ISLAMABAD: Supreme Court has passed a verdict on Wednesday for verification of Lawyers degree form year from 2005 and beyond. These orders are passed due to trial of a suo motu case regarding the verification of degrees by Chief Justice Saqib Nisar.
The hearing is postponed until 10th July. It is expected from the Bar associations that they will fully cooperate to fulfill the SC orders.
The procedure shall be executed at the Additional Registrar’s office, CJP ordered
It needs to be mentioned here, that earlier in May 2018, CJP had inquired senior counsel Hamid Khan regarding progressive development of fake degrees case of airline employees, and has also pointed out that all lawyers’ degrees should be checked. To which Hamid Khan replied in affirmative.
CJP said, “You can direct the bar associations to furnish these details.” Furthermore, it was expected that all Bar councils will provide the results within a month’s span.
Chief Justice Saqib Nisar has also seeked cooperation of Higher Education Commission (HEC) in regards of orders for checking of degrees.
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