Government College of Commerce & Economics

Government College of Commerce & Economics, (Urdu: دانش کدہَ سرکاری برائے علومِ تجارت و معاشیات‎) founded as the Basant Singh Asumal College of Commerce & Economics, is one of the premier institutions of commerce education in the city of Karachi. It is located on Dr. Ziauddin Ahmed Road, opposite Bagh-e-Jinnah (Polo Ground) and Pearl Continental Hotel, Karachi.

Government College of Commerce & Economics
دانش کدہَ سرکاری برائے علومِ تجارت و معاشیات
Official emblem of Government College of Commerce & Economics.
TypeDegree College
Established1945
PrincipalProfessor Syed Sarwar Ali Shah [1]
Students4,000 [2]
Location
Karachi
,
Sindh
,
Pakistan
AffiliationsBoard of Intermediate Education Karachi and University of Karachi
Websitehttp://www.gccek.com.pk

The college was established on 22 June 1945 under the name of Basant Singh Asumal College of Commerce & Economics, and was inaugurated by Mr. Rao Bahadur Seth Shivrattan G. Mohatta. The college was taken under the supervision of the Government of Sindh in 1948 after the establishment of Pakistan. The current building of the college was constructed in 1967.[3] It was a co-educational institution till 1993 but then separated into two sections for girls and boys.[4]

Courses

Government College of Commerce & Economics is offering following courses:

List of Principals
Principal NameFromTo
Professor N.K. BhojwaniJune 1945April 1948
Professor Iftikhar AliApril 194819-06-1948
Professor A. L. Shaikh20-06-194822-08-1955
Professor M. A. Qadir23-08-195523-08-1956
Professor Razi-Ur-Rehman24-08-195619-01-1967
Professor N. A. Farooqui20-01-196710-07-1974
Professor S. I. A. Subzwari10-07-197424-10-1974
Professor N. A. Farooqui24-10-197416-11-1984
Professor S. I. A. Subzwari17-11-198407-08-1990
Professor Shaukat Ali08-08-199016-01-1994
Professor Nasim Siddiqui17-01-199422-04-1994
Professor Sahib Khan Channa23-04-199427-06-1995
Professor Hasan Akbar28-06-199530-06-1996
Professor Haseeb Shaikh01-07-199625-01-1997
Professor Muhammad Aslam Khan26-01-199711-11-2005
Professor Rukhsana Saleem11-11-200506-01-2006
Professor Jalal Ud Din Chohan06-01-200608-05-2008
Professor Dr. A.K. Ashraf Samo08-05-200804-07-2008
Prof. Dr. Razia Khokhar04-07-2008 Prof. Sarwar Ali Shah To date

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See also

References
  1. List of Principals of Government College of Commerce & Economics Karachi.
  2. At present, the number of students (boys & girls) in the college is slightly over 4,000.
  3. "http://gccek.edu.pk/history.htm". Archived from the original on 2014-05-28. Retrieved 2014-04-25. External link in |title= (help)
  4. "History of Govt. College of Commerce and Economics". Archived from the original on 2008-06-24. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
  5. "List of Principals of Government College of Commerce & Economics Karachi". Archived from the original on 2014-04-15. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
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