Namal College

Namal College is located at Rikhi in District Mianwali, Punjab, Pakistan. It is an associate college of the University of Bradford.The college is situated at Rikhi on Talagung Mianwali Road very near to Namal Lake. The 40 kanal land for this College was provided by Mr Ghulam Muhammad 'Seelu', a local resident. The University of Bradford's latest chancellor, the former cricketer Imran Khan, has brokered a deal to set up links between the university and this college and the move is expected to build links between Bradford, which has a relatively high proportion of Pakistani students, and Pakistan. It is Mr Khan's first act as chancellor after being appointed to the position in early 2006. The college was inaugurated by Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, on 27 April, 2008. University of Bradford has worked closely with Namal College in designing the courses and curriculum, ensuring quality assurance, training and development for the faculty and advising on matters related to academic administration.

There are now 250 students studying for University of Bradford degrees at Namal College and more than 90% of these students are currently on financial support. Namal College is in its 4th year of operation. The second phase of construction is expected to begin shortly and will include on-campus faculty and student accommodation premises and research laboratories. The Namal Education Foundation (NEF) currently owns 1000 acres of land, and is aggressively expanding the land holding up to 3000 acres for setting up the largest knowledge city in Pakistan. Imran Khan is the chairman Board of Governors Namal Education Foundation, which is the sponsoring body of Namal Knowledge City. As a philanthropist, Imran has undertaken a number of initiatives to address the multiple economic and social challenges faced by the area. These challenges include improvements in literacy, community organization, health, access to credit, encouragement of corporate investment, and education.