ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has capped the annual fee of medical and dental colleges at Rs1.8 million with a 5 per cent increase for the 2025 session.

Institutions, which have already charged fee from students in excess of the capped/fixed fee and ancillary matters, will have to refund or adjust the fee in subsequent sessions.

The secretary general of Pakistan Association of Private Medical and Dental Institutions (PAMI), Dr Riaz Janjua, said that the decision has been imposed by the committee headed by Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Ishaq Dar and it did not give any option to the association but to implement it.

According to a government notification issued on Monday, pursuant to the recommendation of the Committee on Medical Education Reforms constituted by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and........

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