Regarding medical schools in Pakistan

if you have residence card then you can't apply as an overseas Pakistani atleast in gov't colleges...don't know how it works in private institutes. One possibility is to compete with local students by taking entry tests and you can only take entry tests if you have a certain grade. This is 4 gov't colleges.

Private medical colleges usually also have entrance tests that you can sit in for if you wish to apply to them. Depending on the private college you apply to, you might even be able to be exempt from the exam if you've taken the appropriate SAT and/or SAT IIs

dude. u cant apply for the FSF or PTAP for govt colleges. u need foriegn citezenship for that.

private colleges is the best bet for you. I think Shifa College of Medicine or Islamic International would be ur best options. Both are in Islamabad. Unlike Shifa...islamic international is fairly new and is also very conservative with strict rules...and the IBCC deducts 20% of your grade, not 10%..

just perform well on ur SAT II..get a score of 675+ in each subject and ur good

dOES THE PTAP seats differ each year from college to college or is it one avialable in each of the 15 govt medical colleges in pakistan, if so what are Overseas Paksitani seats...is there a category like that or no...

????????????????????don't get how we fit in this equation? We all gave a same response....i think u need to reread what brother asked and what we said...i don't know what u were thinking? NO ONE HAS A RIGHT TO CALL ANYONE STUPID.

Unless you have finished four years of high school in Canada (which it seems that you have not, since you had already completed 'O' Levels) you will have to show your 'O' Levels transcript along with your high school transcript and diploma. To the best of my knowledge, the IBCC needs a complete record of your secondary school education.

The 'O' Levels transcript will have to be an original.
Do you have a 77% overall for high school or only in the subjects of English, physics, chemistry, and biology? Your overall percentage in high school does not matter really -- its your percentage in those four subjects that determine your Equivalence Certificate score.

As far as how competitive it is, you should search the forum for the admissions lists that have came out for the government colleges of Punjab this year and you can see the equivalence scores required on SFS/PTAP in order to get admission into certain medical colleges. Also, searching the forum will help you find a ton of information about how the placement process works.

I believe that you are not eligible to apply under PTAP or SFS because one of the requirements for eligibility in PTAP is that you have a foreign passport and for SFS that you and your parents both have a foreign passport.

If anyone has some more information on this, please feel free to chime in.

Rehan wrong as usual, you dont have to have a foreign passport to avail PTAP as I know some locals on this seat. Also, only one of your parents needs foreign citizenship to avail SFS

Oh ok. Glad to know this -- I was simply going off what the website had written regarding application requirements (one of them being foreign nationality).

But if there is no such requirement then it should definitely help some people out.

Thanks a lot guys, but I have one more question. Is it possible that one can apply under both the PTAP and SFS at the same time or you can apply one through one of the two?

Yes, you can apply under both PTAP and SFS at the same time and during the same admission year without a problem. The differences in eligibility are very small, but just to be safe, check out the FAQ section because it addresses the eligibility issue in greater detail.

ye thanks bro....but do you know if I can apply through PTAP with just the Permanent Resident (PR) card...on the website it's written you need to provide a copy of your FOREIGN passport but then a brother earlier said just the PR card would work as well.....can anyone clarify that please...