According to a news story by daily Awami Awaz, there are 1700 ghost doctors in Karachi city alone. The story mentions that these Ghost Doctors who does not attend hospital and only draw the sallary and other packages from the health department were recruited during the Health Ministry of Dr. Saghir Shaikh of Mutahida Qomi Movement (MQM) in the last government. Read details in daily Awami Awaz