LAHORE (The Thursday Times) — Lahore High Court ne faisla diya hai ke niji medical aur dental colleges apni marzi se fees tay nahin kar sakte aur jo zaid raqam wasool ki gayi woh wapas karni ho gi. Adalat ne tuition fees ki had muqarrar karne ka Pakistan Medical and Dental Council ka ikhtiyar barqarar rakha.
Tafseeli faisle mein Justice Khalid Ishaq ne niji colleges ki council ke fees qawaid ke khilaf dayar teen darkhwastein mustarad kar dein aur talaba aur un ke walidain ki 12 darkhwastein manzoor kar lein jin mein in hudood par amal daraamad ka mutalba kiya gaya tha.
Adalat ne kaha ke niji colleges ko apni fees tay karne ka la-mehdood haq hasil nahin, aur medical taleem ko khalis tijarati karobar ki tarah nahin chalaya ja sakta kyunke is ka taluq sehat-e-aama se hai.
Do colleges par har talib-e-ilm ki kitni raqam wajib hai
Faisle mein council ki Fee Justification Committee ke minutes ka hawala diya gaya hai. Un ke mutabiq University Medical and Dental College Faisalabad muqarrara fees se zaid wasool ki gayi raqam ke taur par har talib-e-ilm ko 8 lakh 41 hazar 317 rupay, aur FMH College of Medicine and Dentistry Lahore har talib-e-ilm ko 7 lakh 41 hazar 802 rupay wapas karne ka paband tha.
Adalat ne note kiya ke Faisalabad ke college ne 2025 mein 5 arab 9 crore 90 lakh rupay aamdani aur 37 crore 86 lakh rupay munafa zahir kiya, jabke FMH College ne salana ek arab 86 crore 70 lakh rupay aamdani aur 11 crore 19 lakh rupay munafa zahir kiya.
Fees ki had kaise kaam karti hai
Council ne April 2025 mein MBBS aur BDS ki salana tuition fees pehle 18 lakh rupay muqarrar ki, phir 2025-26 ke session ke liye ise 18 lakh 90 hazar rupay tak mehdood kiya. March 2026 mein mukhtalif zumron ke colleges ke liye nazar-e-sani shuda hadein muqarrar ki gayin, aur zyada had sirf un idaron ko di gayi jinhon ne audit shuda hisabaat se is ka jawaz pesh kiya.
Adalat ne kaha ke yeh nizam man-mana nahin kyunke colleges haqeeqi akhrajat sabit kar ke zyada fees ki darkhwast de sakte hain, taham us ne regulator ko hidayat ki ke hadein tay karte waqt jaiz akhrajat ko maddenazar rakhe.
Shikayat karne wale talaba ka tahaffuz
Adalat ne un shikayaat ka bhi notice liya ke baaz talaba ko apne huqooq ke liye awaz uthane par intiqami karrawai ka nishana banaya gaya. Us ne colleges ko hidayat ki ke zer-e-taleem talaba ke sath narawa sulook na kiya jaye, aur kaha ke aisi soorat-e-haal ka samna karne wala koi bhi talib-e-ilm tauheen-e-adalat ki karrawai ke liye adalat se rujoo kar sakta hai.
Council barha talaba aur walidain ko mashwara de chuki hai ke manzoor shuda fees se zyada adaigi na karen. Is hafte Qaumi Assembly ki sehat committee ke ijlas mein arkaan ne bataya ke baaz talaba se 6 lakh rupay izafi mange gaye aur adaigi na karne par classon se rokne ki dhamki di gayi. Committee ne council ko muainay barhane aur ghair mujaz fees wasool karne wale colleges ko saza dene ki hidayat ki.
