Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has officially declared a general warning about the Medical and Dental Colleges Admission Test (MDCAT-2025) which is going to be held on Sunday, October 26, 2025. The notice is meant to create clarity to the people regarding the respective roles of PMDC and the universities that carry out the examination. As indicated in the alert, PMDC only had the role of issuing a standard syllabus, standardized structure, and registration of data to all the MDCAT 2025 applicants. Having these functions fulfilled, the council subsequently pointed out that it no longer has a role to play in the actual examinations.
PMDC ensured that the MDCAT 2025 will be administered by the recognized Pakistani public sector universities, and the exams will be administered by different universities in the provinces and regions. This will make the test fairly administered regionally. The explanation of the council is meant to avoid wrong information on the responsibility of council to set papers, prepare results and administer examination centers.
The candidates have also been encouraged to visit the official sites of the assigned universities that conduct examinations regularly to get all the information about admit cards, examination centers, guidelines, and results. PMDC restated that issue to do with paper setting, result preparation and dissemination are only within the mandate of these universities. After data collection and registration, the council stops being involved, which provides the transparency and decentralization of the examination process management.
This announcement has happened after several reports of confusion between the candidates about the role of PMDC after registration. To overcome these fears, the council made students aware that every university will set its own schedule and guidelines and no third party or organization has the mandate to offer the same. The applicants are encouraged to stick to the approved and official information in order to become victims of misinformation and fraud.
PMDC has also put a very serious warning to students, parents and the general audience that they need to be careful of fraudsters, fake institutions and even the pages in social media that claim to represent PMDC or the particular universities when it has issued a strong warning in its note of caution. As it is stated in the official announcement, every individual or organization which states to provide MDCAT papers, assured passing grades, or access points to cheating options is engaged in unethical and illegal practices.
The council also underlined that these organizations are involved in fraud and are not associated with PMDC or any institution that is actually designated to conduct the examination. Such people take advantage of the anxiety and desperation of students by giving false promises regarding medical and dental college admissions that may cost the financial loss and academic results of the unaware candidates.
PMDC recommended people to be very careful and not to give any personal information and money to those who make such claims. Any questionable practices or websites with fraud should be reported to the concerned authorities. The council reiterated that it still works towards ensuring integrity and transparency of the medical and dental admission process in Pakistan.
As a measure to provide candidates with real information, PMDC encouraged all individuals to turn to its official site only and to social media page of exam-conducting universities, which is verified. Only these legitimate channels will help in keeping the students updated about the examination schedule, pattern of the paper, and results.
The Registrar of the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council who was at G-10/4, Islamabad, signed the official notice. To ask a question, the students and parents can contact by Phone: 051-9190000 (Ext. 302) or Email: examination@pmdc.pk. These contacts are used as verification and support channels where the candidates will be able to get correct and appropriate answers to their questions.
This recent news indicates that PMDC still works towards providing fairness and responsibility in the process of medical and dental admissions. Having well-defined responsibilities and not being involved in the examination procedures is one of the ways through which PMDC can prevent any confusion and deter manipulation of candidates or their exploitation. The organization also re-emphasized the fact that the MDCAT system is based on transparency and merit based selection.
Another move made by PMDC was to encourage the media and the educational institutes to contribute towards awareness campaigns that discourage the use of fake consultants or unregistered agents. These partnerships would safeguard thousands of graduates on their way to MDCAT 2025 not to become victims of scams or fake information.
The Public Alert issued by the PMDC regarding MDCAT 2025 is a valuable signifier to all medical aspirants to ensure that they take care and only use sources of information that have been officially declared. The separation of functions between PMDC and the universities, besides enhancing the administrative transparency, helps to enhance the public confidence over the integrity of the Pakistan medical admission process. With the examination date closer, the candidates are urged to keep themselves informed by use of the official portals and reporting suspicious acts in an effort to curb the propagation of fraudulent acts.