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Iqra varsity to open medical, nursing school in Karachi’s Bahria Town

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KARACHI: The Bahria Town Karachi and Iqra University have signed an agreement to open a university campus in 2020 in Bahria Town, Karachi. The campus is unique in Pakistan as this is the first campus where all foreign faculty members will be hired from international universities, who will be teaching and conducting research here. The custom-built world class campus will offer graduate and postgraduate degrees in various cutting-edge programmes in health sciences, information technology, media science, fashion design, and business administration. The Iqra University has been ranked as the top-most business school of the country by the HEC for the last few years. Senior management from Bahria Town and Iqra University were present at the contract signing. Malik Riaz Hussain , Chairman Bahria Town, said: “This Bahria Town Karachi campus will become the hallmark in education sector of Pakistan and will play a significant role in achieving the excellence in education and research,...
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Malik Riaz gifts £50,000 to Pakistan team for Lord's victory

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Pakistan claimed a 75-run win at Lord’s on Sunday after dismissing England for 207 in the first Test of their four-match series. This was Pakistan’s first victory in 20 years at Lords. Bahria Town Chairman Malik Riaz Hussain has announced a prize of 50,000 pounds for the Pakistani cricket team on its victory,  INP  news agency reported. A Lord’s win that took 20 years The head of Pakistan’s leading property and estate conglomerate was so impressed by the performance of the green shirts that he announced almost a Rs 7 million gift. Malik Riaz Hussain was present in the stadium when Pakistan secured its first victory at the Lord’s after around 20 years. Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif also called the team and congratulated them. “Historic Pakistan cricket victory at Lord’s. COAS called Pak Cricket team Captain Misbahul Haq and congratulated him and the team on victory,” disclosed DG Inter Services Public Relations Lt Gen Asim Sa...
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MV Albedo: Seven Pakistani hostages freed

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Karachi: After the intense struggle by Governor Sindh Dr Ishrat-ul-Ebad, Human Rights activist Ansar Burney and Real Estate Tycoon Malik Riaz , it has been revealed that seven Pakistani crew members of MV Albedo have been freed by Somali pirates, here on Wednesday. The 23 crew members aboard MV Albedo, was hijacked by Somali pirates in November 2010. According to the sources, the seven crew members have been shifted to a safe place and the members would arrive in Karachi at 7 pm. The Somali pirates had initially demanded $8 million to release the captives, but after several rounds of negotiations the amount was brought down to $2.85 million. The deadline set by the pirates was May 15, 2012. The Chairman of Bahria Town Malik Riaz contributed Rs 130 million for giving ransom to Somali pirates for release of MV Albedo’s crew. Of all 22 hostages, seven each are from Pakistan and Bangladesh, six from Sri Lanka, and one each from India and Iran. One Indian...
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Malik Riaz Hussain Chairman of Bahria Town - Most Successful Pakistani Business Magnate

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Malik Riaz Hussain comes as one of the most successful Pakistani business magnate, real estate developer, investor and a Billionaire. He is the chairman to the famous Bahria town and founded it two decades back with all the hard work and vision. The firm is known as one of Asia’s largest privately owned real estate company which is growing at a rapid speed in the past few years.  Malik riaz is the 7 th richest Pakistani and one of the most talked about Asian businessmen around the world. Even whilst being so busy with his work related activities he has ensured his participation in most of the Philanthropist activities in the country and conducted numerous charitable acts in the same process. On the other side, his firm Bahria town currently employs more than   60,000 employees on board which certainly makes them one of the biggest companies in the country right now. Personal life and Educational background Malik Riaz has seen it all in his life and has gone...
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