The board of governors of Comsats Institute of Information Technology (CIIT) has de-seated National Testing Service (NTS) Chief Executive and pro-rector Comsats Haroon Rasheed after his doctoral thesis was found plagiarised.
A source in Comsats said that at a meeting the CIIT board of directors also cancelled his three months vacations and summoned him on June 17.
Rasheed left for the US on Friday.
In the meeting, it was also decided to audit the financial matters of the NTS.