Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University Peshawar is the First Public Sector Women University in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University is named in commemoration of the contributions made by the significant ladies of Pakistan who bestow their life for the cause of women emancipation and for the betterment of the country. Mr. Akram Khan Durrani, Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at that time inaugurated the campus on 1st September, 2004. The first ever female university was established in accordance with the Frontier Women University Act 2004 (N.-W.F.P. ACT NO. VI OF 2005) No. PA/NWFP/Legis: 1/2005/2677— The Frontier Women University Bill, 2004 having been passed by the Provincial Assembly of North-West Frontier Province on the 5lh October.