KHYBER MEDICAL COLLEGE, PESHAWAR

Khyber Medical College, which is
situated at the doorstep of historical
Khyber Pass, was established in 1954.
The College started functioning in 1955
with enrolment of fifty students with mea-ger facilities.
Ever since the college has undergone
tremendous development and has be-come an excellent seat of learning and
motivation, recognized all over the world.
Khyber Medical College is a pioneer
institution in NWFP in medical education
and has been rightly called the mother
Institution of all the Medical/ Dental In-stitutions established in NWFP. It has
created name for itself at national and
international level by dedicated work of
its staff and students.
The graduates of Khyber Medical
College, numbering over 9000, are
providing health care, not only in NWFP
and FATA, but also in rest of the coun-try. In addition, our graduates are hold-ing key positions both at home and
abroad.
Beside undergraduate medical
education, the college offers teaching
and research facilities to the post-graduate students, i.e., M. Phil, in all
basic Medical Sciences, FCPS in Clini-cal as well as basic medical sciences,
and minor diplomas in many special-ties.
The college is affiliated with Khyber
Medical University and is recognized
by PMDC, General Medical Council of
UK, Ireland and licensing authority of
USA.
Khyber Teaching Hospital, estab-lished in 1976, is attached to the college
for teaching/ training purposes. It is a
1200-bedded hospital, which maintains
high standards with highly qualified
medical staff and sophisticated equip-ments.
Adjacent to the college are Khyber
College of Dentistry and Institute  of
Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine
(IRNUM), providing training facilities to
the students of Khyber Medical College
in these disciplines.
The Pakistan Medical Research
Council (PMRC) has established a re-search center within the college pre-mises. It is a well-equipped center where
research facilities are provided in all dis-ciplines of medical sciences.
The college has a well-established
Medical Education Deptt: where
courses on various subjects are orga-nized periodically. In addition, work-shops, symposia and seminars are
organized by the department for the
faculty members and students. An I.T
based ‘Self Learning Resource Center’
has been set up within the college
which is equipped with latest comput-ers that provide internet facility to the
staff and students thus facilitating self
study and research. A wireless network
system has been  established in the
college and wireless bridging between
the college, hospital and student hos-tels has been completed. The network
system is connected to the digital li-brary of Higher Education Commis-sion.
A scientific journal is a symbol of rec-ognition of academic activities and re-search conducted in an institution. KMC
has been regularly publishing its own
scientific journal known as “Journal of
Medical Sciences” (JMS).  The research
articles are mostly contributed by the
faculty of KMC.
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The college has well-established
library consisting of three portions, i.e.,
a lending part for students, a reference
part for teachers and a part containing
periodicals. The library is well furnished,
air-conditioned and offers large collec-tions of books and periodicals to meet
the teachers and students requirements.
Separate hostels for boys and girls
are situated within the premises of
Peshawar University.
The students of KMC over the years
distinguished their Alma Mater not only
by extending selfless services to ail-ing humanity with devotion and dedi-cation, acquiring higher and special-ized    knowledge in various disciplines
of medicine, but also by actively
participating in co-curricular and extra-curricular activities. The Social Welfare
Society is the youth wing of Pakistan
Red Crescent Society NWFP branch.
Based on its outstanding performance
and  impressive activities in the service
to the ailing humanity, the society has
been  receiving champion’s trophy and
has been rated as the best youth wing
of Pakistan Red Crescent Society
NWFP for the last 22 years in a row.
The literary society of the college is
indeed playing a vital role in project-ing the real talents of the Khyberians.
Our college magazine ‘CENNA’ is con-sidered an epitome of excellence in the
literary circles of the country.
In addition, the college has a sports
society, a debating club, a hiking club
etc.
The present Principal of the College/
Chairman Joint Admission Committee is
Professor Dr . Fazal Ahmad,  M.B;B.S,
M.Phil, F.C.P.S
The contact details are:
PABX: (+92-91) 9216206-10
Principal: (+92-91) 9216212
Fax: (+92-91) 9216213
Email:-  principal@kmc.edu.pk
Website: http://www.kmc.edu.pk

AYUB MEDICAL COLLEGE, ABBOT TABAD

Abbottabad is situated at an altitude

of 1,225 m. (4002 ft.) and is surrounded

by refreshing green hills of Sarban, one

of the best-known hill resorts of Pakistan.

