Pakistan

PIA sacks 300 employees for having fake degrees

Out of the 6,000 degrees verified by various universities and institutions, 350 degrees turned out to be fake.

Web Desk April 04, 2014

In compliance with the orders of Supreme Court of Pakistan, PIA’s Human Resource Administration Department have been verifying the credentials of around 16,000 employees. PHOTO: CREATIVE COMMONS

As many as 300 Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) employees have been sacked for having fake degrees.

According to a statement released by PIA, out of the 6,000 degrees of their employees that have been verified by various universities and institutions, 350 degrees were found to be fake.

"In light of the latest development the services of 300 out of total 350 whose degrees have been found out to be fake have been terminated according to Corporation’s Rules and Regulations. The cases of the remaining 50 employees are subjudice and courts’ decision are awaited for further reaction," the release read.

In compliance with the orders of Supreme Court of Pakistan, PIA said its Human Resource Administration Department has been verifying the credentials of around 16,000 employees.

So far as many as 30,000 degrees have been dispatched to concerned educational institutions (Universities and Boards) for the verifications. The remaining 3,000 degrees will be dispatch for verification by the mid of April.