The University of Health Sciences (UHS) has released the first selection list for admissions to MBBS in Punjab’s public sector medical colleges, with the closing merit standing at 93.6273 per cent. Last year, the closing merit was 94.3621 per cent.
King Edward Medical College Lahore topped the open merit list at 94.9167 per cent, followed by Allama Iqbal Medical College at 94.4955, the Services Institute of Medical Sciences at 94.2727 and Nishtar Medical College, Multan at 94.1955.
The merit at Ameer-ud-Din Medical College stood at 94.0788, Rawalpindi Medical College at 93.997, Fatima Jinnah Medical College Lahore at 93.8697, Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad at 93.8652 and Quaid-e-Azam Medical College, Bahawalpur at 93.8111.
Gujranwala Medical College closed at 93.7879, Sahiwal Medical College at 93.7636, Khawaja Muhammad Safdar Medical College, Sialkot at 93.7364, Nawaz Sharif Medical College, Gujrat at 93.7091 and Sargodha Medical College at 93.6899.
Dera Ghazi Khan Medical College recorded 93.6596, Sheikh Zayed Medical College, Rahim Yar Khan, 93.6394, while Narowal Medical College was last on the list with 93.6273.
Candidates can view the selection list on the UHS website, while fee challans are available on the admission portal.
The annual fee for public medical colleges is about Rs18,000. After depositing the fee, students must submit a written joining to their respective colleges, and only those who both pay the fee and join will be considered admitted.
The deadline for fee submission and joining is December 12.
UHS spokesperson Vice Chancellor, Prof Ahsan Waheed Rathore, has directed all public medical colleges to set up facilitation desks for applicants.
According to the spokesperson, the second selection list will be issued on the evening of December 12.
Punjab’s 17 public medical colleges have 3121 MBBS seats on open merit.
Reporter: Zahid Chaudhry