Islamia College Peshawar: SC to review admission quota system is correct or not

The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that the court would review whether admission quota system at prestigious Islamia College University in Peshawar is correct or not.

A three-judge bench headed by Justice Umar Atta Bandial comprising Justice Faisal Arab and Justice Qazi Muhammad Amin Ahmed heard the case regarding admission quota in Islamia College Peshawar.

The counsel for the Islamia College University, Peshawar said that the Peshawar High Court (PHC) dismissed the admission quota system in college for the last so many years. He said that the admission quota system was being used in the college for decades.

He said that Islamia College had quota for various categories including erstwhile Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata), disabled persons, and sportsmen.

He said that the Peshawar High Court dismissed all quotas except for persons with disabilities and the Fata students.

The Additional Advocate General Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa said that he could not review the college's application and requested the court to grant him more time to prepare the case. The court accepted his plea and adjourned hearing of the case for two weeks.