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Fake Diplomas, Real Cash: Pakistani Company Axact Reaps Millions

Now that I know I am taking to a 9 year old kid who has no knowledge whatsoever of anything going around him, does not understand English or logic, Claims he can conquer mountain yet fails to climb the stairs, you are the one who outright came out accusing ISI and yet you could not provide a single proof, your statements were all copy paste lacking any substance. only thing you did in this thread was just Rant, Cry & Troll without any evidence, logic, proof or substance.

so engaging with someone like you will definitely lower my own ability, so I will avoid to do so, bu at last let me give you a slap on the head, may be that will adjust the screws that are loose in your head & bring them in the right place (fingers crossed)

Now lets see if you can read, and understand at the same time, I know it is hard but try, you can do it if you put your mind to it. I am praying for you.


Defamatory articles? 'FALSE journalism'? hahaha! Is there even such a thing in a democracy and an open society? So the military establishment got pissed off because he might have ventured into a sensitive area (of which no details have been brought forward, we're just expected to take the interior ministry's word for it on face value) and they slapped the civilian setup on the wrist telling them to deal with Declan Walsh. A free country, a democracy like Pakistan has 'no-go areas'?!?! Heck! almost 70% of Baluchistan is a no-go area in Pakistan today for anyone other than privileged folks with security clearance. Tomorrow folks like @F.O.X will need 'security clearance' to take a dump in their own washroom.

It seems you and your masters in the ISI are not familiar with the term 'freedom of expression' and 'freedom of movement'. But what can I say, its difficult to explain democratic values, freedoms, rights, etc to puppets, fan boys and foot soldiers of the security establishment who want us to believe that a ludicrous explanation given for Declan Walsh's expulsion from Pakistan should be taken at face value. If journalists stop going to sensitive areas, there would be no more investigative journalism left.

Difficult to explain such simple things to trolls like @F.O.X who when confronted with their own lack of evidence regarding their sensationalist claims start launching ad hominem attacks on others, calling names, engaging in further juvenile behavior.

Prediction: @F.O.X next post in this thread will include more insults, whining, name-calling, schoolyard antics. Count down: 3.. 2 ... 1...
 
Defamatory articles? 'FALSE journalism'? hahaha! Is there even such a thing in a democracy and an open society? So the military establishment got pissed off because he might have ventured into a sensitive area (of which no details have been brought forward, we're just expected to take the interior ministry's word for it on face value) and they slapped the civilian setup on the wrist telling them to deal with Declan Walsh. A free country, a democracy like Pakistan has 'no-go areas'?!?! Heck! almost 70% of Baluchistan is a no-go area in Pakistan today for anyone other than privileged folks with security clearance. Tomorrow folks like @F.O.X will need 'security clearance' to take a dump in their own washroom.

It seems you and your masters in the ISI are not familiar with the term 'freedom of expression' and 'freedom of movement'. But what can I say, its difficult to explain democratic values, freedoms, rights, etc to puppets, fan boys and foot soldiers of the security establishment who want us to believe that a ludicrous explanation given for Declan Walsh's expulsion from Pakistan should be taken at face value. If journalists stop going to sensitive areas, there would be no more investigative journalism left.

Difficult to explain such simple things to trolls like @F.O.X who when confronted with their own lack of evidence regarding their sensationalist claims start launching ad hominem attacks on others, calling names, engaging in further juvenile behavior.

Prediction: @F.O.X next post in this thread will include more insults, whining, name-calling, schoolyard antics. Count down: 3.. 2 ... 1...
yep....only ISI is the evil agency in the world

Qatar arrests BBC journalist on government press trip - The Express Tribune
 
By DECLAN WALSH
MAY 17, 2015
Seen from the Internet, it is a vast education empire: hundreds of universities and high schools, with elegant names and smiling professors at sun-dappled American campuses.

