Education
From 1974 until 2011 the people of Bannu had been continuously requesting the Federal as well as Provincial Governments to establish a university. Akram Khan Durrani, Chief Minister of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, announced a university would be created in Bannu, University of Science and Technology, Bannu. The Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa substantiated the idea and issued an ordinance regarding its establishment, which started operating in 2005.
Other educational institutes include the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa University of Engineering and Technology Bannu Campus, Bannu Medical College, BEST Bannu (SARHAD University), VU (Islamic Institute of Education & Research), Danesh Gada Bannu and much more.
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