| Allocation of Rehabilitation
Ministry funds Discrimination against Sinhala, Tamil schools? (From our Ampara Corr.) AMPARA: Under a crash programme to develop and upgrade schools in the Ampara District the Ministry of Rehabilitation has provided Rs. 30 million. The allocation had been done under maximum secrecy. Even the Directors of Education in the various Divisional Levels said that they were not consulted about such allocations. Under this programme the Ashroff Maha Vidyalaya in Sammanthurai Division, Zahira College and Wesley College in Kalmunai Education Division, have received the largest portion of the allocation. Educationists complained that under this crash programme more deserving schools that were affected by terrorism had not been included. Schools that served as Refugee Camps were the most affected as their furniture equipment, electricity and telephones were destroyed'. Such schools were unfortunately left out, stated the School Development Societies in the District. The Ashroff Maha Vidyalaya, Irrakamam, Sammanthurai and Zahira College have been provided with three storeyed buildings, science laboratories, principals' quarters, deputy principals quarters and dormitories for teachers, playgrounds, pavilions, and water supplies. There are schools with damaged roofs and they have not been included in the list. The societies accuse the ministry of trying to discriminate between schools. It is alleged that Mr. Ashroff had provided more allocations to his old school at Kalmunai and alleged that none of the schools affected in Pottuvil and Thirukovil Education Divisions have received the Ministry's attention. The needs of forty schools in Pottuvil, Thirukovil and Alayadivembu have not been looked into though those were the areas affected by terrorism, where children are taught under the trees without furniture and a roof above their heads. The crash programme executed under a Project Director, included only three Sinhalese schools Ñ the Sadhatissa Maha Vidyalaya, Rs. 665,531.00 and the Lahugala Sinhala Vidyalaya Rs. 980,000.00. Among the Tamil schools, two schools got Rs. 100,000.00 for water supply from the Alayadivembu Education Division. While there are schools without classrooms, good buildings capable of being used for the next five decades have been brought down to build three storyed buildings in Addalaichenai. The following are some of the allocations made to schools under the crash programme. Playground and stadium for Akkaraipattu Muslim College, Administration block Al-Faisa Vidyalaya, 90' x 25' three storeyed building with 1000 gallons water supply for Al-Iqrah Vidyalaya, classrooms, playgrounds, pavilions, Science laboratories for Zahira College, Al-Mistah College, Al-Kamaroon Vidyalayam, Saneetha Vidyalaya, Amir Ali Vidyalaya, Baduriya Vidyalaya and Mavadipalli Muslim Vidyalaya. Some schools had been provided with boundary walls and typewriters while a large number of Sinhala and Tamil schools are without the basic requirements like classrooms, science laboratories and urinals. In one school, grown up children went into neighbouring houses for answering calls of nature. In many schools there was no drinking water. The Vigilance Committee which is not having any affiliation to political parties have decided to take this matter to Courts, alleging discrimination against Sinhalese and Tamils. |
| Saturday Commentary 'Anura and the UNP' by Prasad Gunewardene Mr. Anura Bandaranaike who is in the midst of a controversy within the United National Party for attempting to defend his sister. President Chandrika Kumaratunga, his mother, Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranaike and Cultural Affairs Minister Lakshman Jayakody as the only honest three persons in the present government, declared at a meeting held in Mirigama on Monday that he would not leave the UNP though two backbenchers were throwing challenges at him. Mr. Bandaranaike who represents Mirigama holds regular meetings there to apprise his voters of his future political plans. At Monday's meeting a newcomer to his stage was the former bureaucrat and diplomat Dr. Wickreme Weerasooria. The presence of Dr. Weerasooria upset many a UNPer. 'Wickrema emerges from somewhere whenever there was a struggle between the leadership and the party' quipped a party stalwart. UNP sources say that Mr. Bandaranaike should make a public statement as to whether or not there was an offer to join his sister's government. The state controlled Radio Sri Lanka in its' news bulletin last morning quoted Mr. Bandaranaike as saying that though there was pressure on him to answer on the honesty of the Bandaranaikes' he did not take it seriously as he had battled with tougher persons in the past. The radio stated that Mr. Bandaranaike refused to answer the question whether there was an offer or not by the PA to join the government. Trouble sparked off at last Tuesday's UNP group meeting chaired by the party leader Ranil Wickremasinghe when the Hambantota District MP Mervyn Silva complained that there were some party MPs who had one leg in the party and the other in the government. Mr. Silva pointing his finger at Mr. Bandaranaike screamed, 'Anura is one who was trying to give character certificates to his family members and a minister'. Mr. Bandaranaike annoyed over the comment from his one time friend Mervyn replied. 