Karachi University is Pakistan’s largest and one of the oldest universities. More than 24000 students are studying there. The university includes 53 departments and 20 established research centres. Its main library, named Dr Mahmud Hussain, has 350,000 volumes, some of them dating back to the 17th century. KU also runs a radio channel FM 90.6 which is operated by mass communication department. It also has a press, Karachi University Press which publishes university books and other material. Students here have the opportunity to participate in several activities, like debate competitions, sports, fun fair, etc. But despite all this, it is plagued by some negative activities chief among them is too much involvement of political parties. Students have joined different political parties and they often fight with each other and cause injuries.
AREESHA ABUBAKAR
Karachi
