{
  "id": 6722318,
  "title": "LHC bars Punjab medical colleges from expelling Afghan students",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/11/lhc-bars-punjab-medical-colleges-from-expelling-afghan-students",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-11T07:18:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Times",
    "slug": "daily-times",
    "url": "https://dailytimes.com.pk/1551414/lhc-bars-punjab-medical-colleges-from-expelling-afghan-students/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Lahore High Court has barred Punjab medical colleges from expelling Afghan students during an ongoing legal dispute. According to Daily Times, Justice Khalid Ishaq issued the order on Friday while hearing petitions filed by more than 30 Afghan medical students.\n\nThe students had challenged decisions that could force them to leave their medical colleges. The court also suspended the operation of the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council's directives ordering Afghan medical students to return to Afghanistan, as per Dawn - Pakistan. The directives were issued on September 1 and July 31.\n\nThe petitioners, including 13 Afghan students enrolled at institutions such as King Edward Medical University and Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Medical and Dental College, argued that the council's directives were \"illegal and unconstitutional\". Their lawyer, Advocate Asad Jamal, contended that the students' rights to education, life, and dignity had been violated.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Daily Times",
        "title": "LHC moved on Afghan students’ issue",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/lhc-moved-on-afghan-students-issue",
        "published": "2026-09-10T21:40:51.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}