May 21, 2003	Wednesday	Rabi-ul-Awwal 18,1424

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QUETTA, May 20: Senior Minister Maulana Abdul Wasay said on Tuesday that Prime Minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali has assured him of the transfer of Rs1 billion to Balochistan for the drought-affected districts and Rs250 million for the supply of gas to Kalat and Ziarat, before the end of the current financial year.

Talking to a group of reporters in the provincial metropolis he stated that the prime minister was requested to release the Rs2 billion fund, which he had announced during his last visit to Quetta for drought-affected districts.

The minister claimed that Mr Jamali had promised to release Rs1 billion during the current fiscal and the remaining amount in the next financial year.

He informed the reporters that the prime minister had also assured to grant Rs250 million before the end of fiscal year 2002-03 for the gas supply to Ziarat and Kalat areas.

About the bus stand, he said that it would be shifted to Hazarganji site by the end of June.

BAIL: A special court for the suppression of terrorism confirmed the interim bail of a former provincial minister and two others in the Chamalang landmine blast case.

Muhammad Shaukat Rakhshahi, judge of the court, here on Tuesday accepted submissions of the counsel of petitioners to confirm the interim bail granted earlier by the court to ex-minister Mir Mohbat Khan Marri, Mir Liaquat Marri and Pir Bakhsh Marri.