The University of Karachi (Urdu: جامعۂ كراچى; Sindhi: ڪراچي يونيورسٽي; or KU) is a public research university located in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It is one of the oldest universities in Pakistan being established as a federal university in 1951 under the leadership of Oxford trained Dr. ABA Haleem.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]