July 10, 2007	Tuesday	Jamadi-us-Sani 24, 1428

GUJRANWALA, July 9: The district consumer court on Monday issued a notice to the Utility Stores Corporation (USC) for July 11 after rejecting its plea. Reports said complainant Dr Shaukat Husain Khan had moved the consumer court against the USC, stating that its sugar and `daal’ packets were short of weight. He told the court that the corporation was charging full amount of articles but was not giving full quantity to consunmers.

The USC pleaded that the petition of the complainant was time-barred but special judge Sohail Akram rejected its plea and asked the corporation to appear before the court on July 11.

ZC BUDGET: The city district council on Monday presented budget to the tune of Rs6,405.357 million for fiscal year 2007-08 with Rs1,272 million allocation for annual development programme.

The budget meeting was presided over by district naib nazim Jamal Hassan Manj while district nazim Fiaz Ahmad Chattha presented the budget.

Mr Chattha said Rs6.35 million had been earmarked for agriculture, Rs655.571 million for construction of roads, Rs47.118 million for Gujranwala Development Authority (GDA) city roads, Rs50.858 million (education), Rs34.672 million (health), Rs37.744 million (government offices and residential buildings), Rs0.424 million (electrification), Rs2.158 (civil defence) and Rs427.377 for municipal services.

He said the citizen community boards (CCBs) funds stood at Rs743.089 million with Rs452 million last year’s balance.

The meeting also accorded approval to Wasa’s Rs984.632 million and GDA’s Rs334.568 million budgets.

The district nazim said People’s Colony, Katcha Aimanabad, Hafizabad and Pasrur roads would be converted into dual carriageway, besides construction of a food street and a green belt in Model Town.

Opposition leader Taufiq Butt criticised the budget and termed it illegal. He said it had been presented without approval of the finance committee.

COMMITTEE: The district bar association on Monday formed a committee for the construction of second floor at Kiani Chamber here.

According to bar president Ilyas Rehan, Chaudhry Mehmood Bashir Virk has been inducted as committee chairman while Ahmed Wasim Anjum Sulehria, Irfan Saee, Munawar Husain and Muazam Lone are its members.