PESHAWAR - The Higher Education Regulatory Authority (HERA) Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has imposed a ban on new admissions to the MBBS programme at Jinnah Medical College (JMC) due to its failure to meet regulatory standards.
The college has violated multiple provisions of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Registration & Functioning of Private Educational Institutions Ordinance 2001 and HERA Regulations 2006. A performance evaluation conducted by experts from Khyber Medical University and Hayatabad Medical Complex revealed that the college does not meet the minimum standards required to operate an MBBS programme.
This was reported to the college in June 2023, but no corrective action has been taken, according to an office order issued by the Chairman of HERA. In light of these violations, and in accordance with Section 23 of the HERA Ordinance, the prescribed penalty is the revocation of registration. However, to safeguard the interests of the students, HERA has imposed a ban on further admissions to the MBBS programme until these issues are resolved. The office order further states that JMC management failed to clear outstanding salaries for senior teaching staff, totaling Rs. 19,584,167, for the period from December 2019 to October 2023, despite a written commitment made in December 2023. Additionally, JMC management has not paid the annual renewal dues for HERA registration since 2020, in violation of Section 8 of the Ordinance.