings/> and 91 in Asia.<ref name=Rankings/>
For QS Top 10 Asian universities, QAU was ranked 6th in the natural science category in 2010.<ref name=TOP>{{cite web|url=http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/asian-university-rankings/2010/subject-rankings/natural-sciences |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110211104449/http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/asian-university-rankings/2010/subject-rankings/natural-sciences |date=13 February 2011|archive-date=15 April 2011|website=TopUniversities.com website|title=Overview of Quaid-i-Azam University|access-date=1 September 2020}}</ref> The university was overall ranked between 100 and 200 among the QS world top universities in 2007 and 2009.<ref name=TOP/> According to the latest 2019 ranking of the [[Higher Education Commission of Pakistan]], Quaid-i-Azam University is ranked first in the general category.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jocation.com/forum/Pakistani_Universities_ranking_by_HEC_42 |title=Ranking of Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC) Recognized Universities in Pakistan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627040627/http://www.jocation.com/forum/Pakistani_Universities_ranking_by_HEC_42 |archive-date=27 June 2015|access-date=1 September 2020}}</ref> According to [[Times Higher Education World University Rankings|Times Higher Education]] Latest Rankings 2022, QAU is the only Pakistani University to be ranked among the world top 401 to 500 universities.
==Notable alumni and faculty==
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# [[Abdul Rashid Ghazi]]
# [[Aasim Sajjad Akhtar]]
# [[Abrar ul Haq]]<ref>[http://www.forumpakistan.com.pk/abrar-ul-haq-profile-interview-and-pictures-t56413.html Profile of Abrar ul Haq on Forum Pakistan website] Published 26 February 2010, Retrieved 12 February 2020</ref>
# [[Hamza Ali Abbasi]]
# [[Ahmed Hassan Dani]]
# [[Akbar S. Ahmed]]
# [[Alamgir Hashmi]]
# [[Ansar Pervaiz]]
# [[Arshad Sharif]]
# [[Asghar Qadir]]<ref name=ccis>{{cite web|url=http://www.ciit-atd.edu.pk/CCIS/Symposium_2007.html#04 |title=Profile of Asghar Qadir on Computational Complexities Innovations & Solutions website|date=6 November 2009|access-date=12 February 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007120420/http://www.ciit-atd.edu.pk/CCIS/Symposium_2007.html#04|archive-date=7 October 2011}}</ref>
# [[Fayyazuddin]]
# [[Ismat Beg]]
# [[Irshad Hussain]]
# [[Hareem Farooq]]
# [[Ilhan Niaz]]
# [[Khadija Mushtaq]]
# [[Maliha Lodhi]]
# [[Marriyum Aurangzeb]]<ref>[https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/161533-Maryam-Aurangzeb-to-take-oath-as-State-Minister-for-Information-today Maryam Aurangzeb to take oath as State Minister for Information today] The News International (newspaper), Published 1 November 2016, Retrieved 2 September 2020</ref>
# [[Mazhar Mahmood Qurashi]]
# [[Muhammad Sharif]]
# [[Muhammad Suhail Zubairy]]
# [[Muhammad Imran Qadir]]
# [[Nasim Zehra]]
# [[Nargis Sethi]]
# [[Nisar Ali Khan]]
# [[Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema]]<ref>[https://tribune.com.pk/story/1911854/1-renowned-academic-dr-pervaiz-iqbal-cheema-passes-away/?__cf_chl_captcha_tk__=840999aa0be48970243eaee32c1ff7e686cc3486-1581636105-0-AaP_PytFESTM56UFrFZ37XfNh1vzJlQuhvjf0npJfonD3-aQD3Gl1MViIFAsV3OBcfH20Kn50jCl7WBUSkc_nWoLBQ3WW-QdhDlvagGYOwBQRRwGPjkI4uxRbuZGi86zx_TrV8xVvPaR78lLftCrsyYLHc1rssz_v2P8_LfB3C_lyTPBuzDUS8LWO31sjnP7l33oLwYi2-CFpivbICEMPKlY9M_9nE4Rmr2OCLC5sP_WXB-WVnOAa-2bVr7iWTzH-MuZIU_XrxYyd1xbaq0Wdqvq3jZ8V3rRLbhls2EQQlpmRbGTis-NBKSMxwDBSYhVFZseuS4X0F2gNrbiiWX36frUUf7CNOd2JsUmO01k3fT_J2isTQSEQbw9iNAP5QkmAjVcjhdpKGcW526Wznpop34 Renowned academic Dr Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema passes away] The Express Tribune (newspaper), Published 16 February 2019, Retrieved 13 February 2020</ref>
# [[Pervez Hoodbhoy]]
# [[Qaiser Mushtaq]]
# [[Qamar-uz-Zaman Chaudhry]]
# [[Rana Mubashir]]
# [[Zafarullah Khan (lawyer)|Zafarullah Khan]]
# [[Raziuddin Siddiqui]]
# [[Shamshad Akhtar]]
# [[Shireen Mazari]]
# [[Tahir Amin]]
# [[Tasneem M. Shah]]<ref name=ccis/>
# [[Zia Mian]]
# Brigadier [[Anis Ahmed (military officer)]] {{div col end}}
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Qadir_in_2019.jpg [[[Muhammad Imran Qadir]]] is a Pakistani [[pharmaceutical scientist]].
File:Shamshad Akhtar - World Economic Forum on the Middle East 2010.jpg|[[Shamshad Akhtar]] served as the vice president of the [[World Bank]].
File:NewestPic.jpg|[[Ismat Beg]] mathematician, known for his work on [[Multiple-criteria decision analysis]], and [[fixed point (mathematics)]]
File:Maleeha Lodhi, Pakistan-US talks 2001.jpg|Dr. [[Maliha Lodhi]] is a leading Pakistani diplomat.
File:Dr a qadir.JPG|[[Asghar Qadir]] is a Pakistani mathematician and a prominent cosmologist.
File:US Navy 090720-N-8053S-068 French Rear Adm. Alain Hinden, left, shakes hands with Pakistan Navy Rear Adm. Muhammad Zakaullah at the Combined Task Force (CTF) 150 change of command ceremony.jpg|[[Muhammad Zakaullah]] former [[Chief of Naval Staff (Pakistan)|Chief of Naval Staff]]
File:Naelachohan1982.jpg|[[Naela Chohan]] is a Pakistani diplomat and women rights activist.
File:Sartaj Aziz (cropped).jpg|[[Sartaj Aziz]] is a Pakistani economist and a strategist who serves as the Minister for Foreign Affairs.
File:Abrar-ul-Haq 2014-05-10.jpg|[[Abrar-ul-Haq]] is a Pakistani musician and politician.
File:Khalid Wynne (close-up).jpg|General [[Khalid Shameem Wynne]] is a retired Pakistani four-star general officer.
File:Nasim Zehera interviewing Mike Mullen in 2010 (cropped).jpg|[[Nasim Zehra]] is a leading journalist.
File:Zahid headshot.jpg|[[Salma Zahid]] as a Member of Parliament of Canada.
File:Blank.png|[[Hamza Ali Abbasi]] is a Pakistani theatre, film and television actor, model and director.
File:Blank.png|[[Marriyum Aurangzeb]] is a Pakistani politician who served as Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting.
File:Dr.Hussain.png|[[Irshad Hussain]] is a Pakistani chemist and Nanomaterials scientist.
File:Ayesha Siddiqa (cropped).jpg|[[Ayesha Siddiqa]] is a Pakistani military scientist.
File:Blank.png|Lt Gen (R) Zamir ul Hassan Shah is designated as Secretary General of the Ministry of Defence (2017)
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==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.qau.edu.pk/ Official website]
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Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad (Urdu: جامعہ قائداعظم; commonly referred to as QAU), founded as University of Islamabad, is a ranked 1 public research university in Islamabad, Pakistan.[3][4]
Founded as the University of Islamabad in 1967, it was initially dedicated to the study of postgraduate education but expanded and established as Qaid e Azam university in 1973 to an interdisciplinary university offering undergraduate and postgraduate education.[2] (https://hec.gov.pk/english/universities/Pages/Islamabad/Quaid-i-Azam-University.aspx)
Contents
1 Overview
2 History
3 Faculties and departments
3.1 Faculty of Natural Sciences
3.2 Faculty of Social Sciences
3.3 Faculty of Biological Sciences
3.4 Faculty of Medical Science
3.5 Institutes
4 Central Library
4.1 OPAC
4.2 E-Resources
4.3 Seminar libraries
4.4 Electronic thesis/ D-Space
4.5 Ask librarian
4.6 HEC digital library
4.7 E-library
4.8 E-library quick links
5 Rankings and reputation
6 Notable alumni and faculty
7 References
8 External links
Overview[edit source]
The university has, as of 2015, grown into the largest varsity in Islamabad with a total enrollment exceeding 13,000 students.[2] The university is on a 1700 acres (or 6.9 km2) campus on the foothills of the Margalla.[5] Divided into four faculties and nine affiliated research institutes, QAU is among Pakistan's largest and highest ranked public universities.[6][7] In 2020, it is ranked between 510 and 520 overall whilst in Physics, Mathematics and agriculture departments ranked 225th, 225th and 125th respectively worldwide, in emerging economics it's ranked below 100 which is probably a prestige, and also ranked 111th in Asia by the QS World University Rankings[8] while its regional publications ranked QAU among 120 in Asia in 2013.[9] The Times Higher Education World University Rankings ranked QAU between 401 and 500 globally and top 75 in Asia in its 2020 lists.
