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- The University of Karachi has formed a three-member high-level investigation committee comprising two retired judges of the Supreme Court an.
- Justice (retd) Zia Parvez, Justice (retd) Nadeem Akhtar and Dr. Nazir Hussain of Federal Higher Education Commission are included in the com.
- It should be noted that questions were raised on the issue of students being declared successful after scrutiny in the examination results o.
The University of Karachi has formed a three-member high-level investigation committee comprising two retired judges of the Supreme Court and Sindh High Court and a representative of the Federal Higher Education Commission to investigate the alleged irregularities in the results of the KBA, LLB second year examinations of the affiliated law colleges, contradictions in the mark sheets and the scandal of students being declared successful through scrutiny during the tenure of Acting Vice-Chancellor Tufail Jokhu.
Justice (retd) Zia Parvez, Justice (retd) Nadeem Akhtar and Dr. Nazir Hussain of Federal Higher Education Commission are included in the committee. The first meeting of the committee will be held on Wednesday, November 4 at 12 noon at the Vice Chancellor Secretariat of the University of Karachi.
It should be noted that questions were raised on the issue of students being declared successful after scrutiny in the examination results of University of Karachi's affiliated law colleges, because according to the prevailing examination rules of the University, only re-counting, totaling and entry of marks can be checked during scrutiny, while re-examination or re-marking of examination copies is not allowed.
According to the University of Karachi, some students had complained that they had passed the examinations but were declared failed in the issued mark sheets, after which the affected students submitted applications for scrutiny and maintained that they were entitled to pass the BA, LLB examinations.
