KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday reserved its verdict on the fake degree case against Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) MNA Shazia Marri.
The SHC bench headed by Chief Justice Sajjad Ali Shah reserved verdict after the completion of arguments from the lawyers of the petitioner and Marri. The date of judgment’s pronouncement will be fixed later.
Earlier, Atta Muhammad Chandio, the petitioner and a voter of NA-235 constituency in Sanghar, accused Shazia Marri of submitting somebody else’s degree for contesting the elections. He had submitted in the petition that PPP MNA Shazia Jannat Marri had produced degree of another Shazia, daughter of Atta Muhammad, before Election Commission of Pakistan.
“That particular degree was issued to Shazia, daughter of Atta Muhammad who completed her graduation from Raunaq Islam College Lyari, affiliated with University of Karachi. Whereas Shazia Marri never attended that college,” the petitioner added.
The petitioner had submitted that Shazia Marri not only made the offence but also cheated the voters and she is liable to be disqualified. The petitioner requested the court to disqualify her as member of the assembly
for submitting the fake degree.