By Uzma Zafar
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) on Friday in a notification has cancelled the accreditation of 10 medical and dental colleges. These colleges have also been stopped from admitting new students for the upcoming year. These medical colleges have no legal status till completion of their inspection by the PMDC, according to the notification.
These 10 colleges were inspected and registered during the tenure of the PMC, which the IHC had declared illegal when it decided that the ordinance under which the PMC was established was null and void. The RuthPfau Medical College and Dow Dental College in Karachi as well as Mohammad Dental College in Mirpurkhas and Khairpur Medical College have been declared unlawful in Sindh.