August 7, 2026
The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council has moved the MDCAT from August 16 to September 20, saying the decision was taken on the prime minister's direction to conduct a more transparent and organised exam. All other terms and arrangements remain unchanged.
KARACHI: The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has made it mandatory for Pakistani students seeking to pursue medical education abroad to clear the Medical and Dental College Admission Test (MDCAT) in the country, Executive member told The Express Tribune Committee of PMDC, Jawad Amin Khan. exclusive interview on Tuesday. He revealed that many students who pass the Intermediate Pre-Medical examinations often secure admissions to MBBS and BDS programs in foreign medical schools through agents based in Pakistan. However, PMDC does not have detailed information about these institutions, including admission policies, curricula, facilities or even the number of Pakistani students
November 29, 2023
An aspirant doctor died in Peshawar – purportedly through suicide – after failing to pass the Medical and Dental College Admission Test (MDCAT) on his third attempt. The deceased was a student of Zoology at the Islamia College Peshawar and had failed to clear the MDCAT in his previous two attempts, they added. According to the provost of the college, the student was found in critical condition by his roommate in the college hostel after he swallowed Aluminum phosphate (pesticide) on November 27. The roommate informed the warden who along with other officials moved the deceased to Khyber Teaching Hospital.
October 25, 2023
PESHAWAR: The provincial government has announced a schedule for the re-conduction of the Medical and Dental College Admission Test (MDCAT 2023) following allegations of extensive cheating in the previous exams. The re-exams are set to take place on November 26, with strict Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) in place to ensure the integrity of the test for admission in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Medical and Dental Colleges. MDCAT results 2023 declared void, KP to hold exams again In the previous month, authorities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa uncovered a cheating scheme during the MD CAT test. Numerous students were caught red-handed using Bluetooth devices to
September 7, 2022
The newly constituted Pakistan Medical Council has postponed the Medical and Dental Colleges Admissions Test, popularly known as MDCAT, in view of flood situation in the country. This was announced by Minister for National Health Services and Regulations Abdul Qadir Patel at a news conference in Islamabad on Wednesday afternoon. He said electricity and internet services remained disconnected in various parts of the country, especially in Sindh and Balochistan due to devastating floods. He said it left a large number of students deprived of getting themselves registered on the relevant portal for the MDCAT test. He said now the students,
October 11, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Father of Pakistan’s Nuclear program Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan had planned to challenge the Medical and Dental College Admission Test (MDCAT) hours before his death. According to Dawn report, Dr AQ Khan had disclosed to Dawn that he would challenge in court the flawed entry tests for admission to medical and dental colleges. “I am going to file a petition on Monday in Islamabad High Court to challenge a faulty MDCAT (medical students’ admission test) because it has destroyed the future of hundreds of thousands of students,” said Dr Khan on Saturday evening while talking to Dawn on the
December 26, 2020
By Abdullah Zahid. LAHORE: The PML-N raised the issue of the controversial results of the Medical and Dental College Admission Test (MDCAT) 2020 in the Punjab Assembly on Saturday. PML-N lawmaker Hina Parvez Butt submitted a resolution in the provincial assembly in which she demanded the government remove ambiguous questions from the MDCAT questionnaire. “The MDCAT candidates are protesting the issue for the last many days. The government should make public the findings of the FIA investigation into the matter,” read the resolution. It may be mentioned here that the results of MDCAT examination for admission in medical colleges were
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