AIOU to set up four excellence centres Archives will be based on a series of interviews of living legends will also be set up FILE ISLAMBAD: Allama Iqbal Open University’s (AIOU) Executive Council has approved establishment of Centers of Excellence for Sufi Studies, Seerat Studies, Iqbal Chair of Muslim Thoughts, and an Archive which will be based on a series of interviews of living legends. A meeting was held under the chairmanship of AIOU Vice-Chancellor Dr Ziaul Qayyum. While briefing the meeting about the objectives of setting up these centers, he said that the aim to set up these centers would be the department of an excellence-based knowledge hub primarily to carry out Sufi dialogue, research on Seerat-un-Nabi and unveil the hidden corners of Iqbal’s Muslim Thoughts.