The university has intellectual interaction with international institutes, including the United Nations, University of Tokyo and the ICTP.[2][10] It is one of the most popular universities in the country and counts several public figures and intellectuals among its current and former faculty, researchers, or alumni since its establishment. They include Maleeha Lodhi, Nasim Zehra, Shamshad Akhtar, Suhail Zubairy, Abdul Rashid Ghazi, Farzana Aslam, Tasneem Zehra and Salma Zahid. The university is currently led by Professor Muhammad Ali.
History[edit source]
The university was renamed in honor of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876-1948), founder of Pakistan.
The University of Islamabad was established on 22 July 1967 by the Government of Pakistan. It was renamed as Quaid-i-Azam University in honor of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan in 1976 - which was the year of his birth centenary. However, the spelling of the university's name were kept different i.e. "i" was used instead of "e" for Ezāfe that links the two words in Jinnah's title Quaid-e-Azam.
The university offered teaching and research programs for PhD and MPhil degrees in the beginning and later offered Masters programs. The university now offers undergraduate programs as well.
Quaid-i-Azam University has four different faculties and 38 departments, institutes, schools and centers.
Faculties and departments[edit source]
Dr. Raziuddin Siddiqui Memorial Library (Main Library) at Quaid-i-Azam University
Quaid-i-Azam University consists of four faculties. The following departments, institutes/schools work under these faculties:
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Faculty of Natural Sciences[edit source]
Department of Chemistry
Department of Computer Science (Ranked 201th Worldwide)
Department of Earth Sciences
Department of Electronics
Institute of Information Technology (Ranked 201th Worldwide)
Department of Mathematics (Ranked 225th Worldwide)
Department of Physics (Ranked 225th Worldwide)
Department of Statistics
Faculty of Social Sciences[edit source]
School of Law
Quaid-i-Azam School of Management Sciences (QASMS)
Department of Anthropology
Department of Sociology
Department of Linguistics
Department of Defence & Strategic Studies
School of Economics
Department of History
School of Politics and International Relations (SPIR) | Check website: http://spir.qau.edu.pk/
Taxila institute of Asian civilizations
Department of Psychology
Faculty of Biological Sciences[edit source]
National Center for Bioinformatics
Department of Animal Sciences
Department of Biochemistry
Department of Microbiology
Department of Plant Sciences (Ranked 125th Worldwide)
Department of Environmental Sciences
QAU School of Medicine
Department of Pharmacy
Department of Biotechnology
Faculty of Medical Science[edit source]
Al-Shifa Eye Trust Hospital Rawalpindi
Army Forces Post Graduate Medical Institute
Health Services Academy, Islamabad
Federal Medical & Dental College
Quaid e Azam Postgraduate Medical College, PIMS
Institutes[edit source]
National Institute of Historical and Cultural Research (NIHCR) Center for Excellence
Saulat Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Research
Center of Excellence in Gender Studies
National Institute of Psychology
National Institute of Pakistan Studies
Area Study Centre for Africa, North & South America
Chairs
Quaid-i-Azam Chair
Benzair Bhutto Chair
Rumi Chair
Central Library[edit source]
The university has central library (CL), named as DR. Raziuddin Siddiqi memorial library situated at the centre of the university campus and having total covered area is approximately 102,500 sq. ft. On 06-02-1999, the Central Library (CL) was renamed the Dr. Raziuddin Siddiqi Mermorial (DRSM) Library in honour of Dr. Raziuddin Siddiqi's illustrious and meritorious achievements as the founding Vice Chancellor of Quaid-i-Azam University. University offers DRSM Library services for faculty and students of the university.
OPAC[edit source]
Provides bibliographic information of print books available in main and seminar libraries of the university
E-Resources[edit source]
Access E-books, E-Journals and open access material related to course oriented and research.
Seminar libraries[edit source]
The main library has its six sub libraries in various departments of the university.
Electronic thesis/ D-Space[edit source]
The link consists of Electronic version of all thesis produced in the QAU by students of Master, M.Phil. and Ph.D. The resource on this link is under development phase.
Ask librarian[edit source]
Ask your question from Chief Librarian via e-mail.
HEC digital library[edit source]
Access to E-books, E-Journals and open access material related to course oriented, research and many many more.
E-library[edit source]
The E-library is the sub office of DRSM. which provides various services to faculty and students.
E-library quick links[edit source]
The section consists of Useful links for Plagiarism, Research Articles and E-Books.
Rankings and reputation[edit source]
University rankingsGlobal – OverallARWU World[11]701–800QS World[12]378QS Employability[12]19.8THE World[12]401–500USNWR Global[13]451
Regional – OverallQS Asia[12]91THE Asia[12]79
National – OverallHEC National[14]1
Quaid-i-Azam University was ranked 378 in the world by the QS World University Rankings of 2022[12] and 91 in Asia.[12]
For QS Top 10 Asian universities, QAU was ranked 6th in the natural science category in 2010.[15] The university was overall ranked between 100 and 200 among the QS world top universities in 2007 and 2009.[15] According to the latest 2019 ranking of the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan, Quaid-i-Azam University is ranked first in the general category.[16] According to Times Higher Education Latest Rankings 2022, QAU is the only Pakistani University to be ranked among the world top 401 to 500 universities.
Notable alumni and faculty[edit source]
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Abdul Rashid Ghazi
Aasim Sajjad Akhtar
Abrar ul Haq[17]
Hamza Ali Abbasi
Ahmed Hassan Dani
Akbar S. Ahmed
Alamgir Hashmi
Ansar Pervaiz
Arshad Sharif
Asghar Qadir[18]
Fayyazuddin
Ismat Beg
Irshad Hussain
Hareem Farooq
Ilhan Niaz
Khadija Mushtaq
Maliha Lodhi
Marriyum Aurangzeb[19]
Mazhar Mahmood Qurashi
Muhammad Sharif
Muhammad Suhail Zubairy
Muhammad Imran Qadir
Nasim Zehra
Nargis Sethi
Nisar Ali Khan
Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema[20]
Pervez Hoodbhoy
Qaiser Mushtaq
Qamar-uz-Zaman Chaudhry
Rana Mubashir
Zafarullah Khan
Raziuddin Siddiqui
Shamshad Akhtar
Shireen Mazari
Tahir Amin
Tasneem M. Shah[18]
Zia Mian
Brigadier Anis Ahmed (military officer)
Notable Alumni
Shamshad Akhtar served as the vice president of the World Bank.
Ismat Beg mathematician, known for his work on Multiple-criteria decision analysis, and fixed point (mathematics)
Dr. Maliha Lodhi is a leading Pakistani diplomat.
Asghar Qadir is a Pakistani mathematician and a prominent cosmologist.
Muhammad Zakaullah former Chief of Naval Staff
Naela Chohan is a Pakistani diplomat and women rights activist.
Sartaj Aziz is a Pakistani economist and a strategist who serves as the Minister for Foreign Affairs.
Abrar-ul-Haq is a Pakistani musician and politician.
General Khalid Shameem Wynne is a retired Pakistani four-star general officer.
Nasim Zehra is a leading journalist.
Salma Zahid as a Member of Parliament of Canada.
Hamza Ali Abbasi is a Pakistani theatre, film and television actor, model and director.
Marriyum Aurangzeb is a Pakistani politician who served as Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting.
Irshad Hussain is a Pakistani chemist and Nanomaterials scientist.
Ayesha Siddiqa is a Pakistani military scientist.
