No Karachi candidate among top 20 who passed MDCAT
KARACHI: Not a single candidate from Karachi Division is among the top 20 students in the Medical and Dental College Admission Test (MDCAT) in Sindh. According to the results announced by the Sukkur IBA (SIBA) Testing Services on Monday, the highest marks — 179 out of 180 — were secured by a female candidate from Shikarpur, followed by 178 secured by two candidates from Tharparkar and one each…
In the recent Medical and Dental College Admission Test (MDCAT) held in Sindh on September 20, 2026, no candidate from Karachi Division secured a spot among the top 20. The highest marks achieved were 179 out of 180, secured by a female candidate from Shikarpur. Two other candidates from Tharparkar and one each from Larkana and Qambar-Shahdadkot followed with 178 marks.
The remaining 15 spots were taken by students from various other divisions like Badin, Naushahro Feroze, Mirpurkhas, Shaheed Benazirabad, Sukkur, Hyderabad, Shikarpur, Tharparkar, Dadu, Larkana, and Khairpur. The first Karachi candidate appeared in the results at serial number 21. Prof Dr Asif Ahmed Shaikh, Vice Chancellor of Sukkur IBA University, mentioned in a press conference that female students showed remarkable success in the test, with 22,538 female students declared successful out of 33,336 candidates who appeared.
Over 16,500 of these qualified for MBBS. Prof Shaikh also mentioned that four candidates left their papers blank, and 21 scored only 30 marks, with the later list to be handed over to the Federal Investigation Agency for further investigation.
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