'I knew that this allegation would come up today and that was why I came early and challenged any member to prove whether the Bandaranaikes' were corrupt'. Dr. Rajitha Senaratne immediately chose to take up Anura's challenge. Dr. Senaratne in a fiery mood questioned Mr. Bandaranaike as to who accused the President and the government of being corrupt from top to bottom and pointed out that it was the very same Anura Bandaranaike who did so when Mr. Bandaranaike tabled a letter from Evans International in Parliament over a tender issue. Dr. Senaratne then asked the UNP leader who was in the chair why Mr. Bandaranaike had a short memory of what he had done in the past few months. Accepting Mr. Bandaranaike's challenge, Dr. Senaratne said he was prepared to prove that the Bandaranaikes' were corrupt and he had enough proof with him for that. When Rajitha threw the challenge back at Anura, veteran UNPer who was in the Sirimavo Bandaranaike government of 1970-77, Ronnie de Mel had a mischievous smile on his face. Mr. Bandaranaike did not reply Dr. Senaratne but kept silent. After the group meeting Mr. De Mel was seen walking out of the conference room on the first floor in Parliament with his arm round Dr. Senaratne. UNP sources say that when the decision to suspend Mr. Bandaranaike's friend Wijayapala Mendis was taken at the Working Committee, at least ten Members were there to abstain from voting in support of Mr. Mendis. They say it was so sad that none of the MPs at the group meeting chose to rise up in defence of Mr. Bandaranaike though he had introduced some of his men when he crossed over to the UNP. Mr. Mendis was the only notable absentee at the group meeting that morning. He however, chose to be present in Parliament when the motion to extend the emergency was moved in the House later. Mr. Bandaranaike became the leader of the UNP Gampaha District as Mr. Mendis stepped down from that post to make way for Anura. Party leader Ranil Wickremasinghe officially appointed Anura to that post. With the political scenario of the UNP being that, the Lalith Front of Srimani Athulathmudali also appeared to be experiencing internal problems. While Mrs. Athulathmudali announced that she would support the UNP at future elections, her National List MP Kesaralal Gunasekere who claims to be a Lalith loyalist has chosen to support the PA. Recently he had a meeting with the Lalith Front organisers in Kandy where Kesaralal announced that the Lalith Front should support the PA. Political analysts say that with Gunasekere waving his hand to the PA, the PA if keen to accommodate Gunasekere will have to find him an electorate in the Colombo District as Ratmalana is the political base of Srimani and PA Churchilian style Minister C. V. Gooneratne. Gunasekere too hails from Mt. Lavinia and would like to represent the seat of his mentor Lalith. The question is whether the PA would forget a man of the calibre of Mr. Gooneratne who had kept the party flag flying in the Dehiwala, Mt. Lavinia, and Ratmalana area for nearly four decades. Mrs. Athulathmudali yesterday stated that Keseralal had no status in the party to take arbitrary decisions on behalf of the party. |
| Lorry from Vavuniya seized (By Norman Palihawadane) Maradana police seized a lorry with a load of rice that had arrived at a rice dealer's store in Pettah. The vehicle had come from Vavuniya. Police suspect the lorry belong to the LTTE, police sources said. The police has taken the lorry into custody after getting prior information regarding it. Police had received information that LTTE was planning to send a powerful bomb to the city in a lorry carrying rice. The lorry is at present held in the custody of the Maradana Police and investigations are being carried. The driver and the cleaner of the lorry are also being intensively grilled by police investigations. Meanwhile police had rounded up about twenty Tamils in a search operation carried out in Colombo City. The suspects are being detained for questioning. |
| Court restrains appointment of
UPF Gen. Secy. by V. Varathasuntharam Colombo District Judge Sarath Ambepi-tiya yesterday extended the enjoining order restraining, P. Chandra-sekeran, President, of the Upcountry People's Front from authorising M. Sivalingam or any other person from carrying out the functions of the Secretary General of the Front. The plaintiff Bawa Abdul Cader Secretary General of the Front stated that at in or about first half of 1997, Mr. Chandrasekeran entered into an agreement with Ceylon Workers' Congress on behalf of the Front to work jointly in Parliament without consulting the general membership or the Front's Central Committee. The plaint sought a declaration that the purported expanded Central Committee meeting held on May 26, '98 is in contravention of clause 13.4 of the constitution of the Front and that the meeting has no avail of law. President's Counsel S. A. Parathalingam with Faizer Musthapa instructed by Mrs. Devika Wickrema-singhe appeared for the plaintiff. Niranjan Sinna-thamby with Eardley Seneviratne appeared for the defendants. |
