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