Taking a major initiative by the Higher Education Commission to protect students from private university scams has released lists of 147 fake universities, campuses, institutes and fake programmes, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Thursday.
According to HEC list, 94 institutes and university campuses across Punjab including Lahore are fake and unregistered while 35 in Sindh, four in Azad Kashmir, 12 in KPK and two federal chartered institutes has been declared illegal.
HEC instructed students to take admission by looking at the lists issued.
Students and parents should save their time and money and HEC will not accept degrees from any unregistered and illegal institution, HEC warned.
Reporter: Imran Younas