RAWALPINDI: Three owners of illegitimate schools in the twin cities were taken into custody by the Federal Investigation Agency’s (FIA) anti-corruption circle, which began a campaign against suspects engaged in awarding phony and unregistered technical education degrees.
In a press statement, an FIA spokesperson stated that the agency had begun taking action against individuals who were allegedly issuing fraudulent and unlicensed technical degrees.
The International College of Education, the Johar Institute of Information Technology Islamabad, and the Modern Institute of Informatics were the three fictitious and unregistered organizations targeted by the raids, according to the spokesman. The raids resulted in the arrest of the aforementioned institutes’ owners. Zeeshan Zahid, Ahsanuddin, and Umar Farooq were among them.
The accused, who was detained in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, allegedly offered residents fictitious technical diplomas, degrees, and cards in exchange for large sums of money. They also advertised admission in various periodicals and on social media under the guise of phony institutions. The National Vocational and Technical Training Commission (NAVTTC) filed a complaint, and as a result, the accused was targeted, according to the spokesperson.
The FBI seized a tonne of forged technical degrees, certificates, cards, diplomas, and equipment for creating credentials during raids. From the accused’s possession, further items included letterheads, blank certificates, graduation stickers, fake seals, and an embossed machine.
According to the spokeswoman, raids are being carried out to apprehend further suspects.
This time, the director of Islamabad Zone recognized the team’s outstanding achievement and their efforts. The spokesperson continued, “indiscriminate actions against fake and illegal institutions will not stop.”
