News & Events

On Saturday the 12th of January 2019 the State Minister of Pakistan for Climate Change, Mrs Zartaj Gul visited Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah, Karachi. She was welcomed by the Principal Sh Shabbir Bhai Rasheed and faculty along with select community members. […]

As part of the ongoing Dawoodi Bohra community initiative ‘Turning the tide’ against plastic pollution, Advocate Afroz Shah and two delegates from the Norwegian consulate visited Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah, Mumbai in Marol. […]

October, 2018 proved especially memorable for students of Standard Two due to their visit to Panchgani hill station in Satara district Maharashtra. Approximately 120 boys and girls together with 10 teachers undertook the three day field trip to explore and experience the rich topography and agro-industries that have become synonymous with the area. […]

Three students from Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah Karachi took part in a city level archery competition organised by Pakistan Customs at the Pakistan Customs ground. Twenty participants competed in the 18 metre professional category of the contest, which saw the 1st, 2nd and 4th position go to the three participants from Aljamea. The gold medal went to Murtaza Haidermota from standard 4, while the silver went to Mustafa Najmi from standard 8 and 4th position went to Moiz Haryanawala also from standard 4. [...]

On Tuesday 30th October 2018, The Honourable Federal Minister for Railways of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan Sheikh Rashid Ahmed visited Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah Karachi. […]

The students at Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah, much like the broader Dawoodi Bohra community to which they belong, hail from countries all over the world. Although unified by faith and cultural as well as religious traditions, Dawoodi Bohras are citizens of scores of different countries and are committed to the development and protection of the societies and nations they belong to. This unique trait is founded in the Prophetic tradition which not only encourages loyalty to and patriotism towards one’s country, but frames [...]

The Department of Dissertations in Aljamea Karachi organised an interactive academic research and writing workshop for the students of standard 8 and 9. Students are required to submit their extended Masters dissertation at the end of standard 10 and thereafter defend it in a viva voce debate, witnessed by the rectors, faculty and senior students of Aljamea in standard 11. As a result, the 8th and 9th year are crucial for research and the preliminary structuring of ideas and content. [...]

The hijrī month of Shawwāl al-Mukarram which corresponds this year with the Gregorian June/July, marks the beginning of a new academic year at Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah. […]

Aljamea’s senior most rector, al-Syed al-Ajal Syedi Maʾzūn Saheb Shahzada Qasim Bhaisaheb Hakimuddin, passed away in the early hours of the 20th of Rajab al-Asab, 5th April, 2018. Syedi Saheb was busy preparing for the first day of Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah’s al-imtihān al-shafahī (viva voce examinations), which he had led for decades, expending even the very last moments of his life in the service of Aljamea. […]

Shahzada Abbas bhaisaheb Fakhruddin, son of the 51st al-Dāʿī al-Mutlaq Syedna Taher Saifuddin RA, brother to the late Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin RA, and rector of Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah for over three decades, passed away Wednesday, 14th February in Mumbai. […]