LAHORE: The King Edward Medical University remains the top merit institute in Punjab followed by the Allama Iqbal Medical College of Lahore.

This year, the Rawalpindi Medical College brought improvement and remained the third top merit institute of the province.

There were 12,457 applicants and of them 8,372 were female and 4,084 male candidates.

One applicant mentioned their gender as ‘other category’.

The Provisional Admission Committee (PAC) for public and private sector medical and dental colleges in Punjab, on Friday, approved the first college-wise selection list for government medical institutions with last merit for MBBS at 91.2500 per cent.

The meeting of the committee was held at the University of Health Sciences (UHS) with the Punjab Specialized Healthcare and Medical Education department secretary in the chair.

It was attended by UHS VC Prof Ahsan Waheed Rathore, University of Child Health Sciences VC Prof Masood Sadiq, UHS Pro-VC Prof Nadia Naseem, Fatima Jinnah Medical University Pro-VC Prof Kamran Khalid, Additional Secretary Health Dr Sidra Saleem, and Deputy Secretary Dr Hafiz Muhammad Waseem.

Faisalabad Medical University VC Professor Zafar Chaudhry and Nishtar Medical University Multan VC Professor Rana Altaf participated via video link.

The committee expressed satisfaction over the preparation of the selection list according to the schedule.

The health secretary praised the performance of the UHS admission team. The committee was informed that there are 3,047 open merit seats for MBBS in 16 government medical colleges.

The KEMC retained its perennial popularity, closing with a merit of 93.6955 per cent.

The last merit for Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore is 92.9364 per cent, Rawalpindi Medical College, Rawalpindi 92.3909 per cent, Services Institute of Medical Sciences, Lahore 92.3864 per cent, Nishtar Medical College, Multan 92.2273 per cent, Ameeruddin Medical College, Lahore 91.9682 per cent, Fatima Jinnah Medical College, Lahore 91.6773per cent, Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad 91.6273 per cent, Quaid-e-Azam Medical College, Bahawalpur 91.5273 per cent, Gujranwala Medical College, Gujranwala 91.4909 per cent, Khawaja Mohammad Safdar Medical College, Sialkot 91.4318 per cent, Sahiwal Medical College, Sahiwal 91.3773 per cent, Nawaz Sharif Medical College, Gujrat 91.3727 per cent, Sargodha Medical College, Sargodha 91.3318 per cent, Sheikh Zayed Medical College, Rahim Yar Khan 91.2591 per cent, and DG Khan Medical College, DG Khan 91.2500 per cent.

The PAC also endorsed selection lists for seats reserved for overseas Pakistanis, students with disabilities, and students from under-developed districts, all accessible on the UHS websitewww.uhs.edu.pk.

Successful candidates must submit their college fees by Dec 20th, with the fee for government medical colleges set at Rs. 18,030, payable at any branch of the Bank of Punjab.

Subsequent to fee submission, candidates are required to report in writing to their respective medical colleges. The second selection list for MBBS is scheduled for release on Dec 22.

Published in Dawn, December 16th, 2023