Afghanistan, Oct. 12 -- A 20-year-old Pakistani physics graduate and gold medallist has died after allegedly losing 9.3 million Pakistani rupees (about $33,000) in a fraudulent overseas education scheme involving promises of admission, a scholarship and a visa to Harvard University in the United States.
Laiba Ijaz, a graduate of the International Islamic University Islamabad, was found dead in Islamabad on October 9. Her family alleges that a man posing as an education consultant supplied fake university and scholarship documents after taking money intended to finance her studies abroad. Police are investigating the circumstances of her death alongside the alleged fraud.
The case has drawn national attention, with Prime Minister Shehbaz S...