{"id":2450,"date":"2026-10-10T17:03:49","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T12:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2450"},"modified":"2026-10-10T17:03:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T12:03:49","slug":"rs7m-us-admission-scam-linked-to-iiui-gold-medallists-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=2450","title":{"rendered":"Rs7m US admission scam linked to IIUI gold medallist\u2019s suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>An alleged Rs7 million education scam has emerged as a possible factor in the suspected suicide of Laiba, a gold medallist in the BS programme at Islamabad\u2019s International Islamic University, her family has said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Police officials said Laiba\u2019s family maintained that an education consultant had demanded a large sum of money on the pretext of securing her admission to a US university, but the admission documents later turned out to be fake.<\/p>\n<p>According to the family, Laiba wanted to pursue higher education in the United States and had hired the consultant for the purpose.<\/p>\n<p>The consultant allegedly demanded a total of Rs7 million to facilitate her admission.<\/p>\n<p>Her father, who sells milk on a motorcycle and supports his children\u2019s education despite limited financial resources, sold his personal plot to pay the consultant an advance of Rs2.1 million in the hope of securing a better future for his daughter.<\/p>\n<p>The family also pledged Laiba\u2019s mother\u2019s jewellery with a bank to secure a loan to cover the remaining amount.<\/p>\n<p>The alleged fraud came to light when the family had the admission documents verified through relevant sources and discovered that they were fake, police officials said.<\/p>\n<p>After learning of the alleged scam, Laiba reportedly suffered severe emotional distress.<\/p>\n<p>She sent a final message to her maternal uncle, pleading with him not to tell her father about the fraud, according to the family.<\/p>\n<p>Police have launched a formal investigation into the alleged education scam and the circumstances surrounding Laiba\u2019s suspected suicide, with the aim of identifying those responsible and bringing them to justice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An alleged Rs7 million education scam has emerged as a possible factor in the suspected suicide of Laiba, a gold medallist in the BS programme at Islamabad\u2019s International Islamic University, her family has said. Police officials said Laiba\u2019s family maintained that an education consultant had demanded a large sum of money on the pretext of securing her admission to a US university, but the admission documents later turned out to be fake. According to the family, Laiba wanted to pursue higher education in the United States and had hired the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2450\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}