High Court Grants Relief To Kashmiri Woman Who Obtained Medical Degree In PoK

The J&K high court has asked the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to consider recognising the medical degree of a Kashmiri who pursued her MBBS from a college in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK).

In his judgment, Justice Sanjeev Kumar observed that it was only after the permission given by the ministry that the student, Hadiya Chisti, went to pursue her studies in PoK.

A resident of Nowgam, an uptown locality in the summer capital Srinagar, Chisti joined Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Medical College in Mirpur in 2012 after completing her 12th class exam from the J&K Board of School Education.

In 2017, in anticipation of the completion of her course, she applied with the ministry for issuance of an eligibility certificate for the recognition of her degree.

While the request was pending, she qualified the course. In the meantime, with a “view to accord consideration to Chisti’s request” the MEA approached the consular division of the High Commission of India at Islamabad to verify the degree.

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