PMC under fire for conducting tests without legal cover

Peshawar High Court halts unlawful practices

PESHAWAR:

The Peshawar High Court has sanctioned a writ petition against the Pakistan Medical Commission for conducting entry tests for medical colleges without any legal cover and demanded that such practices should be halted, terming it totally “unlawful” for medical students.

A two-judge bench headed by Justice Abdul Shakoor and Justice Syed Arshid Ali heard the case.

Students who had filed a writ petition were represented by their legal advisors Advocate Adnan Haider Yousafzai and Advocate Amir Akhtar in court.

During the hearing, the counsel for the students informed the court that PMC had been conducting entry tests for medical colleges and universities on a daily basis through their private testing agency.

The lawyers further apprised the court about the discrepancies in the testing procedures and how candidates that turned out to be successful in the initial results were failed in the final results.

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The legal counsel of the students have demanded that the PMC should be made liable to hold the entries tests on the same day and venue for all medical colleges under section 18 of the PMC act.

They also urged the court to declare the previous results as null and void.

After hearing arguments of the petitioners, the two-member bench expressed anger on the PMC and directed them to submit their detailed reports on the procedures within three days.

Hearing of the case was adjourned till Oct 1.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 28^th, 2021.