KARACHI: Three impersonators caught

Published January 4, 2009

KARACHI, Jan 3: Three cases of impersonation were detected on the second day of the BCom Part I and II external examinations 2008 held at the University of Karachi on Saturday.

This was stated by the campus security officer of Karachi University, Mohammad Asif, on Saturday. He said Rizwan Mohammad Ali was caught while taking exam in place of Mujtaba Mazhar; Aamir Ghani appeared in exam as Zain Raza while Nasir Javed was caught for appearing in place of Haseeb.

The university official said that a fine of Rs5,000 was imposed and recovered from each before they were allowed to leave the examination centres.

—APP

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