Who’s who on the fake degrees list
Friday, July 16, 2010
PML-N leads the pack with 11, PPP second with seven, so far
By Usman Manzoor
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz tops the list of fake degree holders as so far eleven of its parliamentarians have been caught by Higher Education Commission (HEC) for possessing fake degrees. The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) is second with seven.
Others include PML-Q with five, Mutahida Majlis-e-Amal has four, Awami National Party and PML-F have one each, two from Fata MPs and other parties and independents share six fake degree holders among them.
According to a report of Higher Education Commission dated July 14, 2010 (copy available), out of the ten MNAs having fake degrees, two are from PML-N, three from PPP, two from the Fata and one each from PML-Q, MMA and PML-F.
These MNAs include Syed Muhammad Salman Mohsin, Mazhar Hayat of PML-N; Hayatullah Khan Tareen, Nasir Ali Shah and Mir Hamayun Aziz of PPP; Syed Akhundzada Chitan and Syed Javed Hussain from the Fata, Ghulam Dastagir Rajar of PML-F, Molvi Rozziuddin of MMA and Mir Ahmadan Khan of PM-Q.
The Senators having fake/non-recognized degrees include Israrullah Khan Zehri of BNP-A and two independents Nawabzada Muhammad Akbar and Wali Muhammad.
Nine out of fourteen MPAs from Punjab hail from PML-N. These include Yasir Raza Malik, Shafiq Ahmad Gujar, Saima Aziz, Muhammad Safdar Gill, Zulfiqar Ali, Sardar Meer Badshah Khan Qaiserani, Afshaan Farooq, Farah Deeba and Shamaila Rana.
The three PML-Q legislator having fake degrees are Samina Khawar Hayat, PML-Q, Seemal Kamran and Syeda Majida Ziadi. While Wasim Afzal Gondal and Safina Saima Khar are from PPP in Punjab Assembly who have fake degrees so far declared by the HEC.
In Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa Assembly two members of MMA Kiswar Kumar and Gulistan Khan have fake degrees while the PPP and the ANP have only one such member so far. They are Haji Sher Azam Khan Wazir and Syed Aqil Shah. One independent member Abdul Qayyum Khan has also been declared to be a fake degree holder by the HEC.
The MPAs from Balochistan Assembly having fake degrees include Haji Ali Maddad Jattak of PPP, Abdul Samad of JUI, Shama Parveen Magsi of PML-Q, Rubina Zafar Zehri of Like-minded group and Nawabzada Tariq Mugsi, an independent member.
However, MPs with suspected degrees include Senator Ms Ratna Bhagwandas, MNAs Dewan Syed Ashiq Hussain Bukhari, Mir Amir Ali Khan Magsi, Syed Ghulam Mustafa Shah, Ramesh Lal and Nauman Islam Shaikh. MPAs from Sindh Assembly including Nadeem Ahmed, Haji Muzaffar Ali Shujra, Nusrat Bano Seher Abbasi and Salim Khursheed Khokhar and MPA from Balochistan Muhammad Bakhtiar Khan Domki. HEC sources say that the degrees of these MPs have been challenged in the courts therefore the universities have not verified these degrees on the basis of cases being sub judiced.
Who’s who on the fake degrees list
Who’s who on the fake degrees list
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