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Archive |2015-09-08 06:27:19
PAC wants registration of FIRs against holders of fake degrees

ISLAMABAD: A sub-committee of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has directed the managing director of Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV) to register FIRs against the declared holders of fake degrees...
Also read: Three female teachers booked for fake degreesThe committee’s chairman said that politicians holding fake degrees were being punished while no action was being taken against government employees possessing fake degrees......
Archive |2015-04-14 06:34:45
BZU students protest against degrees’ non-verification

MULTAN: Scores of students of architecture and building department of Bahauddin Zakariya University’s Engineering College on Monday protested against what they said non-verification of their degrees...
They said the students were neither able to get admission to MSc Engineering nor they were getting employment due to the non-verification of their degrees...
Archive |2017-08-22 06:59:26
‘Invalid’ degrees issued by private institute: Protesting students baton-charged

DERA GHAZI KHAN: Police baton charged students of a private institution on Monday who threw the traffic on Dera-Quetta inter-provincial road out of gear for five hours in protest against issuance of invalid degrees and transcripts, arresting some two dozen of them...
They were protesting against the institute’s administration for issuing them invalid degrees and transcripts, alleging they were awarded these documents which were not...
Archive |2017-09-23 17:30:35
Hundreds of Canadians bought fake degrees from Axact, CBC investigation reveals

An in-depth investigation carried out by the national broadcaster of Canada over the course of several months has revealed that hundreds of people working as professionals in diverse fields across Canada possess bogus degrees issued by Pakistan-based IT company Axact...
Many of the professionals holding fake degrees may still be working in different institutions across Canada, the investigation by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation...
Pakistan |2017-09-29 06:49:38
'Beyond Our Degrees of Separation': book dilates upon displacement, interfaith harmony

LAHORE: A book titled “Beyond Our Degrees of Separation” written by Judith Ravin and Muhammad Hassan Miraj was launched at the Fazal-e-Hussian reading room of the Government College University here on Thursday...
”Beyond Our Degrees of Separation’ is all about memories through which both the authors have shared their real life discoveries hailing from dissimilar worlds...
Pakistan |2017-08-24 07:13:41
I’m a professor and here’s how Pakistani public universities fabricate research degrees

The faster and better they facilitate their supervisors, the sooner and easier they earn their degrees...
Another chunk of students consists of those who are in search of jobs after completing their degrees, wanting to productively utilise time which would otherwise be spent waiting on employment...
Pakistan |2017-08-30 07:09:53
FJMU students protest non-recognition of degrees

LAHORE: Students of the Fatima Jinnah Medical University (FJMU) blocked Queen’s Road on Tuesday against non-recognition of their degrees...
However, the PMDC refused to recognise the degrees issued by FJMU on the pretext that the institution did not fulfil the criterion of a medical university...
Pakistan |2015-05-02 07:25:03
City sizzles at 43 degrees Celsius

KARACHI: The sweltering heat baked the city on Friday as the mercury in the metropolis touched the mark of 43 degrees Celsius forcing Karachiites to remain mostly indoors throughout the day...
The minimum temperature recorded in Karachi was 25 degrees Celsius and humidity was 10 per cent, said the official adding that on Saturday the maximum temperature was expected to remain between 44 and 47 degrees Celsius...
Pakistan |2015-05-28 07:13:18
Fake degrees: details of clients shared with US embassy

ISLAMABAD: The investigators probing the Axact scandal have shared with the US embassy details of fake degrees allegedly awarded to American citizens...
According to the sources, there were rare cases where the company had allegedly sold degrees to Pakistani nationals and it was essential to gather more record and testimony from the foreigners who had paid huge amounts to obtain the certificates...
Pakistan |2015-06-05 06:49:27
Remand in fake degrees case extended

KARACHI: A judicial magistrate extended on Thursday the physical remand of the chief executive officer of a software company and eight other officials in a fake degrees and money laundering case...
Also read: Axact’s officials remanded in FIA custodyThey have been accused of preparing and selling fake degrees, diplomas and accreditation certificates of fictitious schools and universities through a fraudulent online system and...
Pakistan |2015-05-18 18:20:49
Damning NYT report uncovers Axact's fake degrees scam

A detailed NYT report titled, "Fake Diplomas, Real Cash: Pakistani Company Axact Reaps Millions" written by New York Times Pakistan Bureau Chief Declan Walsh has outlined how local IT company Axact - referred to as the "secretive Pakistani software company" - allegedly earned millions of dollars from scams involving fake degrees, non-existent online universities and manipulation of customers...
The investigation asserted that Axact...
Archive |2015-04-19 07:40:36
868 get degrees, certificates at Hamdard University convocation

KARACHI: Around 556 from Hamdard University and 312 from Usman Institute of Technology adding to a total of 868 candidates were awarded degrees, certificates and decorated with gold medals at the 19th convocation of Hamdard University on Saturday...
“In a nutshell, 23,117 students have obtained degrees in different disciplines during the last 18 years, which includes 103 PhDs, 987 MPhils and MS...
Pakistan |2015-06-13 07:09:00
Three female teachers booked for fake degrees

MUZAFFARGARH: The city police registered a case on Friday against three female teachers for getting educator jobs on fake documents, under sections 420, 468 and 471 of the Pakistan Penal Code...
District Education Officer (DEO) Aqeedat Soomro said the education department had announced educators vacancies of different categories in January this year
Archive |2015-05-20 07:17:10
FIA launches probe into fake degrees allegations

ISLAMABAD/KARACHI: A day after the publication of a New York Times report against a Pakistani software company, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) launched on Tuesday a probe into the alleged fake degrees scam, ‘raided’ its offices in Islamabad and Karachi and asked its top management to appear before investigators on Wednesday...
On Monday, the newspaper in a front-page report accused Axact — the parent company of BOL media...
Pakistan |2015-04-27 06:42:57
Over 500 doctors get degrees at CPSP convocation

KARACHI: More than 500 doctors were awarded postgraduate degrees at 49th convocation of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP) held on Saturday...
The college awarded degrees of the Fellow of the College of Physicians and Surgeons (FCPS) and the Member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons (MCPS) to 428 and 111 candidates, respectively, serving at both civilian institutions as well those of armed forces...