Loralai Medical College

Loralai Medical College (LMC) is a public medical college at Lashti Killi, near the Commissioner Office in Loralai, Balochistan. It runs one programme, MBBS, over five years. The 2025-26 prospectus allots 50 MBBS seats to the college, and our dataset records the same 50 seats. ¹

Our dataset records a fee of PKR 18,000 and a hostel for students. The Teaching Hospital Loralai serves as the attached clinical site. ¹⁵

BUMHS, Quetta is the admitting university, and applications run through the BMC admission portal under the prospectus of the Government of Balochistan. ¹²

Loralai district sits in the north-east of Balochistan and was formerly called Bori. Two hospitals, two rural healthcare centres and 28 basic health units serve its 400,000 inhabitants, as the prospectus records. ¹

The government judged those facilities short of the district demand. The prospectus states that a medical college would reverse the healthcare situation and give tertiary care at the door step of a remote area. ¹

The Government of Balochistan notified the college on 24 February 2017 in notification No. SO-III (H) 2-1/2017/4048-57. The same notification covered Jhalawan Medical College and Mekran Medical College. ¹

In March 2018 the deputy commissioner inspected the completed classrooms, library, auditorium, laboratory and staff room. The project director reported that the admin block, laboratories, museum and hostel were complete. The college recruited twelve teaching faculty members, and 30 more were due to join. ⁶

The prospectus and the college site both record 2018 as the establishment year. Our dataset records 2018. ¹⁵ Classes started soon after the admissions that year. ⁶

BUMHS began its admitting role with the 2018-19 session under Act No. VII of 2017. LMC runs inside that system from its 2018 opening. ² The prospectus records 396 enrolled students, a staff of 94 senior faculty and 26 demonstrators, and Prof. Dr. Bashir Ullah as principal. ¹

Our dataset records four open-merit MBBS aggregates for LMC. The closing aggregate moved from 70.85% in 2022 to 72.2% in 2023, then fell to 68.8% in 2024 and rose to 69.3% in 2025.

The 2025 figure matches the published close for Loralai Medical College in the Balochistan quota list. ⁷ Compare sessions with care. The MDCAT mark scale moved from 210 to 200 and then to 180 across recent sessions.

The prospectus sets the aggregate at 10% SSC, 40% HSSC and 50% MDCAT. ¹ The seat split shapes the merit. Loralai district is the host district with three seats. Loralai division is the host division with three seats. Seven divisional seats cover the other divisions, and the rest sit in the district merit pool. ¹

The Teaching Hospital Loralai is the attached hospital of the college, as the prospectus and the college site record. ¹⁵ Our dataset records 500 clinical beds at the hospital.

The prospectus states that clinical training and education run in the attached teaching hospitals of each college. ¹ Clinical work grows from the basic departments on campus into the wards of the district hospital.

The college frames the hospital as a tertiary care site for a district that long lacked specialists. The prospectus records that the college would introduce new healthcare facilities and medical expertise in Loralai. ¹

The campus covers a 16-acre existing building, with 150 acres marked for the new campus, as the prospectus records. ¹⁵ Our dataset lists the academic wings, digital library, student residencies and anatomy dissection room as core facilities.

The 2018 inspection covered the classrooms, library, auditorium, laboratory, staff room, admin block, museum and hostel, all reported complete at the time. ⁶ The prospectus records two hostels for students. ¹

The postal address sits at Lashti Killi near the Commissioner Office, also described as Main Quetta Road on the college site. ⁴

PMDC recognition stands active in our dataset. The PMDC public register lists 100 MBBS seats for this college, while our dataset and the 2025-26 prospectus record 50. ¹³

Admission follows the PM&DC MBBS and BDS admissions regulations of 2018, as amended on 30 May 2019, and the prospectus carries provincial cabinet approval. ¹ Every selected student must register with PM&DC within 60 days of the session start. ¹

The college site links its approvals to the PMDC public medical colleges list. ⁴ Our dataset also records a WHO World Directory listing, ECFMG eligibility and CPSP accreditation.

The academic year runs from 1 March to 30 November, with exam preparation in December, exams in January and annual holidays in February. ¹⁴ Professional exams run on a 100% multiple choice question pattern. ⁴ BUMHS posts examination notices for the provincial colleges each session. ⁸

Students share two hostels, common rooms and the sports space of a small district town. ¹ The prospectus sets a dress code of a blue shirt with white shalwar for girls and a white shirt with grey trousers for boys. ¹

The principal leads a welfare fund committee that covers student needs such as emergencies and hostel costs. ¹ The town gives students direct contact with the healthcare needs of a district of 400,000 people. ¹