HEC chief ‘unwilling’ to continue in office
ISLAMABAD: Higher Education Commission chairman Javed Leghari on Tuesday met President Asif Ali Zardari and updated him on the fake degree issue, sources in the Presidency told Dawn.
No official press release was issued because it was said to be a one-on-one meeting for which media coverage was not allowed.
Like other events from which the Presidency tried to keep media away, the meeting between the president and the HEC chief took place inside the president’s residence.
Insiders said Mr Leghari presented a report on fake degrees and the names of politicians whose cases might be sent to the Election Commission for further action.
The HEC chairman had called on Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani at Prime Minister’s House on Monday and presented him the report.
It has been learnt that the HEC chief has expressed his inability to work for the commission because of reported pressures and threats he had been receiving since he had started scrutiny of education degrees of lawmakers on a Supreme Court order.
However, President Zardari asked him to continue for some time because his resignation would generate a new controversy and ultimately the government would be blamed for it.
Presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar said he could not comment because it was a one-to-one meeting.
Meanwhile, a leader of Pakistan Muslim League-N, Abid Sher Ali, told a private TV channel that the HEC chairman was being harassed by Sindh Home Minister Zulfiqar Mirza to keep the issue under wraps.
Source: Dawn
Date:7/21/2010
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