KEMU Moves Against Afghan Medical Students Following PMDC Directives
PMDC ordered Afghan medical students to complete return paperwork and suspended new admissions, transfers and migration involving Afghan nationals.
- The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council suspended medical education for Afghan nationals on September 1. King Edward Medical University directed 20 Afghan MBBS students to report within 24 hours to complete return formalities.
- Acting on the September 1 directive, the regulator suspended all new admissions, transfers, and migration applications involving Afghan nationals, reshaping cross-border academic cooperation frameworks nationwide across medical and dental institutions.
- Amnesty International South Asia called the decision "patently discriminatory and arbitrary," noting that female students, already facing gender persecution in Afghanistan, now risk losing their remaining pathway to education.
- Medical institutions including KEMU are processing academic records and issuing No Objection Certificates to facilitate student departures, while hostel administrations have initiated exit procedures requiring students to settle charges.
- Future opportunities for Afghan students may depend on revised bilateral agreements between Pakistan and Afghanistan regarding professional accreditation. University records show 22 Afghan nationals are associated with KEMU, including seven final-year students most affected.
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Pakistan orders medical institutions to expel Afghan students, halt fresh admissions
Pakistan has ordered medical institutions across the country to expel Afghan students and halt fresh admissions amid deteriorating ties between Islamabad and Kabul, a senior government official said.
Pakistan orders medical colleges to expel Afghan students amid Kabul tensions
Pakistan has ordered medical and dental institutions to expel Afghan students and halt fresh admissions. The move sharpens pressure on Afghans as ties with Kabul worsen and deportations intensify.
Islamabad, 8 Sep (EFE).- The medical regulatory agency in Pakistan has ordered all Afghan citizens studying at medical and dental schools to return to their country, while prohibiting these institutions from admitting new students from Afghanistan, confirmed official sources to EFE on Tuesday. [...] The entry Pakistan orders the expulsion of Afghan medical students and prohibits them from enrolling was first published in HolaNews.
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