ISLAMABAD: For the first time in Pakistan, around 5873 public and private medical and dental colleges seats could not be filled this year.
The Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) has established a unique strategy to fill the vacant seats for the 2021-22 session in light of this situation.
Colleges that did not upload their names of admitted students by February 18 were allowed to do so under the policy. The PMC will give vacant seats to suitable students who have not been admitted after that date. To guarantee that all admissions are completed by February 28, one-time placements will be granted only based on merit.
According to a document available to the local media, 1,566 seats are vacant in Sindh, 1,331 in Punjab, 72 in Balochistan, 58 in Islamabad and 51 in Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
Last year, the PMC informed public and private medical and dental institutions about the admission process, timings, and procedures for the conduct of admissions for the session 2021-22 through its Medical and Dental Undergraduate Education (Admission, Curriculum, and Conduct) Regulations 2021.
According to the laws, both private and public colleges must adhere to the statutory admissions timetables and submit the list of admitted students on the PMC portal according to the published and declared schedule.
