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PESHAWAR: A Peshawar High Court bench was informed on Tuesday by National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) that five private medical colleges in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were involved in irregularities in the recent admission process as they manipulated the 20 per cent interview marks.
The bench of PHC Chief Justice Qaiser Rashid Khan and Justice Mohammad Nasir Mehfooz was informed in two separate inquiry reports submitted by NAB and FIA that five of the 17 private medical and dental colleges in the province manoeuvred the admission process wherein lower aggregate candidates of MDCAT were pulled into merit by awarding them higher marks in interviews.
The court had taken a notice of the matter during the last hearing into a petition seeking orders for domicile restriction for admission to private medical and dental colleges in the province. APP/File
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Thursday directed the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) and Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to conduct separate inquiries into donation demands allegedly made by private medical colleges in the province for admissions and other related irregularities.
A bench consisting of Chief Justice Qaiser Rashid Khan and Justice Ijaz Anwar ordered both the NAB Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FIA to complete their inquiries within three weeks and submit their respective reports by April 27 and adjourned hearing until then into several petitions about admission to medical and dental colleges.
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court on Wednesday directed the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa advocate general to produce a report about the alleged monetary demands made by private medical colleges to students for admissions.
A bench consisting of Chief Justice Qaiser Rashid Khan and Justice Syed M Attique Shah observed that some private medical colleges had become money-minting machines and thus, playing with the future of the deserving students.
It fixed Mar 25 for the next hearing into a petition seeking orders for domicile restriction for admission to private medical and dental colleges in the province and declaring illegal the assigning of 20 per cent interview marks for those admissions.
The Peshawar High Court has taken notice of reported monetary demands made by private sector colleges in the province. File Photo
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court has taken notice of reported monetary demands made by private sector colleges in the province and asked the advocate general to appear before it and suggest how to stop medical education from becoming a commercial activity.
A bench consisting of Chief Justice Qaiser Rashid Khan and Justice Mohammad Naeem Anwar fixed Mar 3 for the next hearing into the issue, observing that reports suggest that some medical colleges have practically put seats of medical course on sale, whereby millions of rupees are being charged from aspirants for the purpose.