Lt Gen (R) Zamir ul Hassan Shah is designated as Secretary General of the Ministry of Defence (2017)
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External links[edit source]
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| motto = وَمَن يُؤْتَ الْحِكْمَةَ فَقَدْ أُوتِيَ خَيْرًا كَثِيرًا
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'''Quaid-i-Azam University''' Islamabad ({{lang-ur|{{Nastaliq|جامعہ قائداعظم}}}}; commonly referred to as '''QAU'''), founded as '''University of Islamabad''', is a ranked 1 [[Public university|public]] [[research university]] in [[Islamabad]], [[Pakistan]].<ref>[https://www.dawn.com/news/22978/promotion-of-s-t-stressed Promotion of S&T stressed] Dawn (newspaper), Published 20 February 2002, Retrieved 9 February 2020</ref><ref name="Google maps">{{cite web|title=QAU Location Address|url=https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&authuser=0&ie=UTF-8&q=quaid+e+azam+university&fb=1&gl=us&hq=quaid+e+azam+university&cid=0,0,9519095407991940175&ei=DdwuUsOmI6rwiwKHi4CwDA&ved=0CIEBEPwS|website=Google maps website|access-date=12 February 2020}}</ref>
Founded as the University of Islamabad in 1967, it was initially dedicated to the study of [[postgraduate education]] but expanded and established as Qaid e Azam university in 1973 to an [[interdisciplinary]] university offering undergraduate and postgraduate education.<ref name="Qau press">{{cite web|url=http://www.qau.edu.pk/introduction/|title=QAU Introduction|publisher=QAU Press|access-date=12 February 2020}}</ref> (https://hec.gov.pk/english/universities/Pages/Islamabad/Quaid-i-Azam-University.aspx)
== Overview ==
The university has, as of 2015, grown into the largest varsity in [[Islamabad]] with a total enrollment exceeding 13,000 students.<ref name="Qau press" /> The university is on a 1700 [[acres]] (or 6.9 km<sup>2</sup>) campus on the foothills of the [[Margalla Hills|Margalla]].<ref name="Dawn news, 2013">{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/697632|title=Quaid-e-Azam University declared as top university of Pakistan|last=Yusuf|first=Suhail|date=23 February 2012|newspaper=Dawn (newspaper)|access-date=12 February 2020}}</ref> Divided into four faculties and nine affiliated research institutes, QAU is among Pakistan's largest and [[Rankings of universities in Pakistan|highest ranked]] public universities.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1052728/hec-announces-university-rankings/|title=HEC announces university rankings |date=23 February 2016|newspaper=The Express Tribune (newspaper)|language=en-US|access-date=12 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|date=23 February 2016|title=5th Ranking of Pakistani Higher Education Institutions|url=http://hec.gov.pk/InsideHEC/Divisions/QALI/Others/RankingofUniversities/Documents/Ranking_Doc.pdf|journal=5th Ranking of Pakistani Higher Education Institutions|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323093014/http://hec.gov.pk/InsideHEC/Divisions/QALI/Others/RankingofUniversities/Documents/Ranking_Doc.pdf|archive-date=23 March 2016|access-date=12 February 2020}}</ref> In 2020, it is ranked between 510 and 520 overall whilst in Physics, Mathematics and agriculture departments ranked 225th, 225th and 125th respectively worldwide, in emerging economics it's ranked below 100 which is probably a prestige, and also ranked 111th in Asia by the ''[[QS World University Rankings]]''<ref>[https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/quaid-i-azam-university QAU on TopUniversities.com website] Retrieved 2 September 2020</ref> while its regional publications ranked QAU among 120 in Asia in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/564260/2013-rankings-three-pakistani-universities-among-worlds-top-200/|title=2013 rank: Three Pakistani universities among world’s top 200 - The Express Tribune (newspaper)|date=17 June 2013|author=Riazul Haq|language=en-US|access-date=1 September 2020}}</ref> The ''[[Times Higher Education World University Rankings]]'' ranked QAU between 401 and 500 globally and top 75 in Asia in its 2020 lists.
The university has intellectual interaction with international institutes, including the [[United Nations]], [[University of Tokyo]] and the [[International Centre for Theoretical Physics|ICTP]].<ref name="Qau press" /><ref>{{Cite web|title = International collaboration: Moot on plasma physics next week - The Express Tribune|url = http://tribune.com.pk/story/627692/international-collaboration-moot-on-plasma-physics-next-week/|website = The Express Tribune|access-date = 2016-02-09|language = en-US}}</ref> It is one of the most popular universities in the country and counts several public figures and intellectuals among its current and former faculty, researchers, or alumni since its establishment. They include [[Maleeha Lodhi]], [[Nasim Zehra]], [[Shamshad Akhtar]], [[Muhammad Suhail Zubairy|Suhail Zubairy]], [[Abdul Rashid Ghazi]], Farzana Aslam, [[Tasneem Zehra Husain|Tasneem Zehra]] and [[Salma Zahid]]. The university is currently led by Professor Muhammad Ali.
==History==
[[File:Muhammad Ali Jinnah.jpg|upright|thumb|alt=jamshed from payactiv.|The university was renamed in honor of [[Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah]] (1876-1948), founder of [[Pakistan]].]]
The University of Islamabad was established on 22 July 1967 by the [[Government of Pakistan]]. It was renamed as Quaid-i-Azam University in honor of [[Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah]], founder of Pakistan in 1976 - which was the year of his birth [[centenary]]. However, the spelling of the university's name were kept different i.e. "i" was used instead of "e" for [[Ezāfe]] that links the two words in Jinnah's title Quaid-e-Azam.
The university offered teaching and research programs for [[PhD]] and [[MPhil]] degrees in the beginning and later offered [[Master's degree|Masters]] programs. The university now offers undergraduate programs as well.
Quaid-i-Azam University has four different faculties and 38 departments, institutes, schools and centers.
==Faculties and departments==
[[File:QAU-DRSM image.png|thumb|537x537px|[[Muhammad Raziuddin Siddiqui|Dr. Raziuddin Siddiqui]] Memorial Library (Main Library) at Quaid-i-Azam University]]
Quaid-i-Azam University consists of four faculties. The following departments, institutes/schools work under these faculties:
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=== Faculty of [[Natural Sciences]] ===
* Department of [[Chemistry]]
* Department of [[Computer science|Computer Science]] (Ranked 201th Worldwide)
* Department of [[Earth Sciences]]
* Department of [[Electronics]]
* Institute of [[Information Technology]] (Ranked 201th Worldwide)
* Department of [[Mathematics]] (Ranked 225th Worldwide)
* Department of [[Physics]] (Ranked 225th Worldwide)
* Department of [[Statistics]]
=== Faculty of [[Social Sciences]] ===
* School of Law
* Quaid-i-Azam School of Management Sciences (QASMS)
* Department of [[Anthropology]]
* Department of Sociology
* Department of [[Linguistics]]
* Department of Defence & Strategic Studies
* School of [[Economics]]
* Department of [[History]]
* School of Politics and International Relations (SPIR) | Check website: http://spir.qau.edu.pk/
* Taxila institute of Asian civilizations
* Department of [[Psychology]]
=== Faculty of [[Biological Sciences]] ===
* National Center for [[Bioinformatics]]
* Department of [[Animal Sciences]]
* Department of [[Biochemistry]]
* Department of [[Microbiology]]
* Department of [[Plant Sciences]] (Ranked 125th Worldwide)
* Department of [[Environmental Sciences]]
* QAU School of [[Medicine]]
* Department of [[Pharmacy]]
* Department of [[Biotechnology]]
=== Faculty of [[Medical Science]] ===
* Al-Shifa Eye Trust Hospital Rawalpindi
* Army Forces Post Graduate Medical Institute
* [[Health Services Academy|Health Services Academy, Islamabad]]
* Federal Medical & Dental College
* [[Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences#Quaid e Azam Postgraduate Medical College (QPGMC)|Quaid e Azam Postgraduate Medical College]], [[Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences|PIMS]]
===Institutes===
* National Institute of Historical and Cultural Research (NIHCR) Center for Excellence
* Saulat Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Research
* Center of Excellence in Gender Studies
* National Institute of Psychology
* National Institute of [[Pakistan Studies]]
* Area Study Centre for [[Africa]], North & South America
; Chairs
* Quaid-i-Azam Chair
* Benzair Bhutto Chair
* Rumi Chair
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== Central Library ==
The university has central library (CL), named as DR. Raziuddin Siddiqi memorial library situated at the centre of the university campus and having total covered area is approximately 102,500 sq. ft. On 06-02-1999, the Central Library (CL) was renamed the Dr. Raziuddin Siddiqi Mermorial (DRSM) Library in honour of Dr. Raziuddin Siddiqi's illustrious and meritorious achievements as the founding Vice Chancellor of Quaid-i-Azam University. University offers DRSM Library services for faculty and students of the university.
=== [[Online public access catalog|OPAC]] ===
Provides [[Bibliography|bibliographic]] information of print books available in main and seminar libraries of the university
=== E-Resources ===
Access [[Ebook|E-books]], E-Journals and open access material related to course oriented and research.
=== Seminar libraries ===
The main library has its six sub libraries in various departments of the university.
=== [[Electronic Theses and Dissertations|Electronic thesis]]/ D-Space ===
The link consists of Electronic version of all thesis produced in the QAU by students of Master, M.Phil. and Ph.D. The resource on this link is under development phase.
=== Ask librarian ===
Ask your question from Chief Librarian via e-mail.
=== [[Higher Education Commission (Pakistan)|HEC]] digital library ===
Access to E-books, E-Journals and open access material related to course oriented, research and many many more.
=== [[Digital library|E-library]] ===
The E-library is the sub office of DRSM. which provides various services to faculty and students.
=== E-library quick links ===
The section consists of Useful links for Plagiarism, Research Articles and E-Books.
==Rankings and reputation==
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| THE_W =401–500 | THE_W_ref = <ref name=Rankings>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/quaid-i-azam-university|title=The World University Rankings: Quaid i Azam University|date=1 October 2018|access-date=12 February 2020}}</ref>
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| QS_W =378 | QS_W_ref =<ref name=Rankings/>
| ARWU_W = 701–800 | ARWU_W_ref = <ref>[http://www.shanghairanking.com/ARWU2018Candidates.html Academic Rankings of World Universities] Retrieved 2 September 2020</ref>
| USNWR_W = 451 | USNWR_W_ref = <ref>[https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/quaid-i-azam-university-503114 US News & World Report's rankings of Best Global Universities: Quaid-i-Azam University] Retrieved 1 September 2020</ref>
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| THE_Asia =79 | THE_Asia_ref = <ref name=Rankings/>
| QS_Asia =91 | QS_Asia_ref = <ref name=Rankings/>
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| QS_W_Employability =19.8 | QS_W_Employability_ref = <ref name=Rankings/>
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| HEC_N =1 | HEC_N_ref = <ref>[http://hec.gov.pk/english/universities/Pages/AJK/rank.aspx HEC Universities Ranking 2015]</ref>
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Quaid-i-Azam University was ranked 378 in the world by the ''[[QS World University Rankings]]'' of 2022<ref name=Rankings/> and 91 in Asia.<ref name=Rankings/>
For QS Top 10 Asian universities, QAU was ranked 6th in the natural science category in 2010.<ref name=TOP>{{cite web|url=http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/asian-university-rankings/2010/subject-rankings/natural-sciences |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110211104449/http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/asian-university-rankings/2010/subject-rankings/natural-sciences |date=13 February 2011|archive-date=15 April 2011|website=TopUniversities.com website|title=Overview of Quaid-i-Azam University|access-date=1 September 2020}}</ref> The university was overall ranked between 100 and 200 among the QS world top universities in 2007 and 2009.<ref name=TOP/> According to the latest 2019 ranking of the [[Higher Education Commission of Pakistan]], Quaid-i-Azam University is ranked first in the general category.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jocation.com/forum/Pakistani_Universities_ranking_by_HEC_42 |title=Ranking of Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC) Recognized Universities in Pakistan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627040627/http://www.jocation.com/forum/Pakistani_Universities_ranking_by_HEC_42 |archive-date=27 June 2015|access-date=1 September 2020}}</ref> According to [[Times Higher Education World University Rankings|Times Higher Education]] Latest Rankings 2022, QAU is the only Pakistani University to be ranked among the world top 401 to 500 universities.
