PML-Q MPA disqualified over fake degree
Thursday, July 25th, 2013 12:37:06 by Tahir Khan
The Supreme Court Thursday disqualified PML-Q member provincial assembly (MPA) from Punjab‚ Samina Khawar Hayat in a fake degree case.
The court directed Election Commission to nullify the notification issued of her seat.
Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry issued the order today.
MPA Samina Khawar Hayat had contested the 2008 elections with a fake BBA degree.
The Regional Election Commission had earlier submitted a complaint against Hayat and sought “strict action” against her for lying to the election commission.
Hayat, who was elected to a seat reserved for women in the provincial assembly, had submitted a BBA Degree issued by Riphah International University, Islamabad. The degree, according to the election commission, was declared fake by the Higher Education Commission.
Her counsel had then given the commission a copy of a certificate stating that she had completed her BBA from Preston Institute of Management Science and Technology (PIMSAT), Karachi. However, upon verification that degree too turned out to be forged.
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Posted by Tahir Khan
on Jul 25 2013. Filed under Latest News, National, Pakistan, Politics.
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