IIUI mission is to transform the society by promoting education, training, research, technology, and collaboration for reconstruction of human thought in all its forms on the foundations of Islam.
The execution of the policies laid down by the Board of Trustees is the responsibility of the Board of Governors. The Rector of the university is the Chairman of the Board of Governors. The Board of Governors consists of the following members:
Rector, IIU (Chairman)
Prof. Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed
President, IIU (Vice-Chairman)
Prof. Dr. Ahmed Shuja Syed
Chief Justice, Federal Shariat Court, Islamabad or his nominee
Hon. Mr. Justice Iqbal Hameed Ur Rahman, Chief Justice, Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan, Islamabad
Secretary, Ministry of Education (Member)
Mr. Mohyuddin Ahmad Wani, Federal Secretary, Ministry of Federal Education and Professional Training, Islamabad
Chairman, HEC or his nominee (Member)
Prof. Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed
Chairman, HEC
One Vice-Chancellor of a Pakistani University to be nominated by the Chancellor (Member)
Prof. Dr. Niaz Ahmad Akhtar, Vice-Chancellor, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad
Three nominees of the Pro-Chancellor (Members)
Mufti Abdul Raheem,
Chancellor Al-Ghazzali University /
President Majma Al Uloom Al Isamia (Examination Board) /
Patron-in-Chief, Jamia-tu-Rashid, Karachi
Prof. Dr. Mansour Abdulrahman Alhaidary,
Vice-Rector, Iman Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University,
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Prof. Dr. Muhammad Hammad Lakhvi,
Dean, Faculty of Islamic Studies,
University of Punjab, Lahore
Three nominees of the Board of Trustees (Members)
Hon’ble Mr. Justice Dr. Qibla Ayaz,
Ad-hoc Judge, Shariat Appellate Bench,
Supereme Court of Pakistan /
Former Chairman, Council of Islamic Ideology, Islamabad
Dr. Miraj-ul-Islam Zia,
Ex-Dean, Faculty of Islamic & Oriental Studies,
University of Peshawar, Peshawar
Professor Samee Ozair,
Former Principal, Punjab University Law College
and an alumnus of the IIUI