The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) on Friday clarified that it had not withdrawn the issue of fake degrees’ of parliamentarians.
The ECP said in a statement that “An impression has been created in a section of the press suggesting the ECP surrendered on the fake degrees’ issue”.
The commission clarified that it had not withdrawn the fake degrees’ issue of parliamentarians. “The ECP is steadfastly determined to implement the judgment of the Supreme Court of Pakistan in letter and spirit and the process of verification of degrees shall be completed so as to achieve the objective of Article 62 and 63 of the constitution,” the ECP said.
Earlier, a section of press had created an impression through news reports that the ECP had almost surrendered to the pressure from parliamentarians on the issue of unverified degrees, including highly influential members belonging to both sides of the political divide.
