Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has written a letter to the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation and coordination to de-notify seven universities for not having their constituent medical or dental college.
According to PMDC, these universities included University of Punjab Lahore, Quaid-e-AzamUniversityIslamabad, Hazara University Mansehra, Sarhad University Peshawar, University of Peshawar, University of Sindh Hyderabad Jamshoro and University of Karachi.
It said that after the Amendment Act 2012 universities that do not have their own constituent medical dental college will not be recognized and notified by the PMDC. He said that if any of such university intends to have constituent medical or dental college or both can apply for its recognition or inclusion of their names in the 1st schedule of PMDC Ordinance.