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Axact fake degree case: Court sentences Shoaib Sheikh to 7 years in prison
July 05, 2018
ISLAMABAD, July 05 (INP): A district and sessions court in Islamabad announced verdict in Axact fake degree scandal case on Thursday, sentencing Axact CEO Shoaib Sheikh among 23 others to 7 years in prison. District and Sessions Judge Chaudhry Mumtaz Hussain Thursday announced the verdict on conclusion of hearing of the case. The trial court judge had earlier acquitted Axact CEO and other accused in the case. Additional district and sessions judge Pervaiz-ul-Qadir Memon had confessed to receiving Rs5 million for acquitting Shoaib Sheikh in the case. Later, the Federal Investigation Agency had filed an appeal against the acquittal of accused, which was accepted by the Islamabad High Court. The IHC had then declared the acquittal of Sheikh and others void. It had ordered the sessions court to against listen to the final arguments and announce a verdict in the case.
