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ORDER SAJJAD Ali Shah, J.- The petitioners herein seek leave of this Court against a common of the Islamabad High Court whereby their petitions/appeals seeking inter alia, an order directing the High Education Commission (‘HEC’) to attest the degrees of the students enrolled in Al-Khair University or its affiliated colleges, were dismissed. 2. Briefly, Al-Khair University (hereinafter referred as the University’) which is a private educational institution created-through the Al-Khair University, Azad Jammu and Kashmir Act, 1994 with its principal campus in Bhimber, Azad Jammu Kashmir, is imparting education in different disciplines with its mandate to affiliate itself or associate other institutions. In this pursuit, the University entered into correspondence with HEC to seek recognition. It appears that certain correspondence was also exchanged between the HEC and the University and ultimately the University was allowed to admit students at University’s principal seat viz. Bhimber that too in respect of specific degree programs. However, in gross violation of the permission, the University extended its operation far and wide in Pakistan and Azad Jammu Kashmir by opening un-authorized franchise campuses and unlawfully affiliated various institutions. It appears that HEC received various complaints regarding imparting of poor quality of teaching, weak assessment and evaluation system, non-declaration of results and award of low quality degrees by the University and its affiliated institutions. The concerns were duly communicated to the University but the complaints were never redressed. Consequently, the academic operation of the University was suspended by the HEC from 2009 to 2011. It appears that thereafter the University was inspected in September and October 2011 and consequently was allowed to admit students at University’s principal seat viz. Bhimber only and that too for few degree programs viz. Management Sciences, Computer Sciences, Pakistan Studies, Islamic Studies, Education and Urdu. However, the imparting of studies in the allowed discipline was specifically prohibited through other campuses or affiliated institutions. It appears that the…

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