- Source: Government Viqar-un-Nisa Women University
Government Viqar-un-Nisa Women University, formerly known as Government Viqar-un-Nisa College for Women, Rawalpindi, is a public women's university in Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.
History
It was founded in the early 1950s by Begum Viqar un Nisa Noon, wife of Feroz Khan Noon. Begum Viqar-un-Nisa Noon also founded the Viqar-un-Nisa Noon Girls' Higher Secondary School in Rawalpindi. This college was the first established part of the school, but it has since then been taken over by the government. Today, the college remains a government institution while the school is still private.
In 2012, the Science Block was named after Arfa Karim.
In July 2021, this college for women was upgraded to a university.
Programs
The Urdu and English languages are used at the postgraduate level to teach chemistry, physics, zoology, applied psychology
and Islamic studies.
Faculty
Azra Quraishi lectured here on botany for several years.
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Government Viqar-un-Nisa Women University
- Viqar-un-Nisa Noon
- List of universities in Pakistan
- Punjab, Pakistan
- List of educational institutions in Rawalpindi
- Afzal-ud-Daulah
- Government College of Women
- Nasir-ud-Daulah
- Mir Osman Ali Khan
- Viqarunnisa Noon School and College
