Bolan Medical College was established to address an acute shortage of doctors in the Balochistan

Balochistan (Pakistan)

Balochistan is one of the four provinces or federating units of Pakistan. With an area of 134,051 mi2 or , it is the largest province of Pakistan, constituting approximately 44% of the total land mass of Pakistan. According to the 1998 population census, Balochistan had a population of...

 province of Pakistan. Where Japan has 542 people per doctor, Balochistan has over 10,000 people per doctor.

The college was established during Ataullah Mengal

Ataullah Mengal

Sardar Ataullah Khan Mengal , popularly known as Sardar Ataullah Mengal, is a well-known political and feudal figure of Pakistan hailing from Balochistan. He has been campaigning a nationalist and separatist movement in Pakistan for over four decades. He is the head of the Shahizai Mangal tribe...

's reign as Chief Minister

Chief Minister

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 in 1972 by the then Education Minister

Education minister

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 Mir Gul Khan Nasir and has graduated over 2,900 students (c. 2003). It was the recipient of a Japan International Cooperation Agency grant of 488 million yen in 1995.

It is accredited by the College of Physicians & Surgeons Pakistan

College of Physicians & Surgeons Pakistan

College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan is the only postgraduate training and examination body of Pakistan awarding degrees of FCPS and MCPS. Its head office is in Karachi...

to teach medicine, hematology, neurosurgery, obstetrics and gynecology, ophthalmology, otorhinolaryngology, pediatrics, psychiatry and surgery.