==Notable alumni and faculty==
{{more citations needed section|date=April 2021}}
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# [[Abdul Rashid Ghazi]]
# [[Aasim Sajjad Akhtar]]
# [[Abrar ul Haq]]<ref>[http://www.forumpakistan.com.pk/abrar-ul-haq-profile-interview-and-pictures-t56413.html Profile of Abrar ul Haq on Forum Pakistan website] Published 26 February 2010, Retrieved 12 February 2020</ref>
# [[Hamza Ali Abbasi]]
# [[Ahmed Hassan Dani]]
# [[Akbar S. Ahmed]]
# [[Alamgir Hashmi]]
# [[Ansar Pervaiz]]
# [[Arshad Sharif]]
# [[Asghar Qadir]]<ref name=ccis>{{cite web|url=http://www.ciit-atd.edu.pk/CCIS/Symposium_2007.html#04 |title=Profile of Asghar Qadir on Computational Complexities Innovations & Solutions website|date=6 November 2009|access-date=12 February 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007120420/http://www.ciit-atd.edu.pk/CCIS/Symposium_2007.html#04|archive-date=7 October 2011}}</ref>
# [[Fayyazuddin]]
# [[Ismat Beg]]
# [[Irshad Hussain]]
# [[Hareem Farooq]]
# [[Ilhan Niaz]]
# [[Khadija Mushtaq]]
# [[Maliha Lodhi]]
# [[Marriyum Aurangzeb]]<ref>[https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/161533-Maryam-Aurangzeb-to-take-oath-as-State-Minister-for-Information-today Maryam Aurangzeb to take oath as State Minister for Information today] The News International (newspaper), Published 1 November 2016, Retrieved 2 September 2020</ref>
# [[Mazhar Mahmood Qurashi]]
# [[Muhammad Sharif]]
# [[Muhammad Suhail Zubairy]]
# [[Muhammad Imran Qadir]]
# [[Nasim Zehra]]
# [[Nargis Sethi]]
# [[Nisar Ali Khan]]
# [[Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema]]<ref>[https://tribune.com.pk/story/1911854/1-renowned-academic-dr-pervaiz-iqbal-cheema-passes-away/?__cf_chl_captcha_tk__=840999aa0be48970243eaee32c1ff7e686cc3486-1581636105-0-AaP_PytFESTM56UFrFZ37XfNh1vzJlQuhvjf0npJfonD3-aQD3Gl1MViIFAsV3OBcfH20Kn50jCl7WBUSkc_nWoLBQ3WW-QdhDlvagGYOwBQRRwGPjkI4uxRbuZGi86zx_TrV8xVvPaR78lLftCrsyYLHc1rssz_v2P8_LfB3C_lyTPBuzDUS8LWO31sjnP7l33oLwYi2-CFpivbICEMPKlY9M_9nE4Rmr2OCLC5sP_WXB-WVnOAa-2bVr7iWTzH-MuZIU_XrxYyd1xbaq0Wdqvq3jZ8V3rRLbhls2EQQlpmRbGTis-NBKSMxwDBSYhVFZseuS4X0F2gNrbiiWX36frUUf7CNOd2JsUmO01k3fT_J2isTQSEQbw9iNAP5QkmAjVcjhdpKGcW526Wznpop34 Renowned academic Dr Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema passes away] The Express Tribune (newspaper), Published 16 February 2019, Retrieved 13 February 2020</ref>
# [[Pervez Hoodbhoy]]
# [[Qaiser Mushtaq]]
# [[Qamar-uz-Zaman Chaudhry]]
# [[Rana Mubashir]]
# [[Zafarullah Khan (lawyer)|Zafarullah Khan]]
# [[Raziuddin Siddiqui]]
# [[Shamshad Akhtar]]
# [[Shireen Mazari]]
# [[Tahir Amin]]
# [[Tasneem M. Shah]]<ref name=ccis/>
# [[Zia Mian]]
# Brigadier [[Anis Ahmed (military officer)]] {{div col end}}
<gallery class="center" widths="160" heights="160" perrow="6" caption="Notable Alumni">
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Qadir_in_2019.jpg [[[Muhammad Imran Qadir]]] is a Pakistani [[pharmaceutical scientist]].
File:Shamshad Akhtar - World Economic Forum on the Middle East 2010.jpg|[[Shamshad Akhtar]] served as the vice president of the [[World Bank]].
File:NewestPic.jpg|[[Ismat Beg]] mathematician, known for his work on [[Multiple-criteria decision analysis]], and [[fixed point (mathematics)]]
File:Maleeha Lodhi, Pakistan-US talks 2001.jpg|Dr. [[Maliha Lodhi]] is a leading Pakistani diplomat.
File:Dr a qadir.JPG|[[Asghar Qadir]] is a Pakistani mathematician and a prominent cosmologist.
File:US Navy 090720-N-8053S-068 French Rear Adm. Alain Hinden, left, shakes hands with Pakistan Navy Rear Adm. Muhammad Zakaullah at the Combined Task Force (CTF) 150 change of command ceremony.jpg|[[Muhammad Zakaullah]] former [[Chief of Naval Staff (Pakistan)|Chief of Naval Staff]]
File:Naelachohan1982.jpg|[[Naela Chohan]] is a Pakistani diplomat and women rights activist.
File:Sartaj Aziz (cropped).jpg|[[Sartaj Aziz]] is a Pakistani economist and a strategist who serves as the Minister for Foreign Affairs.
File:Abrar-ul-Haq 2014-05-10.jpg|[[Abrar-ul-Haq]] is a Pakistani musician and politician.
File:Khalid Wynne (close-up).jpg|General [[Khalid Shameem Wynne]] is a retired Pakistani four-star general officer.
File:Nasim Zehera interviewing Mike Mullen in 2010 (cropped).jpg|[[Nasim Zehra]] is a leading journalist.
File:Zahid headshot.jpg|[[Salma Zahid]] as a Member of Parliament of Canada.
File:Blank.png|[[Hamza Ali Abbasi]] is a Pakistani theatre, film and television actor, model and director.
File:Blank.png|[[Marriyum Aurangzeb]] is a Pakistani politician who served as Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting.
File:Dr.Hussain.png|[[Irshad Hussain]] is a Pakistani chemist and Nanomaterials scientist.
File:Ayesha Siddiqa (cropped).jpg|[[Ayesha Siddiqa]] is a Pakistani military scientist.
