ISLAMABAD: Following a vice President Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) meeting with the delegation of graduates of
foreign colleges and the delegation of students currently enrolled in foreign colleges, the following guidelines were confirmed on Friday.
The assessment for recognition of foreign colleges is a mandatory requirement which will be expedited and completed within one month. Priority will be given to colleges from where students have graduated or are currently studying in. For any foreign colleges not recognized, a special assessment committee will be formed to further assess these colleges with the government authorities of
the relevant country
PMC will work with the relevant foreign regulators to find additional possibilities for licensing pathways for unrecognized colleges from which students have graduated. PMC will raise the issue, with the Federal Government, to find alternative solutions for students in unrecognized colleges who are unable to migrate to a recognized Pakistani or foreign college to give maximum benefit to these
students.
PMC shall issue an advice to the Federal Government to formulate a policy for regulating education agents and consultants of foreign colleges operating in Pakistan for the protection of Pakistani students in the future. PMC will look into developing any possible additional licensing pathways, subject to this not compromising on the quality of licensing doctors in Pakistan