Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)member Ayla Malik, who was fielded to contest by-elections on a seat vacated by Imran Khan, allegedly failed to pass the scrutiny of her academic credentials on Saturday.
Ayla was fielded as the PTI candidate for by-elections from National Assembly (NA) seat 71 after party Chairman Khan vacated the seat, keeping his Rawalpindi seat instead.
According to media reports, the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Rawalpindi, declared her intermediate certificate ‘bogus’ saying it carried the roll number of a male candidate who too had failed.
PTI officials said some political opponents were challenging her credentials in her hometown. The party was silent on the issue as its enquiry was underway.
Similarly, a PTI member of National Assembly (MNA) Ghulam Sarwar Khan’s party membership was suspended after he was found to possess a fake degree.