The memorandum was signed by the Honorable Vice Chancellor SMIU Dr. Mujeebuddin Sahrai Memon and Prof. Dr. Syed Irfan Hyder, Vice-Chancellor, Zia Uddin University, Karachi. Whereas the two universities desire to develop academic cooperation in various fields and agreed to initiate collaborative activities in academic areas of mutual interest such as exchange of faculty and researchers for purpose of teaching; conducting lectures and research; exchange of expertise; exchange of students; conducting collaborative research projects; jointly organizing symposia, seminars, and conferences; as well as sharing of academic information and materials. The MoU signing ceremony was held on Wednesday 27th October 2021 at 11.00 AM- 12.00 noon at Conference Room No. 1, Main Building SMI University, Karachi.