KARACHI, June 18: The administration of Karachi University has decided to disqualify for five years and file an FIR against a candidate who resorted to firing in the air when caught cheating in the MA exams and asked to surrender his answer script.

According to KU Campus Adviser Dr Khalid Iraqi, an external candidate Azeem Ali, son of Mohammad Ali, appeared in international relations paper of MA exams on June 13 at the centre set up at the Shaikh Zayed Islamic Research Centre.

“He was caught cheating and when the invigilator tried to take him to the administration the candidate fired in the air and ran away abandoning his documents,” said the adviser.

When the university administration later probed into the matter to cancel the student’s enrolment it was found that the photograph on the registration form was different from the one on the enrolment form, he said.

“The KU committee against unfair means then decided to disqualify the student for five years and file an FIR against him,” said the adviser.

Nonetheless sources at the university pointed out that the presence of the invigilator at the time of filing an FIR was necessary whereas the invigilator was not really interested in doing so.

However, the sources said, “These are some of the delaying tactics by the administration.”

The University of Karachi, meanwhile, announced the results of MBBS final professional annual examination 2008 and postgraduate diploma in Child Health (DCH) annual examination 2007.

Students of the Karachi Medical and Dental College, Sabeen Razzak who obtained 1,557 marks, Fatma Abbasi who got 1,539 marks, and Muhammad Irfan who obtained 1,530 marks, stood first, second and third, respectively.

According to a KU announcement, 295 candidates were registered for the examination. Of them 291 appeared in the exam and 194 passed, while 88 were declared unsuccessful. The pass percentage remained 66.67.

According to DCH exam results, 50 candidates were registered for said examination, of which 45 appeared, 10 passed and 35 failed, while the pass percentage remained 22.2 percent.

The university announced that the BSc Home Economics (first and second year) and BS physiotherapy (second and third year) annual examination-2008 would begin from June 23.

Candidates are directed to contact their college during office hours to collect their admit cards and examination programme from June 18.

Academic block opens

The four-storey academic block, spread over an area of 42,548 square feet, at the Dow University of Health Sciences has been finally opened to medical teachers and students four months after it was inaugurated by Sindh Governor Ishratul Ibad, add agencies.

The newly constructed block houses lecture halls equipped with audio-visual facilities, forensic medicine and community medicine departments, professional development centre, a cafeteria for faculty members and a basement for car parking.

Workshop planned

The Dow University of Health Sciences in collaboration with the Pakistan Society of Neurosurgeons will hold a three-day workshop on surgical approaches to spine and spinal instruments from June 20 to 22.

Known neurosurgeons of the country will participate in the workshop.

Prof Junaid Ashraf, Head of Neurosurgery Department of DUHS is the organizer, while guest faculty includes Prof Ahmed Ali Shad and Dr Attar Enam of the Aga Khan University Hospital, Prof Zia Iqbal of DUHS, Dr Saad Bashir of ZUMC, Dr Salman Sharif and Dr Rafay Zafar of the Liaquat National Hospital.

Inauguration ceremony of the workshop will be held at the professional development department centre of the Dow varsity at 9am. Scientific session and training will be held at anatomy hall of the Dow Medical College.