Hyderabad, Feb. 11 -- Around 256 Foreign Medical Graduates (FMGs) from Jammu and Kashmir, who studied in Pakistan before 2018, are now awaiting security clearance from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).

Among these, 155 are female students who obtained their bachelor's degrees in medicine from Pakistani colleges between 2014 and 2018, according to reports by The Hindu.

Notably, eligibility for the Foreign Medical Graduates Examination (FMGE) requires security clearance before students can take the mandatory screening test and begin their internships to practise medicine in India.

These graduates are facing an uncertain future as the MHA is currently reviewing the qualifications of individuals who received MBBS or other medical degrees...