LAHORE – The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Sunday rejects a student pleaseeking direction for the Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) to conduct theupcoming MDCAT test on the basis of the syllabus prescribed by theUniversity of Health Sciences (UHS).
Justice Ayesha A Malik was hearing a student’s matter wherein a petitionernamed Muhammad Haseeb had challenged the government’s notification. Thepetitioner claimed that the PMC issued a revised syllabus which was new anddifferent from the UHS syllabus.
Petitioner said that the PMC issued a revised syllabus that was new anddifferent from that of the UHS which gave no time for preparation to thestudents as the MDCAT was scheduled for next Sunday, Nov 15.
PMC counsel told the court that the law required the commission to hold onesingle test nationwide for all medical and dental programmes in Pakistan.
The common syllabus and table of specification setting committee was formedand the Inter Board Committee of Chairman (IBCC) was consulted for thepurpose of the syllabus. The counsel argued that there was nothing newrather it took all topics common in all the curriculums of the fourprovinces.
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Justice Ayesha A Malik directs that as per the PMC syllabus clarification,the students would be given an objection form on the date of the test torecord any objection to any question they believe outside the syllabus.
Justice Ayesha Malik dismissed the instant petition as no case ofinterference is made out.
