Tuesday, Dec 09, 2025 | 17 Jumada Al-Akhirah 1447
Tuesday, Dec 09, 2025 | 17 Jumada Al-Akhirah 1447
The Karachi University (KU) has declared the degree of Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri to be forged, Aaj News reported on Tuesday.
The Controller of Examinations for the university stated that not only were the enrollment numbers fabricated on the degree and mark-sheet, but other documents were also tampered.
In a report submitted to the Islamabad High Court (IHC) by the Karachi University, it was stated that enrollment number 5968/87 was originally allotted to a student named Imtiaz Ahmed. Jahangiri allegedly used the LLB Part II number 7184/87 through forgery. During this process, names and enrollment numbers were repeatedly changed to obtain mark-sheets and the degree.
The report further stated that following a petition by citizen Irfan Mazhar, the university initiated a new investigation. The Controller of Examinations ruled the degree and mark-sheets invalid, stating that dual enrollment numbers are impossible. The principal of Government Islamia College also confirmed that Jahangiri was not a student of the college from 1984 to 1991.
The Higher Education Commission (HEC) also presented its stance to the Islamabad High Court, stating that issuing a degree is the prerogative of the university and that the HEC has no role in the matter. The HEC clarified that since Karachi University does not recognise the degree, the HEC also cannot recognise it.
The development comes days after the IHC sought the record of Justice Jahangiri’s law degree from the Karachi University through the HEC.
The University of Karachi (KU) had on September 26 revoked the law degree of the IHC justice and imposed a three-year ban on him.
In July 2024, Mian Dawood filed a writ of quo warranto in the IHC with the request to probe Justice Jahangiri’s ‘fake law degree’. He had claimed that Justice Jahangiri’s appointment was unconstitutional due to an allegedly invalid degree.
Following which, an IHC bench in September had barred the senior high court judge from performing judicial duties until the Supreme Judicial Council’s (SJC) decision in this regard.
The IHC judge then on September 19 had filed a civil petition, challenging the IHC Division Bench’s order.
Justice Jahangiri had contended that the impugned order is patently illegal, unprecedented in judicial history, and a near-fatal blow to the independence of the judiciary. He stated that the impugned order was passed in callous disregard of Articles 189 and 209(7) of the Constitution.
It may be recalled that during his appearance in the Sindh High Court (SHC) on September 25, Justice Jahangiri stated that it was the first time that a high court judge was standing in the dock as an accused. He had never received any notice from Karachi university, he had said.
Justice Jahangiri had told the court that his degree was absolutely valid and that he had personally taken the exams, adding that he had never been accused of corruption during his 34 years of service.
The case was heard by a two-member bench of the SHC, which included Justice Saman Rifaat, Justice KK Agha, the additional attorney general, advocate general Sindh, and lawyers from the University of Karachi.
It should be noted that according to Justice Jahangiri’s profile on the IHC website, he had received his law degree from the Govt Islamia Law College, affiliated with the University of Karachi, in 1991.
Justice Jahangiri was among the six judges of the IHC who wrote a joint letter to the Supreme Judicial Council in March 2024, making serious allegations of interference by intelligence agencies, especially the ISI, in judicial matters.
Following a letter written by six judges of the IHC against intelligence agencies, a petition was filed by a citizen at the University of Karachi, requesting access to Justice Jahangiri’s academic record under Article 19 of the Constitution and the Sindh Transparency and Right to Information Act, 2016.
Justice Jahangiri was also part of the three-member bench of the IHC that rejected a petition to disqualify former prime minister Imran Khan for failing to declare Tyrian White as his daughter in his nomination papers.
