Boys Hostel No. 1, Allama Iqbal Medical College.

Overview

Right on the Quaid-i-Azam Campus and barely a stone's throw from Allama Iqbal Medical College itself, this hostel is built around the daily life of a medical student. Jinnah Hospital sits under half a... read more

Right on the Quaid-i-Azam Campus and barely a stone's throw from Allama Iqbal Medical College itself, this hostel is built around the daily life of a medical student. Jinnah Hospital sits under half a kilometre away, which matters enormously when your clinical rotations start early and finish late. Rent falls between PKR 36,250 and PKR 53,750 a month, covering rooms fitted with beds and mattresses so a new resident can move in without hauling furniture across the city. Geysers keep hot water flowing through winter mornings, filtered drinking water is on hand, and Wi-Fi covers the study grind that comes with this course load. CCTV security runs across the property. For those whose classes are elsewhere, Minhaj University is about fourteen minutes on foot, with Bahria Lahore and ITU a slightly longer trip. The AIMC Mosque nearby handles prayer breaks between lectures. What this place offers, more than anything, is proximity, letting a student roll out of bed and into the wards without the commute that eats into study time and sleep in equal measure.