Dr. A.Q. Khan Wanted to Challenge MDCAT Result before Death

The father of Pakistan’s nuclear program, Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, had planned to challenge the controversial Medical and Dental Colleges Admission Test or MDCAT in court prior to his demise.

He had told the media on Saturday evening, 11 hours before he passed away, that he was “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”.

This was testimony to Dr. A. Q. Khan’s sympathy for the common folk, and particularly for the MDCAT candidates and their concerns with the Pakistan Medical Commission. He believed that the government had introduced a faulty admission test for the medical field that has compromised the future of the medical students in the country.

Pakistan Medical Commission had declared that 65 percent of the MDCAT candidates had failed it and Dr. A. Q. Khan had been determined to challenge it in court.

Regarding his health after returning home from getting treatment for COVID-19 in the hospital, Dr. A. Q. Khan had said, “I have pain in my whole body”.

The nuclear scientist passed away in Islamabad on Sunday morning at the age of 85. It is currently unknown if his family will honor his wish to petition against the MDCAT.