Recognition status of pharmacy institutions in Pakistan by Pakistan Pharmacy Counsel

December 2, 2011 by Advanced Atlantic Consortium

Pharmaceutical Review (www.pharev.com). List of Pharmacy institutions whose facilities for teaching  pharmacy courses are recognized by the Pharmacy Council of Pakistan according to Pharmacy Act 1967 for the purpose of Registration as Pharmacists in Registers A and B, is being published for the information and guidance of the public in general and students in particular.

1. Institutions offering Degree Programs for Registration in Register “A”.

Recognized Programs
(a)     Public Sector
  1. UniversityCollegeof Pharmacy, University of the Punjab,Lahore.
 B. Pharmacy &  Pharm. D.
  1. Faculty of Pharmacy,UniversityofKarachi,Karachi.
 B. Pharmacy &  Pharm. D.
  1. Faculty of Pharmacy,SindhUniversity, Jamshoro.
 B. Pharmacy &  Pharm. D.
  1. Faculty of Pharmacy,Islamia University,Bahawalpur.
 B. Pharmacy &  Pharm. D.
  1. Department of Pharmacy,PeshawarUniversity,Peshawar.
 B. Pharmacy &  Pharm. D.
  1. Faculty of Pharmacy,BahauddinZakriyaUniversity,Multan.
 B. Pharmacy &  Pharm. D.
  1. Faculty of Pharmacy,GomalUniversity,D.I.Khan.
 B. Pharmacy &  Pharm. D.
  1. Department of Pharmacy,LahoreCollegeforWomenUniversity,Lahore.
 B. Pharmacy &  Pharm. D.
  1. Department of Pharmacy,SargodhaUniversity,Sargodha.
 Pharm. D.
  1. Department of Pharmacy,BalochistanUniversity,Quetta.
 B. Pharmacy. & Pharm. D.
  1. Department of Pharmacy,FederalUrduUniversity,Karachi.
 Pharm. D.
  1. CollegeofPharmacy, GC University,Faisalabad.
 Pharm. D.
(b)     Private Sector
  1. Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences,BaqaiMedicalUniversity,Karachi.
 B. Pharmacy  &  Pharm. D.
  1. LahoreCollegeof Pharmaceutical Sciences,Lahore.
 B. Pharmacy  &  Pharm. D.
  1. Faculty of Pharmacy,UniversityofLahore,LahoreCampus,Lahore.
 B. Pharmacy  &  Pharm. D.
  1. Faculty of Pharmacy,JinnahUniversityfor Women,Karachi.
 B. Pharmacy  &  Pharm. D.
  1. Faculty of Pharmacy,HamdardUniversity,KarachiCampus,Karachi.
 B. Pharmacy  & Pharm. D.
  1. HamdardUniversity,IslamabadCampus,Islamabad.
 B. Pharmacy &  Pharm. D.
  1. Faculty of Pharmacy TheUniversityofFaisalabad,Faisalabad.
 Pharm. D.
  1. Faculty ofPharmacySarhadUniversity,Peshawar.
   Pharm. D.
  1. Faculty ofPharmacyZiauddinUniversity,Karachi.
   Pharm. D.
  1. Riphah Institute of Pharmacy,RiphahInternationalUniversity,Islamabad.
   Pharm. D.
  1. Faculty ofPharmacyHajveryUniversity,Lahore
   Pharm. D.
  1. SchoolofPharmacy,JinnahMedical & DentalCollege,Karachi.
   Pharm. D.
2. Institutions offering Training Programs for Registration in Register “B”.
1. Ace Institute of Health Sciences,Lahore.2.LahoreCollegeof Pharmaceutical Sciences,Lahore.

3. Pakistan Institute of Pharmacy, Sahiwal.

4. Kings College of Pharmacy Technician, Sahiwal.

5.MultanCollegeof Pharmacy,Multan.

6. Thal Institute of Paramedical, Laiyyeh.

The following institutions have been grantedNOCto start  Pharm. D. Program:

a)      MalakandUniversity, Butkhela, Malakand.

b)      UniversityofVeterinaryand Animal Sciences,Lahore.

c)      GandharaUniversity,Peshawar.

d)      AbasynUniversity,Peshawar.

e)       COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Abbottabad.

f)        Women Institute of Learning. Abbottabad.

g)      AkhtarSaeedCollegeof Pharmaceutical Sciences,Lahore.

h)      LahorePharmacyCollege,Lahore.

i)        AbdulWaliKhanUniversity, Mardan at Swabi

j)         Margalla Institute of Health Sciences,Rawalpindi

k)      SuperiorUniversity,Lahore.

No other institution offering/running courses in Pharmacy has been granted recognition/ permission.

Students desirous to seek admission in the Pharmacy Institutions and their parents/guardians are advised in their own interest to obtain admission in an institution, where the Pharmacy courses and the required facilities have been recognized/permitted by the Pharmacy Council of Pakistan.

It is further informed that w.e.f. from September 2009, the minimum entrance qualification for admission to the Pharm. D. Program has been revised to 60% marks in Intermediate (Pre-Medical).

The students studying in Pharm. D. Program are also advised to enroll with Pharmacy Council of Pakistan through their institutions. Effective from 2011, after successfully completing their degree course, their registration as “Pharmacists” will be based on this enrollment.

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