{"id":49086,"date":"2024-09-19T15:03:03","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T10:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=49086"},"modified":"2024-09-20T15:55:52","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T10:55:52","slug":"punjab-govt-takes-strict-measures-ahead-of-mdcat-exam-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/education\/punjab-govt-takes-strict-measures-ahead-of-mdcat-exam-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Punjab govt takes strict measures ahead of MDCAT exam 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: The <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/punjab-gets-tough-on-helmet-less-riding-increases-fine-up-to-rs-2000\/\">Punjab government<\/a> has taken strict measures to ensure the integrity of the upcoming <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/additional-brt-buses-to-run-in-peshawar-for-mdcat-candidates\/\">MDCAT test<\/a> on September 22.<\/p>\n<p>To prevent cheating and maintain a secure environment, Section 144 has been imposed in <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/education\/mdcat-exam-materials-dispatched-to-11-punjab-cities-under-tight-security\/\">12 cities<\/a> across the province, including Lahore, Gujranwala, Sialkot, Faisalabad, Multan, Bahawalpur, D.G. Khan, Sahiwal, Rawalpindi, Sargodha, Gujarat, and Rahim Yar Khan.<\/p>\n<p>Only candidates and authorized supervisory staff will be allowed inside exam centers. To minimize external interference, the movement of unrelated individuals will be restricted within 100 yards of the centers.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, To avoid a cheating scandal like last year, the provincial government decided to shut down mobile phone services during the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/mdcat-2024-check-latest-update-for-syllabus-registration-here\/\">Medical and Dental Colleges Admission Test (MDCAT)<\/a> scheduled for September 22 Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>As 2 lac students will appear in MDCAT this year, the Peshawar local administration decided after a strategic meeting with key officials, including Peshawar DC, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/mobile-phone-service-to-remain-suspended-in-peshawar-on-sept-22-heres-why\/\">Khyber Medical University<\/a> officials, and top cops.<\/p>\n<p>Protests and demonstrations have been banned near exam centers to prevent any disruptions and ensure the test is conducted fairly.<\/p>\n<p>These measures aim to prevent external assistance to candidates and guarantee the security and credibility of the MDCAT exam. By imposing Section 144, the government is taking a proactive approach to maintaining a conducive and secure testing environment.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, carrying weapons, mobile phones, digital diaries, books, and guides would be prohibited in and around the exam centers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: The Punjab government has taken strict measures to ensure the integrity of the upcoming MDCAT test on September 22. To prevent cheating and maintain a secure environment, Section 144 has been imposed in 12 cities across the province, including Lahore, Gujranwala, Sialkot, Faisalabad, Multan, Bahawalpur, D.G. Khan, Sahiwal, Rawalpindi, Sargodha, Gujarat, and Rahim Yar [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":49087,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[21961,19773,20084,21960,21958,21959,18815],"class_list":["post-49086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","tag-khyber-medical-university","tag-mdcat-2024","tag-mdcat-2024-exam","tag-mdcat-date","tag-mdcat-in-pakistan","tag-medical-and-dental-colleges-admission-test-mdcat","tag-section-144-imposed-in-punjab"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49086"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49235,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49086\/revisions\/49235"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}