It is situated on the Karakorum Highway,

the Silk Route to China, 120 Km from

Rawalpindi/Islamabad. The climate is

temperate with four distinct seasons,

spring, summer, autumn and winter. The

summer is pleasant while the winter is

cool with occasional snowfall. The city

is non-industrial, situated in the lush

green Orash Valley and is fairly free from

environmental pollution. It has a popu-lation of over 300,000.

In 1978, the Government of NWFP

sanctioned establishment of Ayub

Medical College, named after Late Field

Marshal Muhammad Ayub Khan. The 1st

academic year started on 15th May,

1979 with enrolment of 100 students.

It was first established in a building pro-visionally acquired from the Education

Department, and then moved to its

present scenic location on Karakorum

Highway on 30th December 1990. The

College building is one of the most

beautiful of all medical colleges of the

country.

Since 1979 to date the College has

undergone tremendous development. At

present the Medical College comprises

of modern buildings, 1,000 bedded

Teaching Hospital, a School of Nursing,

a Paramedical School, hostels, play

grounds and other supporting amenities

for the students and staff. The college

has spacious lecture halls with most

sophisticated audiovisual teaching aids,

well-equipped laboratories, museums

and a vast, centrally air-conditioned

library having Text Books, Reference

Books, CD’s and Tapes, Medical

Journals, a ‘Self-Learning Resource

Centre’ and a Computer Library with

access to Internet.

More than 3000 doctors have

graduated from Ayub Medical College

so far who are holding high positions not

only in the country but abroad as well,

including UK and USA.

The college is affiliated to

University of Peshawar and Khyber

Medical University, Peshawar. It is

recognized by the PMDC, General

Medical Council of UK, WHO and many

reputed Medical Councils of the world.

The College of Physicians & Surgeons

of Pakistan has recognized many of its

Departments for postgraduate training.

The Royal College of Obstetricians &

Gynaecologists of UK has granted rec-ognition to the Department of Obstetrics

and Gynaecology for the clinical train-ing of the MRCOG candidates.

With commissioning of INOR

(Institute of Nuclear Medicine, Oncology

and Radiotherapy) at the campus, Ayub

Medical College has joined nuclear

medicine club where most modern

techniques for diagnostic and radiation

therapy are available.

The College has been publishing its

Journal, ‘Journal of Ayub Medical

College (JAMC)’ since January 1988. It

is a peer reviewed journal and has

gained its place as a standard medical

journal, recognized by the PMDC and

registered with International Serial Data

System of France, Indexed Medicus of

WHO (EMRO). JAMC is one of the few

medical journals of Pakistan, available

free online with full text and illustrations.

‘Karakoram’, the students’

magazine of Ayub Medical College has

always kept its standard and is known

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as a balanced magazine edited,

formatted, printed and published by the

students themselves. The magazine is

published in English, Urdu, Hindko and

Pushto languages and contains

write-ups from staff and students apart

from scientific articles by the students.

Hostels for boys and girls are

located at the campus, adjacent to

college building. Four hostels for boys

and one for girls are available besides,

hostels for MO’s, House Officers,

Paramedics and Nurses.

DENTAL SECTION OF AYUB

MEDICAL COLLEGE

In order to provide Dental Educa-tion and better health facilities to the

people of this region, a Dental Section

has been established in Ayub Medical

College during 1998-99. A BDS class of

24 students admitted in November 1998

has now passed out. The Government

has decided to complete the

establishment of Dentistry Department

in three phases. Two phases have been

successfully completed whereas the

work on Phase-III is in progress. The

Section is making all efforts to provide

improved facilities of Dental and

Maxillofacial Surgery besides training

and teaching to BDS students for

Degree of Bachelor of Dental Surgery

from University of Peshawar and Khyber

Medical University. The Department of

Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery is

recognised by the CPSP for FCPS

training.

The Department has sufficient

space, latest equipments, Laboratories,

Lecture Rooms and a Library. There is

qualified and experienced staff

appointed for teaching and training the

BDS students and also provides better

dental treatment to the patients of this

area.

