ISLAMABAD: Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan would likely challenge a flawed entry test recently taken for admission to medical and dental colleges in court, he revealed to the local newspaper before his death.
As reported in Dawn, he told them eleven hours before his death that he would file a petition on Monday, i.e., Oct 11, to challenge a flawed MDCAT as it has destroyed the future of thousands of students.
The correspondent received the nuclear scientist's call at around 6.30 pm on Saturday. He said on the call that he was quite disturbed because of the future of medical students and, therefore, he decided to challenge the issue in the Islamabad High Court. While talking about his health, he said in a strained voice that he had returned home after having COVID-19 treatment at the hospital, though he was still not feeling well as he had pain in his whole body.
His intentions have been showing the level of concern he had for the students of his country and was fully aware of the miseries of candidates who the PMC asked to ignore the initial results.
Earlier the PMC announced that around 125,000 candidates, i.e., 65 per cent, had failed to get the passing marks.
Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan became a national hero overnight, not only in Pakistan but in the Islamic world, when in May 1998, Pakistan responded to India by conducting its nuclear tests.