Overview

• Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif approved the reforms in a special provincial meeting covering admissions and health operations.
• Under the new system for private colleges, candidates on merit lists will first deposit one-third of tuition with UHS, which will transfer funds after final lists are issued.
• Students will pay remaining tuition directly to their private colleges once admissions are confirmed.
• The package includes compulsory service following postgraduate training in private hospitals and direction for trainees to specialize where specialist demand exists.
• Service and infrastructure directives include protocols at Mayo Hospital’s ablation center, recognition of Sahiwal’s first angioplasty and launch of cardiac surgeries, relief measures for cancer patients, creation of Boards of Management, medical blocks within public universities, and steps toward Nawaz Sharif Medical City.