ISLAMABAD – Registration of 10 Medical and Dental Colleges across Pakistancancelled by Pakistan Medical and Dental Council.
(PMDC) has revoked the registration of 10 private medical colleges andbarred them from admitting new students.
Moreover, PMDC has announced to adjust the students already enrolled inthese 10 colleges to PMDC recognized and the federal government notifiedcolleges, ensuring that the academic efforts of the students don’t go invain.
Here are the 10 colleges whose registration has been nullified by the PMDC:
1. Abbottabad International Medical College, Abbottabad 2. Fazaia Ruth PFAO Medical College, Karachi 3. Dow Dental College, Karachi 4. Muhammad Dental College, Mirpur Khas 5. Swat Medical College, Swat 6. Shifa College of Dentistry Shifa Tameer-e-Millat, Islamabad 7. Azra Naheed Dental College, Lahore 8. Watim Medical College, Rawalpindi 9. Khairpur Medical College, Khairpur Mirs 10. Dental Section Rawal Institute of Health Sciences, Islamabad
The council has also ordered these colleges to transfer the fees collectedfrom students to PMDC within a month so it can adjust the students toaccredited colleges at the earliest.
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The official statement from the PMDC reads:
It is informed to all the concerned through the public notice that sinceall the actions taken and decisions made by the Pakistan Medical Commission(PMC) have been declared unlawful, provisional accreditation/registrationwould sail in the same boat especially when there is no provision for suchaccreditation or registration.
In October 2019, Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) was constituted by anordinance promulgated by President Arif Alvi, dissolving the PMDC. PMDCemployees had challenged the formation of PMC in the Islamabad High Court(IHC). IHC abolished the formation of PMC in February, restoring the PMDCto its previous status.
These 10 colleges were registered after inspection during the tenure of thePMC. PMDC will now carry out the inspection of these colleges in the comingmonths to decide to grant these colleges PMDC registration or not.
