FIA shifts BOL chief, four others to Islamabad

JournalismPakistan.com | Published: 26 June 2015

The FIA has shifted BOL News CEO Shoaib Ahmed Shaikh and four officials to Islamabad for probing accusations of selling fake degrees. The government's actions follow a controversial report in the New York Times.

Summary

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Thursday shifted Shoaib Ahmed Shaikh, Chief Executive Officer of BOL News and Axact along with four other officials to Islamabad for investigations. Besides Shaikh, others brought to Islamabad through PK-308 flight include Viqas Atique, Zeeshan Anwar, Mohammad Sabir and Zeeshan Ahmed. The government has also suspended license of BOL News Television following a report published in the New York Times that accused Axact, parent company of BOL, of selling fake degrees to students across the globe. A FIA official told JournalismPakistan.com that all the five accused will be produced Friday before a local court judge Abdul Ghafoor Kakar to seek their remand for investigation. Earlier, a sessions court in Karachi allowed the FIA Wednesday to shift the detained CEO of Axact and four other officials to Islamabad for investigations into the case.

Key Points

FIA transferred Shoaib Ahmed Shaikh and four officials to Islamabad.
They are under investigation for selling fake degrees.
BOL News Television's license has been suspended.
A local court will hear their remand on Friday.
The case follows a report in the New York Times.

Relevant Topics

FIA

BOL News

Shoaib Shaikh

Investigations

Axact

License Suspension

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