To produce highly qualified, scientific and technical personnel to meet the country's requirements; of conducting state-of-theart scientific and technological research and development in support of the private and public sector; of providing hi-tech scientific and technological assistance to the Pakistan industry to enable it to compete with the world industries in global trading; of providing highly trained scientific and technological personnel to be able to attract the growth of high-tech industries and foreign and Pakistani investment; and of providing a sound socio-economic and scientific base and infrastructure to Pakistan to be able to meet the economic and technological challenges of the 21st century.

The Center for Information and Research (CIR) is a part of Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology (SZABIST), SZABIST is a Chartered Institute established through an Act of Sindh Assembly (Sindh Act No. XI of 1995) and is approved and recognised by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) as a degree granting institution. SZABIST has Campuses in Karachi, Islamabad, Larkana and Dubai (UAE). SZABIST is a registered member of the International Association of Universities (IAU), Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), Federation of the Universities of the Islamic World (FUIW), Asia University Federation (AUF) and the Association of SAARC Universities (ASU). Asia Inc., a leading Asian Magazine, has ranked SZABIST among top MBA Schools of South Asia in its Asia's Best MBA Schools Survey 2004 (Asia Inc) for the second consecutive year (2003, 2004). SZABIST is one of the top 15 business schools from South Asia ranked in Asia Inc. Business Week, the leading international business magazine, in its online edition has listed SZABIST among the best business schools of the world for the fourth consecutive year (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004). SZABIST is listed along with other top schools of the world including Wharton, Kellogg, Harvard and MIT.