Lawmaker failed in three papers, UoP admin informs PHC

PESHAWAR: The University of Peshawar (UoP) on Friday submitted its reply in the Peshawar High Court (PHC) regarding the degree case of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Member National Assembly (MNA) Murad Saeed and told the court that the lawmaker had failed one paper in the first semester and two in the last semester of his BS degree programme.
The university submitted the reply through its lawyer Waseemuddin Khattak. It stated that the Detailed Marks Certificate issued to the PTI MNA by the clerk concerned was not carrying the signature and attestation stamp of the controller of examination. It added that the MNA had failed three question papers and the university could not issue him a degree till he passed all the papers.
It stated that under the university rules only course completion certificate was not sufficient for issuance of degree, adding that he had to pass the three papers if he wished to get a degree.The UoP submitted the reply in the writ petition of the PTI MNA against it for seeking the issuance of his BS degree.
The two-member bench comprising Justice Waqar Ahmad Seth and Justice Musarrat Hilali had issued notice to the registrar, controller of examination and chairman of Environmental Sciences Department, (UoP) to submit reply in the case.
The PTI MNA from Swat district filed the writ petition through his lawyer Muzammil Khan to seek issuance of the degree to him for the four-year programme.The UoP through its vice-chancellor, registrar, the controller of examination, and chairman of the Department of Environmental Sciences were made respondents in the case.
In the writ petition, the PTI MNA stated that he enrolled for the bachelor programme at the Environmental Sciences Department in 2005. He said he completed his four-year programme in 2009 in eight semesters. The petition noted that chairman of the department issued him the course completion certificate on November 26, 2009.
It said the petitioner approached the competent authority for issuance of his degree, but every time he was told that it would be delivered at his home address.The petitioner claimed he was in touch with his department, particularly the controller of examnation, to get his degree.He alleged that the department refused to issue him the degree as some students’ activists created doubts about it in the minds of the public at large through the media.