Fatima Jinnah Women University is a public university in the neighborhood of Mall Road of Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan, as well as in Old Presidency and Kachari Chowk. Fatima Jinnah Women University was founded on the initiative of then Chief Minister of Punjab Shehbaz Sharif. It was inaugurated on 6 August 1998, by Nawaz Sharif during his second te…Fatima Jinnah Women University is a public university in the neighborhood of Mall Road of Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan, as well as in Old Presidency and Kachari Chowk. Fatima Jinnah Women University was founded on the initiative of then Chief Minister of Punjab Shehbaz Sharif. It was inaugurated on 6 August 1998, by Nawaz Sharif during his second term as the Prime Minister of Pakistan. Some women criticised the idea of segregated university for women specifically. Maleeha Lodhi while writing for The News International said "This kind of segregation fosters the forces of conservatism, not modernism." The university began classes on 28 December 1998 and Najma Najam became the first vice-chancellor. The first cohort of students graduated in September 2001.
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