In the Islamabad High Court (IHC), a Pakistani judge rendered rulings without anyone noticing that he had a phony legal degree. His legal degree was declared void ab initio, or void from the start, by the IHC bench where he practiced law for five years. Her nomination as a judge of the High Court was therefore unlawful.
The Islamabad High Court dismissed Justice Tariq Mahmood Jahangiri, one of its judges, in a comprehensive 116-page ruling on Monday, February 23, according to a story in Dawn. Although Jahangiri was appointed to the High Court in December 2020, he was prohibited from carrying out his judicial duties in September of last year.
The Karachi University Registrar's original documents served as the foundation for the High Court's ruling.

According to the ruling, Jahangiri used a fictitious enrollment number to take the test in 1988. He was expelled from the institution for three years in 1989 after it was discovered that he had cheated on the test. Instead of taking the punishment, Jahangiri turned to dishonest methods. He retook the exam the next year using the name "Tariq Jahangiri" and an enrollment number that had been originally given to Imtiaz Ahmed, another student.
In addition, the Government Islamia Law College principal informed the court that he "was never admitted" to the school.
According to the court's ruling, Jahangiri was given numerous chances to provide original papers and a written response, but he never did.Instead, citing relevant cases that were still pending before the Sindh High Court, he filed papers asking for a full bench, the top justice's recusal, and an indefinite adjournment.

The bench declared that these are "dilatory tactics" and that the respondent now had the burden of proving his legal credentials because the petitioner had provided proof. The opposite conclusion was justified by his inability to provide proof.