Pakistan Military Academy companies which were "named after the luminaries of Muslim military history" ("e.g.", Khalid, Tariq, Qasim, and Salahuddin). In March 1948, the First Battalion "was bestowed with Quaid-e-Azam’s patronage as Colonel-in-Chief, and the most coveted claim “The Quaid-e-Azam’s Own". Khawaja Nazimuddin gave the Quaid-e-Azam banner to the Pakistan Military Academy on behalf of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah. The Quaid-e-Azam banner is held aloft by the champion company at every passing out parade. "Regimental colours presented in 1950 by Liaquat Ali Khan, the first Prime Minister of Pakistan and the National Standard in 1961 by General Muhammad Musa, the then-Commander-in-Chief of the
Quaid-i-Azam University "e" for Ezāfe that links the two words in Jinnah's title Quaid-e-Azam. The University offered teaching and research programs for PhD and MPhil degrees in the beginning and later offered Master's programs. The University now offers undergraduate programs as well. Quaid-i-Azam University has four faculties and 38 departments, institutes, schools and centers. Quaid-i-Azam University consists of four faculties. The following departments, institutes/schools work under these faculties: Quaid-i-Azam University was ranked 651-700 in the world by the "QS World University Rankings" of 2018 and 133 in Asia. For QS Top 10 Asian universities, QAU was ranked 6th in the natural science