Nawabshah is a tehsil and headquarters of the Shaheed Benazirabad District of Sindh province, Pakistan. This city is situated in the middle of Sindh province. It is the 27th largest city in Pakistan. Nawabshah Tehsil was established in 1903 by the British government. The tehsil was a part of Hyderabad district. On 1 November 1912, Nawabshah was upgraded to a district status of Sind Division.
Shaheed Benazirabad District previously known as Nawabshah District, is one of the districts in the province of Sindh, Pakistan.
Azra Fazal Pechuho is a Pakistani politician who was the Provincial Minister of Sindh for Health, and Population Welfare, in office from August 2018 till August 2023. She had been a member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh from August 2018 till August 2023. She was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, from 2002 to May 2018. She is serving as member of Provincial Assembly of Sindh since February 2024.
The history of pursuing nuclear medicine goes back to 1956, when the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) was established under the executive order of the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy. The PAEC, the scientific body that is responsible for establishing the nuclear power plants in the country, has sat up a Nuclear Medicines laboratory. The PAEC also sat up the nuclear medicines lab and facilities throughout the country to fight against Cancer. Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission had provided the facilities of diagnosis and treatment of cancer and allied diseases to the patients from all over the country employing Nuclear Techniques at its Medical Centers. PAEC also sponsored the research program in the field of radiochemistry and biochemistry. PAEC also sat up the research institutes all over the country, some of them are below:
Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical College is a medical school in Lyari, Karachi, Pakistan, that opened in March 2011. The Principal of the college is Dr. Anjum Rehman. The college was opened with financial support from the Government of Pakistan. Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical College part of Lyari General Postgraduate Medical Centre also known as Lyari General Hospital. It also has Institute of Cardiology and is a teaching hospital. It was formerly affiliated with Dow University of Health Sciences.
Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical University (SMBBMU) is a public university of medicine, nursing, pharmacy and allied health sciences. It was established on July 9, 2009. It is located in Larkana, Sindh, Pakistan.
Nuclear Medicine, Oncology and Radiotherapy Institute (NORI) is the 7th Cancer hospital and research centre; established by Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) in 1983 at Islamabad, adjacent to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) to cater patients from Islamabad and adjoining areas. NORI, one of the 19 cancer hospitals run by PAEC, is the first institute which has been recognized by College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan (CPSP) for training of Fellows of College of Physicians and Surgeons (FCPS) in Nuclear Medicine and radiotherapy. Various research projects sponsored by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the World Health Organization (WHO), are underway in the NORI Cancer Hospital. The hospital is providing treatment facilities to about 40,000 patients from Islamabad, Hazara, Jhelum, Sargodha, Azad Kashmir, etc.
The People’s University of Medical and Health Sciences for Women (PUMHSW) is a public medical university located in Shaheed Benazirabad District (Nawabshah), Sindh, Pakistan.
Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University of Veterinary & Animal Sciences, Shaheed Benazirabad or SBBUVAS is Public Degree-awarding Institution located at Nawabshah, Pakistan.
PS-36 Shaheed Benazirabad-I is a constituency of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh.
PS-37 Shaheed Benazirabad-II is a constituency of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh.
PS-39 Shaheed Benazirabad-IV is a constituency of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh.
PS-38 Shaheed Benazirabad-III is a constituency of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh.
The Karachi Institute of Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine (KIRAN) is a cancer hospital in Karachi, Pakistan under the administrative control of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission. KIRAN is one of nineteen medical centers in Pakistan providing patients access to diagnostic and treatment facilities either free of charge or at subsidized rates.
The Quaid-e-Azam Law College (QLC) is a Government law college located in Nawabshah, Sindh, Pakistan. It is the first Government sector law college in Shaheed Benazirabad region.
Benazir Institute of Urology & Transplantation (BIUT), is located in Benazirabad, Shaheed Benazirabad District of Sindh province, Pakistan. It was founded as a 300-bed tertiary care hospital with the goal of giving patients with kidney and related disorders free medical coverage locally. Previously, residents of the Shaheed Benazirabad district and its surrounding districts had to go to Karachi and other cities for such treatment.
The Larkana Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Radiotherapy (LINAR), also known as LINAR Cancer Hospital Larkana, is a medical facility specializing in cancer treatment located in Larkana, Sindh. It is one of several research institutes established by the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) across the country to combat cancer using nuclear medicine techniques.
