vi) Foreign Students Seats:
a) Under Pakistan Technical Assistance Programme (PTAP):
1. Foreign students and students of Pakistani-origin can apply against these seats if:
i. The applicant and his/her parents hold a permanent foreign nationality (dual nationality for Pakistani-origin applicants).In case of students from friendly countries, parents’ nationality evidence is not required.
ii. The applicant has physically studied and passed HSSC/12th grade examination from outside Pakistan during his/her stay abroad, having a certificate from the institution last attended.
iii. The applicant has scored minimum of 60% marks in HSSC/ 12th grade examination.
iv. The applicant has either appeared in the Entrance Test of the University of Health Sciences Lahore OR passed SAT-II examination with a minimum score of 550 in each subject i.e., Biology, Chemistry and Physics/Mathematics OR passed American MCAT with minimum aggregate score of 24. The validity period of SAT II/MCAT scores shall be two years for the purpose of admission.
v. The applicant has valid TOEFL or IELTS with a score of 500 or 5.5 respectively in case he/she has obtained his/her required qualifications from those institutions where the medium of instruction for these qualifications is not English (An alternate to TOEFL and IELTS is a certification by NUML Islamabad after one year English language course).
2. The applicants seeking admission to medical/dental institutions of the Punjab under this category should submit their applications through their own governments/embassies to the Government of Pakistan (Economic Affairs Division, Islamabad) which will make necessary selection and allocation on the basis of Merit/Choice/ Availability.
3. The nominations against these seats, shall be communicated to the Health Department, Government of the Punjab, and Chairman Admission Board, by Economic Affairs Division, Islamabad, for onwards transmission to the concerned institutions. The cut-off date for receipt of nominations in Health Department is 30th November, 2012.
4. Applications submitted directly to the Chairman Admission Board or to the Government of the Punjab, shall not be entertained.
5. For further information:
Mr.Saleem Ahmad Khan
Section Officer(PTAP/CP/FS)
Tele: +92-51- 9201868
Economic Affairs Division,
Room No.505, Block “C”,
Pakistan Secretariat, Islamabad.
Fax: +92-51-9211822, Website:
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Statistics