Ghulam Muhammad Mahar Medical College

Ghulam Muhammad Mahar Medical College is a public medical college in the centre of Sukkur city. ¹⁴ The college works as a constituent college of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical University, Larkana. ²¹ The Government of Sindh funds the college, and the SMBBMU portal in Larkana processes its MBBS admissions. ¹⁵ Wikipedia records about 114 full-time faculty members at the college. ⁴

The Government of Sindh opened the college on 2 September 2003. ¹ Wikipedia calls it the sixth public sector medical college of Sindh. ⁴

The prospectus records more than 500 MBBS students at the college. ¹ Our programme record lists MBBS as the only programme, five years long, with 100 seats at Rs. 18,000 a year.

Our hospital record lists Civil Hospital Sukkur as the attached hospital with 800 beds.

Chief Minister Ali Mohammad Mahar inaugurated the college on 2 September 2003 in the building of the Health Technician School Sukkur. ⁴ The first batch held 40 students, and classes began on 15 October 2003. ⁴

Wikipedia dates the plan for a sixth public sector medical college of Sindh to 2002. ⁴ The college started in three buildings: the former Directorate of Health, the Health Technician School and the Masoom Shah Hostel. ⁴

The college first took the name Sardar Ghulam Muhammad Khan Mahar Medical College Sukkur. ⁴ It carries the name of Sardar Ghulam Muhammad Khan Mahar, a philanthropist, politician and chief of the Mahar tribe. ⁴

Our dataset history note names the college after veteran politician Sardar Ghulam Muhammad Khan Mahar. It records the college as attached to the 800-bed Civil Hospital Sukkur and Anwar Piracha Government Hospital.

The college shortened its name to Ghulam Muhammad Mahar Medical College on 27 December 2005. ⁴

The Sindh Assembly formed Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical University in 2008, and the college joined it as a constituent college. ¹⁴ The college site states the same link under its name. ²

The foundation stone of the new complex went down on 30 May 2005, set by Chief Minister Arbab Ghulam Rahim. ⁴ The complex holds 53.8 acres at the Sukkur Bypass. ⁴ The site sits at the junction of the N-5 and N-65 highways. ⁴ Prof. Dr. Saleh Muhammad Channa leads the college as principal. ²

Our dataset records GMMMC MBBS open-merit aggregates of 79.40% for 2022, 80.85% for 2023, 78.80% for 2024 and 84.90% for 2025.

Every aggregate follows the Sindh formula: 50% MDCAT, 40% HSSC and 10% SSC. ¹ The MDCAT scale moved from 210 marks to 200 marks and then to 180 marks across these years. ⁶ One percentage point is not one raw mark in every row.

The 2025 row stands 6.1 points above 2024. Treat that jump with care, because the test changed with the session. The 2023 row sits 1.45 points above 2022, and the 2024 row falls 2.05 points below 2023. The 2025 row is the highest of the four rows in the chart. Read the four rows as a range of about six points, not as one cut-off.

Clinical work runs at GMMMC Teaching Hospital Sukkur. ⁴ The prospectus records clinical rotations at the teaching hospital of the college. ¹ Wikipedia lists more rotation sites for the students. ⁴ The list holds Government Anwar Piracha Teaching Hospital, the SIUT Chablani Medical Center, the NICVD Sukkur satellite centre and the Child Healthcare Institute. ⁴

Our hospital record names Civil Hospital Sukkur and Anwar Piracha Government Hospital as the attached hospitals of the college. Our hospital record lists 800 beds at Civil Hospital Sukkur. Our dataset history note calls the college the primary tertiary teaching hospital for northern Sindh, upper Balochistan and southern Punjab. The new complex plans a 1,200 bedded teaching hospital with quarters for faculty and staff. ⁴

Wikipedia records a children emergency opened on 30 December 2019. ⁴ The entry gives it 40 beds across about 6,300 square feet and free service. ⁴ Wikipedia gives the emergency service area as Rohri, Panoakil, Khairpur, Saleh Pat and Shikarpur. ⁴

The college sits in the centre of Sukkur city, and the new complex stands at the Sukkur Bypass on 53.8 acres. ¹⁴ The college contact page carries its enquiry number and email address. ³

The prospectus records air conditioning in the lecture halls, dissection halls, demonstration rooms, seminar rooms, laboratories and libraries. ¹ The departments hold audio visual aids, respirometers, a treadmill and a power lab. ¹

Wikipedia records an anatomy museum in the eastern academic block and a library block on campus. ⁴ The library block holds a reference library on the first floor and a lending library on the second. ⁴

Our facilities record lists the Civil Hospital Sukkur Complex and the Ghulam Muhammad Mahar New Campus. It also holds dissection halls and laboratories, the student hostels and a central library. The boys hostel works on campus with shared rooms and a student mess. ⁴ The girls hostel holds 90 rooms for about 270 students and carries the name Begum Nusrat Bhutto Female Students Hostel. ⁴

Wikipedia records affiliation with the PMDC, the CPSP and the HEC. ⁴ The prospectus places the college under a university accredited by the HEC. ¹

Our recognition record holds PMDC recognition, a WHO World Directory listing, ECFMG eligibility and CPSP accreditation.

CPSP accredited the teaching hospitals of the college for FCPS and MCPS postgraduate training. ⁴ Our dataset marks the recognition status of the college as active.

About 500 MBBS students study at the college, drawn from Sukkur, Khairpur and Ghotki. ¹⁴

Students live in the two hostels and eat at the student mess on campus. ⁴ The fee table holds a hostel fee of Rs. 20,000 a year for all categories. ¹

The college site posts freeship scholarships, OGDCL scholarship lists, ward tests and semester results on its notice board. ² The college also runs a YouTube channel and a Facebook page. ² The city of Sukkur holds over half a million people and a dozen colleges. ⁴ The boys hostel mess works under a student committee. ⁴ A girls common room sits in the academic block on campus. ⁴