IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PAKISTAN 
(APPELLATE JURISDICTION) 
 
 
PRESENT: MR. JUSTICE MIAN SAQIB NISAR, HCJ 
 
 
MR. JUSTICE MUSHIR ALAM 
 
 
MR. JUSTICE SAJJAD ALI SHAH 
 
CIVIL APPEALS NO.3 AND 4 OF 2018 AND  
(on appeal from the judgment/order dated 07.12.2017 
passed 
by 
the 
Lahore 
High 
Court, 
Lahore 
in 
I.C.A.98703/2017) 
CIVIL PETITIONS NO. 3412 OF 2017 AND 45 OF 2018 
(on appeal from the judgment/order dated 28.08.2017 
passed by the Islamabad High Court, Islamabad in 
W.P.2975/2016 and dated 07-12-2017 of the Lahore 
High Court, Lahore passed in I.C.A.98703/2017) 
 
 
 
AND 
C.M.A. NOS. 203 TO 209 OF 2018 IN  
CIVIL PETITIONS NO. NIL OF 2018 
(on appeal from the judgment/order dated 07.12.2017 
passed 
by 
the 
Lahore 
High 
Court, 
Lahore 
in 
I.C.A.98703/2017) 
 
1. 
Pakistan Medical and Dental Council 
through its President 
In C.As.3 & 4/2018 
2. 
Prof. Dr. Masood Hameed Khan 
In C.P.3412/2017 
3. 
Pakistan Association of Private Medical 
and Dental Institution through its D.G. 
In C.P.45/2018 
4. 
Pakistan Medical and Dental Council 
through its President 
In CMA 203-209/18  
 
…Appellant(s)/Petitioner(s) 
VERSUS 
1. 
Muhammad Fahad Malik etc. 
In C.A.3/2018 
2. 
Pakistan Association of Private Medical 
and Dental Institution etc. 
In C.A.4/2018 
3. 
Federation of Pakistan through Secretary 
M/o National Health Services Regulation 
and Coordination and another 
In C.P.3412/2017 
4. 
Federation of Pakistan etc.  
In C.P.45/2018 
5. 
 Muhammad Osama & others 
In CMA 203/18 
6. 
 Taha Ahmed Train & others 
In CMA 204/18 
7. 
 Hubaid Haider & others 
In CMA 205/18 
8. 
 Shaniyaal Shahid & others 
In CMA 206/18 
9 
 Mahnoor Ahsan Bhoon & others 
In CMA 207/18 
10. 
 Ahmed Iqbal & others 
In CMA 208/18 
11. 
 Azeem Izhar & others 
In CMA 209/18 
 
… Respondent(s) 
 
For the appellant(s)/ 
petitioner(s): 
Mr. Muhammad Akram Sheikh, Sr. ASC 
Syed Rifaqat Hussain Shah, AOR 
 (In C.As.3 & 4/2018 also in In CMA 203-209/18) 
 
Sardar M. Latif Khan Khosa, Sr. ASC 
Ch. Akhtar Ali, AOR 
(In C.P.3412/2017) 
 
Ch. Muhammad Ashfaq Bhullar, ASC 
Mr. Mahmood A. Sheikh, AOR 
Civil Appeal No.3 of 2018 etc. 
-: 2 :-
(In C.P.45/2018) 
 
 
For the respondent(s): 
Respondent in person a/w father 
(For respondent No.1 In C.A.3/2018) 
 
Mr. Munawar-us-Salam, ASC 
Barrister Tariq Saeed Rana, Legal Advisor, 
Shalamar Medical College, Lhr. 
(For respondent No.8 in C.A.3/2018) 
 
Syed Ali Zafar, ASC 
Mr. Munawar-us-Salam, ASC 
Mr. Zahid Nawaz Cheema, ASC 
(For respondent No.1 in C.A.4/2018) 
 
Mr. Muhammad Akram Sheikh, Sr. ASC 
Syed Rifaqat Hussain Shah, AOR 
(For respondent No.2 in C.P.3412/2017) 
 
 
Commander (R) Farasat Ali, Deputy 
Registrar, NUMS  
(For respondent No.6 in C.A.3/2018) 
 
Mr. Ahsan Masood, Legal Advisor, CMH 
Lahore Medical College 
(For respondent No.7 in C.A.3/2018) 
 
Dr. Arshad Ali Khan, AMS + Usman Rana, 
Litigation Officer 
Ch. Muhammad Attique, Legal Advisor, UHS 
(For respondents No.3 & 4 in C.A.3/2018) 
 
 
For Federation: 
Mr. Ashtar Ausaf Ali, 
Attorney General for Pakistan 
Mr. Muhammad Waqar Rana, Addl.A.G.P. 
Ch. Aamir Rehman, Addl.A.G.P. 
 
 
On Court’s notice: 
Dr. Asim Hussain 
 
 
Date of Hearing:  
12.01.2018 
ORDER  
 
 
MIAN SAQIB NISAR, CJ.— C.M.A. Nos. 203 to 209/2018 
are allowed office is directed to number the civil petitions.  
2. 
 
For the reasons to be recorded later, Civil Appeals No. 3 
and 4 of 2018, Civil Petitions No. 45 and 64 to 70 of 2018 are 
dismissed; whereas Civil Petition No.3412/2017 is converted into an 
appeal and allowed. The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) 
constituted under the law and any Executive Committee constituted 
by or under the law and presently working are dissolved and till the 
Civil Appeal No.3 of 2018 etc. 
-: 3 :-
appointment/election of the fresh Council and the Executive 
Committees in accordance with law, we are constituting an ad-hoc 
Council to perform the functions and run the affairs of PMDC in 
accordance with the relevant law. The Council shall comprise of the 
following: 
1. 
Mr. Justice Mian Shakirullah Jan, former Judge of this 
Court (Chairman);  
2. 
The Attorney General for Pakistan (Member) or in case of 
his non-availability, his nominee/representative; 
3. 
Federal Secretary Health, Islamabad (Member);  
4. 
Surgeon General of Pakistan Armed Forces (Member); 
5. 
Vice Chancellor of the National University of Medical 
Sciences (NUMS) (Member); 
6. 
Vice Chancellor University of Health Sciences, Lahore 
(Member);  
7. 
Executive Director, Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Centre, 
Karachi (Member);  
8. 
Vice Chancellor Khyber Medical University, Peshawar 
(Member); and 
9. 
Principal Bolan Medical College, Quetta (Member); 
 
2. 
 
The above Council will take over and run the affairs of the 
PMDC immediately and its first meeting shall be convened on 
18.01.2018.  The present registrar of PMDC shall continue to work.  
 
 
 
CHIEF JUSTICE 
 
 
 
JUDGE 
 
 
 
JUDGE 
ISLAMABAD. 
12th January 2018. 
Mudassar/