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title: "Health Minister Comments on Vacant Seats in Medical Colleges"
description: "Most outlets reported that Health Minister Mustafa Kamal addressed the issue of vacant seats in medical colleges, noting that the vacancies are not due to fees or the MDCAT. ProPakistani emphasized the minister’s explanation that the issue lies elsewhere, while Dawn highlighted the minister’s remarks as raising questions, given ongoing efforts to lower MDCAT passing marks to fill the seats."
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# Health Minister Comments on Vacant Seats in Medical Colleges

pakistan · latest filing 11 Aug 2026, 6:48 AM PKT · 10–11 Aug 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Most outlets reported that Health Minister Mustafa Kamal addressed the issue of vacant seats in medical colleges, noting that the vacancies are not due to fees or the MDCAT. ProPakistani emphasized the minister’s explanation that the issue lies elsewhere, while Dawn highlighted the minister’s remarks as raising questions, given ongoing efforts to lower MDCAT passing marks to fill the seats.

## Same story from 2 outlets

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- **Dawn** — [Health minister’s remarks on vacant medical college seats raise eyebrows](https://www.dawn.com/news/2021963/health-ministers-remarks-on-vacant-medical-college-seats-raise-eyebrows) · 11 Aug 2026, 6:48 AM PKT
  > ISLAMABAD: While efforts are underway to reduce the passing marks for the Medical and Dental Colleges Admission Test (MDCAT) to fill vacant seats in colleges, Health Minister Mustafa Kamal on Monday highlighted a different aspect of the issue, which is directly related to the quality of education. “Medical and dental colleges that charge Rs3.5 million in annual fees do not have a single vacant ...
- **ProPakistani** — [Vacant Seats in Medical Colleges Not Due to Fees or MDCAT: Health Minister](https://propakistani.pk/2026/08/10/vacant-seats-in-medical-colleges-not-due-to-fees-or-mdcat-health-minister/) · 10 Aug 2026, 5:49 PM PKT · 81% identical wording to the newest filing
  > Federal Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination (NHSR&C), Mustafa Kamal, informed the Standing Committee on NHSR&C that vacant… Read More The post Vacant Seats in Medical Colleges Not Due to Fees or MDCAT: Health Minister appeared first on ProPakistani.

2 articles from 2 outlets, 10–11 Aug 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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