In his inaugural address, the Aga Khan acknowledged the contributions made towards the advancement of healthcare in the country stating that civil society was underserved in education in Pakistan.

Expressing his gratitude to all those who had sustained the University, he said, "we should position this institution in its correct place in service to Pakistan."

CIME's mission is to transform the education of health professionals through the use of simulation and virtual reality technology to develop knowledge and skills before treating patients.

"The Centre aims to raise the bar for teaching and learning and to thereby deliver higher standards of practice across the professions of medicine, nursing and allied health," said CIME Director Dr Charles Docherty.

We seek to become a strategic asset for Pakistan and the region that is at the forefront of efforts to raise the standard of healthcare.

The 80,000-square foot, Rs. 1.6 billion ($15 million), donor-funded Centre comprises three buildings - the Mariyam Bashir Dawood Building, the Ibn Sina Building and the Shiraz Boghani Building.

The Centre offers multi-purpose teaching spaces, high-fidelity simulators, and specialty environments such as the phantom-head dental lab, a cardiac catheterisation lab and telemedicine clinics.

Aga Khan laid the foundation stone for the three buildings of CIME during his previous visit to Pakistan in 2013. The inauguration of the facility on Friday was part of the Aga Khan's state visit to Pakistan on the occasion of his Diamond Jubilee: the 60th anniversary of his accession as the spiritual leader of the Shia Ismaili community in 1957.