The recent government investigation that found forged documents were used in at least 200 medical admissions in Sindh alone is a huge blot on medical education in the country at a time when seats are already limited and third-class foreign schools are conning aspiring doctors out of millions for substandard training.

Even at a limited scale, the use of fake documents can have a huge impact, as it steals opportunities from deserving, honest candidates, corrupting meritocracy. In addition,........

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