File:Blank.png|Lt Gen (R) Zamir ul Hassan Shah is designated as Secretary General of the Ministry of Defence (2017)
</gallery>
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.qau.edu.pk/ Official website]
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font-size: 110%; font-style: normal;">جامعہ قائداعظم</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:50logo2.png" class="image"><img alt="50logo2.png" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/en/7/73/50logo2.png" decoding="async" width="145" height="147" data-file-width="145" data-file-height="147" /></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display:inline-block; line-height:1.2em; padding:0.1em 0;">Former names</div></th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><b>University of Islamabad</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Motto</th><td class="infobox-data">وَمَن يُؤْتَ الْحِكْمَةَ فَقَدْ أُوتِيَ خَيْرًا كَثِيرًا</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display:inline-block; line-height:1.2em; padding:0.1em 0;">Motto in English</div></th><td class="infobox-data">'And he to whom wisdom is granted receiveth indeed a benefit overflowing'<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Public_university" title="Public university">Public</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">July 22, 1967<span class="noprint">; 55 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">July 22, 1967</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display:inline-block; line-height:1.2em; padding:0.1em 0;">Academic affiliations</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Higher_Education_Commission_of_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Higher Education Commission of Pakistan">Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC)</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Chancellor_(education)" title="Chancellor (education)">Chancellor</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/President_of_Pakistan" title="President of Pakistan">President of Pakistan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Vice-Chancellor" class="mw-redirect" title="Vice-Chancellor">Vice-Chancellor</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data">Dr. Muhammad Ali</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Students</th><td class="infobox-data">13000<sup id="cite_ref-Qau_press_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Qau_press-2">[2]</a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Undergraduate_education" title="Undergraduate education">Undergraduates</a></th><td class="infobox-data">6500+</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Postgraduate_education" title="Postgraduate education">Postgraduates</a></th><td class="infobox-data">3500+</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;"><div style="display:inline-block; line-height:1.2em; padding:0.1em 0;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Doctorate" title="Doctorate">Doctoral students</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">3000+</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.65em;">Location</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div style="display:inline" class="locality"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Islamabad" title="Islamabad">Islamabad</a></div>, <div style="display:inline" class="postal-code">45320</div>, <div style="display:inline" class="country-name"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a></div><br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1073938472">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="/enwiki//geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Quaid-i-Azam_University&params=33_44_50_N_73_08_20_E_region:PK_type:edu"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">33°44′50″N</span> <span class="longitude">73°08′20″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">33.74722°N 73.13889°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">33.74722; 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<p><b>Quaid-i-Azam University</b> Islamabad (<a href="/enwiki/wiki/Urdu_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Urdu language">Urdu</a>: <span lang="ur" dir="rtl"><span class="Nastaliq" dir="rtl" title="Nastaliq" style="font-family: 'Jameel Noori Nastaleeq', 'Urdu Typesetting', 'Noto Nastaliq Urdu', 'Noto Nastaliq Urdu Draft', 'Hussaini Nastaleeq', 'AlQalam Taj Nastaleeq', IranNastaliq, 'Awami Nastaliq', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta3', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta2', 'Awami Nastaliq Beta1', 'Nafees Nastaleeq', 'Nafees Nastaleeq v1.01', 'Pak Nastaleeq', 'PDMS_Jauhar', 'Alvi Lahori Nastaleeq'; font-size: 110%; font-style: normal;">جامعہ قائداعظم</span></span>; commonly referred to as <b>QAU</b>), founded as <b>University of Islamabad</b>, is a ranked 1 <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Public_university" title="Public university">public</a> <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Research_university" title="Research university">research university</a> in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Islamabad" title="Islamabad">Islamabad</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Google_maps_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Google_maps-4">[4]</a></sup>
</p><p>Founded as the University of Islamabad in 1967, it was initially dedicated to the study of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Postgraduate_education" title="Postgraduate education">postgraduate education</a> but expanded and established as Qaid e Azam university in 1973 to an <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Interdisciplinary" class="mw-redirect" title="Interdisciplinary">interdisciplinary</a> university offering undergraduate and postgraduate education.<sup id="cite_ref-Qau_press_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Qau_press-2">[2]</a></sup> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://hec.gov.pk/english/universities/Pages/Islamabad/Quaid-i-Azam-University.aspx">https://hec.gov.pk/english/universities/Pages/Islamabad/Quaid-i-Azam-University.aspx</a>)
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Overview"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Overview</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#History"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">History</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Faculties_and_departments"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Faculties and departments</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Faculty_of_Natural_Sciences"><span class="tocnumber">3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Faculty of Natural Sciences</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="#Faculty_of_Social_Sciences"><span class="tocnumber">3.2</span> <span class="toctext">Faculty of Social Sciences</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#Faculty_of_Biological_Sciences"><span class="tocnumber">3.3</span> <span class="toctext">Faculty of Biological Sciences</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#Faculty_of_Medical_Science"><span class="tocnumber">3.4</span> <span class="toctext">Faculty of Medical Science</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="#Institutes"><span class="tocnumber">3.5</span> <span class="toctext">Institutes</span></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-9"><a href="#Central_Library"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Central Library</span></a>
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<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10"><a href="#OPAC"><span class="tocnumber">4.1</span> <span class="toctext">OPAC</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11"><a href="#E-Resources"><span class="tocnumber">4.2</span> <span class="toctext">E-Resources</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12"><a href="#Seminar_libraries"><span class="tocnumber">4.3</span> <span class="toctext">Seminar libraries</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-13"><a href="#Electronic_thesis/_D-Space"><span class="tocnumber">4.4</span> <span class="toctext">Electronic thesis/ D-Space</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-14"><a href="#Ask_librarian"><span class="tocnumber">4.5</span> <span class="toctext">Ask librarian</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-15"><a href="#HEC_digital_library"><span class="tocnumber">4.6</span> <span class="toctext">HEC digital library</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-16"><a href="#E-library"><span class="tocnumber">4.7</span> <span class="toctext">E-library</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-17"><a href="#E-library_quick_links"><span class="tocnumber">4.8</span> <span class="toctext">E-library quick links</span></a></li>
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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-18"><a href="#Rankings_and_reputation"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Rankings and reputation</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-19"><a href="#Notable_alumni_and_faculty"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Notable alumni and faculty</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-20"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-21"><a href="#External_links"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">External links</span></a></li>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Overview">Overview</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Quaid-i-Azam_University&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Overview">edit source</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
<p>The university has, as of 2015, grown into the largest varsity in <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Islamabad" title="Islamabad">Islamabad</a> with a total enrollment exceeding 13,000 students.<sup id="cite_ref-Qau_press_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Qau_press-2">[2]</a></sup> The university is on a 1700 <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Acres" class="mw-redirect" title="Acres">acres</a> (or 6.9 km<sup>2</sup>) campus on the foothills of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Margalla_Hills" title="Margalla Hills">Margalla</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Dawn_news,_2013_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dawn_news,_2013-5">[5]</a></sup> Divided into four faculties and nine affiliated research institutes, QAU is among Pakistan's largest and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Rankings_of_universities_in_Pakistan" title="Rankings of universities in Pakistan">highest ranked</a> public universities.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup> In 2020, it is ranked between 510 and 520 overall whilst in Physics, Mathematics and agriculture departments ranked 225th, 225th and 125th respectively worldwide, in emerging economics it's ranked below 100 which is probably a prestige, and also ranked 111th in Asia by the <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/QS_World_University_Rankings" title="QS World University Rankings">QS World University Rankings</a></i><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup> while its regional publications ranked QAU among 120 in Asia in 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a></sup> The <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Times_Higher_Education_World_University_Rankings" title="Times Higher Education World University Rankings">Times Higher Education World University Rankings</a></i> ranked QAU between 401 and 500 globally and top 75 in Asia in its 2020 lists.
</p><p>The university has intellectual interaction with international institutes, including the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/University_of_Tokyo" title="University of Tokyo">University of Tokyo</a> and the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/International_Centre_for_Theoretical_Physics" title="International Centre for Theoretical Physics">ICTP</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Qau_press_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Qau_press-2">[2]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a></sup> It is one of the most popular universities in the country and counts several public figures and intellectuals among its current and former faculty, researchers, or alumni since its establishment. They include <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Maleeha_Lodhi" title="Maleeha Lodhi">Maleeha Lodhi</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nasim_Zehra" title="Nasim Zehra">Nasim Zehra</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Shamshad_Akhtar" title="Shamshad Akhtar">Shamshad Akhtar</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Muhammad_Suhail_Zubairy" title="Muhammad Suhail Zubairy">Suhail Zubairy</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Abdul_Rashid_Ghazi" title="Abdul Rashid Ghazi">Abdul Rashid Ghazi</a>, Farzana Aslam, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Tasneem_Zehra_Husain" title="Tasneem Zehra Husain">Tasneem Zehra</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Salma_Zahid" title="Salma Zahid">Salma Zahid</a>. The university is currently led by Professor Muhammad Ali.
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="History">History</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Quaid-i-Azam_University&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History">edit source</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:172px;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Muhammad_Ali_Jinnah.jpg" class="image"><img alt="jamshed from payactiv." src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Muhammad_Ali_Jinnah.jpg/170px-Muhammad_Ali_Jinnah.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="226" class="thumbimage" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Muhammad_Ali_Jinnah.jpg/255px-Muhammad_Ali_Jinnah.jpg 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Muhammad_Ali_Jinnah.jpg/340px-Muhammad_Ali_Jinnah.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="1860" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Muhammad_Ali_Jinnah.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>The university was renamed in honor of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Quaid-e-Azam_Muhammad_Ali_Jinnah" class="mw-redirect" title="Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah">Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah</a> (1876-1948), founder of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>.</div></div></div>
<p>The University of Islamabad was established on 22 July 1967 by the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Government_of_Pakistan" title="Government of Pakistan">Government of Pakistan</a>. It was renamed as Quaid-i-Azam University in honor of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Quaid-e-Azam_Muhammad_Ali_Jinnah" class="mw-redirect" title="Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah">Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah</a>, founder of Pakistan in 1976 - which was the year of his birth <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Centenary" class="mw-redirect" title="Centenary">centenary</a>. However, the spelling of the university's name were kept different i.e. "i" was used instead of "e" for <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ez%C4%81fe" title="Ezāfe">Ezāfe</a> that links the two words in Jinnah's title Quaid-e-Azam.
</p><p>The university offered teaching and research programs for <a href="/enwiki/wiki/PhD" class="mw-redirect" title="PhD">PhD</a> and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/MPhil" class="mw-redirect" title="MPhil">MPhil</a> degrees in the beginning and later offered <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Master%27s_degree" title="Master's degree">Masters</a> programs. The university now offers undergraduate programs as well.
</p><p>Quaid-i-Azam University has four different faculties and 38 departments, institutes, schools and centers.
