On 2 November, under a Lahore High Court order, UHS published paper codes A to D of the Punjab MDCAT 2026 paper and opened a complaint portal that closed at 6pm on 3 November. The paper staying public is the precedent worth knowing.
The paper is public
The University of Health Sciences, Lahore published all four versions of the MDCAT 2026 question paper, paper codes A, B, C and D, on 2 November 2026. Its notice cites the order of the Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi Bench, of 16 October 2026 in Writ Petition No. 3516 of 2026.
The same notice opened an online complaint portal for candidates who believe a key is wrong. The portal asked for the roll number, the paper code and the email used at registration, and it closed at 6:00 PM on 3 November 2026.
Why the court was involved
PM&DC asked universities to retain question papers after the test, and candidates were not allowed to keep a copy. The November 2026 candidate could therefore check an answer key with only a carbon copy of the answer sheet and no memory of the question.
On 16 October the Lahore High Court held that collecting the papers back was not lawful, ordered UHS to publish every version, and told it to invite objections after admissions in line with policy. The Sindh High Court had issued notices of its own on 2 October in a parallel petition from Sindh candidates.
The Senate health committee took the same view a week later. On 20 October it asked for the paper within 72 hours, questioned an inquiry that had completed in a day, named six disputed question numbers in one paper code, and directed the health ministry to run a fresh inquiry. On 22 October the committee repeated the direction and warned that the matter could go to the Federal Investigation Agency.
What has not happened
- No public notice has been seen that revises an MDCAT 2026 score. Treat the score you were issued as final until your university says otherwise.
- The ruling covers the 2026 Punjab paper. It is not a policy for 2027 and it does not promise that future papers will be public.
- The Sindh High Court case was listed for further hearing on 10 November 2026. Check the Sindh admitting universities rather than an aggregator for the outcome.
What a 2027 candidate should take from it
The objection window is short. In 2026 it closed the day after the questions were published, and the portal required a textbook, an edition and a page number as evidence. A complaint that says only "the key is wrong" is weak.
If you sit the 2027 paper, note the questions you are unsure of while you are allowed to, and keep your roll number slip and the email you registered with.