Academic Programs

The Institute of Islamic Studies & Arabic was established in 1982 in a hired building of Govt Model High School Gulgasht, Multan. Initially the classes of MA Islamic Studies (4 year) started. Then Institute was shifted in the university’s “Languages Block” in 1986 alongwith the Departments of English and Urdu. At various times Prof. Dr. Khawaja Imtiaz Ali (Ex-Vice Chancellor BZU), Prof. Syed Muhammad Tahir Qadri (Ex-Principal Govt. College of Education, Multan), Prof. Dr. Muhammad Akram Choudhry (Ex Vice Chancellor University of Sargodha) and Prof. Dr. Muhammad Hasnain Naqvi had work as Director of this Institute. In 1996 the Institute was bifurcated by the University in two separate departments i.e. Islamic Studies and Arabic. The Department shifted in its own building in 2008. The Department has tailored a 2-Year program of M.A. Islamic Studies. In addition to the Master’s program, the Department also has the facilities for M.Phil and Doctoral programs. The Department of Islamic Studies has started BS in Islamic Studies from the session (2009-10). Previously Prof. Dr. SM Tahir Qadri, Prof. Dr. Noor-udDin Jamil (1996-2005), Prof. Dr. Muhammad Akram Rana (2008- 2011), Prof. Dr. Saeed-ur-Rehman (2005-2008)(2011-2016), Prof. Dr. Abdul Quddus Suhaib(2016-2019), Prof. Dr. Idrees Lodhi (2019-2020), Prof. Dr. Abdul Quddus Suhaib(2020-2022), worked as Chairmen of the Department and currently, Prof. Dr. Altaf Hussain Langrial is working as Chairman, Department of Islamic Studies.