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Supreme Court sent the fake degree case against the PPP MNA Aamir Yar Warn, elected on NA-184, to the Election Commission (EC) for further proceedings on Friday. The court also ordered the Baloshistan University to appraise the degree and send the evaluation report to the EC. Warns rival Mian Najeebud Din challenged his degree, and alleged that he got the degree from the Balochistan University because he was barred from the Bahawalpur university for three years for making another person sit on his place in the exam. Mr Warn apparently resigned to avert a possible disqualification by the Supreme Court which is scheduled to hear a case against him next week. He was accused of having submitted a fake degree he claimed had obtained from Balochistan University for contesting the Feb 2008 election. Mr Warn won the NA-184 (Bahawalpur) seat as an independent candidate and later joined the PPP. He had defeated PML-Qs Mian Najeebuddin who challenged his election in the court, alleging that he had submitted a fake Bachelors degree. Mr Warns resignation came at a time when the Higher Education Commission has already sent academic certificates of over 900 legislators to their respective universities for verification. A number of PPP leaders have opposed the move, with President Zardari criticising the judiciary for preferring fake degree cases over those relating to other issues.
