LONDON/ISLAMABAD: PTI leader Muhammad Usman Dar has not mentioned his dubious MBA degree in his nomination papers for 2018 elections despite declaring it in his papers for 2013 elections.

Dar had declared in 2013 that he had done his MBA from the London campus of Schiller University and attached a copy of the degree certificate with his papers.

However, a detailed investigative report in this paper by these two reporters on November 28th 2017 had revealed that his degree was dubious, as he’d got it without attending classes.

Britain’s Department for Education had said that it didn’t recognise Schiller International University (SIU), which issued a master’s degree to Dar in 1997 in London. But Dar mentioned the same degree in his nomination papers for 2013 elections while contesting from NA-110 Sialkotagainst PML-N leader Khawaja Asif.

He however insisted that his MBA degree was genuine. In the qualification column, Dar’s 2013 nomination papers mentioned “Master’s of Business Administration (UK).

“Actually I am waiting for an equivalence certificate from the Higher Education Commission (HEC) for my MBA degree so until I get it, I think it is not appropriate for me to claim that degree in my papers,” he said.

However, when asked why he had submitted the same in 2013 elections, he paused for a moment and said at that time HEC equivalence was not required Asked whether he was doubtful about his degree, Dar said: “No, I have no doubts about my degree; I did not obtain the UK degree for elections.”