Present Principal of the College is

Professor Dr. Syed Humayun Shah,

M.B;B.S, DCP (Pb), M.Phil, (Pb)

Contact details are:

Tel: (+92-992) 382349

Principal: (+92-992) 382221

Information: (+92-992) 381129

Fax: (+92-992) 382321

Email: principal@ayubmed.edu.pk

Website: http://www.ayubmed.edu.pk

KHYBER COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY , PESHAWAR

In order to provide dental health

facilities to the people of this region, it

was considered necessary to set up a

teaching dental department at Khyber

Medical College, Peshawar. The idea to

start a dental department came from late

Dr. Hassan Raza Shah, the then

Principal of de, Montmorency College of

Dentistry, Lahore. It was gladly

accepted; appreciated and very much

encouraged by General Mohammad

Akram, the then Principal of Khyber

Medical College and Mr. Mohammad Ali,

the then Vice Chancellor of the Univer-sity of Peshawar. The Department of

Dentistry was formally declared open by

the then Minister for Health Begum

Mahmuda Salim on 12

th

 October 1964.

The first batch graduated in 1968

while Pakistan Medical and Dental

Council accorded permanent recogni-tion to BDS degree in its session held in

Dacca (Bangladesh), the Capital of the

then East Pakistan in November, 1968.

From the modest start, it has grown

to become a fully developed teaching

institute with its modern Oral and Dental

Hospital and Surgeries, Operation

theatres and Wards in its new building

complex, which was opened on 9th

September 1978.

The annual intake of students has

gone up gradually from 14 in 1964 to 50.

So far more than 600 dental graduates

have qualified from this institute. Nearly

300 patients receive daily dental treat-ment of various natures. This includes

highly specialized treatment modalities

KHYBER COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY ,

PESHAWAR

like orthodontic appliances, treatment for

oro-facial pain, facial injuries, oral

cancer and fixed and removable

prostheses of various kinds.

Three new blocks housing the

Departments of Orthodontia, Prosthetic

and Conservation were added to the

present set-up in 1992. After the

completion of Basic Science Block, it

can be said without any hesitation that

Khyber college of Dentistry Peshawar is

the largest teaching dental Institute in

Pakistan. On 11th January 1990, the

Department of Dentistry was upgraded

to the status of the College by the then

Chief Minister, Mr. Aftab Ahmad Khan

Sherpao who made this announcement

while presiding over the inaugural func-tion of the Silver Jubilee of the Depart-ment of Dentistry.

Khyber College of Dentistry is

located within the University Campus

and adjacent to Khyber Medical College,

Khyber Teaching Hospital and the

Administration Block of the Peshawar

University. The shopping centre,

telegraph and post office are situated

very close. Within the large green

campus vans of the University ply

regularly whereas the government buses

and private carriers are available from

early morning till late in the night for travel

between the college and Peshawar City.

The college is amazingly close to World

famous Khyber Pass and the most

beautiful scenery in the hilly areas and

valleys.

Present Principal is  Professor Dr.

Qiamud Din BDS (Pesh.), M.Sc (Lon-don),

Contact Details are:

Tele: (+92-91) 9216217

Fax: (+92-91) 9216217

SAIDU MEDICAL COLLEGE, SWAT

Swat, the former state, was given

the status of a District in 1970. This

District holds a central position in the

northern belt of the Province, and has

significance as an area of anthropologi-cal interests in the history of South East

Asia. Swat is an extremely attractive

place for tourist and it is aptly known as

the Switzerland of Pakistan.

Saidu Sharif, the former capital of

Swat state, is the District Headquarter

while adjoining Mingora is a commercial

centre. The present Swat owes its

grandeur and developments to the

inputs by BADSHAH SAHIB AND WALI

OF SWAT. The population of Swat Dis-trict is approximately 1.7 million.

Since the historical announcement

in October 1998 of the establishment of

Saidu Medical College, on the floor of

the Provincial Assembly, Saidu Medical

College started functioning with enrol-ment of 50 students. The classes started

on 28th of December 1998 in the Holy

month of Ramzan. The College is

housed in the old Paramedic School &

Hostel, which have been completely

overhauled, renovated and furnished.

Hostel facilities for both male and female

students are available. Peshawar

University affiliation committee visited

the college on 08th October 1999 and

Saidu Medical College; Swat was

SAIDU MEDICAL COLLEGE, SWAT

approved for affiliation with the Peshawar

University. The college is presently

affiliated with the Khyber Medical

University.

Pakistan Medical & Dental Council

has given recognition to the college. The

college has excellent professorial staff

in pre-clinical and clinical departments.

