The Foreign Office (FO) has announced that the federal government will allow medical students from Gaza to complete their education in Pakistan on humanitarian grounds.

In a post on X, the FO has stated that the decision was “made on the directions of the Deputy Prime Minister & Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar […] by Pakistan Medical & Dental Council (PMDC)” and would allow students to “continue the final years of their medical education in the fields of cardiology, orthopedics, oncology, pediatrics and surgery to address critical needs in Gaza’s health care system”.

The statement added that Palestinian students will arrive in the country in batches of between 20 and 30.