Fatima Jinnah Women University (FJWU) was founded on the initiative of then Chief Minister of Punjab Shehbaz Sharif.

Maleeha Lodhi while writing for The News International said "This kind of segregation fosters the forces of conservatism, not modernism.

The main building is Victorian, built as a residence by Sikh brothers Mohan and Sohan Singh.

Former Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif inaugurated it as a gift for the nation's daughters and their families on 6 August 1998.

[8] Fatima Jinnah is host to an FM radio channel that is broadcast during university hours and operated in the department of Mass Communications.