LAHORE: The University of Health Sciences (UHS) on Friday issued the first selection list of candidates for admission to government medical colleges of Punjab with the MBBS merit closing at 90.5318 per cent.

The selection list of MBBS was issued after the approval of the Provincial Admission Committee (PAC) in a meeting held at the specialised healthcare department, presided over by UHS Vice Chancellor (VC) Prof Ahsan Waheed Rathore.

Health Special Secretary Wajid Shah, King Edward Medical University VC Prof Mahmood Ayaz and Fatima Jinnah Medical University Lahore VC Prof Khalid Masud Gondal were present on the occasion, while Faisalabad Medical University VC Prof Zafar Chaudhry, University of Child Health Sciences VC Prof Masood Sadiq, representatives of Nishtar Medical University, Multan, and Rawalpindi Medical University participated through video link.

The UHS VC said the Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) was also consulted while preparing the selection list.

According to the UHS spokesperson, admissions were granted on 3,047 open merit MBBS seats in 16 government colleges. The King Edward Medical College (KEMC) was once again the top choice of candidates for admission among the public sector medical institutions.

The merit was calculated as per the ‘weightage’ formula of the PMC, adding 10pc of matriculation, 40pc of intermediate and 50pc of entrance test marks.

The King Edward Medical College merit closed at 93.55pc, Rawalpindi Medical College 93.2318pc, Allama Iqbal Medical College 92.6364pc, Services Institute of Medical Sciences 92.0955pc, Ameeruddin Medical College 91.7455pc, Nishtar Medical College Multan 91.4939pc, Fatima Jinnah Medical College 91.3409pc, Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad, 91.1727pc, Gujranwala Medical College 91.0364pc, Quaid-i-Azam Medical College, Bahawalpur, 90.7606pc, Khwaja Muhammad Safdar Medical College, Sialkot, 90.7307pc, Sargodha Medical College 90.6879pc, Nawaz Sharif Medical College, Gujarat, 90.6727pc, Sahiwal Medical College 90.65pc, Shaikh Zayed Medical College, Rahim Yar Khan, 90.5348pc and DG Khan Medical College 90.5318pc.

The last merit on the seats reserved for overseas Pakistanis was 87.6227pc.

Moreover, the merit on reserved seats for children with disabilities closed at 80.7803pc and on Reciprocal seats at 90.4727pc.

The selection list was also issued for admission to reserved seats for seven under-developed districts, including Rajanpur, DG Khan, Layyah, Bhakkar, Lodhran, Muzaffargarh and Mianwali.

All selection lists can be viewed on the UHS websitewww.uhs.edu.pk.

The UHS spokesperson said the candidates must submit their college fees by Dec 28. The fee challan could be downloaded from the application portal (http://www.bop.com.pk/UHS-2022/Login.aspx).

He said the candidates could deposit the fee amounting to Rs18,030 in any branch of the Bank of Punjab. The second selection list for MBBS would be issued on Dec 30.

Published in Dawn, December 24th, 2022