FIA confiscates fake degrees, certificates from Axact HQ: sources

KARACHI: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has confiscated fake degrees and certificates from the headquarters of Axact, sources revealed on Thursday.

Sources add these certificates from universities and colleges were issued to students. An electronic stamp machine has also been confiscated.

FIA raids Axact’s Karachi office, confiscates 10 computers

The FIA investigators have raided Axact’s office in Karachi yet again and confiscated 10 computers besides important documents, fake degrees, certificates and stamp-making machines.

The confiscated computers were transferred to FIA's Cyber Crime wing in an auto-rickshaw for forensic tests.

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FIA gives Axact CEO 48 hrs to appear for statement

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has given CEO Axact Shoaib Ahmed Shaikh 48 hours more to appear before the agency to record a statement on the fake degree scandal.

Shaikh was due to appear before the federal investigators today.

Three notices can be issued to summon Shaikh in this regard, said a spokesman for FIA. The Axact chief can be summoned through a court of law upon nonappearance, he added.

FIA questions Axact officials in Rawalpindi

Six officials from the Rawalpindi office of IT company Axact have arrived at the FIA office for questioning.

Those appearing before the FIA include Axact Regional Head Colonel (retd) Jamil Ahmed, Senior Manager Safety and Security Colonel (retd) Muhammad Younis, Assistant Manager HR Abid Khan, Assistant Manager IT Muhammad Amjad, Sales Leads Hasnainur Rehman and Sajjad Haider.

The six officials of the company were issued notices on Wednesday to appear before the FIA.

The inquiry of the fake degree scandal is being led by Deputy Director Corporate Branch Jalil Khan while FIA Cyber Crime Circle teams from across the country have been called to Karachi.

Senate Standing Committee takes notice of Axact scandal

The Senate Standing Committee on Finance has taken notice of the Axact fake degree scandal. Committee Chairman Saleem Mandviwalla said the committee would probe the scandal as it had brought shame to the country.

Axact scandal probe should be transparent: Mazari

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Information Secretary Shireen Mazari says the probe of the Axact scandal should be transparent. Mazari told reporters in Lahore that the issue was sensitive and could adversely impact the future of the IT industry in Pakistan.

Mazari pointed to the failure of intelligence agencies whether it was incidents of terrorism or fake degrees. “There are huge budgets for investigation agencies but the results are zero”.

Axact Dubai office closed for two years

The Khaleej Times reports that the office of Axact in Dubai has been closed for two years.

The newspaper visited three addresses of Axact listed in the online business directory and found only one bearing the name of the company.

A security guard working at the business centre where the office is located confirmed to Khaleej Times that “nobody had visited this office in the last two years and it hasn’t been opened even once.”

The guard did confirm that the company was owned by a ‘Pakistani businessman’.