PMDC grants amnesty to students affected by Afghanistan, Ukraine unrest.

ISLAMABAD -- The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has given a special amnesty to Pakistani female students studying in Afghanistan, whose study was banned by the Taliban government, and those in Ukraine whose studies were affected due to the war there.

In this regard, a National Equivalence Examination (NEB) was held at the Rawalpindi Medical University (RMU) as per a decision of the newly-elected council in which 370 of the total 512 scheduledcandidates appeared.

Since the start of the year 2023, a number of Pakistani female students, who were seeking medical education in Afghanistan, had been holding protests demanding that they should be adjusted in medical colleges of Pakistan because the Taliban government had banned women from acquiring higher education.

However, the defunct Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) did not seem to own the students as majority of them had even failed in the Medical and Dental Colleges Admission Test (MDCAT) and got admission in Afghanistan without seeking permission or even informing the PMC.

The PMDC decided to give them a chance to appear in the exam.

Similarly, a number of male and female students returned from Ukraine after the war there. As the war does not seem to end, they were also demanding adjustment in educational institutions in Pakistan.

There were also some students who had returned from other countries as well.

According to a statement issued on Thursday: 'PMDC made all necessary arrangements prior to the exam over which students showed complete satisfaction. The total number of...