PMC told to extend test registration date

Counsel claims petitions against medical entrance tests under the PMC are based on malice

The Sindh High Court (SHC) directed on Wednesday the Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) to extend the registration date for its entrance test in a petition pertaining to the dispute between the Centre and Sindh over admissions in medical colleges.

The PMC's counsel submitted a written reply stating that the petitioners did not mention which fundamental rights were being violated under the new body.

The counsel added that the petitions challenging the conducting of the entrance test under the PMC were based on malice. He said that a committee comprising representatives of all provinces had prepared joint syllabi, but Sindh did not send its representative.

The court made the PMC's written reply a part of the record and directed the commission to postpone the last date for registration for the entry test from November 2 to November 6.

The court further directed the petitioners to prepare their responses in the light of the PMC's reply and sought arguments from the deputy attorney general on the PMC's legality at the next hearing, to be held on November 3.

Case record sought

Meanwhile, the SHC sought the case record from the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) prosecutor and ordered him to prepare for arguments at the next bail hearing for a case pertaining to defrauding citizens in the name of Rab Razi Cooperative Housing Society.

The court expressed annoyance at the NAB prosecutor for failing to answer questions, adding that the prosecutor's job was to assist the court and he was bound to answer the bench's queries.

The prosecutor stated that the case investigation officer had been transferred to Multan.

The court sought the case record from the NAB prosecutor.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 29^th, 2020.