Punjab

Fake Degree: Petition against former minister dismissed

Shaikh Waqas Akram freed of allegations.

Our Correspondent April 10, 2013 Less than a minute read

Earlier, petitioner Muhammad Akram submitted that several TV channels had broadcast news that the former federal minister had contested the previous elections on a fake degree. PHOTO: CREATIVE COMMONS

LAHORE: Additional District and Sessions Judge Safdar Ali Bhatti on Tuesday disposed of a petition against former federal minister Shaikh Waqas Akram alleging that he had contested two elections on a fake degree.

Earlier, petitioner Muhammad Akram submitted that several TV channels had broadcast news that the former federal minister had contested the previous elections on a fake degree.

Akram said he gone to the North Cantt police station to register a case against the former minister but the SHO had not entertained his petition.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 10^th, 2013.