Jamshed Dasti and Syed Aqil Shah appeal against court's verdict regarding their fake degrees. PHOTO: FILE
MUZAFFARGARH/ PESHAWAR: Former MNA Jamshed Dasti appealed in the Multan High Court against the ruling sentencing him to three years in jail over the fake degree case, Express News reported on Friday.
The divisional bench announced it will conduct a hearing on April 8 after Advocate Jamshed Hayyat filed an appeal on the former MNA’s behalf.
A day earlier, Dasti was disqualified from elections, slammed with a three year sentence in jail and Rs 5000 penalty by the Muzaffargarh District and Sessions court on account of having a fake degree.
Dasti came out of the court during a break and announced if he was disqualified from contesting the upcoming elections, his brother Javed would take his place.
Following the announcement of the verdict, Dasti said, “I accept the judgment and request my supporters to remain calm.”
Aqil Shah appeals
Former Khyber Pakhtunkhwa MPA and sports minister Syed Aqil Shah also appealed against his one year jail term sentence in the Peshawar High Court (PHC).
He was arrested on April 4 after being proven guilty of possessing a fake degree. Judge Shaibar Khan observed Shah had produced two allegedly forged degrees.
The case was prematurely adjourned on Wednesday when Shah’s counsel asked permission to produce a PHC judgment which reportedly states only the unrecognised university should be held responsible for failing to meet the Higher Education Commission’s (HEC) criteria for running a university.
The judgment also said the student should not suffer in such a case.
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Both of them are on bail and will be convicted again in the higher court
Oh, These are the people making law for us. Shame on us and shame on them. Should the parties giving them ticket be punished also, specially the one which gave Dasti the ticket second time just to embarrass the Supreme Court of Pakistan. Should not a party like this be disqualified also.
@Waseem Sarwar: @Ahmed:
No country for poor men!
Jamshed Dasti was good man, best of the worst lot, I wish he was pardoned.
If both are proved criminal in same crime then why one of them has a 3 years sentence and why other only one year? Plus there is a lad named Cheikh Waqas who is yet to be prosecuted.
They should be lashed a 100 times and then put in jail...
How interesting... A Man Carring 3 BA's degrees from 3 different Universities....!!!!!
They have been utterly shamed