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Of PM&DC Regulations on medical & dental college admissions and public benefit through merit

One of the best pieces of legislation that I have seen in my career is the MBBS and BDS (Admissions, House ob and Internship) Regulations, 2016  issued under SRO by the Federal Government on 27th Oct, 2016. It is available on below link: http://www.pmdc.org.pk/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=iFJ5Hf3BwGA%3d&tabid=292&mid=845 What it entails for strict public benefit is a whole regulatory mechanism which protects their rights to a merit based admission system of medical and dental colleges in BOTH public and private sector, proper fee structure, no hidden charges and so on. Some of the provisions are as follows: It creates a “Provincial Admission Committee” headed by Health Secretary to oversee and monitor the entire admission process [to medical colleges, both public and PRIVATE sector] and ensure transparent conduct of entry tests It limits the self finance and foreign quota seats [latter were/are misused to full by institutions as these students pay in dollars and are