SC rejects self-financing medical students’ pleas for normal fees

ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan Tuesday rejected over 17 petitions filed by the self-financing medical students, seeking a court order for their colleges to charge them normal fees.
A three-member bench of the SC, headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Justice Umar Ata Bandial, heard the petitions. m Speaking on the occasion, counsel for the students said that the Punjab government had notified some time back that admissions on 76 seats, reserved for the self-financing students, would now be on open merit. “Now only foreign students will be able to get admissions on these seats,” he said, and added, “Even overseas Pakistanis will now be eligible for admissions on these seats.” Therefore, he prayed to the court that his clients be charged the fees which were charged from the students getting admissions in medical colleges on open merit. -NNI