India has said that the degree of Medical Colleges of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) will not recognized in India. The Medical Council of India (MCI) has announced this information in a public notice. The step has been taken to thwart Pakistan’s Khurafat, under which it announced to give scholarships to 1600 Kashmiri students.
The court has passed this order in December 2019 on the petition of a young Kashmiri woman, she studied medicine in PoK, but was barred from appearing for exams for degrees from abroad. In February, the Imran government of Pakistan announced scholarships for 1600 Kashmiri students.
”These ridiculous assertions have neither legal validity nor international credibility. In fact, this new effort only confirms [the] reality of Pakistan’s obsession with territorial aggrandisement supported by cross-border terrorism,” the ministry said, repeating New Delhi’s declaration that Islamabad uses terror as an instrument of state policy.
MCI said, “It is informed to all that the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the entire region of Ladakh is an integral part of India”. Now any medical institute of Pakistan Occupied Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh (POJKL) needs to get permission from Indian Medical Council Act 1956.
“Those pursuing degrees from a college located in POK cannot be allowed to appear for the examination conducted for foreigners because He is an integral part of India”.
However, medical college of POJKL has this recognition. Therefore, those pursuing degrees from these medical colleges cannot be allowed to practice under the Indian Medical Council Act 1956.