PAF Karachi Institute of Economics and Technology (KIET) (Urdu: درسگاہِ کراچی برائے علومِ معاشیات و فنونِ سائنسی) was established in 1997.

PAF KIET received recognition by the Higher Education Commission (formerly named UGC) vide letter no.

Department of Computer Science offered BCS with majoring option for Software Engineering/Networking, MCS and MS–IT NCEAC accredited degrees.

[4] In September 2000 the institute moved to its current location at PAF Base Korangi Creek.

The City campus of KIET was established in April 2002 to provide evening programs for the working students.

The North Campus offers Bachelors, Master, MPhil and PhD level degrees.

In fall 2008 another specialization was added as Mechatronics A program of Bachelor of Computer Arts (BCA) was launched.

Started using full illegal name as brand with abbreviation "Karachi Institute of Economics and Technology (KIET)" in newspapers advert.

MS program in Telecommunication Engineering has been designed to provide a framework for research by students and faculty.

[13] Fire fighting robots developed by IMR Lab[14] were tested at KIET along with the Pakistan Air Force firefighting team.