Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz lawmaker loses seat over fake degree

The lawyer said under the relevant rules, a candidate had to clear graduation examination in two years and not in a single year, which meant that he had produced a forged degree in 2008.

The lawyer added that Qaimos Khan had submitted an undertaking along with his nomination papers in 2008 that he had been providing correct information.

"Although the condition of graduation was not applicable in the 2013 general elections, but as he had provided wrong information during the 2008 elections, he was not righteous and sagacious, which was a qualification given in Articles 62 and 63 of the Constitution to be a lawmaker,” he said.

Meanwhile, Qaimos Khan's lawyer said the evidence on record could not prove that his client had a forged degree.

He said Khan had a genuine degree and had appeared in examination conducted by the Bahauddin Zakariya University.