| Rienzie promoted Add. SG Mr. Rienzie Arsecularatne, Deputy Solicitor General, has been promoted to the rank of Additional Solicitor General. The promotion being effective from May 1. "The Island" learns that the promotion had been granted by a special cabinet paper. |
| On Minister
Mangala’s letter to Speaker Pre-emptive attempt to show ‘nothing to fear’ says MP Dr. Rajitha Senaratne, MP states that the letter by Posts, Telecommunications and Media Minister Mangala Samaraweera to the Speaker's requesting the debate on the no confidence motion on him be taken up early, was nothing more than a weak pre-emptive attempt to give the impression to the public that he has nothing to fear or hide. The Minister’s reference to the sub guide rule is obviously a red herring, Dr. Senaratne, further states. These observations are made in a statement the MP has released to the press. The full text of Dr. Senaratne’s statement is as follows: On 6th July I gave notice of a motion of no-confidence on Hon. Mangala Samaraweera, Minister of Posts, Telecommunication and Media. When Party leaders met in the morning of 8th to decide on Parliament Business for the week beginning 20th July, the Hon. Leader of the Opposition requested that my motion be taken up for debate either on the 23rd or the 24th of July, since the programme prepared by the office of the Leader of the House had not scheduled any business for these two days. On being informed by the Leader of the House that these two days were kept free to enable the Government to prepare for the SAARC conference, the Hon. Speaker informed the Leader of the Opposition that once it was entered in the Order Paper the motion of No-confidence could be taken up for debate in the first sitting week of August. The matter rested there. Then in the evening of the same day Hon. Mangala Samaraweera writes to the Hon. Speaker with copies to Members of Parliament requesting that an early date, preferably in the first week of August be fixed for the debate. The ostensible reason for his letter is that he is anxious to file action in court. He should be very well aware that when the motion relating to the death of Richard de Zoysa was taken up, the Speaker noted that it was competent for parliament to debate the motion notwithstanding the fact the matter was before Court. It is therefore, obvious that my motion too can be debated irrespective of whether the Minister goes to court or not. The fact is that in the morning of 8th of July it was agreed the motion of No-confidence against the Minister to be taken in the first sitting week of August. Therefore the letter to the Speaker is nothing more than a weak pre-emptive attempt by him to give the impression to the public that he has nothing to fear or hide and he is keen to have the matter debated early. The reference to the sub judice rule is obviously a red herring. |
| Srimani on Kandy Lalith Front
defection story Reference a recent news story that the Kandy District Orga-nisation of the UNLF at a meeting presided over by Mr. Kaseralal Gunasekara decided to extend their fullest support to the People’s Alliance, UNLF leader Srimani Athulath-mudali states as follows in a press release. The Silumina of 5th July, the ‘Daily News’ and ‘Dinamina’ of 8th July, ‘The Island’ of 9th July and other newspapers carried articles regarding a meeting in Kandy of the United Lalith Front. The meeting is said to have been organized by Mr. Mahinda Jayawardene, Presi-dent of the Kandy District Organization for the Party. The news item states that ‘the Kandy District Orga-nization of the United National Lalith Front at a meeting presided by Mr. Kaseralal Gunasekera unani-mously decided to extend their fullest support and assistance to the People’s Alliance’. These arti-cles are misleading. I hope therefore that this correction is given the same prominence that has been given regarding the meeting and the decisions that are said to have been taken at the Kandy meeting. As the Leader of the Democratic United National Lalith Front (NDUNLF), now recognized by the Election Commis-sioner as the United Lalith Front (ULF), I state that Mahinda Jayawardene has not been appointed as the President of the Kandy District Organization of our Party. Mr. D. B. Samaratunge, former Provincial Councillor, is responsible for the Kandy District Organi-zation. Mr. Mahinda Jayawardene has since the last Local Govern-ment elections being supporting the S.L.F.P. and is therefore mis-leading the public by stating that he is the President of the Kandy District Organization of the ULF. The article also mentions that Mr. Kaseralal Gunesekera had chaired the meeting. Mr. Gune-sekera was not repre-senting our Party at this meeting. He has attended the meeting in his personal capacity. Mr. Gunesekera also does not have the authority to make arbitrary decisions at district or any level on behalf of the party. The official stand taken by the ULF with regard to the forth-coming Provincial Council elections has already been published in the newspapers and the electronic media. |
