Pakistan Medical and Dental Council

Pakistan Medical and Dental Council
پاکستان میڈیکل اینڈ ڈینٹل کمیشن
AbbreviationPM&DC
Formation1962; 62 years ago (1962)
HeadquartersMauve Area, Islamabad-44000
Region served
Pakistan
President
Prof. Dr. Rizwan Taj
Parent organization
Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination
Higher Education Commission (Pakistan)
Employees232
Websitepmdc.pk
Formerly called
PMC (Pakistan Medical Commission)

Pakistan Medical and Dental Council is a statutory regulatory authority that maintains the official register of medical practitioners in Pakistan. Its chief function is to establish uniform minimum standards of basic and higher qualifications in medicine and dentistry throughout Pakistan. It also sets the education standards for medical colleges in Pakistan along with the Higher Education Commission.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "Code of medical ethics being revised (by PMDC)". Dawn newspaper. Archived from the original on 18 December 2002. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Dissolution of PMDC through ordinance challenged in IHC". Dawn newspaper. Pakistan. 31 October 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  3. ^ Ikram Junaidi, Malik Asad (2 November 2015). "PMDC scandal: Disillusioned with the Hippocratic Oath?". Dawn newspaper. Retrieved 22 August 2020.