ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) Thursday maintained its stay order on removing chief executive officer (CEO) Drugs Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) Sheikh Akhter till next week. Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb of IHC resumed hearing on an appeal filed by Sheikh Akhter challenging his removal by the Ministry of National Health Service and Regulations on charges of holding a fake PhD degree. During hearing, the Secretary Health Ministry produced a detailed report before the bench regarding the removal of DRAP’s CEO. He stated that Sheikh Akhter had failed to prove that his PhD degree was chartered in Sri Lanka. He further said that ‘Open University Colombo’ had been written on top of Akther’s PhD degree.

Source: Pakistan Today March 21, 2019 17:37 UTC