Pakistani Gold Medalist’s Death Sparks Fraud Investigation Over Fake US Scholarship (EXCLUSIVE)
Physics graduate Laiba Ejaz lost millions of rupees to suspects who forged US government docs, promising admission to Harvard University, prompting federal investigation and calls for tighter regulation of overseas education consultants
By Arshad Mehmood/The Media Line [ISLAMABAD] The death of a 24-year-old Pakistani physics gold medalist who dreamed of becoming a scientist has sparked a national outcry and prompted a federal investigation into an alleged education consultancy fraud that cost her family millions of rupees.
Laiba Ejaz, from Sargodha in Pakistan’s Punjab province, was found dead on Friday, October 9, at a weekly market in Islamabad’s G-10 sector. Police said her body was found hanging from a tree, with a traditional scarf tied around her neck.
Investigators are examining…
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