The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has rejected the sexual harassment allegations levelled by the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Member of the Provincial Assembly (MPA) Shazia Karim Sanghar against a vice-chancellor (VC) of Benazir Bhutto Shaheed University Lyari (BBSUL).
After completing an investigation, the FIA Cyber Crime Cell stated in his report that no evidence was found for sexual harassment by the BBSUL VC Professor Dr Akhtar Baloch after checking the mobile records. FIA sent its investigation to the Sindh government’s inquiry committee for further action.
In February, two vice-chancellors of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical University (SMBBMU) Larkana and Benazir Bhutto Shaheed University Lyari (BBSUL), including Dr Anila Ataur Rehman and Dr Akhtar Baloch respectively, had been sent on forced leaves to initiate a thorough inquiry into allegations of harassment and deaths of female students.
The action had been taken following the directives of Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah following the mysterious deaths of two female students in SMBBMU Larkana and the alleged harassment of a Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) of Sindh at BBSUL.
The MPA had accused BBMUL VC Professor Dr Akhtar Baloch of harassing her by sending her immoral stickers through WhatsApp.
MPA Shazia had also registered a complaint with Sindh Minister for Boards and Universities Ismail Rahu. It is important to mention here that Shazia Karim Sanghar is one of the syndicate members of the medical university in Lyari.
The PPP lawmaker had also lodged a complaint to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) cybercrime wing against the alleged online harassment besides raising the issue with PPP leadership.