LHC orders five-year audit of private law colleges
LHC determined law colleges were giving LLB admission to ineligible students
LAHORE:
A five-year audit of all private law colleges has been ordered by Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice (CJ) Muhammad Qasim Khan, on Wednesday, after it was determined that law colleges were giving LLB admissions to students who had failed to complete their BA degrees.
While the court was in session, Petitions were heard by the chief justice pertaining to the legitimacy of degrees of various present and previous representatives of the Bar Association.
The legal advisor to the Punjab University, Advocate Malik Muhammad Awais Khan informed the court that the degrees of Advocate Ali Ahsan Rana (who was also the ex-president of the Tax Bar Association), and Advocate Irfan Ahmed (also the vice-president of the Lahore Bar Association Cantt) were found to be fake.