National Assembly standing committee on education Tuesday summoned former Chief Justice of Pakistan former Justice Abdul Hameed Dogar in its meeting to be held on May 6, reopening the controversial issue of awarding extra marks to Farah Hameed Dogar.
The committee will meet in Parliament House with its Chairman Abid Sher Ali in the chair. In its next meeting, the committee will discuss the matter of giving additional marks to Farah Hameed Dogar, daughter of the former Chief Justice of Pakistan who has been extremely controversial after taking oath as Chief Justice when former President Musharraf had declared emergency on November 3, 2007.
According to sources, the committee would question the former Chief Justice whether he used his office in the matter of awarding extra marks to his daughter, which hit the headlines in the national media for a long time. A report on the matter will also be submitted to the committee in the meeting.
The Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (FBISE) Islamabad had awarded extra marks after re-checking the papers of CJ's daughter and upgraded her position for seeking admission in medical college.
In indecent haste and under direct written orders of the chairman FBISE, relaxing and violating all rules and even some judgements of the Supreme Court, the FSc result of Farah Hameed Dogar was jacked from 640 marks in Grade 'C' to 661 marks in Grade 'B', thus making her eligible to apply for admission into any medical college of the country. The Islamabad Board went an extra mile in the case of Farah Hameed Dogar by re-checking, re-assessing and even re-marking her examination papers in haste to her advantage by passing thousands of other candidates who had obtained much higher marks between 642 and 660.
Earlier, Islamabad High Court in its verdict had rejected the two appeals filed against the federal board regarding Farah Hameed Dogar case; the court described the decision of reassessment and rechecking of Farhas's marks as correct and lawful.
In its detailed 14 pages verdict, Justice Sardar Muhammad Aslam has stated that examiners did not make any mistake while re-evaluating Farah Hameed Dogar's marks and that the history of higher courts was replete with verdicts allowing the reassessment of law.