The HEC had sent educational degrees of 16 lawmakers to the Karachi University for verification process. — File Photo

The legislators whose degrees have been declared genuine are MPA Zareen Majeed, MPA Ameer Nawab, MPA Muqeem Alam, MPA Mohammad Abdur Rauf Siddiqui, Sindh Local Government Minister Agha Siraj Durrani, MPA Waseem Ahmed, MNA Mir Hazar Khan Bijrani, MNA Dr Azra Fazal, MNA S.A. Iqbal Qadri, MNA Khush Bakht Shujaat, MNA Haider Abbas Rizvi, MNA Sher Mohammad Baloch, MNA Husna Aftab and Senator Safdar Ali Abbasi.

Speaking to Dawn, Prof Nasiruddin Khan, KU Pro Vice Chancellor, said that two cases pertaining to Mohammad Khan Toor, a provincial minister from Balochistan, and Shama Arif Mithani, an MPA from Sindh, were being processed.

However, sources said Mr Toor's educational record was not available with the KU.