Balochistan minister’s degree termed fake

TBH Monitoring Desk

KARACHI: Karachi University dispatched its report on the verification of lawmakers’ academic certificates to the Higher Education Commission (HEC) on Wednesday after declaring one educational degree fake.

The degree declared fake was that of Mohammad Khan Toor, a provincial minister from Balochistan.

It is worth noting that the KU had received a second batch of academic certificates of 16 lawmakers for verification a few days ago. Of them, 14 were declared genuine a day earlier.

Dr Nasiruddin Khan, KU pro vice chancellor, told Dawn that the university completed its task much before the July 27 deadline that had been given to it.

“The academic credentials of Sindh MPA Shama Arif Mithani are found to be genuine. However, no examination record of Mr Toor could be found at the university,” he said.

Earlier, the university had declared 105 degrees out of 106 genuine. The case related to Yaqub Bazenjo, an MPA from Balochistan, was not looked into on the grounds that it is pending in court.