minister’s Ex-health degree found ‘spurious’

Mirza Sajid Bashir December 04, 2007

Nomination papers of former federal health minister and PML-Q candidate Muhammad Naseer Khan were rejected for NA-115 (Narowal-I) seat on Monday.

Returning officer Riaz Ahmad Chopra declared the graduation degree of Muhammad Naseer Khan fake and rejected his nomination papers as a result.

A spokesman of Naseer Khan said that they would move the Lahore High Court against the rejection of the nomination papers.

Meanwhile, nomination papers of candidate Makhdoom Abuzar Hasnain Bukhari were also rejected for NA-114 (Pasrur) seat on account of incomplete documents.

The BA degree of an independent candidate, Mureed Abbas, was found to be fake that was sufficient for the RO to reject his nomination papers for PP-127 (Pasrur).