- ISLAMABAD: The degrees of two Pakistani federal ministers — Asrarullah Zehri and Hummayun Aziz — have been found to be fake by the country’s Higher Education Commission (HEC).
The two are part of a group of lawmakers whose degrees were found to be fictitious by the commission.
These include Syed Suleman (NA-138), Wasim Afzal (Punjab Assembly), Samina Khawar Hayat (Punjab Assembly, reserved seat), Senator Nawabzada Muhammad Akhtar (Balochistan), Rubina Zafar Zahiri (Baluchistan), Mir Humayun Aziz (MNA), Senator Mir Asrarullah Khan, (MNA from NA 139), Javed Hussain (NA 39), Gulistan Khan from Khyber-Pukhtunkhawa and Suleman Mohsin.
Likewise, the degrees of Sen. Wali Muhammad Bazdini from Balochistan and two members of the country’s provincial assemblies — Abdul Qayyum (Khyber-Pukhtunkhawa) and Abdus Samad Khan (Balochistan) — were also declared as fake or unauthentic.
Meanwhile, the University of Balochistan has verified that all 58 legislators whose degrees had been sent to it by the HEC are registered with the university.
Balochistan Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani and some provincial ministers graduated from the university, an official said.