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