Higher Education Commission (HEC) Chairman, Dr Javaid R. Laghari, has greeted the University of Health Sciences (UHS) for being ranked as the top medical university of Pakistan. In a letter to UHS VC, Chairman HEC has urged UHS to participate in QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) World Universities Ranking.
"We see a strong possibility that your university may also qualify amongst the world's leading universities in the QS ranking", Dr Laghari opined. It may be noted that the UHS has recently been ranked by HEC as the best public sector university in the medical category and eighth best in the overall 'Top 10' list of higher education institutions based on quality, teaching and research.