PMDC denied to Recognize 25 New Medical Colleges

Lahore,
The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has denied to recognize
25 newly established private and public medical colleges on the excuse
that recognition of such a high number of medical institutions is
against the policies of council. These colleges are recommended for
recognition by the Federal Health Ministry. Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir
Bhutto Medical College, Karachi is also among these institutions.

PMDC Registrar Dr Ahmad Nadeem Akbar said “The council desires to
limit the number of colleges and that is why a two-year freeze has been
enforced from December 31, 2010 on new colleges.” He said the PMDC had
mentioned its concern, in a letter written to the Health Ministry to
recognize 25 private medical colleges at a time.

In these 25 colleges, eight colleges were recommended by the Sindh
government, six by the Punjab, five by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, two
Balochistan, one by Azad Jammu and Kashmir and three by the federal
capital, Islamabad.

These new medical colleges include Mohammad Bin Qasim Medical and
Dental College, Karachi; Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical
College, Karachi; Pakistan Medical College, Karachi; Rajputana Medical
College, Hyderabad; Jehangeer Medical College, Tando Allah Yar; Dental
Section, Bahria University Medical and Dental College, Karachi; Bhitai
Dental and Medical College Hospital, Mirpurkhas; Dental Section,
Women’s Medical College, Peshawar; Islam Medical College, Narowal;
Rashid Latif Medical College, Lahore; Pakistan Red Crescent Medical and
Dental College, Lahore; Core Medical College, Islamabad; Federal
Medical and Dental College, Islamabad; Amna Inayat Medical College,
Sheikhupura; Rehman Medical College, Peshawar; Al Razi Medical College,
Peshawar; Medical College, Loralai; Medical College, Khuzdar; AJ&K
Medical College, Muzaffarabad; City Medical College, Lahore; Gul Naseem
Medical, Hyderabad; East and West Medical College, Haripur; and Dental
Section, Islamabad Medical & Dental College, Islamabad.