The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday declared Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri unfit to hold office and disqualified him after finding that his appointment was based on a fraudulent law degree, Aaj News reported.
A two-member bench comprising Chief Justice Sarfraz Dogar and Justice Azam Khan ruled that Jahangiri did not possess a valid LLB degree at the time of his elevation, terming his appointment as a judge “illegal.”
The court directed the Ministry of Law and Justice to immediately de-notify him.
During the hearing, the registrar of Karachi University presented original records revealing serious irregularities in Jahangiri’s academic history.
The registrar told the court that Jahangiri was caught using unfair means during an examination and was banned for three years after threatening an examiner.
The court was informed that Jahangiri used a fraudulent enrollment form and altered both his name and his father’s name during different stages of his LLB.
University records showed he appeared as “Tariq Jahangiri s/o Muhammad Akram” in Part I and later as “Tariq Mehmood s/o Qazi Muhammad Akram” in Part II.
Despite the ban, records controversially showed him passing all subjects in 1990, even though he was not eligible until 1992.
The principal of Government Islamia College also confirmed that no student by that name was ever enrolled at the institution.
The controversy emerged in July 2024 after a Karachi University letter surfaced online, revealing that Jahangiri’s enrollment number belonged to another student.
The university syndicate cancelled his enrollment and degree in August 2024.
Justice Jahangiri was appointed to the IHC in December 2020 and was among the judges who wrote to the Supreme Judicial Council in 2023, alleging interference in judicial affairs by intelligence agencies.