LAHORE, OCT 29 (DNA) – The rescheduled Medical and Dental College Admission Test (MDCAT) 2017 is underway at various examination centres across the Punjab province amid stringent security measures.

As many as 65,000 medical aspirants – including 41,000 female and 24,000 male students – are taking the test from 13 cities of the province at 28 different examination centres.

Strict measures have been taken to ensure free and fair entry test for admissions in medical and dental colleges of the province.

The candidates were prohibited to take along the digital devices into examination centres while the invigilators have been directed to maintain the proper conduct of the examination.

On Oct 6, the Lahore High Court had discarded the results of previously held Medical and Dental College Admission Test (MDCAT) 2017 after ruling in favour of the petitioners and directing the authorities to re-conduct the admission test.

The court then observed that the entry test paper leak of University of Health Sciences (UHS) had caused immense hardship to hardworking, intelligent and merit-based students.

Later a day, the Federal Investigation Agency arrested the prime suspect involved in leaking medical entrance examination papers while he was trying to flee the country from Multan International Airport.=DNA

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