Courts take action against former parliamentarians with fake degrees

KARACHI: Courts across the country have taken action against former parliamentarians who submitted fake degrees during the 2008 elections.

Former Federal Minister Humayun Aziz Kurd was sentenced to one year in prison and fined Rs 5,000. Kurd who won the 2008 elections from NA-267 was arrested following the sentence.

Former Khyber Pakhtunkhwa MPA Khalifa Abdul Qayyum was sent to prison for three years and fined Rs 5,000 in the fake degree case by an Additional Session Judge in Dera Ismail Khan.

Meanwhile, arrest warrants of former MNAs Nasir Shah and Maulvi Haji Rozuddin have been issued. Former MPA Mir Badhsha Qaisarani has also been indicted.

On Monday, former parliamentarians Jamshed Dasti and Amir Yar Waran had been charged in the fake degree cases against them.

The degree of former MNA from JUI-F, Maulvi Agha Muhammad was declared fake by the Election Commission of Pakistan and the case was sent to the Sessions Judge.