Universities asked to complete scrutiny by July 27

ISLAMABAD: Higher Education Commission (HEC) on Wednesday directed the universities to complete the verification process of lawmakers’ educational credentials by July 27, ARY NEWS reported. A meeting of the Vice Chancellors of all the public sector universities, held here with Chairman HEC Dr Javed Laghari in chair, decided to extend the deadline for the process from July 16 to July 27. University of Sindh and University of Karachi had reportedly asked the HEC to extend the deadline for two months to complete the process that was turned down by the commission. Meanwhile, the HEC has dispatched degrees of 34 more parliamentarians to different universities for scrutiny.