| Priyani Soysa case appeal refixed for Monday By Chitra Weerarathne The leave to appeal application filed by Professor Priyani Soysa was yesterday re-fixed to be supported on Monday. Mr. R. K. W. Goonesekera told the Court of Appeal, that he would support the application before the President of the Court of Appeal Justice Ismail and Justice C. V. Wigneswaran, who was one of the two judges who delivered the judgement concerned, on June 24. Court of Appeal affirmed the District Court judgement that Professor Soysa had been negligent in treating the late Suhani Arsecularatne, in 1992, and damages were granted to Rienzie Arsecularatne, Additional Solicitor General, who is the father of the deceased child. Professor Soysa, is seeking the permission of the Court of Appeal, to appeal to the Supreme Court, to get the said judgement reviewed. President's Counsel Romesh de Silva, with Palitha Kumarasinghe, Harsha Amerasekera and Sudath Caldera, appeared for Rienzie Arsecularatne. The Court of Appeal bench of Friday comprised, Justice D. Jayewickrema. |
| Central Bank stands by its estimate The Central Bank said yesterday that it stands by its estimate of GDP growth of 5.8 per cent for the first quarter of 1998. A spokesman for the bank said it is unfortunate that certain persons have taken a narrow view of the economy by attempting to view the overall performance of the Sri Lanka economy through the recent performance of the Stock Market. "It is noteworthy that the Stock Market represents only a small fraction of the Sri Lanka economy with only 237 firms being quoted out of more than 20,000 firms registered under Employees’ Provident Fund". The spokesman noted that the Stock Market in fact has picked up during the first quarter of 1998, during which the 5.8 per cent GDP growth rate is recorded. The average All Share Price Index had been higher by 10 per cent, from 627 during the first quarter of 1997 to 690 during the first quarter of 1998. The Sensitive Price Index increased by 11 per cent during this period. The spokesman said that the estimated 5.8 per cent growth is based on the available detailed disaggregated data which are consistently being used for estimation of national accounts during the last past four decades. These data are gathered from a number of sources, including the Census and Statistics Department, the Sri Lanka Customs, the Financial Institutions, Statutory boards and the Central Bank Surveys. The estimate of 5.8 per cent is not a reflection of the growth rate for the full year 1998, but a comparison of the performance of the economy during the first quarter of 1998 with the first quarter of 1997. |
| SC to welcome new Judge The Supreme Court will hold a ceremonial sitting on Tuesday, July 14, to welcome the newly appointed Judge, Justice L. H. G. Weerasekera, to the Supreme Court bench. The ceremony will commence at 10 a.m. at the ceremonial Court, No. 501. |
| Jinnah's extraordinary appeal to India's
Muslims an unexplained mystery says Kadirgamar Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar said he was fascinated as to how a sophisticated, wealthy, westernised Asian barrister, unable to communicate with his people in Urdu, came to command the devotion of the Muslim masses in India. Mr. Jinnah's extraordinary appeal to India's Muslims is an unexplained mystery of modern history. Mr. Kadirgamar was delivering a key lecture on the achievements and personality of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah in a memorial lecture series organised by the Institute of Regional Studies. He paid a rich tribute to Mr. Jinnah saying" he altered the course of history, modified, the map of the world and created a nation", Mr. Jinnah virtually conjured Pakistan into statehood by the force of his indomitable will" Kadirgamar said in his key-lecture on "Qaid-i-Azam being held under memorial lecture series. He spoke on Mohammed Ali Jinnah the man and the legend organised by the Institute of Regional Studies. To all appearances he was a most unlikely leader of the Muslim community" the Sri Lankan guest said. He said Mr. Jinnah was alien in so many ways to the thought and behavioural patterns of traditionalists of the Orient. Yet he wrested the leadership of the Muslim community from colleagues who had deep roots in the heartland of Indo-Muslim civilisation, and he did so with an ease that battled observers." The Quaid-i-Azam, Kadirgamar said was averse to the politics of symbolism and that is why he never tried to overcome his handicaps particularly the language barrier. "But Gandhi and Nehru consciously sought to commune with the people.. and completely went native Mr. Jinnah however, stayed with his western dress and western ways almost to the end of his life." He said despite the fact that as a student, reading for the Bar in London, left a lasting impact on Mr. Jinnah's life, he did not become a devotee to all things of British. He yielded to none in his implacable opposition to the British Raj when he felt that the political interests of his own people so demanded". The influence of the law on Mr. Jinnah's political life was also significant and permanent and according to his contemporaries, Jinnah was the foremost lawyer in India. He said his legal skills were revealed in his draftsmanship of resolution, his court-craft was evident in his conduct at meetings and conferences. |
