CJ takes suo moto notice of 54 MPs’ fake degrees

ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chauhdry has taken suo moto notice of media reports regarding fake degrees of 54 parliamentarians, Geo news reported.

A three-member bench of the apex court would hear the suo moto case on Monday. The court sought report from the Higher Education Commission (HEC) and the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP).

Earlier, the HEC in its report had declared the degrees of 54 former parliamentarians as fake. It said that 189 parliamentarians had not get their degrees verified from the HEC while cases of 19 more parliamentarians is pending in lower courts.

The chief justice taking notice of the media reports sought reports from ECP and HEC.