The Virtual University of Pakistan had inaugurated its new campus in Orangi Town Karachi yesterday on 21st March 2022. The historical event was attended by the Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Mr. Syed Ameen ul Haq, Federal Secretary MOITT Dr. Sohail Ahmad Rajput, MQM-P MPA Ali Khursheedi, and many other officials of MOITT, and Virtual University of Pakistan.

Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication, Syed Amin-Ul-Haque, said that if Orangi Town developed through higher education, the lower-income neighborhood would also develop the entire city and the province. The campus will bring revolutionary changes to the life of the residents of Orangi Town through world-class education facilities, and master’s degrees in five different faculties will be awarded at the varsity’s campus.

Dr. Suhail Rajput, the secretary of the ministry of IT and telecommunication, said the ministry’s main motto is to strengthen the youth and people of the country with the latest technologies. “Its practical implementation is in the form of a new campus of Pakistan’s only IT and e-Learning based university.”

Rector, Virtual University, Prof. Dr. Arshad Saleem Bhatti said that VU's new campus will help thousand of students living in Orangi Town to complete their higher education. VU graduates are preferred in the IT industry due to hands-on training as self-learners, while its alumni are working in dynamic fields across Pakistan in key positions, including the Pakistan Army.