University of Health Sciences (UHS) has announced the merit for admissions in the medical and dental colleges of Punjab, Dunya News reported on Monday. 

According to the announcement, the minimum merit for admission in MBBS has been 81.7727 while for BDS the minimum merit has been 81.6273. Adressing a press conference at the University of Health Sciences (UHS), the vice-chancellor of UHS Professor Mubasshir Malik said that 7303 candidates applied for the admissions while only 3017 would be able to admissions in 18 medical colleges. 

Merit for King Edward Medical University (KEMU) remained 87.20191 while it remained 85.4727 for Allama Iqbal Medical college (AIMC), 84.0909 for Services Institute of Medical Sciences (SIMS), 83.9182 for Fatima Jinnah Medical College (FJMC), 83.6273 for Nishter Medical College Multan, 83.1091 for Punjab Medical College Faisalabad, 83.0182 for Rawalpindi Medical College, 82.5909 for Quaid-e-Azam Medical College Bahawalpur, 82.4909 for Sargodha Medical College, 82.3182 for Nawaz Sharif Medical College Gujrat, 82.1636 for Shaikh Zaid Medical College Rahim Yar Khan, 81.7636 for De'Mont Morency College of Dentistry Lahore, 81.6727 for Nishter Institute of Dentistry Multan, 81.9545 for Sahiwal Medical College, 82.0545 for Gujranwala Medical College and 81.7727 for Dera Ghazi Khan Medical College. 

The vice-chancellor of UHS Professor Mubasshir Malik has said that the affiliations of those private medical colleges would be cancelled that started admissions before time and that admitted students with less than 60 percent marks.