Though not many university applicants in Pakistan realise it, universities and their degree programmes are routinely evaluated on the basis of several qualitative and quantitative measures the institutes have put in place for able dispensation of their noble services. Accreditations of programmes from HEC-approved independent evaluators is important not only to the survival of universities, but they are also extremely crucial for the studies and careers of many gullible students who continue falling into the hands of charlatans posing as educators.