Medical admission | In a writ petition, the Sindh High Court challenged the criteria of preference given to those who have completed two years of education from abroad over those who have studied in Pakistan for admission to medical colleges, which the court termed as unreasonable and denied Pakistani nationals. Eligible to apply for general merit seats. 2024 M L D 225

In a writ petition, the Sindh High Court challenged the criteria of preference given to those who have completed two years of education from abroad over those who have studied in Pakistan for admission to medical colleges, which the court termed as unreasonable and denied Pakistani nationals. Eligible to apply for general merit seats.
2024 M L D 225

اس کیس (Nawal اور دیگر بمقابلہ فیڈریشن آف پاکستان اور دیگر، 2024 MLD 225)** کا** مرکزی نکتہ میڈیکل کالجز میں بیرون ملک پاکستانیوں کے لیے داخلے کے معیار پر آئینی اعتراض تھا۔ درخواست گزاروں نے اس بات پر اعتراض کیا کہ ایسے امیدوار جو کم از کم دو سال بیرون ملک تعلیم حاصل کر چکے تھے، انہیں مقامی پاکستانی امیدواروں کے مقابلے میں فوقیت دی جا رہی تھی، جسے انہوں نے امتیازی سلوک قرار دیا۔

اہم نکات:

درجہ بندی کا مسئلہ: عدالت نے یہ مؤقف اپنایا کہ صرف دو سال بیرون ملک تعلیم حاصل کرنے والے امیدواروں کو مقامی تعلیم یافتہ افراد سے بہتر سمجھنا غیر منصفانہ ہے۔ یہ درجہ بندی پاکستان میں تعلیم کی حالت کے بارے میں ایک منفی رائے ظاہر کرتی ہے جو غیر مناسب ہے۔

میرٹ پر اثرات: عدالت نے کہا کہ بیرون ملک پاکستانیوں اور مقامی درخواست دہندگان کے درمیان کچھ معاملات میں فرق کیا جا سکتا ہے، لیکن اس معاملے میں یہ درجہ بندی غیر معقول حد تک وسیع تھی، جس کی وجہ سے پاکستانی شہری جو دیگر طور پر اہل تھے، عمومی میرٹ کی نشستوں کے لیے درخواست دینے سے محروم ہو رہے تھے۔

عدالتی فیصلہ: عدالت نے اس درجہ بندی کو غیر معقول قرار دیتے ہوئے مسترد کر دیا اور آئینی درخواست گزاروں کے حق میں فیصلہ دیا۔

2024 M L D 225

[Sindh]

Before Ali M. Shaikh, C.J. and Yousuf Ali Sayeed, J

NAWAL and others---Petitioners

Versus

FEDERATION OF PAKISTAN and others---Respondents

C.Ps. Nos. D-692 and D-1098 of 2022, decided on 14th November, 2022.

Constitution of Pakistan---

----Arts. 25 & 199---Educational institution---Admission to medical college---Discrimination---Petitioners/candidates were aggrieved of eligibility criteria determined for admissions to Medical College for Overseas Pakistanis and others---Validity---Classification for candidates who had studied abroad for a mere 2-year period, no matter where that may be, were considered to be at an academic advantage compared to candidates who had acquired their education in Pakistan---Such classification amounted to a damning indictment of the overall state of education in country---While a distinction might be drawn for purposes of admission between local Pakistanis and persons who are overseas Pakistanis, the latter genre cannot be broadened vide impugned classification in question merely on the basis of two-years of foreign education, so as to encompass persons who are Pakistani citizens and otherwise possess qualifications and thus preclude them from applying for general merit seats---High Court set aside classification in question as the same was unreasonable and could not be introduced in the prospectus as a device to put an otherwise eligible Pakistani citizen beyond the pale of consideration---Constitutional petition was allowed in circumstances.

Abdul Baqi and others v. Muhammad Akram and others PLD 2003 SC 163 and Mst. Attiyya Bibi Khan v. Federation of Pakistan through Secretary of Education (Ministry of Education, Civil Secretariat, Islamabad and others 2001 SCMR 1161 ref.

Aaqib Rajper for the Petitioners (in C. P. No. D-692 of 2022).

Nazir Ahmed Shar for the Petitioner (in C. P. No. D-1098 of 2022).

Zeeshan Abdullah for the Pakistan Medical Commission.

Abdul Waheed Syal for Jinnah Sindh Medical University.

Muhammad Wasiq Mirza and Syed Israr Hussain for Respondents/Dow University of Medical and Health Science, Karachi.

Talha Abbasi for Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical University, Larkana, Muhammad Jawwad Dero, Additional Advocate General, Sindh and Kazi Abdul Hameed Siddiqui, DAG.

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