The mission of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences is to be a premier research-intensive medical university that will educate medical students, paramedics, and postdoctoral fellows in accordance with international professional standards, to prepare clinicians to practice patient-centered medicine of the highest quality, and to identify and answer fundamental questions with regards to prevention and treatment of diseases, in healthcare delivery and in the basic sciences there by to improve health through leadership, discovery and innovation in patient care, education and research.