Government National College, Karachi was founded by a group of dedicated teachers and city philanthropists as “National College” in 1956 under the umbrella of the National Educational Society, established in 1954. Malik and Mr. Shamsuz Zaman (advocate). The college was headed by Professor Hasan Adil from March 1956 through September 1972. It was nationalized on September 1, 1972. The college opera
ted under a double-shift programme until 1993, when the...
evening shift of the college was granted the status of a separate and independent college by the Provincial Government. Government National College is the biggest college of Karachi being run under one roof, with all the three faculties of Science, Arts and Commerce up to degree level being affiliated with the University of Karachi. Government National College, Karachi is undergoing rapid evolution. A department of Computer Science was added to its science faculty in 1996, when Computer Science was offered at intermediate level for the first time in any government college of Karachi. Computer Science at B.Sc. level was introduced in 1998. It is one of the top computer science faculty institutions in Pakistan. Government of Sindh, with the concept that information technology education should come within the reach of common people, introduced a three-year Bachelor in Computer Science (B.C.S.) program in ten public sector colleges of the province in 2001. Government National College, Karachi had the honor of being the first selectee for this program. Government of Sindh and the college administration took the project on a war-footing and now the BCS block has fully equipped laboratories, well-furnished classrooms, and an independent library containing several hundred books of various disciplines.
