From Zeeshan Mirza
KARACHI: A shocking revelation has emerged in Karachi’s medical colleges, where more than 100 students from out of the city have secured admissions using dual domiciles, media reported.
The students, hailed from interior Sindh, Punjab, and Islamabad failed to secure admission in interior last year, obtained Karachi domiciles to gain admission this year.
According to sources, most of Karachi’s fake domicile certificates were issued from the city’s East district. Interestingly, these students completed their matriculation and intermediate studies outside Karachi.
The sources added that some students were found to possess Punjab domicile certificates, which they later replaced with Sindh ones.
The online domicile system in Punjab has helped uncover these forgeries, whereas Sindh’s offline system has made it challenging to verify dual documents.
This has resulted in students from other provinces and federal areas securing admissions in Karachi’s medical colleges, while local students are being denied admission due to the provincial government’s domicile policy.
In one notable case, a student who topped in Karachi had completed their matriculation and intermediate studies from the Islamabad Board and later obtained a Karachi domicile to secure admission in Dow Medical University.
