Pakistan's medical regulator, the PMDC (Pakistan Medical and Dental Council), has convened preliminary hearings into three cases — including the suicides of two female medical students allegedly linked to harassment — and referred them to its Disciplinary Committee for formal adjudication next week. The cases include the deaths of Fareeha, a final-year student at Fatima Jinnah Medical College in Lahore, and Fehmida Leghari, a third-year student at Muhammad Medical College in Mirpurkhas, as well as a separate scandal in which postgraduate doctors at Lady Wellington Hospital in Lahore circulated a video of themselves racing through surgeries while making callous remarks. PMDC President Rizwan Taj pledged zero tolerance for harassment and negligence, warning that strict action would be taken against any individual or institution found responsible for misconduct or failures in student protection.