The Sindh Cabinet approved the MDCAT Admission Policy reform during its August 7, 2025, meeting chaired by Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah.

The Institute of Business Administration, Sukkur (SIBA), famed for conducting the 2024 retake successfully, has now been officially entrusted with administering the MDCAT across Sindh. Both public and private college applicants will fall under this centralized system.

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The new policy demands strict adherence to the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) Act, 2022, including merit-based selection, pass thresholds, and eligibility criteria. Importantly, only Sindh-domiciled students—verified via Juvenile Cards and biometric authentication—are eligible.

The seat matrix for all MBBS and BDS programs—both government and private—is now formally published in the annual Prospectus for the 2024–25 session. Institutions are barred from making any changes, ensuring transparency and fairness.

Admissions will be conducted either by the Health Department or through a designated medical university, which will be supervised by a committee appointed by the department.

Picture the bureaucracy that often dictates exam mishaps: now replaced by a centralized, accountable system. The show is now by IBA Sukkur. IBA Sukkur now minimizes the kind of disruptions that marred past exams. Verification is tighter, quotas are fixed, and no surprises can emerge post-announcement.

This reform wasn t born in isolation. The Sindh High Court ordered a province-wide MDCAT retake in late 2024 due to a paper leak scandal. IBA Sukkur was appointed to conduct it. This mandate led to a smoother December exam cycle. Now, that success has been institutionalized into the policy by the Cabinet.