Many graduates of Saidu Medical

College have passed FCPS in various

specialties and are working all over

Pakistan and abroad. The name of Saidu

Medical College has been included in

the WHO list of international Medical

Colleges and the degree has been

recognized in USA and UK

Saidu Group of Teaching Hospitals

is attached to Saidu Medical College,

Swat with 500 beds for all the

specialities.

Saidu Medical College, Swat is

being maintained by the Govt. of NWFP

and is under the administrative control

of Health Department.

Present Principal is  Professor Dr.

Jawed Zaman,  MBBS, D.L.O., FRCS

Contact details are:

Tele: (+92-946) 9240134

Exchange: (+92-946) 9240131-32

Fax: (+92-946) 9240135

Email:- smcadmn@yahoo.com

GOMAL MEDICAL COLLEGE, D.I. KHAN

D.I.Khan is a historic city. It is

situated in the Southern region of North

West Frontier Province. It is about

300Km from Peshawar and is linked to

it through Kohat and Bannu Districts. It

is located on the main Indus High Way.

Air services to major cities of the coun-try are also available.

Though economically underdevel-oped, this seven centuries old city is

rich in socio cultural heritrage, the ar-chaeological antiques and the rem-nants of the  glorious past. Among oth-ers, Rehman Darri, an archaeological

site dating back to 3500 BC, is situated

14 Km north of the city. Historic

Suleman Plateau and Kohe Suleman

border its west while Indus River flows

in the East.  Geography has influenced

its economy and hence the way and

standard of living of its people. The

people are  endowed with qualities of

intelligence, generosity, courage, brav-ery, simplicity and sincerity. They are

peace loving. There is a substantial

contribution of these people in the free-dom movement of Pakistan. Since

D.I.Khan division has borders with

Bannu Division, South Waziristan,

Sorthern Punjab and Balochistan, the

college is playing a major role in pro-viding health services to the people of

these areas.

The Chief Minister of NWFP an-nounced Gomal Medical College for DI

KHAN in a session of Provincial Assem-bly on 26th August 1998.

The College was temporarily estab-lished in a portion of Central Library of Gomal

University. Fifty seats were sanctioned for the

session 1989-1999 and the college started

on 11th January 1999.  Presently, it is located

on North circular Road with enough space

and laboratories. Future building of the col-lege is under construction near Mufti

Mahmood Memorial Hospital for which Govt.

of NWFP has allotted 300-canals of land.

Gomal Medical College has two Teaching

Hospitals i.e DHQ Hospital and Maulana

Mufti Mehmud Memorial  Hospital.

GOMAL MEDICAL COLLEGE, D.I. KHAN

The college has been regularly

publishing its scientific journal “Gomal

Journal of Medical Sciences” GJMS,

since April 2003, recognized by Pakistan

Medical and Dental Council of Pakistan

and a student’s magazine HAYYAN

regularly.

Present Principal is Prof . Dr . Abdul

Mateen, M.B;B.S (Pesh), M.Phil (Pb)

Contact Details are:

Phone: (+92-966)-9280341

Exchange:  (+92-966)- 9280338-9

Fax:  (+92-966)-9280340

E-mail:gims786@hotmail.com

Web: www.gmc.edu.pk

KHYBER GIRLS MEDICAL COLLEGE, PESHAWAR

There was a dire need in NWFP to

have a medical college for girls. Such a

facility already exists in Punjab in the

name of Fatima Jinnah Medical College

Lahore and in Sindh in the name of

People’s Medical College Nawabshah

where only female students are admit-ted.

The Government of N.W.F.P took a

policy decision in this regard and in

August 2003 the Provincial Cabinet

approved the establishment of a

separate Girls Campus of Khyber

Medical College located at Hayatabad

with an object to upgrade the same to

an independent Girls Medical College in

due course of time. The Girls Campus

of K.M.C started functioning in PDA

Block-IV, Phase-V Hayatabad and

admitted First Batch of 50 students

during the Academic Session 2004-05.

The Chief Minister N.W.F.P during

the inauguration ceremony of Girls

Campus, KMC on 13th May 2006

announced the upgradation of Girls

Campus KMC to an independent college

“Khyber Girls Medical College” w.e.f 8th

December 2005. Hayatabad Medical

Complex and Govt. Lady Reading

Hospital are its teaching hospitals.

