Baba Guru Nanak University (

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and ; ''bābā gurū nānaka yūnīvarasiṭī'') is a

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located in Nankana Sahib, Punjab, Pakistan, the birthplace of

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. On 28 October 2019, Prime Minister of Pakistan,

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laid the foundation stone of the university.

Introduction

Baba Guru Nanak University (BGNU) is a university and this project is given to Shafiq Construction Company which is under construction in

Nankana Sahib Nankana Sahib (; ) is a city and capital of Nankana Sahib District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is named after the first Guru of the Sikhs, Guru Nanak, who was born in the city and first began preaching here. Nankana Sahib is among ...

, in the

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region of Pakistan.Baba Nanak University Draft Proposals
, accessed 2008-07-27 It plans to facilitate between 5,000 and 10,000 students from all over the world at the university.

Master plan

The plans are for it to be modeled along the lines of renowned universities like

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and

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, with focus on

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and

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studies offering faculties in "Medicine", "Dentistry", "Pharmacy", "Engineering", "Computer science", "Languages", "Music" and "Social sciences". After a facilities planning meeting in June 2007,For the feasibility and completion of the university, a project management unit was established by Syed Asif Hashmi, Chairman Evacuee Trust Property Board of Pakistan. Most of the paper work like PC-II and charter of the university was completed by this project management unit. But on 23 August 2013, a sad news was spread out from PETPB that they have closed down the project of Baba Guru Nanak University. This statement was given by the Secretary Junaid Ahmad and Secretary Shrines Khalid Ali of PETPB in Lahore High Court while appearing in a contempt notice
Meeting to finalise the structure and faculties
, 15–16 June 2007, accessed 2008-07-27 High Court (

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) Judge

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and a group based in

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, UK known as the World Muslim Sikh Federation have produced a detailed concept plan and blueprints calling for to be set aside for the proposed institution.

Foundation stone

The Pakistani government's

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announced that the university's groundbreaking will commence by the end of August 2016. The foundation stone for the university was laid for second time on October 28, 2019 ahead of 550th

Guru Nanak Gurpurab Guru Nanak Gurpurab (Punjabi: ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ ਜੀ ਗੁਰਪੁਰਬ ), also known as Guru Nanak Prakash Utsav (ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ ਜੀ ਦਾ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ ਉਤਸਵ), celebrates the birth of the first Sikh ...

Project cost

Rupees 6 billion is to be spent on construction of Baba Guru Nanak University project in Nankana Sahib.

Proposed names

The "World Muslim Sikh Federation" (WMSF) proposes that the name of the university should be one of the following three: *Guru Nanak International University *Baba Nanak International University *Nanak International University

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