Karachi: Degrees of nine officers of AG Sindh declared fake

The Sindh University has declared degrees of nine officers of the Accountant General (AG) Sindh as fake.

According to the sources, these nine officers were appointed by the then Director General (DG) Audit in 2007 in Audit Department and they were transferred to the office of Accountant General Sindh after two years with important responsibilities and some of them were transferred to other cities of Sindh.

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The sources said that those who were appointed on fake degrees are kith and kin of each other and three of them are real brothers. The names of those who were appointed are Asif Aftab s/o Aftab Ali Setho, Farhan Ahmad s/o Ghulam Murtaza Setho, Shiraz Ahmad s/o Madid Ali Setho, Javed Ahmad s/o Aftab Ahmad Setho, Mujeebur Rehman s/o Mumtaz Ali Setho, Shahzada Saeed Ahmad s/o Raees Aftab Ahmad Setho, Shahzada Shaukat Ali s/o Raish Ahmad Setho, Ziaur Rehman s/o Mumtaz Ali Setho and Adnan Pasha s/o Aftab Ali Setho.

According to sources, DG Audit Ghulam Akbar Soho on the indication of a youth, who was not appointed in 2007, had written a letter to the Controller of Examination of Sindh University. On the response of this the Examination Department of Sindh University has declared the degrees of these persons fake through a letter No Ex/sec/verify/163 on February 10, 2012.

Further probes are being underway in this connection.

Source: The News