Challenging fees: PMDC, Punjab and govt asked to respond
Petitioner asks what law allows private medical colleges to charge high fees.
LAHORE:
The Lahore High Court on Tuesday sought replies from the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) and the federal and Punjab governments on a writ petition challenging the “exorbitant” fee structure of private medical colleges.
Judicial Activism Panel chairman Muhammad Azhar Siddique filed the petition and contended that private medical colleges had been receiving Rs600,000 from a student per year. He said a poor student could not study at a private college though he had the constitutional right to get education.
The lawyer submitted that the PMDC should be asked under which law private medical colleges were allowed to fix such exorbitant fee structures. He pointed out that a division bench of the LHC in 2011 had directed the PMDC to introduce a fee structure in the private colleges so that low income with ability could study at private colleges.
Advocate Siddique prayed to the court that the PMDC be asked whether it had taken any action against the private medical institutions for rendering expensive and substandard education.
The petitioner prayed to the court to take action against the exorbitant fee structure and the failure of the PMDC in ensuring affordable education of medical.
After hearing the arguments, the court sought replies from the respondent and adjourned the hearing till the fourth week of January.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 12th, 2012.
The Lahore High Court on Tuesday sought replies from the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) and the federal and Punjab governments on a writ petition challenging the “exorbitant” fee structure of private medical colleges.
Judicial Activism Panel chairman Muhammad Azhar Siddique filed the petition and contended that private medical colleges had been receiving Rs600,000 from a student per year. He said a poor student could not study at a private college though he had the constitutional right to get education.
The lawyer submitted that the PMDC should be asked under which law private medical colleges were allowed to fix such exorbitant fee structures. He pointed out that a division bench of the LHC in 2011 had directed the PMDC to introduce a fee structure in the private colleges so that low income with ability could study at private colleges.
Advocate Siddique prayed to the court that the PMDC be asked whether it had taken any action against the private medical institutions for rendering expensive and substandard education.
The petitioner prayed to the court to take action against the exorbitant fee structure and the failure of the PMDC in ensuring affordable education of medical.
After hearing the arguments, the court sought replies from the respondent and adjourned the hearing till the fourth week of January.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 12th, 2012.