Govt restrained from announcing new date for entry tests

Lawyer representing NTS refutes allegations of paper leak

The Sindh High Court (SHC) restrained the provincial government on Thursday from announcing a new date to re-conduct entry tests for the public sector medical colleges and universities across the province.

A two-judge bench, headed by Justice Munib Akhtar, issued the restraining order while hearing a petition challenging the Sindh government’s notification regarding the cancellation of entry test results after a question paper was leaked during a test conducted by the National Testing Services (NTS) on October 22.

At the outset of the hearing, the judges asked for the findings of the committee, constituted by the chief minister, to investigate the paper leak.

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Fazlullah Pechuho, the health secretary, informed the court that the schedule for visits by the committee members to medical universities will be decided by Thursday (yesterday). He maintained that the chief minister had also asked for the inquiry to be completed as soon as possible.

The secretary said that the investigation will be completed by the first week of December, after which the test will be conducted again.

A lawyer representing the NTS refuted the allegations of a paper leak, claiming that the testing service had not received a single complaint from any student. “Politicians are trying to make the National Testing Service controversial,” he alleged.

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The lawyer maintained that an inquiry was conducted into the allegations, but so far no evidence of negligence on the part of any staff member was found.

After hearing arguments from both the sides, the two-judge bench restrained the provincial government from announcing the date for a new entry test till further notice.