ISLAMABAD: University of Sindh has asked speaker of Sindh Assembly Nisar Khuhro to assist it in properly scrutinising the educational qualifications of lawmakers.
Dawn has learnt that the university has failed to find even a single fake degree because it has not been following the criteria set by Higher Education Commission for verifying the academic qualifications of lawmakers.
Sources said that after the HEC rejected the university’s initial report that gave a clean chit to its 105 graduate legislators, the university has started the exercise all over again and decided to follow the prescribed rules.
Now instead of only relying on details which the Election Commission has provided to it through the HEC, the Sindh University has asked Mr Khuhro’s office to provide educational particulars of assembly members.
According to the special form which the HEC has formulated for the purpose, the universities need to check the graduate-level degrees as well as verify the lawmakers’ matriculation and intermediate certificates and their computerised national identity cards.
Moreover, the verification of signatures of vice-chancellors concerned has also been declared mandatory for the process.
Surprisingly, the university had initially sent an “all OK” report about the educational claims of 105 lawmakers who largely belonged to the Sindh Assembly.
The Balochistan University which has 56 graduate legislators had sent a similar report to the HEC which was rejected by the commission. According to the sources, Sindh and Balochistan assemblies will be more affected as result of ongoing verification process.
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