Tag: PMDC

100 graduating doctors to be issued provisional licenses by March 29

-The PMDC has not had an external auditor or internal auditor and has only relied on three audits undertaken by the AGPR in the...

Medical practitioners asked to avoid practice without valid licence

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has asked the medical practitioners to avoid private practice or doing job in public or private hospitals without...

PMDC suspends Dr Durrani’s registration to practice medicine: report

Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has suspended Dr Atiq Durrani's registration and license to practice medicine,  a local media house reported. Apart from being...

Admissions in DDC, DIKIOHS subject to registration with PMDC

KARACHI: Sindh Health Department has announced that admissions in medical and dental colleges across the province will be held through a centralised admission system and...

PMDC to close down two medical colleges: report

The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) asked students from the Yusra Medical and Dental College Islamabad (YMDCI) and Continental Medical College in Lahore...

SC bars private medical colleges from directly enrolling students

Shaheen airlines directed to deposit 20 million within one week LAHORE: The Supreme Court has barred private medical colleges from directly enrolling students. A three-member...

Medical colleges agree on fee increase

The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) and Pakistan Association of Private Medical and Dental Institutions (PAMI) have agreed on a new fee structure...

Senate body seeks details of new ordinance from PMDC

ISLAMABAD: Senate Standing Committee on National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination on Friday sought details of the new ordinance from Pakistan Medical and Dental Council...

Dr Asif Bashir retains title of neurosurgery professor after PMDC’s notification

LAHORE: The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has upheld the title of professor for leading neurosurgeon Dr Asif Bashir while declaring him as a...

PMA concerned over dental council’s degree verification policy

KARACHI: Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) has expressed concern about the plight of all those teachers who have acquired their PhD and MPhil qualification from foreign...

Foreign medical graduates hold a sit-in against PMDC: report

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani Foreign Medical Graduates Welfare Association (PFMGWA) held a sit-in outside the National Press Club on Sunday against alleged injustice by the...

SC summons three-month performance reports of medical colleges

CJP says medical colleges not meeting PMDC's criteria to be brought under UHS LAHORE: The Supreme Court on Sunday summoned the three-month performance reports of...

PMDC exam: Future of around 3,000 foreign graduates at stake

Foreign medical graduates to start protest in front of IPC on Thursday ISLAMABAD: Despite the acute shortage of registered doctors in the country, around...

Citizens complain of non-observance of medical SOPs at PIMS

ISLAMABAD: Citizens on Sunday demanded that the concerned authorities take notice of the non-observance of medical standard operating procedures (SOPs) by the doctors at the...

Nine-member ad-hoc council to govern PMDC

KARACHI: A nine-member ad-hoc council formed on Wednesday will run Pakistan Medical & Dental Council (PMDC) affairs in accordance with their jurisdiction. The nine-member ad-hoc...

SC dissolves PMDC, forms interim committee to look after affairs

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) on Friday dissolved the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC), which is responsible for regulating medical educational institutes across...

PMDC advises students to take admission in recognised medical colleges only

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) Wednesday advised parents and students to get admission only in those medical and dental colleges that are...