Their websites, glossy and assured, offer online degrees in dozens of disciplines, like nursing and civil engineering. There are glowing endorsements on the CNN iReport website, enthusiastic video testimonials, and State Department authentication certificates bearing the signature of Secretary of State John Kerry.

n fact, very little in this virtual academic realm, appearing to span at least 370 websites, is real — except for the tens of millions of dollars in estimated revenue it gleans each year from many thousands of people around the world, all paid to a secretive Pakistani software company.

That company, Axact, operates from the port city of Karachi, where it employs over 2,000 people and calls itself Pakistan’s largest software exporter, with Silicon Valley-style employee perks like a swimming pool and yacht.

Axact does sell some software applications. But according to former insiders, company records and a detailed analysis of its websites, Axact’s main business has been to take the centuries-old scam of selling fake academic degrees and turn it into an Internet-era scheme on a global scale.

As interest in online education is booming, the company is aggressively positioning its school and portal websites to appear prominently in online searches, luring in potential international customers.“We host one of the most renowned faculty in the world,” boasts a woman introduced in one promotional video as the head of a law school. “Come be a part of Newford University to soar the sky of excellence.”

Yet on closer examination, this picture shimmers like a mirage. The news reports are fabricated. The professors are paid actors. The university campuses exist only as stock photos on computer servers. The degrees have no true accreditation.

More details on:
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/05/1...llions-columbiana-barkley.html?referrer=&_r=0

Axact scandal: Pakistan-based company's fraud exposed
 
But is Pakistani media reporting this ?

Seems very quiet out there.
 
This idiot has scammed and pocketed millions and has embarrassed his nation .. now he is in a deep one .. most likely end result will be Mr Sheikh and his accomplices names will be on FBI most wanted list eventually resulting in their extradition to US to face justice.
 
Chaudhry Nisar orders inquiry into Axact scandal
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Senate takes up issue, says Axact's management must provide explanation. PHOTO COURTESY: FORBES

ISLAMABAD: Taking notice of the Axact scandal, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar ordered Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Tuesday to probe into the special report published by The New York Times immediately, Express News reported.


Axact, that has pledged to build a media empire faced tough criticism on Monday after The New York Times said it was earning tens of millions of dollars by selling fake degrees around the world.

The interior minister directed FIA to investigate the issue of fake degrees. Nisar took notice of the NYT which clamed that Axact ran a fake education empire that involved paid actors promoting fictitious universities and even fake State Department authentication certifications bearing the signature of John Kerry, the article said.

The report, which quoted former employees and analysed more than 370 websites of fake universities, accreditation bodies and other purported institutions, sparked a wave of criticism on social media even as the company denied wrongdoing.

On Tuesday, the issue was also taken up in the Senate where Senator Aitzaz Ahsan said that the management of company has the right to give explanation.

“It is shameful to hear such kind of news. Unfortunately, it is linked to Pakistanis ,” the senator said.

He said it can damage the reputation of Pakistanis internationally, hence the matter needs to be investigated. Ahsan termed the issue as ‘sensitive’.

The session in the Senate was chaired by Chairman Raza Rabbani and a committee was constituted to probe into the issue and submit a report in a month.

Soon after the report was published, a message on Axact’s website declared the story “baseless, substandard, maligning, defamatory, and based on false accusations” and added it would sue The New York Times.

The company has said it will launch a news channel named Bol this year, which has already lured many of Pakistan’s top TV anchors and journalists with reportedly the highest salaries in the market.

According to the report, Axact created a series of fake websites involving “professors” and students who were in fact paid actors.
The “university” websites mainly route their traffic through servers run by companies registered in Cyprus and Latvia, and employees would plant fictitious reports about Axact universities on CNN iReport, a website for citizen journalism.

The article cited clients from the US, Britain and the United Arab Emirates who had paid sums ranging from thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars for their degrees — with some believing the universities were real and they would soon receive coursework.

Chaudhry Nisar orders inquiry into Axact scandal - The Express Tribune

CNN Removes iReport Videos Linked to ‘Breathtaking Scam’
By Mark Joyella on May. 18, 2015

CNN has removed user-generated videos iReport videos linked to a Pakistani company suspected of running one of the world’s largest diploma mills.

