Top Business Schools in Pakistan

Following are the top leading business schools in Pakistan:

The Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST)
- It is one of the top business schools in Pakistan and in the world. Business Week has listed SZABIST among the best business schools in the world for five consecutive years (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006).
- It is one of the top 20 business schools from Asia recognized by Business Week. Only two business schools from Pakistan are listed in Business Week.
- SZABIST is also rated among the best Science and Technology and MBA schools in Asia by the CNN-Time publication Asia week.
- In addition, Asia Inc (a leading Asian Magazine) has ranked SZABIST among the top MBA Schools of South Asia in its Asia's Best MBA Schools Survey in 2003 and 2004.

Imperial College of Business Studies (ICBS)
- ICBS is one of only thirteen private insitutions in Pakistan selected through an independent evaluation by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) for provision of student scholarships granted by Government of Japan (JICA).
- ICBS is chartered by the Government of Punjab as an independent degree-awarding institution (Imperial College of Business Studies Ordinance, 2002). The College degrees are recognized by the Higher Education Commission and by institutions abroad.
- It is the first business school in Punjab, public or private to be certified as having quality management systems through ISO 9001:2000.
- ICBS is the member of the International Network of Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE), Dublin.

Institute of Business Administration, Karachi
- IBA is the oldest business school outside North America.
- Most of the Chief Executives and top management positions in leading listed companies, corporations and banks are held by the alumni of IBA.
- IBA has become the first institution in Pakistan to become partner of CFA Institute, SAP University alliance and other such ventures.

Institute of Business Management (IoBM)
- IoBM is the only Pakistani business school with a full fledged research program.
- It has been granted a charter by a legislative Act of the Sindh Provincial Assembly. IoBM is a fully HEC accredited degree awarding institution.
- IoBM has a highly qualified faculty with most faculty members holding foreign Ph.D. and Masters degrees.

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