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Faculties_and_departments">Faculties and departments</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Quaid-i-Azam_University&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Faculties and departments">edit source</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
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<p>Quaid-i-Azam University consists of four faculties. The following departments, institutes/schools work under these faculties:
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Faculty_of_Natural_Sciences">Faculty of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Natural_Sciences" class="mw-redirect" title="Natural Sciences">Natural Sciences</a></span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Quaid-i-Azam_University&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Faculty of Natural Sciences">edit source</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
<ul><li>Department of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Chemistry" title="Chemistry">Chemistry</a></li>
<li>Department of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Computer_science" title="Computer science">Computer Science</a> (Ranked 201th Worldwide)</li>
<li>Department of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Earth_Sciences" class="mw-redirect" title="Earth Sciences">Earth Sciences</a></li>
<li>Department of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Electronics" title="Electronics">Electronics</a></li>
<li>Institute of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Information_Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="Information Technology">Information Technology</a> (Ranked 201th Worldwide)</li>
<li>Department of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Mathematics" title="Mathematics">Mathematics</a> (Ranked 225th Worldwide)</li>
<li>Department of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Physics" title="Physics">Physics</a> (Ranked 225th Worldwide)</li>
<li>Department of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Statistics" title="Statistics">Statistics</a></li></ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Faculty_of_Social_Sciences">Faculty of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Social_Sciences" class="mw-redirect" title="Social Sciences">Social Sciences</a></span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Quaid-i-Azam_University&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Faculty of Social Sciences">edit source</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
<ul><li>School of Law</li>
<li>Quaid-i-Azam School of Management Sciences (QASMS)</li>
<li>Department of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Anthropology" title="Anthropology">Anthropology</a></li>
<li>Department of Sociology</li>
<li>Department of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Linguistics" title="Linguistics">Linguistics</a></li>
<li>Department of Defence & Strategic Studies</li>
<li>School of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Economics" title="Economics">Economics</a></li>
<li>Department of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/History" title="History">History</a></li>
<li>School of Politics and International Relations (SPIR) | Check website: <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://spir.qau.edu.pk/">http://spir.qau.edu.pk/</a></li>
<li>Taxila institute of Asian civilizations</li>
<li>Department of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Psychology" title="Psychology">Psychology</a></li></ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Faculty_of_Biological_Sciences">Faculty of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Biological_Sciences" class="mw-redirect" title="Biological Sciences">Biological Sciences</a></span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Quaid-i-Azam_University&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Faculty of Biological Sciences">edit source</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
<ul><li>National Center for <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bioinformatics" title="Bioinformatics">Bioinformatics</a></li>
<li>Department of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Animal_Sciences" class="mw-redirect" title="Animal Sciences">Animal Sciences</a></li>
<li>Department of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Biochemistry" title="Biochemistry">Biochemistry</a></li>
<li>Department of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Microbiology" title="Microbiology">Microbiology</a></li>
<li>Department of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Plant_Sciences" class="mw-redirect" title="Plant Sciences">Plant Sciences</a> (Ranked 125th Worldwide)</li>
<li>Department of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Environmental_Sciences" class="mw-redirect" title="Environmental Sciences">Environmental Sciences</a></li>
<li>QAU School of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Medicine" title="Medicine">Medicine</a></li>
<li>Department of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pharmacy" title="Pharmacy">Pharmacy</a></li>
<li>Department of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Biotechnology" title="Biotechnology">Biotechnology</a></li></ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Faculty_of_Medical_Science">Faculty of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Medical_Science" class="mw-redirect" title="Medical Science">Medical Science</a></span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Quaid-i-Azam_University&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Faculty of Medical Science">edit source</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
<ul><li>Al-Shifa Eye Trust Hospital Rawalpindi</li>
<li>Army Forces Post Graduate Medical Institute</li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Health_Services_Academy" title="Health Services Academy">Health Services Academy, Islamabad</a></li>
<li>Federal Medical & Dental College</li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pakistan_Institute_of_Medical_Sciences#Quaid_e_Azam_Postgraduate_Medical_College_(QPGMC)" title="Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences">Quaid e Azam Postgraduate Medical College</a>, <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pakistan_Institute_of_Medical_Sciences" title="Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences">PIMS</a></li></ul>
<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Institutes">Institutes</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Quaid-i-Azam_University&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Institutes">edit source</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
<ul><li>National Institute of Historical and Cultural Research (NIHCR) Center for Excellence</li>
<li>Saulat Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Research</li>
<li>Center of Excellence in Gender Studies</li>
<li>National Institute of Psychology</li>
<li>National Institute of <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pakistan_Studies" class="mw-redirect" title="Pakistan Studies">Pakistan Studies</a></li>
<li>Area Study Centre for <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a>, North & South America</li></ul>
<dl><dt>Chairs</dt></dl>
<ul><li>Quaid-i-Azam Chair</li>
<li>Benzair Bhutto Chair</li>
<li>Rumi Chair</li></ul>
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Central_Library">Central Library</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Quaid-i-Azam_University&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Central Library">edit source</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
<p>The university has central library (CL), named as DR. Raziuddin Siddiqi memorial library situated at the centre of the university campus and having total covered area is approximately 102,500 sq. ft. On 06-02-1999, the Central Library (CL) was renamed the Dr. Raziuddin Siddiqi Mermorial (DRSM) Library in honour of Dr. Raziuddin Siddiqi's illustrious and meritorious achievements as the founding Vice Chancellor of Quaid-i-Azam University. University offers DRSM Library services for faculty and students of the university.
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="OPAC"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Online_public_access_catalog" title="Online public access catalog">OPAC</a></span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Quaid-i-Azam_University&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: OPAC">edit source</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
<p>Provides <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bibliography" title="Bibliography">bibliographic</a> information of print books available in main and seminar libraries of the university
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="E-Resources">E-Resources</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Quaid-i-Azam_University&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: E-Resources">edit source</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
<p>Access <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ebook" title="Ebook">E-books</a>, E-Journals and open access material related to course oriented and research.
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Seminar_libraries">Seminar libraries</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Quaid-i-Azam_University&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Seminar libraries">edit source</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
<p>The main library has its six sub libraries in various departments of the university.
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<h3><span id="Electronic_thesis.2F_D-Space"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Electronic_thesis/_D-Space"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Electronic_Theses_and_Dissertations" class="mw-redirect" title="Electronic Theses and Dissertations">Electronic thesis</a>/ D-Space</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Quaid-i-Azam_University&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Electronic thesis/ D-Space">edit source</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
<p>The link consists of Electronic version of all thesis produced in the QAU by students of Master, M.Phil. and Ph.D. The resource on this link is under development phase.
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Ask_librarian">Ask librarian</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Quaid-i-Azam_University&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Ask librarian">edit source</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
<p>Ask your question from Chief Librarian via e-mail.
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="HEC_digital_library"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Higher_Education_Commission_(Pakistan)" title="Higher Education Commission (Pakistan)">HEC</a> digital library</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Quaid-i-Azam_University&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: HEC digital library">edit source</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
<p>Access to E-books, E-Journals and open access material related to course oriented, research and many many more.
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="E-library"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Digital_library" title="Digital library">E-library</a></span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Quaid-i-Azam_University&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: E-library">edit source</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
<p>The E-library is the sub office of DRSM. which provides various services to faculty and students.
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="E-library_quick_links">E-library quick links</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Quaid-i-Azam_University&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: E-library quick links">edit source</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3>
<p>The section consists of Useful links for Plagiarism, Research Articles and E-Books.
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<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Rankings_and_reputation">Rankings and reputation</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Quaid-i-Azam_University&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Rankings and reputation">edit source</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1066479718"/><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><span class="fn"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/College_and_university_rankings" title="College and university rankings">University rankings</a></span></th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lavender;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1066479718"/>Global – Overall</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Academic_Ranking_of_World_Universities" title="Academic Ranking of World Universities">ARWU</a></i> World<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:35%;text-align:right">701–800</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/QS_World_University_Rankings" title="QS World University Rankings">QS</a></i> World<sup id="cite_ref-Rankings_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rankings-12">[12]</a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:35%;text-align:right">378</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/QS_World_University_Rankings" title="QS World University Rankings">QS</a></i> Employability<sup id="cite_ref-Rankings_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rankings-12">[12]</a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:35%;text-align:right">19.8</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Times_Higher_Education_World_University_Rankings" title="Times Higher Education World University Rankings">THE</a></i> World<sup id="cite_ref-Rankings_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rankings-12">[12]</a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:35%;text-align:right">401–500</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/U.S._News_%26_World_Report_Best_Colleges_Ranking" title="U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges Ranking">USNWR</a></i> Global<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:35%;text-align:right">451</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2">
</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lavender;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1066479718"/>Regional – Overall</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/QS_World_University_Rankings" title="QS World University Rankings">QS</a></i> Asia<sup id="cite_ref-Rankings_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rankings-12">[12]</a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:35%;text-align:right">91</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Times_Higher_Education_World_University_Rankings" title="Times Higher Education World University Rankings">THE</a></i> Asia<sup id="cite_ref-Rankings_12-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rankings-12">[12]</a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:35%;text-align:right">79</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2">
</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:lavender;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1066479718"/>National – Overall</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/HEC_University_Rankings" class="mw-redirect" title="HEC University Rankings">HEC</a></i> National<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a></sup></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:35%;text-align:right">1</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2">
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<p>Quaid-i-Azam University was ranked 378 in the world by the <i><a href="/enwiki/wiki/QS_World_University_Rankings" title="QS World University Rankings">QS World University Rankings</a></i> of 2022<sup id="cite_ref-Rankings_12-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rankings-12">[12]</a></sup> and 91 in Asia.<sup id="cite_ref-Rankings_12-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rankings-12">[12]</a></sup>
</p><p>For QS Top 10 Asian universities, QAU was ranked 6th in the natural science category in 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-TOP_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOP-15">[15]</a></sup> The university was overall ranked between 100 and 200 among the QS world top universities in 2007 and 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-TOP_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOP-15">[15]</a></sup> According to the latest 2019 ranking of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Higher_Education_Commission_of_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="Higher Education Commission of Pakistan">Higher Education Commission of Pakistan</a>, Quaid-i-Azam University is ranked first in the general category.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a></sup> According to <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Times_Higher_Education_World_University_Rankings" title="Times Higher Education World University Rankings">Times Higher Education</a> Latest Rankings 2022, QAU is the only Pakistani University to be ranked among the world top 401 to 500 universities.
