Pakistan Medical Association on Wednesday demanded that the fee of Sheikh Zayed Medical and Dental College, Lahore be brought at par with the other public medical colleges.
In a press conference at the Lahore Press Club, Joint Secretary Pakistan Medical Association Lahore (PMA) Dr Salman Kazmi, Parent Action Committee of Sheikh Zayed Medical and Dental College and Advocate Noshab A Khan added that the fee of the students of Shaikh Zayed Medical and Dental College, Lahore (SZMDC) should be reduced to Rs twenty thousand.
The Action Committee has demanded that the fee structure of college should be at par with the fee of the other government medical colleges of Punjab.
The fee structure as given in the prospectus for admission to the government medical & dental institutions of Punjab session 2011-2012 reveals that the total annual fee for the first, second, third, fourth & fifth academic year is Rs 14,551, Rs 12,151, Rs 12,351, Rs 12,151 and Rs 12,251 respectively. Whereas the annual fee structure of SZMDC for the five academic years is Rs 470,000, Rs 430,000, Rs 480,000, Rs 480,000 and Rs 480,000 respectively, which does not at all commensurate with the public sector medical and dental colleges in the province.
This has been termed as a great injustice to the students of SZMDC notwithstanding the fact that this is a public funded institution.
The executive committee of Pakistan Medical Association, Lahore has unanimously authorized Dr Salman Kazmi to present before the Lahore High Court a writ petition against the unfair fee structure in SZMDC.
