HYDERABAD, A professor, two assistant professors and an associate professor were issued warnings by the management of Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences against publication of their data in any journal of the IDOSI publications.

The warnings followed recommendation by the Plagiarism Standing Committee, formed by the LUMHS under the directives of Higher Education Commission (HEC).

Professor Dr Abdul Aziz Leghari, Associate Professor Dr K. Altaf Hussain Talpur and assistant professors Dr A.K. Sangrasi and Dr Arshad M. Malik were issued warnings by Registrar, LUMHS on March 3.

Besides warning, the Committee also recommended against giving credit to any article published in any of the journals of IDOSI publications and the HEC was requested to critically evaluate all journals and publicize any unethical practice.

The committee was constituted to look into the complaint against seven professors, including the above four. The Vice-Chancellor LUMHS said that the inquiry has cleared Dr Shahida Parveen and Dr Aisha Memon as their names appeared only in one journal which did not prove charges against them while Prof Ghulam Nabi Qureshi has retired from the service.

Dr Faisal Ghani Siddiqui is reported to have sent a compliant to the HEC after he came across research paper’s publication in two journalists. His complaint was forwarded to LUMHS with directives for an inquiry last month.