Chandigarh, Aug. 13 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has stayed the appointment process for the recruitment of 454 posts of pharmacists in Punjab. The posts of pharmacists (pharmacy officers) were advertised by the Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS), Faridkot on June 11, 2026.

The court acted on a petition by Keshav Kamboj and others demanding that the written examination held on July 19 be cancelled along with consequential steps. It was alleged that the entire exercise of the examination was vitiated due to an alleged organised hi-tech interstate racket involving mass-scale cheating. This was proved by the details of a criminal case registered on July 19 regarding the alleged cheating, the court was told.

During the ...