VCs to run colleges, hospitals at 7 Punjab medical varsities
The Punjab Assembly has referred an ordinance that would make vice chancellors chief executives of seven public medical universities and restore key colleges as their constituent units.
The Public Sector Medical Universities (Second Amendment) Ordinance 2026 has been referred to the Punjab Assembly’s Standing Committee on Higher Education.
Vice chancellors would become chief executives and chief academic officers, with administrative control over officers, teachers, staff, linked colleges and teaching hospitals.
King Edward, Fatima Jinnah, Punjab (Faisalabad), Rawalpindi and Nishtar medical colleges are proposed as constituent colleges of their related universities.
Finance Department representation—secretary finance or at least an additional secretary—would be mandatory on university decision-making bodies.
The Governor of Punjab approved the ordinance on 20 October 2026 for 90 days; Assembly passage would turn it into law.