Sumaira Malik. PHOTO: INP
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday disqualified Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) MNA Sumaira Malik for contesting 2008 elections with a fake degree, Express News reported.
The apex court also ordered the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) to file a criminal case against her.
Malik had emerged victorious in the elections in NA-69 Khushab in 2008.
The SC further said that Malik should be asked to reimburse all the expenditure incurred while she was in office.
The decision was made under a three-member bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on October 9 and was announced by the court on Monday.
Malik's sister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) member Ayla Malik was also disqualified in July for the same reason.
Express News reported that one of Malik's supporters passed away after hearing the news of her disqualification. He suffered a heart attack.
Background
The Higher Education Commission (HEC) had received over 100 allegedly fake degrees for verification belonging to legislators from the National Assembly as well as the provincial assemblies.
These degrees either have been challenged in tribunals or have been referred to the HEC by the ECP after the May 11 elections.
Official figures had revealed that around 50 MNAs and MPAs with alleged dubious or fake degrees belong to the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). It is followed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), the party ruling in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, which has degrees of 24 of its MPAs and MNAs being challenged in courts.
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Will they be sentenced and the perks and salaries returned?
@Khan: Coz political parties also need some glamour just like the showbiz.
What a corrupt family? Looks like they are the same no matter which party they join. The irony is both the TTP endorsed rightwing parties PML-N and PTI have the most fraudulent members in the country. Yet they are endorsed by TTP and the new Pakistan! There is no difference among all of them. They would simply change party and or slogan next time but not change their characters.
@Khan: They have the charms and Body and will find soon receptive grounds.
Really ????? How is this possible? Maybe Madam Sumaira did something to offend the Sharifs.
God save us from malik naeems nephew Umar Aslam. He brought shame to our khushab by losing his uncles prestigious seat in the last three elections. Not only is he having bad repute but he also is v irrrespnsible. Which party comes next, hope anyone but that lots Umar come to represent the great khuyshab.
Ghulam Sarwar Khan, Ayla Malik, Sumaira Malik.... All of them remained unscathed during 2002-07. One after another all the legacies of Musharraf-era are getting Disqualified!
Isn't the whole degree verification process meaningless after Jamshed Dasti was disqualified for his afke degree, sentenced to prison, then prison sentence was commuted and he was allowed to stand for election. He is currently MNA again from his area.
I rest my case. Courts have become a joke.
Will SC dare to check degrees of Judges and lawyers too !
WHy is Sharjeel Memon still in the government in spite of all his fake degrees? Can someone please explain why some ore turned out and others are not.
You answered you own question:))))@Khan:
Why only disqualification ?? Why not she behind bars ? Its forgery and cheating. If she will be left alone without punishment...even others will dare to do it again.. Be a MNA for few yrs till u get disqualified...Simple...Like Lalu Yadav in our India. Eat money in fodder scam for 50 crore INR and get 4 yrs jail term.. Nobody is bothered about recovering that 50 crore rupees. Good business for these politicians.. Only Judiciary can teach these thugs a lesson.
@TRUE Boy:
I agree with you .I am sure Ms Malik knows a thing or two about staying on top .
Why cant the SC take such drastic action against corrupt politicians and bureaucrats.
@Mr. Khan:
You quoted an incomplete caption - There are 24 jahils sitting in the party of the most educated lot in Pakistan. Not to mention that at least 2 jahils from KPK Assembly (One of them a sitting minister) have already been disqualified.
@Ayesha:
Whateva. I may be biased but I am certainly not some cult worshiping blind troll who'd senselessly support everything, right or wrong. Had Sumaira Malik been in PTI, IK would have been crying inanely all over the airwaves since the verdict came out this morning. PML-N leadership has not uttered a single word since then. This is Sumaira Malik's problem and she has to deal with it.
@Adnan Siddiqi: Biased Fan boy detected!!
First Ms. Ayla and now Ms. Sumaira.
And both on different party tickets. What an embarrassment!
Was M. A. Jinnah a genuine Barrister -- or a 'Matriculated Barrister' ?
What was Jinnah's educational qualification ?
The reason the PTI gets angry is because the.y are they only party set-up to serve Pakistan rather enrich families(Bhuttos and Sharifs). I know there are lots of serfs to defend these crooks that have destroyed Pakistan but ultimately people will wake up.
After this shocking news I have been admitted to a mental hospital. Can't stand the agony of beauty!
Jahil League-Nawaz
I think these PTI trolls bashing ET live in a parallel universe. Her sister from PTI was also disqualified on the same grounds.
@khan:
Do you have a problem reading? Where have I said that she should be allowed to represent her constituents? All I said was that it was the duty of RO and ECP to take into consideration this blot on her and it was their duty to reject her candidature before May 11th elections. Besides Ms. Malik, the Supreme Court should also censure and reprimand ECP which validated her as a genuine candidate in 2013 elections.
bravo...another female belonging higher society has fake degree
Now, Nawaz Sharif should do a press conference against SC like Imran did for Ayela Malik.
@Adnan Siddiqi: wow..so people who have lied under oath for five years should be allowed?..she should be sentensed to 10 years atleast..is this our calibar as a nation..!
It is shameful for the judiciary to take so much in making decision. How can we expect transparency and justice from this system. In Pakistan, the saying --- might is right----is true.
PML(N) Always on TOP!
Another feather in PMLN's cap.
OMG "Express News reported that one of Malik’s supporters passed away after hearing the news of her disqualification. He suffered a heart attack"
ET would have gone overboard if she were from PTI!
Society should boycott her.This is the only way they will learn
Its unfair to disqualify Ms. Malik for an irregularity which took place in 2008. Her candidature was validated by the RO and ECP in 2013 despite her being under the cloud from 2008. Any how, time for Ms. Malik to move on and trust that she has learned her lesson that a public representative has to set the highest benchmarks of honesty, character and integrity.
Question mark on on the integrity of every member of National Assembly form N-League!
Awesome, N league's new love has ended finally. :)
Thank God Ayla and Sumaira finished
Give new ppl a chance