{
  "id": 4102085,
  "title": "KP cabinet approves MDCAT through govt testing agency",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/29/kp-cabinet-approves-mdcat-through-govt-testing-agency",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-29T04:19:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dawn - Pakistan",
    "slug": "dawn-pakistan",
    "url": "https://www.dawn.com/news/2025799/kp-cabinet-approves-mdcat-through-govt-testing-agency"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cabinet has approved the transition of the Medical and Dental Colleges Admission Test (MDCAT) to be conducted through the public sector Educational Testing and Evaluation Agency (Etea) starting from 2027. Currently, Etea has 60 registered Computer Based Testing (CBT) centres across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and the country, with a daily testing capacity of 26,000 candidates. The cabinet also approved the establishment of a new tehsil in Charsadda district and the formation of a committee to formulate criteria for administrative unit changes.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}