Islamabad
The Senate Standing Committee on National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination on Thursday urged to delay the MDCAT exams by at least 2 months, whether to be conducted provincially or federally.
The Chairman Committee maintained that the exams should also be conducted as per the PMDC Bill, which is yet to be passed.
He said that since the bill now is to be passed eventually, we support the government in the larger interest of the students. He said that there is no point in impeding the process and keeping the students in an uncertain position. Senator Bahramand Khan Tangi said that students are already suffering from psychological issues due to Corona first and now by the floods.
Senator Rubina Khalid said that the students are in no position to appear in the exams anytime soon.
The committee urged the Ministry to take appropriate steps to ease the pain of the students of KPK and Balochistan affected by floods.
The Special Secretary M/o NHSR&C informed that the exams for the medical students of Balochistan and KPK has been delayed from 7th September to 14 September however further delay is expected by reason of floods and decision on the timeline of implementation of the PMDC Bill.