| NCP nominations handed over The ruling People’s Alliance (PA) and United National Party (UNP), handed over nominations for the forthcoming Provincial Council elections in the North Central Province (NCP) at the District Secretariat - Polonnaruwa yesterday (10th July). The two groups contesting for the eleven seats in the Polonnaruwa district handed over nomination papers to G. H. K. Abeykoon- District Secretary, Polonnaruwa. The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) had already submitted their nominations earlier this week. Maha Sammatha Bhumiputhra Party also submitted nominations earlier. The nominations comprise of thirteen candidates of each group. Several former Provincial Councillors are contesting on the PA list whereas two former members of Parliament in addition to several former Provincial Councillors are contesting on the UNP list. PA List UNP List JVP List Bhumiputhra List |
| Workshop on Meeting Techniques by SLIDA The Sri Lanka Institute of Development Administration (SLIDA) will hold a workshop on Meeting Techniques from the 11th to the 13th of August. The objectives of the workshop are to increase awareness and understanding of the techniques, guidelines and methods of conducting meetings and discussions. It is aimed at senior and middle level managers in the public sector. The (SLIDA) will also hold a training programme in problem solving techniques for practising managers. This will be conducted on the 18th and 19th of August. The objectives of this programme would be to make public sector managers understand the importance of work process improvement through work study and process charting techniques and to improve the knowledge of public sector managers on problem solving and decision making. The courses will be held in both Sinhala and English media. |
| New
interns The Minister of Health and Indigenous Medicine Nimal Siripala de Silva will hand over letters of Internship appointments to a batch of medical graduates at the Medical Research Institute (MRI) Borella at 9 a.m. on July 13. The Ministry has requested all the applicants to be present on the occasion. Applications were invited in June this year by the Health Minister from medical under graduates recruited to the local universities in 1990/91 and from medical graduates who have passed the examination from foreign universities under section 16 of the University Act and from the Under Graduates 1989/90 batch of the Jaffna University who did not receive intern appointments. |
| Work on water supply scheme begins today Construction work on the Mattala-Devuramvehera Water Supply Scheme will be inaugurated by Housing and Urban Development Minister Indika Gunawardena today. The total estimated cost of this project is Rs. 32 million. Half of the project cost is being funded by World Vision Lanka and the balance will be borne by the National Water Supply and Drainage Board. According to MP for Hambantota District Chamal Rajapakse, this is one of the major infrastructure development projects undertaken by the Government under the special programme of development for Ruhuna launched by President Chandrika Kumara-tunga. The present water scheme will provide drinking water to the villagers of Mattala, Udamattala, Bogaha-wewa, Padaugama, Unathuwewa, Punchiappujandura, Pahala Mattala, Ranawarnawa and Devuramvehera. The capacity of the scheme is about 150,000 gallons per day and will serve over 6,000 people in these villages who were hitherto deprived of the basic amenity of clean drinking water. Due to this reason, there was a high prevalence of infectious diseases in this area. The scheme will operate through the distribution tanks with a capacity of 30,000, 20,000 and 10,000 gallons respectively. Water from these tanks will be distributed through a pipeline network of 35 km. Once this water scheme becomes operative, there will be a considerable improvement in health and sanitation and consequently in the quality of life of the people of these backward villages, Mr. Rajapakse says. |
| Mahinda to propose obtaining of modern
