{"id":21386,"date":"2026-09-08T15:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T15:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/09\/08\/pakistan-former-envoy-afghan-students-medical-universities-review\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T15:00:17","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T15:00:17","slug":"pakistan-former-envoy-afghan-students-medical-universities-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/09\/08\/pakistan-former-envoy-afghan-students-medical-universities-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Pakistan envoy urges review of decision on Afghan students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mansoor Ahmad Khan, Pakistan&#8217;s former ambassador to Afghanistan, has called on the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council to reconsider its decision regarding Afghan students at the country&#8217;s medical universities and institutes.<\/p>\n<p>He made the appeal citing humanitarian considerations and the historic ties between Afghanistan and Pakistan. According to him, the decision has a direct impact on the educational situation of Afghan students.<\/p>\n<p>The former diplomat suggested that Afghan students be allowed to complete their studies and then return to Afghanistan after graduation.<\/p>\n<p>The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council is the body responsible for regulating education and professional standards in the country&#8217;s medical and dental sectors, and its decisions can affect students&#8217; ability to continue their studies at relevant universities and institutes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pakistan&#8217;s former envoy to Afghanistan urges a review of a decision affecting Afghan students in medical universities and institutes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21385,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-social-affairs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}