LAHORE: More than 47,000 candidates (31,000 female and 16,000 male) will appear in medical/dental colleges` entrance test this year to be conducted by the University of Health Sciences (UHS) on Sunday (Aug 30).

The Punjab government has finalized arrangements to conduct the test and deputed senior bureaucrats, including provincial secretaries, divisional commissioners and BoR members, as monitoring officers whereas senior medical professors will conduct the test.

The test shall be held simultaneously at 34 centres established in 13 cities of Punjab, namely Lahore, Faisalabad, Sahiwal, Multan, Bahawalpur, Rahim Yar Khan, Sargodha, Gujrat, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Sialkot, DG Khan, and Hasanabdal.

The UHS has already issued roll numbers and instructions to the candidates.