[Pmb (OP)]

Thank you all for your input. I can't believe that I started to feel guilty for turing this guy in. I'm not the one getting him into trouble. He is!

[Pmb (OP)]

Good news. I was informed by the HEC the following

I am directed to inform you that Plagiarism case against Dr. Ijaz Durrani was taken up by the Higher Education Commission and he was relieved from the University of Gujrat immediately. We have also informed all Universities in Pakistan that don’t hire him for any academic and administrative post.
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Nice! Now I can rest.

[imatfaal]

Sorry to hear above story - Pete.  Shows one thing though - your stuff is good enough to steal!  Most of us never produce anything that someone would want to plagiarise, let alone that would get published.  If I were you I might be tempted to contact the publishers (who mistakenly published under the frauds name) and offer to write a new introduction to the work, find the other 16 authors, and see if the publishers will at least republish under the correct names. 

[CliffordK]

Has the Durrani resume been edited (I snagged a copy a few days ago).
I think it would be best to leave it intact for reference, but with a very prominent disclaimer about the nature of the works he claimed to have done.

Anyway, I hope this does spell an end for Mr. Durrani's plagiarism career, and hopefully also is a step towards preventing others from doing it.

If I was you, I'd work with Melrose Books, and Amazon, and other internet bookstores at getting the fraudulent books out of print and removed from the shelves.  Amazon may trade used books, but this should be with a prominent disclaimer (not just the reviews). 

Imatfaal's suggestion of correcting and republishing the collected papers with the proper authors sounds reasonable, although you may wish to wash your hands of the whole affair.  At least solicit upgraded manuscripts from the authors before republishing as undoubtedly you would have done some edits in your own manuscript if you thought it would end up as a chapter in a book.

Is there a point of a book simply titled "Scientific Writings"?

[Pmb (OP)]

There is more about this at http://www.docjax.com/document/view.shtml?id=1310300&title=Letter%20to%20Editor%20Masterpiece%20of%20Plagiarism%20in%20Pakistan%20By%20Zahir%20Ebrahim

I
ll fill you in as I go along. More later.

[guest48167]

Dear Mr Peter Brown. I am indeed very sorry to bother you .I hope you are in good health. Please refer to the URL above where postings took place between the 23rd February ,2013 and 27th February , 2013. The site is locked . I tried to post my explanation but it was not possible. AS we discussed a few years ago , it was a error of judgement on my part , a mind fade you may say. The words you and your participants used were very nasty to say the least, and rightfully so . At that time I was not sure that even  an article not published in a journal could not be quoted without a reference. Our HEC also did not point out this anomaly. However, after running from pillar to post , saner counsel prevailed and I decided to annul the Publishing Agreement with the Publisher Melrosebooks , UK.  a vanity press, wherein I got trapped as a first faux pas, further both the offending books " Scientific Writings" and Fairy Tales, end of Science and the Resurrection" have been retracted with effect from October 24, 2014. The following is the URL and its contents which are self explanatory :https://drijazdurrani.blogspot.com/2015/10/retraction-of-books-and-miscellaneous.html. The remaining books must have been destroyed by now. So that settles the festering sore which created so much ruckus , for which I extend my unqualified apology to you. I am sure words of penitence at this stage don't add to much but truly it has been a heart wrenching experience, unwillingly committed. I will be very grateful if you could kindly from the good ness of your heart delete the Subject URL otherwise the ignominy will persist. Let me confide in you that I am turning 70 and I want to meet my Maker with a clear conscience . I have contracted retrograde amnesia in the meanwhile.  Do kindly respond and be kind enough to remove the Naked Scientist URL, I 'll be eternally grateful. Yours sincerely,
Dr Ijaz Durrani.