Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE). (file) Photo
HYDERABAD:
As the scandal over issuance of fake certificates and mark sheets by the Mirpurkhas Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (BISE) continues to spread, a Naukot-based school has claimed that 463 fake certificates were issued in its name alone. Speaking to the media in Mirpurkhas on Sunday, proprietor of Thar Higher Secondary School, Naukot, Ahsanullah Bhatti claimed that 375 intermediate certificates and 88 matric classes had been issued in the name of the school.
“But there is no record at the school of the roll numbers on which these academic documents were issued,” he revealed. According to him, the certificates in question were issued from 2021 to 2025, a period for which the investigation is ongoing.
The disclosure comes a day after BISE Mirpurkhas Col (R) Chairman Dr Syed Muhammad Alamdar Raza informed in a press release that 2,539 fake certificates were issued by the board in the same years. He also provided a list of seat numbers from the years 2021 to 2025 for which these certificates had been received.
“Last year, I came across two such certificates, after which I lodged a complaint with controller of examinations Anwar Aleem Khanzada,” Bhatti said. “But he took no action.” He claimed that the issuance of so many academic documents had damaged his school’s reputation.
The mark sheets, Pakka certificates and migration certificates were all issued by the board officials, he added. He offered his cooperation to government authorities investigating the scam.
Responding to a question, until November 2025, he only knew of two fake certificates associated with his school. The figure of 463 certificates came to light after BISE Mirpurkhas published a detailed list of roll numbers which were issued fake documents.
The arrest of the staff of a secret branch, Azam Khan, on March 16 by the Mirpurkhas police and the associated suspension of more than half a dozen officials, including former controller Khanzada, exposed the alleged corruption within the board. Khan confessed to the police and also reiterated the same accusations before the media that the corrupt officials were demanding Rs 50,000 to Rs 500,000 for the fake records, improper notes and pakka certificates.
Khanzada, son of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan MP Abdul Aleem Khanzada, who himself served as BISE Mirpurkhas president, is at the center of the controversy. He was suspended from his post as controller of examinations on March 9. Khan, who was introduced to the media after his arrest at a press conference of SP Mirpurkhas SP Quratulain on March 16, had accused Khanzada of being the kingpin of the alleged racket.
