PMDC to Recover Rs. 200 Million from Medical Universities

The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has acknowledged a financial oversight worth more than Rs. 200 million and is now working on a plan to recover the amount from universities that launched postgraduate programmes in the last two years, Dawn has reported.

According to council officials, the issue came to light in August 2025 when a Karachi-based university applied for recognition of 20 postgraduate programmes. During scrutiny, Deputy Registrar Dr. Habibullah noted that the institution had not submitted the Comprehensive Inspection Fee (CIF) of Rs. 800,000 per programme.

Further checks revealed that no university had been charged the CIF over the past two years, despite receiving approval for their courses.

Documents, cited by Dawn, show that while other fees—including secretariat charges, application fees, and inspector charges—were collected, the CIF was consistently overlooked. The omission is estimated to have cost the regulator over Rs. 200 million.

A senior PMDC official, quoted by Dawn, said that the matter will be referred to the Postgraduate Medical Education Committee (PMEC) for review. The official added that the council would recover the entire outstanding amount and deposit it into PMDC accounts.

PMDC, which regulates medical and dental colleges and accredits postgraduate programmes under the PMDC Act, has faced criticism for the lapse, with calls for accountability of officials who allowed the oversight during the tenure of multiple registrars.

Via: Dawn News