Planning Commission objects to building dental college, 500-bed hospital at KU
(WorldNews Pakistan)

The Planning Commission has raised serious objections to the establishment of a 500-bed teaching hospital and a medical and dental college at the University of Karachi under the Karachi package announced by former premier Nawaz Sharif during a visit to Karachi. The commission has sought a clarification as to why a medical and denta college was being established in Karachi where an exclusive medical university -- Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) --was already functioning. The establishment of a state-of the-art 500-bed teaching hospital and a medical and dental college had been envisaged under the Karachi package during the tenure of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif at the cost of...