KARACHI: The three-member committee set up by Karachi University (KU) last week to investigate complaints regarding the results of second-year students enrolled with KU-affiliated law colleges is set to hold its first meeting today.

The meeting will be held at the Vice Chancellor’s Secretariat.

According to officials, the committee — comprising retired Justice Zia Pervez, retired Justice Nadeem Akhtar and Dr Nazir Hussain of the Higher Education Commission — will conduct an impartial and transparent investigation into complaints regarding the second-year results and mark sheets of students of KU-affiliated law colleges.

The committee, they said, was set up following complaints from students, alleging discrepancies and errors in the announced examination results.

“They [the affected students] maintained that they had successfully passed the examinations, yet were declared unsuccessful in the issued mark sheets. They submitted formal scrutiny requests, claiming that they were entitled to be declared successful in the BA/LLB examinations,” a press release said.

The committee is entrusted with the fact-finding task and will review all relevant records and evidence before submitting its report to the KU administration, so that the matter may be resolved fairly and transparently on a priority basis, it added.

According to officials, the committee will present its fact-based report to the university administration after thoroughly examining the matter and consulting all stakeholders.

This process, they said, would include meetings with affected students, copy-checkers, and individuals responsible for reviewing answer scripts following scrutiny requests. The members would also visit the examination department and hold discussions with the controller of examinations and other relevant officials.

The university, they said, had decided that a comprehensive academic calendar for the affiliated law colleges would be prepared, encompassing all teaching, academic, and examination activities throughout the year.

This calendar would be presented for approval at the next meeting of the KU academic council scheduled for the current month.

KU officials, however, clarified that under prevailing rules, the scrutiny process allowed only the re-totalling or recounting of marks, whereas re-evaluation of answer scripts “does not fall within the scope of scrutiny”.

Published in Dawn, November 4th, 2026