The company, Axact, was featured in a report in The New York Times. In the report, a retired FBI agent describes the company’s educational offerings as “a breathtaking scam.”

The Times reviewed the company’s websites, which used iReport videos and the iconic CNN logo to suggest the company was legitimate:

The sources described how employees would plant fictitious reports about Axact universities on iReport, a section of the CNN website for citizen journalism. Although CNN stresses that it has not verified the reports, Axact uses the CNN logo as a publicity tool on many of its sites.

Those videos have now been removed, and a producer’s note reads “this iReport has not been verified by CNN. It reportedly contained false and misleading claims. It has been pulled for violating our site’s Terms of Use.”


CNN Removes iReport Videos Linked to ‘Breathtaking Scam’ | TVNewser
 
So the military establishment got pissed off because he might have ventured into a sensitive area (of which no details have been brought forward, we're just expected to take the interior ministry's word for it on face value) and they slapped the civilian setup on the wrist telling them to deal with Declan Walsh. A free country, a democracy like Pakistan has 'no-go areas'?

Stop embarrassing yourself man, don't mention it if you don't know fully about it. Yes expats specially US citizens need NOC from Interior Ministry and even prior permission from their embassy to travel to some areas in Pakistan. Heck the diversion sign board to my village also says foreigners are not allowed to go beyond this point.

And every country has some places where they won't let their own citizens visit, except for authorised personnel so quit no go areas and democracy logic.
 
Stop embarrassing yourself man, don't mention it if you don't know fully about it. Yes expats specially US citizens need NOC from Interior Ministry and even prior permission from their embassy to travel to some areas in Pakistan. Heck the diversion sign board to my village also says foreigners are not allowed to go beyond this point.

And every country has some places where they won't let their own citizens visit, except for authorised personnel so quit no go areas and democracy logic.


Yeah every country has sensitive areas but if they go so far as to expel the journalist, the expulsion letter should mention WHY exactly he or she is being expelled and which sensitive area he or she may have visited which crossed the line - or at the very least, for the sake of transparency, the press handout circulated by the Interior Ministry should have given details about Declan Walsh's transgressions.

The only one embarrassing yourself here is you, who does not know what procedural transparency is.

Anyways, Axact just got raided by FIA and had its employees detained as well as computers, documents seized. So I guess you and your buddies can shut up now about Declan Walsh's credibility.

FIA raids Axact offices, takes records and employees into custody - Pakistan - DAWN.COM



And Qatar is somehow an example of media freedoms? Lmao! The Arab world is worse than Pakistan when it comes to media freedoms, so if that's the standard you want to set yourself, then that is pretty sad.
 
Mark my words. No punitive action will be taken against anybody.
Yeah every country has sensitive areas but if they go so far as to expel the journalist, the expulsion letter should mention WHY exactly he or she is being expelled and which sensitive area he or she may have visited which crossed the line - or at the very least, for the sake of transparency, the press handout circulated by the Interior Ministry should have given details about Declan Walsh's transgressions.

The only one embarrassing yourself here is you, who does not know what procedural transparency is.

Anyways, Axact just got raided by FIA and had its employees detained as well as computers, documents seized. So I guess you and your buddies can shut up now about Declan Walsh's credibility.

FIA raids Axact offices, takes records and employees into custody - Pakistan - DAWN.COM




And Qatar is somehow an example of media freedoms? Lmao! The Arab world is worse than Pakistan when it comes to media freedoms, so if that's the standard you want to set yourself, then that is pretty sad.
 
Mark my words. No punitive action will be taken against anybody.


Remains to be seen. Let's not jump to conclusions. There is all the likelihood of punitive action since Axact was not only selling fake degrees and diplomas but as illustrated in the NYT article, it was also selling John Kerry signed document to validate those degrees and diplomas. Now THAT is a serious crime to sell a fake document with the American Secretary of State's signature on it. The FBI and through diplomatic channels, other American officials will be breathing fire down Pakistan's throat.
 
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