--- title: "PMDC reverts Bachelor of Dental Surgery program to four years" description: "Most outlets reported that the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has confirmed the BDS program will remain four years instead of five. Geo News provided additional context by mentioning the PMDC building and a file image from the PMDC website, while ProPakistani framed the change as a \"reduction\" in program duration." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/8563-pmdc-reduces-bds-program-duration site: HarZaviya language: en --- # PMDC reverts Bachelor of Dental Surgery program to four years pakistan · updated 15 Sep 2026, 4:33 PM PKT · 14–15 Sep 2026 · 3 articles from 3 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 3 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets reported that the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has confirmed the BDS program will remain four years instead of five. Geo News provided additional context by mentioning the PMDC building and a file image from the PMDC website, while ProPakistani framed the change as a "reduction" in program duration. ## Same story from 3 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **ARY News (English)** — [PMDC rolls back five-year BDS programme](https://arynews.tv/pmdc-rolls-back-five-year-bds-programme) · 15 Sep 2026, 4:33 PM PKT > Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has withdrawn its earlier decision to extend the Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) programme - **ProPakistani** — [PMDC Reduces BDS Program Duration](https://propakistani.pk/2026/09/15/pmdc-reduces-bds-program-duration/) · 15 Sep 2026, 10:53 AM PKT · 87% identical wording to the newest filing > The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has announced that the Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) program will remain a… Read More - **Geo News** — [PMDC backtracks on 5-year BDS, confirms four-year programme will continue](https://www.geo.tv/latest/682022-pmdc-backtracks-on-5-year-bds-confirms-four-year-programme-will-continue) · 14 Sep 2026, 5:19 PM PKT · 86% identical wording to the newest filing > Pakistan Medical and Dental Council building can be seen in this image. — PMDC website/FilePakistan Medical and Dental Council on Monday announced it would revert the Bachelor of Dental Surgery programme to four years after extending it to five years two years... ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - [PMDC withdraws five-year BDS programme decision](https://harzaviya.com/stories/9364-pmdc-withdraws-decision-on-five-year-bds-programme) · 19 Sep 2026 · 4 outlets · 94% related - [PMDC grants Palestinian medical students clinical training in Pakistan](https://harzaviya.com/stories/6521-palestinian-students-permission-limited-to-undergraduate) · 4 Sep 2026 · 3 outlets · 77% related - [PMDC removes MDCAT requirement for Pakistani students applying to foreign medical colleges](https://harzaviya.com/stories/12459-pmdc-removes-mdcat-requirement-for-admission-to-foreign) · 6 Oct 2026 · 10 outlets · 73% related - [PMDC approves 1,400 seats in public medical and dental colleges](https://harzaviya.com/stories/11544-pm-dc-clarifies-position-on-medical-education-seats) · 1 Oct 2026 · 5 outlets · 2 developments · 73% related - [PMDC clarifies rules for foreign medical students including Afghans](https://harzaviya.com/stories/7329-pmdc-instructs-medical-dental-colleges-not-to-admit-afghan) · 10 Sep 2026 · 10 outlets · 3 developments · 73% related 3 articles from 3 outlets, 14–15 Sep 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.