Copy mafia continued to challenge Sindh education authorities’ checks and balances as it leaked the matriculation mathematics papers well before time on Saturday and answer key was available in instant messages application WhatsApp in Kashmore and Shikarpur, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.

The invigilators who were supposed to stop the copy mafia became facilitators and openly allowed the students to attempt their papers with cheating.

Deplorable scenes from examination centres are observed where students are filling the answer sheets freely with the help of guides and mobile phones.   

Kashmore examination center is also facing power outage and students are attempting the papers in scorching heat amid 38 degree Celsius temperature.

In Shikharpur, mathematics paper was out well before time and the cheating pattern was the same i.e using digital means to copy the solved answer keys and solved guide books are freely being used in examination centres openly challenging the Section 144 imposed by the Sindh education authorities.

Reporters Ramzan Meerani, Abdul Jabbar Abro