Fake degrees threaten many more high profile MPs

By Usman Manzoor

ISLAMABAD: A Pandora’s box has been opened after two MNAs, PPP’s Jamshed Dasti and PML-Q’s Nazir Jatt, resigned after their degrees were found to be fake in a Supreme Court case, as many more elected representatives fear they may also fall into this ditch.

Questions are already being raised about the future of these other dubious degree holders and on top of the list is the incumbent president of Pakistan, who holds a graduation degree in Economics and Business Administration from Pedinton School, London.

This qualification of President Asif Ali Zardari was mentioned on the official website of the Pakistan People’s Party but was removed after the general election of 2008. The official wire service of Pakistan also mentioned his London degree when he was elected as the president.

Many tried to locate this UK school, but failed. While no Internet search engine could come up with this institution, an official of the British Council said they were also unaware of the existence of any such school. There is, though, another school having some name resemblance with Pedinton, which is called Pedington School but it is located in Sydney (Australia) and is only from nursery to intermediate. Read More…