IHC orders re-take of MDCAT 2024

ISLAMABAD: Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday ordered the re-taking of the Medical and Dental Colleges Admission Test (MDCAT) 2024 within one month.

Judge Arbab Muhammad Tahir, presiding over the case filed by the students approved their plea and ordered the Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto University to retake the exam within one month.

The students in their petition had argued that 30 out of the 200 questions in the test were incorrect.

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They stated that admissions to medical colleges would be based on these results and requested a halt to further admission processes by the medical colleges.

Over 22,000 candidates sat for the Medical and Dental College Admission Test (MDCAT) exam on September 22, with many raising concerns about the exam’s difficulty, along with errors and inconsistencies.

In their petition, the candidates urged the IHC to declare the MDCAT invalid, unlawful, and in violation of PMDC regulations.

They also requested that the authorities be ordered to conduct a fresh MDCAT exam without imposing any additional fees.