The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) and the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) have yet to start joint site inspections of private medical colleges. The NAB blames the medical council for the delay.
A controversy has surfaced between the Punjab University and University of Health Sciences (UHS) on the issue of migration of the son of Ex-IGP Punjab Haji Habibur Rehman from a private medical college to the government-run Sheikh Zayed Medical College, Lahore.
This will benefit private universities as they can keep the fee at Rs190,000 to avoid the tax,” said FAPUASA Secretary General Dr Jamil Ahmad Chitrali at the Punjab University Executive Club on Saturday.
The vice chancellors also recommended that the private higher education institutions, which are being run under trusts on non-profit basis, should be exempted from the taxes. The committee appreciated the higher education allocations to the sector and termed it a very positive change in the education sector.