Beaconhouse National University (BNU) | 32,907 followers on LinkedIn. Pakistan's first not-for-profit Liberal Arts University. | Beaconhouse National University (BNU) is Pakistan’s first not-for-profit Liberal Arts University, founded in 2003 to provide tertiary education in the arts, design, architecture, media, humanities and social sciences, business and information technology. BNU was awarded the degree awarding charter by the Government of the Punjab in 2005. The institution was established through significant donations from a number of benefactors including the Kasuri family, the Dawood family, Dr.