Women's University Ordinance, 1985

This 1985 ordinance created the Women's University at Islamabad as a dedicated public university for women. Section 3 incorporates the university as a body corporate with power to hold property, sue, and be sued, and Section 4 sets out its powers in the usual university mould: designing courses, holding examinations, awarding degrees and diplomas, affiliating or disaffiliating colleges, creating teaching posts, awarding scholarships, and disciplining students.

Section 6 states the university is open to women of all religions, races, classes, and creeds, though it may still offer religious instruction in a student's own faith. Section 7 requires "Islamic and Pakistan Studies" as a compulsory subject at the Bachelor's level, with non-Muslim students able to take "Ethics and Pakistan Studies" instead; a degree cannot be awarded unless this requirement is passed.

Chapter II sets out the university's officers: the Chancellor (the President of Pakistan, under Section 9), Pro-Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, Dean Administration, and Deans of University Colleges. Chapter III establishes its governing Authorities, chiefly the Syndicate (the main administrative body) and the Academic Council (academic matters), along with rules for filling vacancies and resolving membership disputes.

The Schedule contains the university's First Statutes, covering university colleges, college councils, boards of studies, a Selection Committee for appointing and promoting teaching staff, a Finance and Planning Committee that reviews budgets and financial position, and Discipline Committees at each college empowered to suspend, expel, or rusticate students, subject to appeal to the college Dean.

Because this is a 1985 ordinance establishing an institution that has since been operating for decades, readers should check the university's current official name, statutes, and any amendments against up-to-date sources rather than relying solely on this text.