Islamabad High Court suspends Axact and BOL chief's sentence
JournalismPakistan.com | Published: 23 October 2018
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The Islamabad High Court suspended Shoaib Ahmed Shaikh's sentence, allowing his release on bail. Convicted of involvement in a fake degrees scam, the court noted the absence of complainants in the case.Summary
ISLAMABAD – The Islamabad High Court on Tuesday suspended the sentence of Shoaib Ahmed Shaikh, Chief Executive Officer of Software Company Axact and BOL News Network.
Justice Athar Minallah ordered Shaikh’s release on bail. He was arrested in an alleged fake degrees scandal last month, 82 days after being convicted by a trial court to seven-year imprisonment.
District and Sessions Judge Chaudhary Mumtaz had sentenced Shaikh, and 23 others in the scandal.
On Tuesday, Justice Minallah said there was no complainant in this case, although the Federal Investigation Agency claims thousands of people were the victims.
He pointed out that the degrees given to students worldwide were fake cannot be proven. The two witnesses presented by FIA were not complainants, he said.
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Key Points
- Shoaib Ahmed Shaikh's sentence suspended by Islamabad High Court.
- Court observed lack of complainants in the fake degrees case.
- Shaikh had been sentenced to seven years in prison by a trial court.
- The case involves 24 individuals, including Shaikh.
- FIA's evidence was deemed insufficient by the High Court.
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