Higher Education Commission (HEC), which was aggressively following plagiarism cases, is now apparently reluctant to take action against the three scholars who are allegedly involved in such cases even after the passage of deadline.
December 30, 2010, was the deadline given to the universities by HEC to take appropriate action against the scholars whose PhD thesis are plagiarised after which HEC is supposed to blacklist these faculty members, however, nothing has been done so far.
According to the information, HEC after its meeting of plagiarism committee held on 10 November has decided to blacklist the faculty members against whom their universities are not taking appropriate action even after their proven plagiarism and repeated reminders by HEC. (more…)