South Asian Strategic Stability Institute University Islamabad Act, 2013

This Act establishes the South Asian Strategic Stability Institute (SASSI) University at Islamabad as a degree-awarding institution and sets out how it is governed. It follows the standard template used for many Pakistani university-establishment laws.

Section 3 establishes the University as a body corporate with perpetual succession, able to own and transfer property, with its principal seat at Islamabad and the ability to set up additional campuses and centres elsewhere in Pakistan or abroad. Section 4 lists the University's powers and purposes at length, including offering education and research in fields such as management sciences, medical sciences, computer sciences, strategic studies, security studies, and engineering; holding examinations and awarding degrees and diplomas; affiliating with other institutions; and instituting professorships and other academic posts. Section 5 requires the University to be open to all classes and creeds, and Section 6 addresses teaching arrangements.

Chapter III (Sections 7-17) sets out the University's officers: the Patron, Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, Dean, Registrar, Treasurer, and Controller of Examinations, along with rules for their appointment and removal, and a "Visitation" power (Section 9). Chapter IV (Sections 18-25) establishes the University's governing bodies — the Board of Governors (with its powers and functions in Section 20), the Executive Committee, and the Academic Council — along with the First Statutes and the appointment of committees. Chapter V (Sections 26-28) covers how Regulations, Statutes amendments, and Rules are made; Section 26A/28 clarifies rules take effect once approved by the Executive Committee and Board of Trustees.

Chapter VI establishes the University Fund (Section 29), fed by fees, donations, trusts, and grants, and requires audited accounts overseen by a Finance and Planning Committee that includes the Vice-Chancellor, Deans, and Board and Academic Council nominees (Section 30). Chapter VII contains general provisions: Section 31 on when a member's term of office begins (and automatic resignation after six months' unexplained absence), Section 32 on resolving disputes about authority membership, Section 33 protecting decisions from being invalidated by vacancies, Section 34 giving the Patron power to resolve difficulties in implementing the Act, and Section 35 granting indemnity for good-faith acts.

The extract does not show significant amendment footnotes, suggesting this 2013 Act has remained largely in its original form, though readers should still confirm details such as current governance appointments against the University's own statutes and any later amendments.