Key Facts

Care Across Pakistan

• Pakistan’s leading 720-bed quaternary care academic medical centre, based in Karachi

• One of the largest private healthcare systems in Pakistan

• Four off-campus hospitals in Karachi and Hyderabad

• 19 medical centres providing outpatient care

• Over 300 laboratory sites in more than 130 cities

• More than 50 pharmacies supporting access to quality medicines

People and Expertise

• More than 1,000 doctors across multiple specialties

• Highly trained nurses, allied health professionals, and technical teams

• A multidisciplinary clinical approach that keeps care coordinated and comprehensive

Accreditations

• Joint Commission International (JCI) accredited since 2006, and as an Academic Medical Centre since 2015

• College of American Pathologists (CAP) accredited laboratory network since 2017

• SafeCare accredited off-campus hospitals since 2023

• The first hospital and health system in Pakistan to earn each of these international accreditations

Awards and Recognitions

• Among the world’s top 100 academic medical centres (Brand Finance, 2024)

• Best Hospital in Pakistan (Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI), 2024)

• Platinum Award for Cardiac Care, American College of Cardiology (2024 and 2025)

• Excellence Award for Workers’ Wellbeing, International Hospital Federation (2024)

Education and Research

• Part of The Aga Khan University, a leading academic institution

• Top 5% globally for Sustainable Development Goal 3, Good Health and Well-being (Times Higher Education)

• Top 30 universities in public, environmental and occupational health (US News and World Report)

• Top 150 universities in clinical medicine and public health (Shanghai Ranking)

• Continuing and graduate medical education accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)

• Simulation-based learning accredited by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH)

• Pharmacy training accredited by the American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP)

Global Network

• Flagship hospital within the Aga Khan Development Network’s 940 hospitals and medical centres globally

• Sister Aga Khan University Hospitals in Kenya and Afghanistan

• Collaborations with leading academic and healthcare institutions globally

Access and Impact

• PKR 8.68 billion (USD 31 million) in financial assistance provided in 2025

• 1.57 million patient visits supported through welfare programmes in 2025

• Nationwide access to diagnostic and clinical services

• Care provided regardless of a patient’s ability to pay

Together, these facts describe a health system designed to raise the quality of care and widen access across Pakistan.

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