In 1975 when Jamia Abbasia was declared as a general university, it started functioning at Abbasia and Khawaja Fareed Campuses with 10departments. Later on, it was converted into The Islamia University of Bahawalpur. To expand its functions and to construct a modern and self-contained campus, 1250 acres of land was allotted to the University on Hasilpur Road about eight kilometers away from the city centre. These 1250 acres were surrounded by sand dunes. The Directorate of Engineering successfully converted these sand dunes of 1250 acres into engineered built faculties, hostels, residential colony, boundary wall and infrastructure. Now, it is known as Baghdad-ul-Jadeed Campus. Since the first day of its establishment, Directorate of Engineering provides construction & maintenance services to support the academic activities of the Islamia University. As per the vision of Worthy Vice-Chancellor, Directorate of Engineering prepare drawings, designs, estimates of different development schemes. It has completed several mega projects by in-house architectural and structural design including resident supervision.

Shahzad Asif Qureshi,
Project Director/Principal Officer (Works)