LAHORE – An accountability court on Thursday extended judicial remand of former vice-chancellor of Sargodha University Prof Muhammad Akram and four others in a case related to the establishment of two illegal sub-campuses of the varsity, till February 14.
Accountability Court Judge Syed Najamul Hassan conducted the proceedings wherein, besides Prof Muhammad Akram, other accused including Sargodha University’s former registrar Brig (r) Rao Jamil, Lahore sub-campus’ former admin director Akram, Mandi Bahauddin sub-campus chief executive officer (CEO) Waris and his partner Naeem were also produced before the court.
The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) had not filed a reference in connection with the scam yet. The court was apprised on the last hearing that some of the accused had submitted plea bargain applications and it was the reason that reference had not been filed so far.
The bureau arrested the accused of establishing illegal sub-campuses under public-private partnership policy and jeopardizing the future of thousands of students. The sub-campuses enrolled thousands of students, received hefty fees and jeopardised the future of students.
Lahore sub-campus’ former CEO Mian Javed Ahmad was also arrested in connection with the scam, but he died in jail due to a heart attack.
