Overview

• A local court on September 22 sentenced Jamshed Dasti to seven years in jail for using a fake degree and forged documents.
• The case followed an Election Commission of Pakistan review that led to his disqualification from public office on July 16.
• Prosecutors presented university records and called witnesses who established that the certificates were not genuine.
• Dasti’s legal team alleged political motivation, but the court rejected those claims and called the evidence strong.
• Officials and legal experts described the sentence as a deterrent against document fraud, with authorities pledging tighter credential checks.