KARACHI, Dec 14: As many as 11 private medical institutions throughout the country have been included in the list of permanent members of Pakistan Medical and Dental Council. According to a government notification released recently by the federal government, the names of medical education institutions were recommended by the PMDC in 2003 and conveyed to the Ministry of Health for notification.

The medical institutions which were deemed to be included in different PMDC schedules for representations on the council under council’s 1962 ordinance are as follows:

Aga Khan Medical University Karachi (Schedule III-A), Bahria University Islamabad (III-A), Baqai Medical University Karachi (I, III-A and V), Fatima Jinnah Dental College Karachi(V), Frontier Medical College Peshawar (I), Hamdard Medical University Karachi (I, III-A and V), Kabir Medical and Dental College Peshawar (I and V), Isra University Hyderabad (I and III-A), Islamic International Medical College Rawalpindi (I), Sardar Begum Dental College Peshawar (V) and Ziauddin Medical University Karachi (I and III-A).