President approves de-notification of Islamabad High Court judge Tariq Jahangiri

President Asif Ali Zardari approved the de-notification of Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri of the Islamabad High Court, who was disqualified in a degree case, from the judge post.

The de-notification was accepted by the President at the Prime Minister's advice, following a ruling by the Islamabad High Court that his appointment was considered illegal.

However, the Islamabad High Court took action against Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri to vacate his post, as he was not qualified to hold an LLB degree.

Yesterday, a two-bench of the Islamabad High Court has notified Justice Tariq Mehmood from the post of judge.

Earlier, the Higher Education Commissioner, in a detailed report submitted to the Islamabad High Court, claimed that Karachi University’s LLB degree of Justice Tariq Mehmood was obtained through unfair means.

However, HEC claimed that it had never verified Justice Tariq Mehmood’s law degree, nor the judge approached the commission for verification.

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