BAHAWALPUR, July 2 The Islamia University Bahawalpur (IUB) administration has received degrees of 19 MPs for verification.

A source told Dawn on Friday that the parliamentarians included six MNAs. The IUB has been asked to return the degrees after verification by July 13. One of the MPAs included in the list is the member of the IUB Syndicate.

The MNAs are Sheikh Aftab Ahmad (NA-57), Tariq Mahmood Bajwa (NA-75), Mudassar Qayyum Nahra (NA-100), Muhammad Hayat Khan (NA-170), Arif Aziz Sheikh (NA-183) and Javed Iqbal Warraich (NA-196).

The MPAs are Saima Aziz (reserved seat), Samina Naveed (reserved seat), Amina Jahangir (reserved seat), Dr Malik Mukhtar Ahmad (MBBS degree), Mian Shahid Hussain, Dr Tanveerul Islam (MBBS degree), Makhdoom Iftikhar Hasan Gilani, Tariq Amin Hotiyana, Sardar Muhammad Afzal Tutla, Shaukat Mahmood Basra, Qazi Ahmad Saeed, Ijaz Shafi and Baseer Ahmad Khattak.

PROTEST Scores of people on Friday demonstrated on Multan Road to protest a lack of basic amenities in their housing colonies.

The protest organisers said sewerage problem, potholed roads and streets and other issues were making life difficult for them.

They said MNA Baleeghur Rehman had failed to fulfil his promises in this regard. Traffic on the thoroughfare remained suspended for an hour due to protest.

BUDGET The district government on Friday approved the budget of Rs5.74 billion for 2010-11.

A sum of Rs1.93 billion will be utilised on development schemes.