Islamabad: Pakistan`s Supreme Court on Thursday took action against three lawmakers, including a parliamentarian from Imran Khan`s party, for possessing fake educational degrees.
A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry suspended Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf leader Ghulam Sarwar Khan`s membership of the National Assembly after the Higher Education Commission declared his degree was counterfeit.
The bench, which was hearing a case related to the fake degrees of some lawmakers, also took action against two members of the Punjab Assembly.
The judge disqualified Khawaja Muhammad Islam of the PML-N for having a fake degree and directed the Election Commission to cancel election to the provincial assembly from a constituency in Faisalabad.
The bench further directed authorities to establish a criminal suit against Islam.
The Chief Justice also disqualified Mir Baz Shah Kaisrani, another member of the Punjab Assembly and a leader of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam. Kaisrani was elected to the assembly from Dera Ghazi Khan.
PTI
