The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has recently made the decision to stop registering new medical and dental schools in accordance with the directives of the government.

As a result, only the 13 registration applications that were filed before January 5 and are presently being reviewed will be taken into consideration.

The absence of medical college professors is the main justification for this prohibition. The current faculty is under pressure because Pakistan currently has 66 public and 121 private medical and dental schools.

This issue has been addressed by the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council, which has banned private medical and dental colleges from collecting fees.

The PMDC instructed private institutions to cease collecting fees last month in response to a Senate Committee recommendation.

In accordance with the Senate Committee's recommendations, the Council has issued notices to institutions reminding them to avoid charges. The Senate's Health Subcommittee had been recommended to halt fee collecting.

The committee embellishes the issues and status that are contained in private medical colleges and universities. Additionally, sources asserted that private medical schools have collected fees surpassing Rs 15 million within the past five years.

Fee collection was put on hold until the Medical Education Committee's recommendations were received. To assess the situation, the prime minister established this group, which is led by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar.

Private medical colleges and universities, which have collected more than Rs 15 million in tuition over the last five years, are being assessed by the committee for their standards and problems.