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<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Aasim_Sajjad_Akhtar" title="Aasim Sajjad Akhtar">Aasim Sajjad Akhtar</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Abrar_ul_Haq" class="mw-redirect" title="Abrar ul Haq">Abrar ul Haq</a><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a></sup></li>
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<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ahmed_Hassan_Dani" class="mw-redirect" title="Ahmed Hassan Dani">Ahmed Hassan Dani</a></li>
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<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Arshad_Sharif" title="Arshad Sharif">Arshad Sharif</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Asghar_Qadir" title="Asghar Qadir">Asghar Qadir</a><sup id="cite_ref-ccis_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ccis-18">[18]</a></sup></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Fayyazuddin" title="Fayyazuddin">Fayyazuddin</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ismat_Beg" title="Ismat Beg">Ismat Beg</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Irshad_Hussain" title="Irshad Hussain">Irshad Hussain</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Hareem_Farooq" title="Hareem Farooq">Hareem Farooq</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ilhan_Niaz" title="Ilhan Niaz">Ilhan Niaz</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Khadija_Mushtaq" title="Khadija Mushtaq">Khadija Mushtaq</a></li>
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<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Muhammad_Suhail_Zubairy" title="Muhammad Suhail Zubairy">Muhammad Suhail Zubairy</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Muhammad_Imran_Qadir" title="Muhammad Imran Qadir">Muhammad Imran Qadir</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nasim_Zehra" title="Nasim Zehra">Nasim Zehra</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nargis_Sethi" title="Nargis Sethi">Nargis Sethi</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nisar_Ali_Khan" class="mw-redirect" title="Nisar Ali Khan">Nisar Ali Khan</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pervaiz_Iqbal_Cheema" title="Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema">Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema</a><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20">[20]</a></sup></li>
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<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Shireen_Mazari" title="Shireen Mazari">Shireen Mazari</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Tahir_Amin" title="Tahir Amin">Tahir Amin</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Tasneem_M._Shah" title="Tasneem M. Shah">Tasneem M. Shah</a><sup id="cite_ref-ccis_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ccis-18">[18]</a></sup></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Zia_Mian" title="Zia Mian">Zia Mian</a></li>
<li>Brigadier <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Anis_Ahmed_(military_officer)" title="Anis Ahmed (military officer)">Anis Ahmed (military officer)</a> </li></ol></div>
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<div class="thumb" style="width: 190px;"><div style="margin:31px auto;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Shamshad_Akhtar_-_World_Economic_Forum_on_the_Middle_East_2010.jpg" class="image" title="Shamshad Akhtar served as the vice president of the World Bank."><img alt="Shamshad Akhtar served as the vice president of the World Bank." src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Shamshad_Akhtar_-_World_Economic_Forum_on_the_Middle_East_2010.jpg/160px-Shamshad_Akhtar_-_World_Economic_Forum_on_the_Middle_East_2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="128" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Shamshad_Akhtar_-_World_Economic_Forum_on_the_Middle_East_2010.jpg/240px-Shamshad_Akhtar_-_World_Economic_Forum_on_the_Middle_East_2010.jpg 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Shamshad_Akhtar_-_World_Economic_Forum_on_the_Middle_East_2010.jpg/320px-Shamshad_Akhtar_-_World_Economic_Forum_on_the_Middle_East_2010.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3512" data-file-height="2818" /></a></div></div>
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<p><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Shamshad_Akhtar" title="Shamshad Akhtar">Shamshad Akhtar</a> served as the vice president of the <a href="/enwiki/wiki/World_Bank" title="World Bank">World Bank</a>.
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<div class="thumb" style="width: 190px;"><div style="margin:15px auto;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:NewestPic.jpg" class="image" title="Ismat Beg mathematician, known for his work on Multiple-criteria decision analysis, and fixed point (mathematics)"><img alt="Ismat Beg mathematician, known for his work on Multiple-criteria decision analysis, and fixed point (mathematics)" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/NewestPic.jpg/152px-NewestPic.jpg" decoding="async" width="152" height="160" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/NewestPic.jpg/228px-NewestPic.jpg 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/NewestPic.jpg/303px-NewestPic.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3225" data-file-height="3401" /></a></div></div>
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<p><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ismat_Beg" title="Ismat Beg">Ismat Beg</a> mathematician, known for his work on <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Multiple-criteria_decision_analysis" title="Multiple-criteria decision analysis">Multiple-criteria decision analysis</a>, and <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Fixed_point_(mathematics)" title="Fixed point (mathematics)">fixed point (mathematics)</a>
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<div class="thumb" style="width: 190px;"><div style="margin:15px auto;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Maleeha_Lodhi,_Pakistan-US_talks_2001.jpg" class="image" title="Dr. Maliha Lodhi is a leading Pakistani diplomat."><img alt="Dr. Maliha Lodhi is a leading Pakistani diplomat." src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Maleeha_Lodhi%2C_Pakistan-US_talks_2001.jpg/115px-Maleeha_Lodhi%2C_Pakistan-US_talks_2001.jpg" decoding="async" width="115" height="160" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Maleeha_Lodhi%2C_Pakistan-US_talks_2001.jpg/172px-Maleeha_Lodhi%2C_Pakistan-US_talks_2001.jpg 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Maleeha_Lodhi%2C_Pakistan-US_talks_2001.jpg/230px-Maleeha_Lodhi%2C_Pakistan-US_talks_2001.jpg 2x" data-file-width="983" data-file-height="1368" /></a></div></div>
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<p>Dr. <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Maliha_Lodhi" class="mw-redirect" title="Maliha Lodhi">Maliha Lodhi</a> is a leading Pakistani diplomat.
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<div class="thumb" style="width: 190px;"><div style="margin:41.5px auto;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Dr_a_qadir.JPG" class="image" title="Asghar Qadir is a Pakistani mathematician and a prominent cosmologist."><img alt="Asghar Qadir is a Pakistani mathematician and a prominent cosmologist." src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Dr_a_qadir.JPG/160px-Dr_a_qadir.JPG" decoding="async" width="160" height="107" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Dr_a_qadir.JPG/240px-Dr_a_qadir.JPG 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Dr_a_qadir.JPG/320px-Dr_a_qadir.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2896" data-file-height="1944" /></a></div></div>
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<p><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Asghar_Qadir" title="Asghar Qadir">Asghar Qadir</a> is a Pakistani mathematician and a prominent cosmologist.
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<div class="thumb" style="width: 190px;"><div style="margin:39px auto;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:US_Navy_090720-N-8053S-068_French_Rear_Adm._Alain_Hinden,_left,_shakes_hands_with_Pakistan_Navy_Rear_Adm._Muhammad_Zakaullah_at_the_Combined_Task_Force_(CTF)_150_change_of_command_ceremony.jpg" class="image" title="Muhammad Zakaullah former Chief of Naval Staff"><img alt="Muhammad Zakaullah former Chief of Naval Staff" src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/US_Navy_090720-N-8053S-068_French_Rear_Adm._Alain_Hinden%2C_left%2C_shakes_hands_with_Pakistan_Navy_Rear_Adm._Muhammad_Zakaullah_at_the_Combined_Task_Force_%28CTF%29_150_change_of_command_ceremony.jpg/160px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="112" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/US_Navy_090720-N-8053S-068_French_Rear_Adm._Alain_Hinden%2C_left%2C_shakes_hands_with_Pakistan_Navy_Rear_Adm._Muhammad_Zakaullah_at_the_Combined_Task_Force_%28CTF%29_150_change_of_command_ceremony.jpg/240px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/US_Navy_090720-N-8053S-068_French_Rear_Adm._Alain_Hinden%2C_left%2C_shakes_hands_with_Pakistan_Navy_Rear_Adm._Muhammad_Zakaullah_at_the_Combined_Task_Force_%28CTF%29_150_change_of_command_ceremony.jpg/320px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3592" data-file-height="2524" /></a></div></div>
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<p><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Muhammad_Zakaullah" title="Muhammad Zakaullah">Muhammad Zakaullah</a> former <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Chief_of_Naval_Staff_(Pakistan)" title="Chief of Naval Staff (Pakistan)">Chief of Naval Staff</a>
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<div class="thumb" style="width: 190px;"><div style="margin:15px auto;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Naelachohan1982.jpg" class="image" title="Naela Chohan is a Pakistani diplomat and women rights activist."><img alt="Naela Chohan is a Pakistani diplomat and women rights activist." src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Naelachohan1982.jpg/113px-Naelachohan1982.jpg" decoding="async" width="113" height="160" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Naelachohan1982.jpg/170px-Naelachohan1982.jpg 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Naelachohan1982.jpg/226px-Naelachohan1982.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1484" data-file-height="2096" /></a></div></div>
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<p><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Naela_Chohan" title="Naela Chohan">Naela Chohan</a> is a Pakistani diplomat and women rights activist.
