Convocation: 327 students graduate from Jinnah Medical and Dental College

Aisha Ghazal best student of MBBS batch of 2012 was grateful the college gave her scholarship to complete her studies.

KARACHI:

Around 327 undergraduates were awarded degrees at the fifth convocation of Jinnah Medical and Dental College on Saturday.

The keynote speaker at the convocation, Dr SM Rab, pointed out that doctors needed to practise medicine ethically to rectify the misconception that the profession was a way of making money from others’ suffering. He explained that the country was going through difficult times and it was important for the colleges and other institutions to help out by giving responsible professionals to society.

While speaking to The Express Tribune, the manager of the college’s marketing department, Afshan Khalid, explained that around 578 students from the college have received distinction in MBBS subjects and at least 348 of them achieved distinctions in BDS subjects in the examinations conducted by Karachi University.

The managing trustee of S M Sohail Trust, Dr Syed Tariq Sohail, explained that there was an increasing demand for institutes teaching medicine and the private sector could fulfill this demand.

The principal of the college, Prof. Dr Mumtazuddin Haider, added that the students from the college are working all over the world. “We try to teach them the best possible ethical practices and hope that they will carry it forward.”



The best student of the MBBS batch of 2012, Aisha Ghazal, was grateful that her college gave her a scholarship to complete her studies. She also mentioned an oath that said she would continue with her career unlike a majority of women who take up medicine but then don’t practise it.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 19^th, 2013.