Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE). (file) Photo
HYDERABAD:
As the scandal regarding the issuance of fake certificates and marksheets by the Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) Mirpurkhas continues to unfold, a Naukot-based school has alleged that 463 fake certificates have been issued in its name alone. Speaking to the media in Mirpurkhas on Sunday, owner of Thar Higher Secondary School, Naukot, Ahsanullah Bhatti claimed that 375 intermediate class certificates and 88 matric class certificates were issued in the name of the school.
“But there is no record in the school of the roll numbers with which these academic documents were issued,” he revealed. According to him, the certificates in question were issued between 2021 and 2025, a period whose investigation is ongoing.
The disclosure comes a day after BISE Mirpurkhas Col (R) Chairman Dr Syed Muhammad Alamdar Raza reported through a press release that the board issued 2,539 fake certificates during the same years. They also provided a list of seat numbers for the years 2021 to 2025 in respect of which they had received those certificates.
“Last year I found two such certificates, following which I lodged a complaint with the controller of examinations Anwar Aleem Khanzada,” Bhatti said. “But he took no action.” He maintained that the issuance of such a large number of academic documents has tarnished the reputation of his school.
The mark sheets, Pakka certificates and migration certificates were issued by board officials, he added. He offered his cooperation to government authorities investigating the scam.
Answering a question, as of November 2025, you only knew of two fake certificates associated with your school. The figure of 463 certificates came to light after BISE Mirpurkhas published a detailed list of roll numbers to whom fake documents were issued.
The arrest of secret branch staff Azam Khan on March 16 by Mirpurkhas police and the subsequent suspension of more than half a dozen officials, including former comptroller Khanzada, have exposed alleged corruption in the junta. Khan confessed to the police, and also reiterated the same charges to the media, that corrupt officials used to demand between Rs 50,000 and Rs 500,000 for fake registrations, improper marks and pakka certificates.
Khanzada, son of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan MNA Abdul Aleem Khanzada, who served as president of BISE Mirpurkhas, is at the center of the controversy. He was suspended from his controller exam position on March 9. Khan, who was paraded before the media after his arrest at a press conference by SP Mirpurkhas SP Quratulain on March 16, had accused Khanzada of being the pillar of the alleged fraud.
