Tue, 21-Oct-2025

PHC withholds MDCAT results in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

MDCAT 2024; Young doctors plan to take legal action over alleged paper leak
  • Peshawar High Court Justice Arshad Ali heard petition.
  • Court sought responses from chief secretary and PMDC·
  • Court ordered results should not be announced until next hearing.

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) withheld the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council(PMDC) from announcing the results of the Medical Dental College Admission Test (MDCAT)  over the paper leak controversy.

Peshawar High Court Justice Arshad Ali heard the petition filed by the students against the paper leak of MDACT.

The court withheld the test results and sought responses from the chief secretary, registrar of Pakistan Medical and Dental Council(PMDC), and others  ·

The High Court ordered that the results of the MDCAT should not be announced until the next hearing.

The court adjourned the hearing of the petitions till September 21.

It should be noted that the students had filed petitions to stop the MDCAT results.

It should be noted that on September 10, the MDCAT exam was held for admission to medical colleges across the country, in which thousands of students participated.

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Court orders ECP, Governor KP to submit written replies about polls

Court orders ECP
  • Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim and Justice Arshad Ali heard the case.
  • Azam Swati, Shibli Faraz and Asad Qaiser appeared in the court.
  • Peshawar High Court adjourned the hearing till Thursday.

PESHAWAR: The Peshawar High Court (PHC) has ordered the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and the Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to submit a written response regarding elections in the province.

In the Peshawar High Court, Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim and Justice Arshad Ali heard the case on behalf of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) for the timely elections of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leaders Azam Swati, Asad Qaiser, Shibli Faraz, and Shah Farman appeared in the court.

At the beginning of the hearing, the Advocate General stated that the Chief Secretary submitted the reply today. On this, the court said that the Governor has not submitted the reply, and the Governor should tell the court why he has not given the date yet.

Advocate General submitted that according to the constitution, the governor has time to give the date. Justice Arshad Ali said that it will be discussed later, first reply in writing was that no date was given in reply to the first letter.

The court inquired what if the Election Commission did not get the date, would be the course of action.

The court also directed the Election Commission to submit a written reply.
On the other hand, the lawyer of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf presented the decision of the Lahore High Court in court.

The PTI lawyer stated that the Election Commission’s letter, the Governor’s reply, and the President’s letter are on record, the Governor does not want to give the date on the basis of excuses.

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