Pakistan court stops expulsion of Afghan medical students
A court in Lahore, Pakistan has blocked an order by the country’s medical board to expel dozens of Afghan medical students from colleges and universities. Read More: https://punchng.com/pakistan-court-stops-expulsion-of-afghan-medical-students/
A Pakistan court has halted an expulsion order issued by the country's medical board, which threatened to send dozens of Afghan medical students studying to become doctors back to Afghanistan. The Lahore High Court extended the stay order, preventing over a hundred Afghan medical students from being expelled until the next hearing.
The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) had previously stated that no "form of facilitation of Afghan nationals" was allowed for the current academic session. The students' lawyer, Asad Jamal, criticized the PMDC's decision, stating that it failed to provide the students with any opportunity to be heard. Some of the students had already been deported prior to the PMDC's order. The case will now be taken to Pakistan's Federal Constitutional Court if necessary.
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