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Only Anwar, Shamsul show up in the dock

Khaleda, others asked to appear Oct 16; petition to quash Barapukuria case

Staff Correspondent
A Dhaka court yesterday again directed BNP Chairperson and former prime minister Khaleda Zia and other accused in the Barapukuria coalmine corruption case to appear before it on October 16. A number of the accused failed to appear before the court on health grounds yesterday, the date scheduled for their appearance in court.
Khaleda Zia, M Saifur Rahman, Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan, Motiur Rahman Nizami, Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain and Altaf Hossain Chowdhury were not at
the court yesterday.
Metropolitan Sessions Judge of Dhaka Md Azizul Haque on October 6 directed Khaleda Zia, former BNP minister M Saifur Rahman, Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami and former minister Abdul Mannan Bhuiyan and other accused to appear before it on October 12 (yesterday).
Meanwhile, Khaleda filed a petition with the High Court (HC) to quash the proceedings of the case against her. The AntiCorruption Commission (ACC) had filed the case. FROM PAGE 16
allowed us 60 seats. This time also we will seek 60 seats," Ershad added while addressing, in a hotel of the capital, a party working committee meeting which approved amendments to the party constitution.
The former military dictator, who was overthrown by a popular upsurge in 1990, also said JP is now a big political player ahead of December 18 parliamentary poll, despite some vested interest groups' 'repeated attempts to destroy the party'.
"Jatiya Party nas the ability to contest the general election alone. We've already selected our 300 candidates for all constituencies. Our party is still in AL-led grand alliance because it hasn't been formally dissolved yet," said Ershad adding, the stand of the alliance will be finalised after AL chief Sheikh Hasina returns from abroad.
He said his party's election manifesto has also been finalised, and will be published very soon.
Referring to the amendments brought to his party's constituency, Ershad said he himself curtailed the power of the party chairman and the secretary general through changing some provisions including introduction of a new rule according to which an individual cannot be elected to the posts for more than two terms, anti also the chairman
will have to take decisions in consultation with presidium members.
"We've amended some provisions in our party's constitution in order to be registered with the Election Commission," Ershad said.
He urged thecaretakergovemment not to change the election schedules for the parliament and upazilas, because fthe whole country is now waiting eagerly for the elections'.
A working committee of the party presidium approved the proposed amendments to the party constitution, which had been prepared by a five-member sub-committee headed by Presidium Member GM Quader.
The proposed amendments include provisions according to which the party's chairman and secretary general will be elected for three years but for no more than two terms, all committees from the grassroots level to the central committee will be elected, and 33 percent of the seats in the committees will be reserved for women.
JP Secretary General ABM Ruhul Amin Howlader, Acting President Barrister Anisul Islam Mahmud, and presidium members GM Quader, Kazi Zafar Ahmed, Rawshan Ershad, Zia Uddin Bablu, Masiur Rahman Ranga, KM Fazle Rabbi, Nasim Osman, and Syed Abu Hossain also attended the meeting among others.