Foreign Graduates Protest Against Passing Percentage for NRE

On Tuesday, a group of foreign graduates staged a protest outside the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) headquarters in Islamabad.

They were expressing their dissatisfaction with the passing percentage of 70% for NRE, demanding the authority to reduce it to 50%.

Protesters argued that no country worldwide requires a passing percentage as high as 70%. They questioned why foreign graduates are being treated differently in this regard.

Supporting the cause, parents of these foreign graduates also joined the demonstration. They shared their concerns about having invested their entire savings into their children’s aspirations, only to find them facing obstacles in obtaining their licenses.

The protesting students openly inquired about the authority behind the decision to raise passing marks for the NRE, which is the National Registration Examination for foreign graduates to practice in Pakistan.

Earlier, the hashtag “DelayMDCAT2023” gained significant traction in Pakistan’s online sphere after the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council announced the date for the MDCAT examination.

MDCAT holds immense significance as it’s a mandatory test for students aspiring to pursue medical and dental education in Pakistan. The exam acts as a gateway for admission into both public and private medical and dental colleges across the country.


  • It’s not clear what is meant by foreign graduates referred in this news? Are they poeople wh did their 12th grade abroad and want to appear in the MDCAT? Or is it the students residing here who took A levels etc exam here?

  • Seriously! Can’t even score 70% and are protesting. Incompetence and nalaiki is very common these days.

    • Tum jesy chu*** pak ma jo mbbs karty hain har saal 50% pay paper dety hain phir b 8 8 saal lagaty hain mbbs ma or hamain kahty 70% pay pora mbbs ka paper aik sath do
      Dosri baat jab PMC nay local graduates py NLE apply kiya to tum sab local graduates ki gotiyan halak tak aa gae thi Tab to bohat protest kiya tum gan**** nay 🖕🖕

      • The way you talk tells me alot about you. First learn how to talk and afterwards learn how to study maybe.

    • q tmy bht aata hy,,bht laik bachy ho tm daffar,,etny tm log laik hoty tw yha dkhy na kha ry hoty,,bahr ka koi mulk tmare degree bgair paper ky accept ni krta ,,aukat mai rho,,india ki degree dubai bgair paper ky accept krta hy,,uny asal mai tm logo ki nakal khorhi ka pta hy k tm log kitny ko jogy ho

  • This is nonsense,protest is about FMGS, not about MDCAT.
    We are treated with injustice. We are only asking for our right and their is nothing wrong with it nor we are incompetent. We spent good handsome amount for THE education just to be treated like this? OBVIOUSLY NO!!! As per criteria percentage should be 50. Period!!!

  • This is nonsense,protest is about FMGS, not about MDCAT.
    We are treated with injustice. We are only asking for our right and their is nothing wrong with it nor we are incompetent. We spent good handsome amount for THE education just to be treated like this? OBVIOUSLY NO!!! As per criteria percentage should be 50. Period!!!

  • This is nonsense,protest is about FMGS, not about MDCAT.
    We are treated with injustice. We are only asking for our right and their is nothing wrong with it nor we are incompetent. We spent good handsome amount for THE education just to be treated like this? OBVIOUSLY NO!!! As per criteria percentage should be 50. Period!


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