Federal Information Ministry moves PEMRA against broadcast of Bol Channel

bol 2 axact2 The Exact , Axact ‘s factor to exit controversial The Daily Mail’s investigations indicate that the way the issue of online sale of unverified degrees by Axit has been given such a media hype in Pakistan as well as in India and US in such a manner as if this has come as the most sensational issue that never happened in the world before. The Daily Mail’s investigations also indicate that in fact the home country of the said NYT reporters in fact leads the world in sale of educational degrees with India being no exception while the menace exists all over the world for the past three decades. However, the issue was never taken up in such manner neither by NYT and its relevant reporters nor by any other media organization in the world set aside the Pakistani media.

ISLAMABAD: By; Asghar Ali Mubarak

The federal information ministry wrote a letter to Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) other day, asking it not to broadcast BOL TV channel till completion of investigation into the degree scam by Axact. The parent company of the upcoming television and newspaper group.”A letter has been sent to (PEMRA)  to stop Bol’s transmission on a temporary basis,” Federal Information Secretary Muhammad Azam confirmed to media .The federal information ministry wrote a letter to Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) other day, asking it not to broadcast BOL TV channel till completion of investigation into the degree scam by Axact — the parent company of the upcoming television and newspaper group.A detailed NYT report titled “Fake Diplomas, Real Cash: Pakistani Company Axact Reaps Millions” and written by New York Times Pakistan bureau chief Declan Walsh had outlined how Axact — referred to as a “secretive Pakistani software company” — allegedly earned millions of dollars from scams involving fake degrees, non-existent online universities and manipulation of customers.According to the report, Axact created a series of fake websites involving “professors” and students who it said were in fact paid actors.On last Wednesday, a First Information Report (FIR) was registered against seven individuals including Axact director and CEO Shoaib Ahmed Shaikh as well as a UAE-based company.The individuals named in the FIR were subsequently arrested and are in FIA remand until June 7.The arrests came after an FIA raid on the Axact office on Khayaban-e-Ittehad, where officials said a large number of university degrees and student identification cards were recovered.Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan had earlier assured that the ministry will not bear pressure from any individual regarding investigation of the Axact scandal. He added that the investigation will be fair and transparent in this regard.On last Monday, the Interior Ministry of Pakistan along with the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) wrote a letter to the US agency Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) seeking legal assistance to further probe into the Axact fake degree scam.A team of the Federal Investigation Agency’s cyber crime unit FIA arrest  Chairman Axact Sheikh Shoaib Malik from Karachi office and  collected manuals, records ,computers as evidence in the ongoing investigation of a global fake degrees scam.The Sind high court rejected the protected/ pre-arrest application of Axact Chairman Shoaib sheikh on last Monday.. Pakistan officially sought US Intelligence Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation’s help in probing Ax act’s multi-million dollar fake degree scandal,Based on the developments to date in the software company’s scandal, Interior Ministry officials said they have written a letter to the FBI.