HYDERABAD, Feb 2: The People’s Party Parliamentarians will launch a protest movement throughout the country after Ashura against the issuance of red notices to party chairperson Benazir Bhutto and Asif Ali Zardari by Interpol.

This was stated by Sindh PPP finance secretary Abdul Khaliq Soomro at a news conference at the Soomro House in Tando Mohammad Khan on Wednesday.

He alleged that false cases had been registered against Benazir Bhutto and Asif Zardari. He claimed that the Swiss court had also taken no action against them because the cases did not hold water.

However, he said the government had defamed the country by asking Interpol to issue red notices to Ms Bhutto and Mr Zardari.

He said the party would challenge the issuance of red notices in the superior judiciary and hold protest demonstrations throughout the country after Ashura.

Criticizing the alleged violence against and arrest of party activists in Punjab, he said that it was reminiscent of a martial law regime.

He claimed that the party chairperson had accepted self-exile in the larger interest of the country but she had pursued the cause of democracy even from abroad.

Mr Soomro said that notwithstanding hurdles being created in the way of Ms Bhutto’s return, she would come back to the country soon to extricate it from the present morass.

MPA Abdul Qadir Soomro, Abdul Haq Soomro and other PPP leaders were also present at the press conference.

UTILITY STORE: The Hala Samaji Tanzim at a meeting held on Wednesday called upon the government to set up a utility store in Hala.

Makhdoom Saeeduzzaman Atif presided over the meeting.

The meeting demanded that the remaining work of the Latif minor should be completed without delay and the menace of motorcycles in the market chowk, Babul Nooh, Old Naka Hala and Shahi Bazaar should be eliminated.

It discussed various problems confronting the Matiari district, especially the Hala taluka.

It called for appointing separate chairmen of Zakat at the taluka and district levels and vacating offices of Nadra, education works and the SDO, education, from a primary school building.

The organization demanded that the district headquarters of Matiari should be shifted to Bhitshah and the number of union councils should be increased.

The meeting also urged the administration to eliminate the menace of stray dogs in the area.

MUET: The controller of examination of the Mehran University of Engineering and Technology on Thursday announced that examination of eligible students of the centre of excellence in arts and design, regular examination of the first term first year (4-batch) and 5-batch of architecture/bachelor of design and second term first year 4 batch of bachelor of architecture under external examiner system will commence from February 13, 2006 at the Centre of Excellence in Arts and Design, MUET.

He notified that requisite fee for examinations should be deposited in HBL, MUET booth, through bank challan, duly signed and stamped by authorized official of the centre of excellence art and design.

Eligible students have been advised to fill examinations forms within due date as mentioned above.

He made it clear that no examination form will be accepted after due date.