He said they are not against the verification processes of the lawmakers’ degrees but it would be done according to the verdict of the Supreme Court. He said though the Commission is an autonomous body, the competent authority is the Ministry, as it is answerable to the Parliament in all the matters not the HEC. He said before scrutiny of the degrees of the MPs the Education Ministry should have been consulted and by ignoring the Ministry in this regard the HEC Chairman, Dr Javaid Leghari, has violated the rules of business of the Parliament. The Minister said a committee could be formed to review the report prepared by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) on the MPs’ degrees. He was speaking to media persons at a seminar on education sector budget on Thursday. He added that the report would be sent to the National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Education after consultations with the Law Ministry. The Federal Minister for Education Sardar Aseff Ahmad Ali said that the report on the MPs’ degrees could be reviewed again, as it was not the Higher Education Commission’s domain to verify the degrees. ![]() Islamabad, July 23: The heads of Higher Education Commission and the Education Ministry are at loggerheads, as the process of degrees’ verification of the Parliamentarians has further deepened with their statements against each other.
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