Around mid-2018, the Saudi Health Ministry contacted the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan (
CPSP) and informed them of the problem.
The universities and the
CPSP need to resolve the matter.
From Pakistan,
CPSP informed the authorities about training and examination system and worldwide acceptance of FCPS and MCPS.
The committee held that PMDC has been hijacked by
CPSP through its President, Dr Zafarullah Chaudhry, member from KPK Prof.
It is also ludicrous to state that foreign medical councils are so gullible as to reject the MD/MS simply because of some imagined negative campaign by the
CPSP. These councils are very well informed regarding the standards of medical qualifications in Pakistan.
He claimed that
CPSP delegations during recent visits to Saudi Arabia and some Gulf states had presented distorted facts about Pakistan's university programme to maintain monopoly of the CPSP-sponsored FCPS qualification.
Acknowledging the contribution made by
CPSP in the training of medical professionals, he said there was need to also focus that the medical graduates and post graduates passing out from institutions concerned were fully conscious of ground realities with regard to healthcare needs of the masses.
Zafar Ullah Chaudhry as the President of
CPSP whereas Prof.
As per notification
CPSP /Sec/2019/196, dated March 1, 2019 Prof.
Khalid Masood Gondal assured that
CPSP will support whatever needed by the faculty of ophthalmology.
The present KCD's management thanked President
CPSP Zafar Ullah Chodhri, Khalid Masood Gondal (Vice President
CPSP) and Regional Director Waqar Ullah Jan for their full cooperation in this regard said the spokesperson on Saturday.