With passion vision of Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, the premier Medical College exclusive for girls Came into existence in April 1974 at Nawabshah with the name of Peoples Medical College. About 6000 & plus Female doctors have been graduated from this College so far. Postgraduate training in this institute started in 2004 and since then about 600 & plus postgraduate trainees have imparted training in various specialties.
Mr. Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi is credit for establishing Peoples Medical College for Girls Now PUMHS during his stint as Chief Minister of Sindh. Following the passage of bill of establishing medical college in Nawabshah by the Sindh Assembly, Mr. Jatoi confronted with a difficult situation for finding out a suitable location to start classes of the said institution immediately. For that matter he visited his teacher Mr. H.M Khoja and requested him to allow him to start girls’ medical college in a building (which was then housing a school run by Mr. H.M Khoja) on makeshift basis. For the sake of promotion of education in the area and the newly established Peoples Medical College functional.
Initially this College was temporarily housed in portion of District Council High School consisting of a couple of hostels and auditorium (Latif Hall) along with the main building of Muslim Boarding House. The first batch was admitted with an approximate enrollment of about 100 students. Soon after the District Hospital was attached to the college for the purpose of clinical teaching. Peoples University of Medical & Health Sciences for Women, Nawabshah, Shaheed Benazirabad was established by Act of Government of Sindh 2009 dated 21-12- 2009, Governor of Sindh & Chancellor given Ascent on 10-11-2010.
Vice Chancellor, Peoples University of Medical & Health Sciences for Women, Prof. Dr. Gulshan Ali Memon has took effort to established Examination Branch with three sections, Conduct Branch, Secret Branch & Top-Secret Branch having optical marker & photocopier along with computer & printer. Now the examination is conducted by Peoples University of Medical & Health Sciences for Women, Nawabshah (SBA), maintaining the secrecy & credibility. The land about 200 acres had been purchased 3.5 km away the outskirt of Nawabshah. The boundary wall is constructed. Examination Centre for all disciplines , institute of Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation Center , institute of pharmaceutical sciences, institute of Public health & sciences , Begum Bilqees Sultana institute of Nursing, four Blocks of Hostels only for Girls, Residential Units for Faculty & Staff, Transport department, buss stand, Beautiful Masjid, Stadium are functional.
The Deans of Basic Medical Sciences, Medicine & Allied Sciences, Surgery & Allied Sciences and Community Health Sciences are appointed as per act, and we have a fully saturated qualified faculty to deliver their best. During infancy period of PUMHS we have established the Institute of Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation Sciences in 2012, Begum Bilqees Sultana Institute of Nursing in 2012, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2014 and Institute of BS Public Health Sciences in 2016. Now the PUMHSW is going to start peoples institute of technologist in HEalth with four disciplines Bachelor of Sciences intensive Care Technology (BS-ICT), Bachelor of Sciences Anesthesia Technology (BS-AT), Bachelor of Sciences Cardiovascular sciences Technology (BS-CST) & Bachelor of Sciences Medical Laboratory (BS-MLT). Bachelor of Sciences intensive Care Technology (BS-ICT), Bachelor of Sciences Anesthesia Technology (BS-AT), Bachelor of Sciences Cardiovascular Technology (BS-CST) & Bachelor of Sciences Medical Laboratory (BS-MLT).

BASIC DEPARTMENT
The University has 2 academic blocks. One includes Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry departments with air-conditioned Dissection Hall and Seminar rooms while the other one includes Pharmacology, Pathology, Community Medicine, and Forensic Medicine departments along with Administration offices, Central Museum, Skill Lab, Digital Telephone Exchange, Three Fully airconditioned Lecture Halls and air-conditioned Seminar rooms. The old Latif Hall was demolished, and new graceful building was erected having Vice Chancellor’s Secretariat with Academic Council Hall and Teacher’s Common room at the ground floor & capacious 850 seated fully air-conditioned Latif Hall at first floor. The existing two storied library has at present about 18,000 reference books and 48,000 textbooks and various new editions of medical journals. Learning Resource Centre (LRC) and I.T Department are also established with 100 computers, CD-ROM & Multimedia facilities, and Internet access.

CLINICAL DEPARTMENT
The clinical departments include Medicine, Surgery, Gynae & Obs, ENT, Ophthalmology, Anesthesiology, Orthopedics, Pediatrics, Cardiology, Chest Diseases, Psychiatry, Dermatology, Neurology, Radiology (Ultrasonography / C.T. Scanning, MRI), Neurosurgery, Urology, Nephrology, Oncology & Pead's Surgery. The attached Peoples University of Medical & Health Sciences Hospital has total bed strength of 875 at present. A modern C.P.S.P regional center is also discharging their academic obligations under MoU with PUMHS in the very premises of this University, which is fully Air-conditioned with Digital Library and internet facilities, Multipurpose Hall.

FOREIGN NATIONAL STUDENTS
The total number of students at present is 2186 from first year to final year MBBS, DPT, Pharm-D, BS Public Health & BS Nursing. On the teaching faculty side there are 44 sanctioned posts of Professors, 47 Associate Professors, 86 Assistant Professors, 31 Senior Registrars, 34 Senior Lecturers & Lecturers 75.

FOREIGN NATIONAL STUDENTS
This University is permanently recognized by PM&DC & HEC for postgraduate courses in all specialties including FCPS, MS. (Surgery, Eye, ENT, Gynae & Obs, Neurosurgery, Orthopedics & Urology), M.D (Medicine, Pediatrics & Cardiology), D.C.P, D.G.O, D.C.H, D.O, DA, D.L, D.C.P.S, M.Phil. (Anatomy), M.Phil. (Physiology), M.Phil. (Biochemistry), M.Phil. (Histopathology), M.Phil. (Microbiology), M.Phil. (Pharmacology), MPH (Community Medicine), and are regularly conducted at PUMHSW, Nawabshah (SBA). The undergraduate & postgraduate examinations comprise BCQ, short essay and long essay practical’s with OSPE / OSCE, Long & Short cases.