Plagiarism Policy & Committee

PLAGIARISM POLICY

The university follows HEC plagiarism policy and dissertation/thesis, project reports and other technical reports shall be entertained for evaluation if its similarity index is less than 20% in total and less than 5% from a single source. Similarity from own published work shall be excluded.

In case of any ambiguity in plagiarism assessment, the following committee shall evaluate the case and shall submit its recommendations to the BASR for decision:

a) Concerned Dean
b) Concerned HoD
c) Students’ Supervisor (In case of dissertation/thesis)
d) Director Quality Enhancement Cell

The following Plagiarism Standing Committee is constituted to conduct the investigation of plagiarism claim as per HEC Plagiarism Policy:-

As per clause-10 of HEC Plagiarism policy, the “Plagiarism Standing Committee” will submit its report with clear cut findings and recommendations to the Vice Chancellor within a specified period not exceeding sixty days. The Vice Chancellor will have the discretion to implement the recommendations after approval through the statutory process and take punitive action against the offender as per penalties prescribed under HEC plagiarism policy or to forward the report to HEC for further action if outside his purview / jurisdiction.