The University of Health Sciences (UHS) Lahore and Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University (SZABMU) released the MDCAT 2025 results.

According to information, 47,772 applicants took the MDCAT exam in Lahore in 2025. A total of 180 MDCAT exams were administered.

Out of 5,955 hopefuls, only 187 people received numbers between 170 and 180.

Up to 42,048 applicants received more than 50% of the total, while 6,693 contestants received 150–159, respectively.

A total of 39648 contenders received over 55%. A minimum of 55 percent is required for admission to the MBBS program.

Additionally, the MDCAT 2025 results were released by Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto University of Medical Sciences.

69.31 percent of students met the requirements for admission to MBBS, according to the findings, with 4,086 students who received 55 percent of the possible points being accepted.

Approximately 78 students were accepted into the MBDS after earning 50% of the possible points. The MDCAT exams took place on October 26, 2025.

Punjab Starts Government College Privatization

The Punjab government has begun the process of turning over public colleges to private management after privatizing thousands of public schools, which has caused strong opposition from teachers' groups throughout the province.

One hundred of Punjab's 750 institutions, including the two commerce colleges in Rawalpindi, will be contracted out to private companies in the first phase.

Under the government's education privatization initiative, 12,500 public schools have been moved thus far.

An additional 7,000 elementary and middle schools, as well as a number of high and upper secondary schools, will be added to the next phase beginning on November 1. Student enrollment will determine personnel levels, and schools with fewer than 100 students will be outsourced.

The goal is to have all schools and universities fully privatized by March 31, 2026, in time for the next school year. Teachers' unions, however, have taken issue with the decision and have called for province-wide rallies, strikes, and sit-ins.