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<div class="thumb" style="width: 190px;"><div style="margin:15px auto;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Sartaj_Aziz_(cropped).jpg" class="image" title="Sartaj Aziz is a Pakistani economist and a strategist who serves as the Minister for Foreign Affairs."><img alt="Sartaj Aziz is a Pakistani economist and a strategist who serves as the Minister for Foreign Affairs." src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Sartaj_Aziz_%28cropped%29.jpg/106px-Sartaj_Aziz_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="106" height="160" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Sartaj_Aziz_%28cropped%29.jpg/159px-Sartaj_Aziz_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Sartaj_Aziz_%28cropped%29.jpg/212px-Sartaj_Aziz_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="456" data-file-height="687" /></a></div></div>
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<p><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sartaj_Aziz" title="Sartaj Aziz">Sartaj Aziz</a> is a Pakistani economist and a strategist who serves as the Minister for Foreign Affairs.
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<div class="thumb" style="width: 190px;"><div style="margin:15px auto;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Abrar-ul-Haq_2014-05-10.jpg" class="image" title="Abrar-ul-Haq is a Pakistani musician and politician."><img alt="Abrar-ul-Haq is a Pakistani musician and politician." src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Abrar-ul-Haq_2014-05-10.jpg/160px-Abrar-ul-Haq_2014-05-10.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="160" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Abrar-ul-Haq_2014-05-10.jpg/240px-Abrar-ul-Haq_2014-05-10.jpg 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Abrar-ul-Haq_2014-05-10.jpg/320px-Abrar-ul-Haq_2014-05-10.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3168" data-file-height="3168" /></a></div></div>
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<p><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Abrar-ul-Haq" title="Abrar-ul-Haq">Abrar-ul-Haq</a> is a Pakistani musician and politician.
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<div class="thumb" style="width: 190px;"><div style="margin:15px auto;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Khalid_Wynne_(close-up).jpg" class="image" title="General Khalid Shameem Wynne is a retired Pakistani four-star general officer."><img alt="General Khalid Shameem Wynne is a retired Pakistani four-star general officer." src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Khalid_Wynne_%28close-up%29.jpg/124px-Khalid_Wynne_%28close-up%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="124" height="160" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Khalid_Wynne_%28close-up%29.jpg/186px-Khalid_Wynne_%28close-up%29.jpg 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Khalid_Wynne_%28close-up%29.jpg/248px-Khalid_Wynne_%28close-up%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="618" data-file-height="798" /></a></div></div>
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<p>General <a href="/enwiki/wiki/Khalid_Shameem_Wynne" title="Khalid Shameem Wynne">Khalid Shameem Wynne</a> is a retired Pakistani four-star general officer.
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<div class="thumb" style="width: 190px;"><div style="margin:15px auto;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Nasim_Zehera_interviewing_Mike_Mullen_in_2010_(cropped).jpg" class="image" title="Nasim Zehra is a leading journalist."><img alt="Nasim Zehra is a leading journalist." src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Nasim_Zehera_interviewing_Mike_Mullen_in_2010_%28cropped%29.jpg/104px-Nasim_Zehera_interviewing_Mike_Mullen_in_2010_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="104" height="160" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Nasim_Zehera_interviewing_Mike_Mullen_in_2010_%28cropped%29.jpg/156px-Nasim_Zehera_interviewing_Mike_Mullen_in_2010_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Nasim_Zehera_interviewing_Mike_Mullen_in_2010_%28cropped%29.jpg/208px-Nasim_Zehera_interviewing_Mike_Mullen_in_2010_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1184" data-file-height="1821" /></a></div></div>
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<p><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Nasim_Zehra" title="Nasim Zehra">Nasim Zehra</a> is a leading journalist.
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<div class="thumb" style="width: 190px;"><div style="margin:15px auto;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Zahid_headshot.jpg" class="image" title="Salma Zahid as a Member of Parliament of Canada."><img alt="Salma Zahid as a Member of Parliament of Canada." src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Zahid_headshot.jpg/159px-Zahid_headshot.jpg" decoding="async" width="159" height="160" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Zahid_headshot.jpg/239px-Zahid_headshot.jpg 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Zahid_headshot.jpg/319px-Zahid_headshot.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2372" data-file-height="2382" /></a></div></div>
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<p><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Salma_Zahid" title="Salma Zahid">Salma Zahid</a> as a Member of Parliament of Canada.
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<div class="thumb" style="width: 190px;"><div style="margin:41.5px auto;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="image" title="Hamza Ali Abbasi is a Pakistani theatre, film and television actor, model and director."><img alt="Hamza Ali Abbasi is a Pakistani theatre, film and television actor, model and director." src="/upwiki/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="160" height="107" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></div></div>
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<p><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Hamza_Ali_Abbasi" title="Hamza Ali Abbasi">Hamza Ali Abbasi</a> is a Pakistani theatre, film and television actor, model and director.
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<div class="thumb" style="width: 190px;"><div style="margin:41.5px auto;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Blank.png" class="image" title="Marriyum Aurangzeb is a Pakistani politician who served as Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting."><img alt="Marriyum Aurangzeb is a Pakistani politician who served as Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting." src="/upwiki/wikipedia/en/d/d2/Blank.png" decoding="async" width="160" height="107" data-file-width="3" data-file-height="2" /></a></div></div>
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<p><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Marriyum_Aurangzeb" title="Marriyum Aurangzeb">Marriyum Aurangzeb</a> is a Pakistani politician who served as Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting.
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<div class="thumb" style="width: 190px;"><div style="margin:23px auto;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Dr.Hussain.png" class="image" title="Irshad Hussain is a Pakistani chemist and Nanomaterials scientist."><img alt="Irshad Hussain is a Pakistani chemist and Nanomaterials scientist." src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Dr.Hussain.png/160px-Dr.Hussain.png" decoding="async" width="160" height="144" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Dr.Hussain.png/240px-Dr.Hussain.png 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Dr.Hussain.png/320px-Dr.Hussain.png 2x" data-file-width="635" data-file-height="570" /></a></div></div>
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<p><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Irshad_Hussain" title="Irshad Hussain">Irshad Hussain</a> is a Pakistani chemist and Nanomaterials scientist.
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<div class="thumb" style="width: 190px;"><div style="margin:15px auto;"><a href="/enwiki/wiki/File:Ayesha_Siddiqa_(cropped).jpg" class="image" title="Ayesha Siddiqa is a Pakistani military scientist."><img alt="Ayesha Siddiqa is a Pakistani military scientist." src="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Ayesha_Siddiqa_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Ayesha_Siddiqa_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="160" srcset="/upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Ayesha_Siddiqa_%28cropped%29.jpg/181px-Ayesha_Siddiqa_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, /upwiki/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Ayesha_Siddiqa_%28cropped%29.jpg/241px-Ayesha_Siddiqa_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1719" data-file-height="2282" /></a></div></div>
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<p><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Ayesha_Siddiqa" title="Ayesha Siddiqa">Ayesha Siddiqa</a> is a Pakistani military scientist.
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<p>Lt Gen (R) Zamir ul Hassan Shah is designated as Secretary General of the Ministry of Defence (2017)
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<ul><li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Air_University_(Pakistan_Air_Force)" class="mw-redirect" title="Air University (Pakistan Air Force)">Air University</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Allama_Iqbal_Open_University" title="Allama Iqbal Open University">Allama Iqbal Open University</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Bahria_University" title="Bahria University">Bahria University</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Capital_University_of_Science_%26_Technology" title="Capital University of Science & Technology">Capital University of Science & Technology</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/COMSATS_University_Islamabad" title="COMSATS University Islamabad">COMSATS University Islamabad</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Federal_Urdu_University" title="Federal Urdu University">Federal Urdu University</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Foundation_University_Islamabad" title="Foundation University Islamabad">Foundation University Islamabad</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Hamdard_University" title="Hamdard University">Hamdard University</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Institute_of_Space_Technology" title="Institute of Space Technology">Institute of Space Technology</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/International_Islamic_University,_Islamabad" title="International Islamic University, Islamabad">International Islamic University</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/National_University_of_Computer_and_Emerging_Sciences" title="National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences">National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/National_University_of_Modern_Languages" title="National University of Modern Languages">National University of Modern Languages</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/National_University_of_Sciences_and_Technology,_Pakistan" class="mw-redirect" title="National University of Sciences and Technology, Pakistan">National University of Sciences and Technology</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Pakistan_Institute_of_Engineering_and_Applied_Sciences" title="Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences">Pakistan Institute of Engineering & Applied Sciences</a></li>
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<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Sir_Syed_CASE_Institute_of_Technology" title="Sir Syed CASE Institute of Technology">Sir Syed CASE Institute of Technology</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Shifa_College_of_Medicine" title="Shifa College of Medicine">Shifa College of Medicine</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Shaheed_Zulfiqar_Ali_Bhutto_Institute_of_Science_and_Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology">SZABIST</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/University_College_of_Islamabad" title="University College of Islamabad">University College of Islamabad</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/Roots_Ivy_International_University" title="Roots Ivy International University">Roots Ivy International University</a></li>
<li><a href="/enwiki/wiki/The_Millennium_University_College" class="mw-redirect" title="The Millennium University College">The Millennium University College</a></li></ul>
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