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The Pakistan Medical Council Ordinance 1962 established the present-day Pakistan Medical and Dental Council as a statutory body in 1962 and all provincial councils were dissolved. [4] Three amendments were passed thereafter as the Medical and Dental Council (Amendment) Act in 1973, 1999 and 2012. [ 5 ]
In Pakistan, a medical school is more often referred to as a medical college. A medical college is affiliated with a university as a department which usually has a separate campus. As of January 2019, there are a total of 114 medical colleges in Pakistan, 44 of which are public and 70 private. [1]
The National University of Medical Sciences is recognized by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC) for degree awarding status and accredited by the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan (CPSP) for undergraduate and postgraduate medical education and training.
Sr. No University Name Type Location 1 University of Rawalpindi: Private Main Grand Trunk Rd, near DHA-1, opposite High Court, Rawalpindi. 2 College of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
Government Islamia Science College, Karachi; Edwardes College Peshawar, Peshawar; Paf College Risalpur, Nowshera, KPK; Pak National College of Commerce and Sciences, Rawalpindi; Pakistan Shipowners' College, Karachi; Punjab Group of Colleges; Royal Education & Law College Arifwala; Dr Ziauddin Intermediate College, Karachi; Government Post ...
Provincial medical entrance exams included the MDCAT conducted by the University of Health Sciences, Lahore in Punjab and Balochistan before the NMDCAT. It was implemented in 1998 as the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) on the initiative of the then chief minister of Punjab Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif to counter replete cheating in HSSC exams at the time.
It offers MBBS and BDS programs at undergraduate level which are accredited by the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council. KMDC also offers postgraduate specialties in medicine and dentistry in affiliation with the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan and University of Karachi. [3]
In 1957, it was relocated to Rawalpindi under plans to establish a medical complex in the city. The college was renamed as Armed Forces Medical College (AFM College) in September 1960 and finally assumed its current name in 1997. AFPGMI was affiliated with the Quaid-i-Azam University as the degree awarding university since 1967.