What are self-finance and overseas seats, and do they have their own merit lists?

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   The PM&DC Medical and Dental (Admissions, Curriculum and Conduct) Policy and Regulations 2026 split admissions into three categories: open merit, self-finance/overseas Pakistanis/dual nationals, and foreign students. The Associated Press of Pakistan's summary of the regulations, published on 27 October 2026, gives the structure:

   • Self-finance and expatriate seats are 15% of a college's approved allocation, and foreign students' seats are 10%, divided equally between public and private colleges.
   • They sit on top of the approved allocation. They are additional seats, and unused ones cannot be carried into the next admission year.

   Who qualifies is set in the regulations and the college notice. The overseas quota is for Pakistanis permanently resident abroad and dual nationals, with the residency documents, the IBCC equivalence and the accepted entry test named in the notice. An ineligible candidate cannot be admitted against such a seat, so the document check is strict.

   Each category runs its own pool and its own closing figure, the same way open merit, disability and reserved quotas do. A self-finance list can close below the open-merit list at the same college because the pool is smaller and the fee is higher, though it depends on who applied that cycle. There is no fixed gap. Read the college's own fee schedule for the quota fee, because these seats carry a different fee from open merit for the whole programme.

   For the 2026-27 session, the merit list page tracks every admitting body, including the reserved and quota lists it has published, with the date each was checked. The overseas and dual-national guide covers the documents and entry routes, the regulations news entry quotes the rule changes, and the fees and closing merit guide shows what these seats have cost.

   SalikStaff

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