{
  "id": 346004,
  "title": "Poonch medical college closure threatens academic year of 500 students",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/poonch-medical-college-closure-threatens-academic-year-of-500-students-346004",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-09T03:15:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn",
    "slug": "dawn",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2021648/poonch-medical-college-closure-threatens-academic-year-of-500-students"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Poonch Medical College, located in the troubled Poonch district of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, faces closure due to ongoing protests, threatening the academic year of around 500 students. The college, affiliated with the University of Health Sciences in Lahore, has been forced to suspend activities due to security concerns and the presence of a sit-in led by the outlawed Joint Awami Action Committee. Civil society, elected representatives, and other influential community members are urged to help reopen the institution before August 10 to avoid academic loss and jeopardize the registration of a proposed nursing college.",
  "summary": "• DC urges civil society, elected representatives to help reopen institution by tomorrow • Says nursing college registration also at risk due to protests in Rawalakot MUZAFFARABAD: A senior government official in the troubled Poonch district of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) has appealed to civil society, local elected representatives and other influential members of the community to help ensure…",
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        "outlet": "Dawn - Pakistan",
        "title": "Poonch medical college closure threatens academic year of 500 students",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/poonch-medical-college-closure-threatens-academic-year-of-500-students",
        "published": "2026-08-09T03:15:11.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}