MMA lawmaker expelled for faking degree

An election tribunal of the Peshawar High Court on Thursday disqualified an MPA of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal, Gulistan Khan, for possessing a fake sanad of a seminary. Mr Gulistan had submitted a seminary sanad so as to prove that he was a graduate, which was a precondition under the Representation of People Act for contesting the then election.

According to official record the registration number of the said sanad belonged to another seminary, Jamia-i-Sadatul Uloom, situated in Waziristan, which meant that the sanad produced by Mr Gulistan was fake. The case of Mr Gulistan has seen many twists and turns. First, his nomination papers were rejected by the returning officer before the 2008 election on the same ground. However, an appellate tribunal set aside the order of the returning officer.

(via Dawn)