Overview
- Justice Arbab Muhammad Tahir issued notices to PMDC officials and set a follow-up hearing for Friday on the petition by medical students.
- The court refused a request to halt the new registration policy, keeping the change in effect as students faced a same‑day deadline.
- Raja Rizwan Abbasi argued that shifting registration authority from the PMDC to individual colleges contravenes regulations and harms last year’s MDCAT qualifiers.
- The bench asked the petitioner to file written arguments identifying the specific rules allegedly violated, including references to Section 47.
- The court noted that education powers largely rest with provinces post‑18th Amendment and observed that provinces such as Sindh could adopt different policies.