PHC stops medical colleges from suspending admissions
Peshawar
May 7, 2021
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) on Thursday stopped private medical colleges from suspending the admissions of students and ordered a status quo in this respect.
A division bench of the PHC comprising Chief Justice Qaiser Rashid and Justice Lal Jan Khattak directed Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) to submit a record of admission’s procedure, interviews and merit lists of the medical students.
During the hearing, the chief justice expressed anger at the Law Division for not constituting a medical tribunal and directed the Law Ministry to notify the rules.
The petitioners Zarghoona, Niaz, Amna Bibi, Wajih-u-Rehman and others had challenged the PMC’s orders on suspensions of their admissions. The counsels for petitioners Barrister Rokhan Nafees, Salman Fiaz Mir, Haziq Ali Shah and Junaid Zaman advocates argued that the admissions of students could not be suspended or canceled due to a dispute
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PMC discusses FATA quota issue
Islamabad
January 23, 2021
Islamabad:The Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) on Friday held a special meeting on the matter of doubling Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) quota seats for public sector medical and dental colleges across the country.
The issue of doubling FATA quota seats by granting additional seats above the allocated admissions capacity in medical and dental colleges was raised several times on various platforms, including the meetings of the Senate and National Assembly standing committees.
PMC President Dr. Arshad Taqi said the commission had allowed additional seats above the allocated seats in public colleges for the 2020 intake. He, however, said admitting universities and provincial governments were categorically informed that in the 2021 intake session, these additional and all other quota seats shall be accommodated within the maximum allocated seats of the college.