The specific focus of re-accreditation framework is linked to the impact of first accreditation, especially on the compliance of the suggestions and recommendations made in the Peer Team Report of the business school during the first assessment and accreditation and secondly quality sustenance and quality enhancement efforts of the business school during the post-accreditation tenure.

The purpose of the NBEAC re-accreditation is to determine whether business and accounting programs are playing their part in the continuous improvement in areas of engagement, innovation and impact as evidence of compliance with NBEAC standards. Preparation for reaccreditation involves faculty and staff across all departments and divisions of the business school. Everyone involved has to follow the reaccreditation standards carefully, and keep the big picture in mind. Consider on one hand what being accredited does for the business school, and on the other hand consider how it allows the business school to reevaluate themselves.

With regard to this, NBEAC successfully completed a reaccreditation Visit at PAF Karachi Institute of Economics and Technology (PAF-KIET) on the 12th, 13th & 14th of April 2017. After a very cordial welcome by the university, brief discussions were held on the unique aspects of accreditation. The University tour was followed by six sessions on NBEAC standards the senior faculty members of the business school on the first day. The objective of this visit was in-depth review of the Business School based upon the nine key standards of NBEAC. 

The three day extensive review involved meetings, discussions and interviews with management, faculty, students, alumni, Industry representatives, support staff, and observing the course delivery methods. The objective of Peer Review Team (PRT) is to make recommendations through gap analysis for the improvement of Business School.

The Peer Review team comprised of Dr. Kamran Ali Chatha (Associate Professor, LUMS), Dr. Naveda Kitchlew (Associate Dean, Academics and Internationalization, School of Business and Economics (SBE),University of Management and Technology (UMT), Lahore) , Dr. Nasir Karim (Dean, Management Sciences Dept., CECOS Peshawar),  Mr. Adil Amin Kazi (Professor of Practice/ Assistant Professor, FAST School of Management, FAS_NU, Islamabad), Dr. Syed Saeedul Hoda (Head of Marketing and Sales at Macter International (Pvt.) Ltd) and Mr. Ahtesham Ali Raja (Program Director, NBEAC)

A detailed report along with the accreditation decision will be communicated to the Institute after the 18^thmeeting of the council going to be held in May 2017.