HEC takes serious note of plagiarism cases
Staff Report

ISLAMABAD—The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has taken serious note of the cases of alleged plagiarism in various university departments of the country.
Dr. Atta-ur-Rahman, Chairman HEC has asked vice chancellors of University of Peshawar, and University of Agriculture, Faisalabad to constitute inquiry committees to investigate the allegations.
"In case the allegations prove to be true the Chairman has advised the university administrations to take strict disciplinary action against perpetrators of such intellectual theft," said an HEC press release issued here on Friday.
Dr. Wazeem Khan of the Institute of Education and Research (IER), University of Peshawar is alleged to have reproduced a chapter of a book, Measurement and Evaluation in Teaching authored by Norman E Gronlund and Robert L. Linn as his research paper in 'Journal of Education and Research' as his own.
Mr. M.S. Mahmood of the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad and other faculty members are alleged to have copied the work of Prof. J. H. Sun and published it as their own.
Meanwhile, it has been learnt that the University of Punjab has served charge sheets to five faculty members of the Centre for High Energy Physics with a statement of allegations that they had plagiarized and reproduced research articles of foreign authors. They include Dr.Fazl-e-Aleem, Mr. Maqsood Ahmad, Mr. Rashid Ahmad, Mr. M Saeed Khan and Mr. Sohail Afzaal Tahir.
An earlier case of plagiarism at International Islamic University led to the forced resignation of the professor concerned after the intervention of the Higher Education Commission. As a matter of policy, HEC has zero tolerance to acts of plagiarism and has urged university vice chancellors to dismiss faculty members involved where such incidents of theft are proved to have occurred.