ISLAMABAD: Degrees of five more parliamentarians were declared fake on Wednesday as the count keeps on growing. The Peshawar University had received degrees of 105 parliamentarians for verification. While clearing 103, the university affirmed that it has no record of degrees of Akhunzada MNA from Bajaur and MPA Saima from Punjab. Both the parliamentarians belong to the Pakistan People’s Party.
The degree of Senator Akbar Magsi has also been pronounced fake by Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai University, Khairpur. Whereas MPA Salman Mohsin Gilani of the PML-N and Wasim Afzal of the PPP have been found fake, claimed a private television channel Wednesday.
Meanwhile, Balochistan University has received at least 60degrees of assembly members for verification. The university administration has established a committee for verification of degrees of members of Balochistan Assembly. According to a private news channel, which quoted the university sources, examination branch has received total 60 degrees sent by Higher Education Commission for verification Wednesday.
Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, verified 47 degrees of the parliamentarians out of 50 degrees by identifying two suspected degrees that it has received from the Higher Education Commission.
Media reports stated Wednesday, the HEC had forwarded 50 degrees of the parliamentarians to the BZU for verification and the university administration, after completing its official procedure for degrees attestation, declared two degrees suspected and issue clearance certificates for 47-degrees.
Further, the university administration said the decision regarding the degree of MPA Tariq Majeed has not yet been made, as his case was being pursued in the court; however, two degrees, one of an MNA and the other an MPA, have been found suspected.
Meanwhile, MPA Samina Khawar Hayat of the PML-Q has claimed that her educational degree is genuine and people creating propaganda against her are the same, who are disgracing politicians for their nefarious aims.
source -The News