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BAHAWALPUR, June 12: A requisition by 224 signatories has been submitted to move no-confidence motion against DBA President Haroon Bashir, it was learnt on Wednesday.
Advocate Mrs Kausar Iqbal secured the signatures of the required number of her colleagues against the DBA president on the charges of violating the mandate of Pakistan Bar Council with regards to presidential referendum on April 30.
The requisition was handed over to the Bar secretary with a request to convene an emergency meeting within forty eight hours.
COTTON RESEARCH: The future of federal government’s local cotton research centre hangs in balance.
Dawn learnt on Wednesday the government could not provide funds for further research due to financial stringency. Last year, the research centre developed two new varieties of cotton BH-147 and BH-16 with long staple besides several other varieties.
The research centre’s total farm area was about 46 acres and it used to have a laboratory having an equipment of worth Rs3.8 million.
However, no research has been done on the new cotton variety.
