Government Islamia Science College, Karachi

College in Karachi, Pakistan

Government Islamia Science College

Motto| رَبِّ زدْنيِ عِلْماً (Arabic)

Motto in English

| "O my Lord! Advance me in Knowledge"
Type| Intermediate (Pre-Engineering & Pre-Medical) & Undergraduate (BSc – Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Geology, Statistics, Microbiology, Biochemistry, Botany & Zoology)
Established| August 1961
Founder| Abdul Rehman
Students| 3000+
Address|

Jigar Muardabadi Roard, M.A Jinnah Road

Karachi

Sindh

Pakistan

Affiliations| Board of Intermediate Education Karachi

Government Islamia Science College is located in Karachi, Pakistan. It is one of the largest colleges in Pakistan. The college provides faculties of Science, Law, Commerce and Arts. It is located just opposite Dawood College of Engineering and Technology. Islamia Science College, Islamia Law College, Islamia Commerce and Arts College are in one complex which was founded by Abdul Rehman Muhammad Qureshi.[1] The college was inaugurated by President Ayub Khan in August 1961.[1]

## History[edit]

Abdul Rehman Muhammad Qureshi was the founder of seventeen schools and colleges which were operational under his own personal administration. He introduced in Karachi the Qureshi Night College. He died on 22 June 1989.

The college has faced many disputes and media attention for political riots and killings. Many students of the Islami Jamiat Talba group have been indulged in fights with PSF and APMSO groups, during the 1970s the college was a centre of gun firing, public shootouts and political nuisances which gave the college a bad reputation.

In 2004, the college faced building issues in which the official assignee karachi, Kadir Bukhsh Umrani filed a rent case before the Rent Controller East Karachi for recovery of rent of the building and vacation of the premises. The Student organization protested against the issue, the students filled local government buses on route no 11C and protested for 30 minutes outside the Karachi Press Club. A student protest outside the Islamia College took an ugly turn on 29 October 2008 after a clash erupted between [Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba] students and the area police. A female journalist was injured and six students were arrested in the incident, Taha Riaz, IJT head of Islamia College, Nauman Hameed, Makhdoom Hussain, Abdul Wahab, Niaz Ahmed, and Sonu Khan under sections 147 and 148. The students had been given half a road to protest on, but they took over the entire road. When they were asked to clear the way for traffic, especially for ambulances and fire brigades, they instead started pelting stones.[1][2]

## Notable alumni[edit]

* Altaf Hussain, of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement[3]
* Zaheer Abbas, cricketer[4][3]
* Shahid Afridi, cricketer[4][3]
* Asif Mujtaba, cricketer[4][3]
* Munawwar-uz-Zaman, Olympian[4][3]
* Tassaduq Sohail (1930–2017), painter and short story writer[5]
* Azeem Hafeez, cricketer[3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c Sharif, Azizullah (24 October 2008). "KARACHI: Over 18,000 students irked by litigation: Islamia College complex". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 22 October 2021.
2. ^ "Divided trustees, Sindh govt's apathy put Islamia College students' future at stake". The News International (newspaper). Retrieved 22 October 2021.
3. ^ a b c d e f "KARACHI: Over 18,000 students irked by litigation: Islamia College complex". Dawn (newspaper). 24 October 2008. Retrieved 8 October 2021.`{{cite news}}`: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
4. ^ a b c d "Students' committee appeals to president to save Islamia College". Pakistan Today (newspaper). Retrieved 29 March 2020.
5. ^ "MODERN & CONTEMPORARY SOUTH ASIAN ART". sothebys.com.

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Universities and colleges in Karachi

Public|

* Adamjee Government Science College
* Bahria University
* City University of Health Sciences, Karachi
* D. J. Sindh Government Science College
* Dawood University of Engineering & Technology
* Dow University of Health Sciences
* Institute of Business Administration
* Institute of Industrial Electronics Engineering
* Government Islamia Science College, Karachi
* Government College of Commerce & Economics
* Jinnah Sindh Medical University
* NED University of Engineering & Technology
* Pakistan Navy Engineering College
* Pakistan Marine Academy
* Saint Patrick's College
* Sindh Muslim Law College
* University of Karachi

Private|

* Aga Khan University
* Dadabhoy Institute of Higher Education
* DHA Suffa University
* Greenwich University
* Habib University
* Hamdard University
* Ilma University
* Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture
* Iqra University
* Jamia Binoria
* Jamia Darul Uloom, Karachi
* Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia
* Jinnah University for Women
* Karachi Institute of Economics and Technology
* Mohammad Ali Jinnah University
* Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology
* Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology
* Tabani's School of Accountancy
* Textile Institute of Pakistan
* Usman Institute of Technology
* Ziauddin University

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