Dr Fariduddin Baqai and his wife Dr Zahida Baqai[5] were medical practitioners and surgeons who had been educated in Pakistan and the United Kingdom. They began to practice in Karachi, which at that time was the capital. In the late 1960s, the Baqais started a private sector hospital in Nazimabad, Karachi: the Baqai Hospital Nazimabad which later became a general hospital with 350 beds and modern facilities aimed at middle-income private patients, also doing charitable work.
The Baqais convinced the government that health delivery could be through a programme of community-oriented medical education. This stimulated them to plan a medical college. In 1988, the first MBBS students were admitted, although it was not until 1990 that the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council formally permitted the college to start clinical teaching at Baqai Hospital, Nazimabad. In 1992, the Baqai Foundation went on to establish the Baqai Dental College for the huge city of Karachi.
Merit is the only criterion for admission. There are no quotas, reserved places or places based on donations. In establishing merit, entrance tests, interviews, extra curricular activities and school records are used.
Faculty
Grants and scholarships are provided for faculty members to travel abroad to seminars and conferences and for higher education. The university has a programme of education through its Centre for Medical Education.
References
^ ab"Baqai University's ranking". Govt. of Pakistan. Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC) website. 18 July 2012. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
^ abBaqai institutions Dawn (newspaper), Published 30 August 2017, retrieved 2 March 2022