Afghan Commissionerate Building on its

vacation, has been notified to be the

Hostel accommodation of K.G.M.C. The

Provincial Government has approved

creation of 159 additional posts of

Teaching and Para-medical staff to fulfil

the staff requirements of K.G.M.C.

Recruitment of K.G.M.C. own teachers

is in the process of selection through

NWFP. Public Service Commission to be

completed soon. Till completion of its

own faculties, the teaching staff of KMC

will continue to teach the students of

K.G.M.C.

The Departments of Anatomy,

Physiology and Biochemistry of Khyber

Girls Medical College have well

KHYBER GIRLS MEDICAL COLLEGE,

PESHAWAR

established/well equipped Laboratories,

Lecture Theatres, Dissection Hall,

Anatomy Museum, an S.L.R.C., and two

Libraries one for staff and the other for

students with sufficient number of latest

editions of Text Books, Reference Books,

and Journals. The Departments of

Pharmacology, Pathology, Forensic

Medicine and Community Medicine have

also been established.

This institution has admitted

4

th

 Batch of 50 students of First Year

MBBS Class during the Academic

Session 2007-08.

Professor Dr . Zubair  FCPS (UK) MPH

is the Principal of K.G.M.C.

Conatct Details are:

PABX: (+92-91) 927684-94

Project Director/Principal:

Tel: (+92-91)9217701

Fax: (091)9217702

Email: mzubairr@yahoo.com

BANNU MEDICAL COLLEGE, BANNU

The name of Bannu is derived from

“Bano” who was the wife of Shah Farid

IIyas (Sheetak), the founder of present

day Bannu and the Banochi Tribe which

came from Shawal. Bannu is a thickly

populated District located in the heart of

southern region of N.W.F.P with its

boundaries touching the Districts of

Karak, Lakki Marwat, and the North &

the South Wazirstan Agencies. Besides

this, it also drains a huge population of

Afghanistan. The people of Bannu are

faced with the dearth of Health facilities.

The establishment of a Medical College

in Bannu will play major role in the

improvement of Health Services in this

area.

The Chief Minister of N.W.F.P, Mr.

Akram Khan Durrani announced the

establishment of Bannu Medical Col-lege Bannu and the Health Department

issued its notification No.SO-IV12-36/

2006 dated 31

st

 August, 2006. This

year we will enroll 100 students on

Open Merit. Bannu Medical College

Bannu is temporarily based in the cur-rent building having enough infrastruc-ture and a covered area of over 60000

Sq. feet.   In the recent inspection the

P.M.D.C team made the following ob-servations.

“The building is impressive and

fulfill all the basic requirements of

students and faculty members. The

current building has been transformed

excellently into a purpose serving

building to host the basic departments

of the college”.

The permanent set up having a

purpose built building will be located in

Bannu  Township in an area of 600 kanal

of land and the construction of new

building is in progress.

The 600 bedded Khalifa Gul Nawaz

Hospital, DHQ Hospital and Zanan

Hospital are the Teaching Hospitals of

Bannu Medical College.

We have the facility of SLRC with a

space available for over 30 computers

and also a capacious digital library for

the students and staff about which the

PMDC has remarked as under:

“There is an excellent SLRC center

developed in the library. Their existed the

facility of digital library with state of the

art software installed”.

The college is already affiliated with

the University of Science and

Technology Bannu. We also have an

examination hall for 200 students. We

have a separate medical education

department to arrange for conferences,

seminars, workshops and also help in

the integrated teaching and objective

students learning programme in

accordance with the modern trends.

We have good audiovisual depart-ment and also a committee room

having a space for 25 staff members.

The college has the following hostels

1. CENNA HALL FOR girls, catering

for 60 female students.

2. TOCHI HALL for boys, catering for

40 students.

3. KURRAM HALL for Boys, Catering

for 30 students.

The hostels are located in the

nearby DHQ Hospital with full security

arrangements. We soon are going to

renovate doctor’s Hostal in DHQ

teaching Hospital for the students of

Bannu Medial College, which will

accommodate 80 students. We also

shall be renting two more hostels. There

are three buses and one coaster for

students and a hiace for staff.

The Present Principal of the college is

Prof. Dr. Omar Ali Khan, MBBS,

FRCS,(EDIN), FRCS (Glasgow).

Conatct Details are:

Tel: (+92-928) 620858-9

Personal No: (+92-928) 620856

Mobile No: 0301-8935028