The Annals of Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (APIMS) is the official quarterly and open access journal of Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University (SZABMU), Pakistan. Previously, two separate medical journals of this institute were being published, namely, JPIMS started in 1990 and the Journal of Surgery in 1991. They were officially merged into one journal, APIMS, in 2005. The Annals of PIMS is recognized by the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC), the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan ( Y category), and the CPSP (https://www.cpsp.edu.pk/files/news_notifications/cpsp-sec-2020-338.pdf) It is indexed in WHO-IMEMR, EBSCO Host & Base from Germany.