The construction of Jinnah Hospital was funded by
Pakistan and is named after the founder and first Governor-General of Pakistan,
Muhammad Ali Jinnah. It is part of a series of Pakistani development projects in Afghanistan under the
Pakistan Technical Assistance Programme. The flagship project was approved by the
Planning Commission initially at a cost of $18 million, and the contract was signed in March 2007. Jinnah Hospital's design and construction services were undertaken by
NESPAK and the
National Logistics Cell. Around 25 acres of land for the medical complex were reserved by the
Afghan government in District 13 of Kabul. On 20 April 2019, the hospital was inaugurated and opened for services during a ceremony presided over by Afghan
Vice President Sarwar Danish as chief guest, with Afghanistan's health minister Ferozuddin Feroz and Pakistan's Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs,
Ali Muhammad Khan, also present. Feroz appreciated the "generous gift" and thanked "Pakistan’s immense assistance in the health sector" of Afghanistan, while Khan described the hospital as part of
Imran Khan administration's vision of providing welfare for the Afghan people. He expressed his hopes that the project would make a "substantial contribution" to the country's health services. The total cost of the project at completion was $24 million, and construction was undertaken over 12 years since the date of inception. The deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan, as well as institutional and bureaucratic inefficiencies were cited as reasons for the delay in completion. At the time of inauguration, Pakistan was also building the Nishtar Kidney Centre in
Jalalabad, and the 100-bed Naeb Aminullah Khan Hospital in
Logar at a cost of $19 million, both of which were nearing completion. ==Medical facilities==