+ Follow us On Google
Imperial College London has denied recent claims by the Pakistan’s Punjab government, led by Maryam Nawaz, that it will open a new campus in Lahore’s Nawaz Sharif IT City. The UK-based university stated unequivocally that it has no plans to establish a campus outside the United Kingdom.
The controversy began on October 18, when the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) announced via its official X account that Imperial College London would open a campus in Lahore.
The post claimed that the foundation stone for the campus would be laid in November and that the development would include a modern 300-bed hospital. The announcement was widely shared before the post was subsequently deleted.
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz had officially launched the Nawaz Sharif I