The Law of Higher Education Commission Ordnance LIII of 2002 dated September 11, 2002 (vide section 10 (1) clause o) empowers the Commission to “determine the equivalence and recognition of the degrees, diplomas and certificates awarded by the institutions within the country and abroad”. Accordingly the degrees, diplomas and certificates granted by the following Chartered Universities/Degree Awarding Institutions in public and private sectors are recognized by the Commission: * (Universities are not being recognized/attested by the Commission because of non-availability of infrastructure requirements as set out in the Cabinet Criteria). ** ( Not Allowed to Admit Students Beyond April 30, 2009) *** (Provisionally recognised – degree awarded by these universities will not be recognised till time their Acts are amended and infrastructure is developed as per cabinet criteria) ****( Multi-Campus Universities/Degree Awarding Institutions)

Region Universites Public Private AJK 4 2 2 Balochistan 8 6 2 Federal Area 16 13 3 Gilgit-Baltistan 1 1 - NWFP 24 15 9 Punjab 40 22 18 Sindh 39 14 25 Total 132 73 59 Federal Area University Name URL City Sector National Defence University http://www.ndu.edu.pk/ Islamabad Public National University of Science and Technology**** http://www.nust.edu.pk/ Islamabad Public Riphah International University http://www.riphah.edu.pk/ Islamabad Private Quaid-i-Azam University http://www.qau.edu.pk/ Islamabad Public Pakistan Institute of Development Economics http://www.pide.org.pk/ Islamabad Public Pakistan Institute of Engineering Applied More >