equipment to combat marine disasters by Sakuntala Perera The Minister of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, Mahinda Rajapaksa is to propose to the government the urgent need for obtaining more modern equipment in meeting marine disasters as the oil leak that took place two weeks back at the Colombo Port, according to a senior official attached to the Ministry of Fisheries. The proposal will follow recommendations to the effect made by the National Aquatic Resources Agency (NARA), in its report released yesterday (10) to the Ministry of Fisheries on the oil leak. The Minister was not available for comment at the time this edition went to press. The oil leak of approximately 72 tons of light crude oil of the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) while being unloaded in to the waters 5 miles off the Colombo Port, revealed the lack of more sophisticated equipment in the possession of the relevant authorities in successfully averting similar disasters and minimising their impacts to the marine eco life. The oil which washed ashore and spread further south from the port to the coastal areas of Bam-balapitiya, Kollu-pitiya and Wellawatte within hours of the spill. Allegations meanwhile were levelled against the CPC by the Marine Pollution Prevention Authority (MPPA) for the lack of maintenance on its equipment and of the facilities of dispersing the oil on more sophisticated lines. The MPPA further reported that the damages to the marine life due to the oil slick had been estimated at US$ 100,000. The MPPA also threatened legal action against the CPC over their alleged failure in obtaining preventive equipment. The Chairman of the CPC Anil Obey-sekera also admitted that due to the lack of funding made available to the CPC, there was a lack of sufficient equipment with the CPC to meet similar disasters. He added that such lacking did lead to delays in efficiently dispersing leaked oil, such as those available in the Middle Eastern countries where helicopters were available for such operations. "But the CPC can’t afford to invest in such operations" he added. Meanwhile the Head of the Environmental Studies division of NARA, Hemantha Dassa-nayake speaking to "The Island" on the report on the effect of the oil slick to the marine life stated that though no grave impact had been meted out to the marine life by the oil released the incident was to be taken as "a lesson for avoiding a incident of bigger magnitude in the future. "The effects of the spill to the natural sensitive habitats such as mangroves, coral life etc. is very little. Since there is only a sandstone reef with no live coral in Mt. Lavinia area there is no damage to it as well. But statutory animals such as lobsters, crabs etc., may have been affected as their feeding grounds may have been subjected to long term effects. But the economic loss of such animal life is minimal. "There has been no impact on the fish that are actively swimming around as they are able to avoid such areas if there has been damage. We have not found one unnaturally dead fish. If there was a bigger proportion of oil leaked and it had entered the waters of the Kelani river there would have been considerable damage. But in this case it is not so and there is no impact on the human health. "The operation of dispersants to wade off the oil has been successful as all oil has been dispersed. This is due to the fact that the incident took place during the high monsoons and because it was light crude there was a high evaporation loss. No traces of oil had been detected by the team that carried out field visits today (10) as well", he added. He further added that the NARA had recommended the setting up a coordinated committee comprising representatives of NARA, MPPA, CPC, Central Environment Authority, Coast Conservation Department, the Ports Authority and the Navy in mitigating such situations and drawing up an effective contingency plan for the same. |
| New President of the Colombo Plan Council Colombo, July 3, 1998: Mr. Nilamber Acharya, Ambassador of Nepal in Sri Lanka was unanimously elected President of the Council of the Colombo Plan for Co-operative Economic and Social Development in Asia and the Pacific for 1998/99 at the Council's 224th session held recently. He succeeds H.E. Masum Ahmed Chowdhury, High Commissioner for the People's Republic of Bangladesh in Sri Lanka. Mr. Nilamber Acharya was actively involved in the 1985 movement for the restoration of multi-party democracy and was included in the four-member MRD (Movement for Restoration of Democracy). He was appointed Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Labour and Social Welfare and Tourism in April 1990 in the interim government formed after the restoration of democracy. He also served on the Cabinet subcommittee on the formulation of a new constitution and was closely involved in the finalisation of the draft of the new constitution. He was appointed Ambassador of Nepal to Sri Lanka in December 1996. |
| Swearing in of new PC The Supreme Court will hold a ceremonial sitting on Monday, July 13, for the swearing in of Saleem Marsoof, Additional Solicitor General, as President's Counsel. The ceremony will commence at 10 a.m. at the Ceremonial Court, No. 501. |
