Affiliation : University of Karachi    Head of the Institue : Prof. Dr. Rehana Afsar , Governor of Sindh    Date of establishment : 1955    Field : Graduate and Postgraduate Degrees in various disciplines    Tel : (+92) 21 479001    Fax : (+92) 21 473226    Addres : University Campus 75270 Karachi    Email : persian@uok.edu.pk    Url : http://www.uok.edu.pk/faculties/persian/index.php    More : The department of Persian was established with a view to provide facilities for advanced studies and research in the field of Persian Language and literature with particular emphasis to the - literature produced in the Pak-India Subcontinent during the last nine centuries, and to familiarize the younger generation of this country with history, language and literature of Iran. Professor Dr. Ghulam Sarwar was the first and founder Head of the Department. He and his colleagues Prof. Dr. Abid Ali Khan and Prof. Dr. S. Muti-ul-Imam after rendering brilliant services to the Department, retired respectively in 1970, 1978 and 1979.