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Poonch medical college closure threatens academic year of 500 students

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Poonch medical college closure threatens academic year of 500 students
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• DC urges civil society, elected representatives to help reopen institution by tomorrow • Says nursing college registration also at risk due to protests in Rawalakot MUZAFFARABAD: A senior government official in the troubled Poonch district of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) has appealed to civil society, local elected representatives and other influential members of the community to help ensure the reopening of the area’s medical college before Aug 10, warning that continued closure could cost around 500 students an academic year and also jeopardise the registration of a proposed nursing college. In a press release, Poonch Deputy Commissioner Syed Mumtaz Kazmi said that the Poonch Medical…

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