"With the establishment of Malakand University at Chakdara, Sensing the backwardness of the people of Dir upper, the then Governor of Khyber Pakhtun Khwa (N.W.F.P), issued directives for the establishment of Campus-II of Malakand University at Sheringal on October 3rd, 2002. His Excellency General (Rt) Syed Iftikhar Hussain Shah also inaugurated the University Public School and College at campus-II to enable the people to get better primary and secondary education at their doorstep.
Sheringal Campus became a full-fledged University ""Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University"" on 6th October 2009, under the Regulation 2009, recommended by his Excellencies, the Governor Khyber Pakhtun Khwa and approved by the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan."