23 March 2004	Tuesday	01 Safar 1425

BAHAWALPUR, March 22: A new region of the Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) started functioning here on Monday with Dr Mansoor Ahmad Bajwa as its additional director.

The additional director will have the assistance of deputy director (investigation) Zahid Jilani, three assistant directors (complaints, technical and legal fields) in addition to seven inspectors and four anti-corruption circle officers.

Dr Mansoor Bajwa told Dawn that the government had transferred the investigation of 433 corruption cases related to the four districts - Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar, Rahimyar Khan and Lodhran - to Bahawalpur region. Earlier, these districts were included in the Multan region.

ELECTIONEERING: Electioneering for byelection on the remaining 81 vacant seats in various union councils of the district is in full swing.

Out of 106 vacant seats, candidates on 25 seats have already been elected unopposed. A tough fight is expected on a number of seats in Yazman tehsil between the candidates of district Nazim Tariq Cheema and PML-N district president and ex-MNA Chaudhry Mumtaz Ahmad Jajja.