Punjab Group of Colleges
The Punjab Group has its roots in a Commerce College set up in Lahore in 1985. Over a period of 26 years, the Group has grown into the largest educational network in Pakistan with approximately 1,44,000 students.
The Punjab Group consists of Educational Excellence Limited, National Communications Services (SMC-Pvt.) Limited, Tower Technologies (Pvt.) Limited and National Educational Network (Pvt.) Limited, the later having been set up in 2010 for the purpose of franchising Elementary, Secondary and Higher Secondary Education across the country in the form of Schools and Colleges. The Franchised Schools are known as Allied Schools. In less than one year the franchised system has enrolled up to 30,000 students. National Communications Services (SMC-Pvt.) Limited owns and operates one of the largest and most sophisticated Television Networks in Pakistan known as Dunya TV Network and with 18 Colleges affiliated with the Boards of Intermediate and Secondary Education and Public Sector Universities across the country.
The Group also owns and operates two Universities chartered by the Government having a student body of over 10,000. Mohammad Ali Jinnah University (MAJU) chartered by the Government of Sindh has a Campus in Karachi with recently constructed campus spread over 80 Kanals in Zone-V, Islamabad. The University of Central Punjab chartered by the Government of the Punjab in 2002 has another grand and purpose-built Campus which became operative in 2010 with a covered area of approximately 500,000 Sqft located in Johar Town, Lahore, Pakistan.
With the right vision of Board of Directors of the Group Companies and with continued and sustained efforts to provide quality education right from Play Group to PhD, the Group expects an annual growth of 30%.
Landmarks Achieved (Year by Year)
Establishment of Punjab College at Canal Bank, Lahore | 1985 |
Establishment of Islamic Commerce Educational Society | 1986 |
Establishment Punjab Law Colleges | 1988 |
Punjab College at Faisalabad and Rawalpindi | 1988 |
Punjab College of Business Administration, Lahore | 1991 |
Punjab Institute of Computer Science, Lahore | 1993 |
Punjab College at Islamabad | 1996 |
Punjab College at Gujranwala | 1997 |
Punjab College for Women | 1998 |
Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Karachi | 1998 |
Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Islamabad | 1998 |
Punjab College opens its branches at Sargodha and Multan | 1999 |
Punjab College of Information Technology | 2000 |
Tower Technologies (Pvt.) Limited starts operations | 2001 |
University of Central Punjab | 2002 |
Resource Academia School System | 2003 |
Punjab College at Sialkot | 2004 |
Punjab Colleges of Science | 2005 |
Punjab College at Rahim Yar Khan | 2006 |
Dunya News Network goes on air | 2008 |
Punjab College expands its network to Bahawalpur, Gujrat, Okara | 2009 |
New Campus of University of Central Punjab at Johar Town, Lahore | 2010 |
New Campus of Mohammad Ali Jinnah University in Islamabad | 2010 |
National Educational Network (Franchised Educational Network) New Campus Started in Jhang as (Punjab College Of Commerce) | 2010 2011 |