India, Pak to inspect each other’s water plans

By Our Pakistan Correspodent

Islamabad

June 1: Pakistan and India have agreed to allow each other to inspect the Baglihar Dam and the Neelum-Jhelum hydropower project.

Addressing a joint press conference in Lahore after holding talks on Saturday evening, Pakistan Indus basin water commissioner Jamat Ali Shah and Indian Indus basin water commissioner Oranga Nathan said that India has assured Pakistan that Baghliar Dam is being built in line with the recommendations of the neutral experts commission.

Mr Shah said that Pakistan is ready to allow India to inspect Neelum-Jhelum hydropower project to address their concerns. "We have extended invitation to India in this regard," he said.

Mr Nathan said that Pakistan and India had signed an agreement to exchange information and data regarding Monsoon activity and floods.

Both the sides have also inked one year performance report which was presented to both the governments on Sunday.

He further said that the delegations of both the countries would hold talks on Kishan Ganga Dam and Uri-II project.

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3 UP girls commit suicide

By Our Special Correspondent

Lucknow

June 1: Three young girls in Muzaffarnagar committed suicide because their father refused to allow them to continue with their education.

Renu, 24, Sonam, 20 and Payal, 17, had been requesting their father, Tejpal, to allow them to study further but he refused saying that it would not be socially acceptable to allow grown up girls to venture out of the house for education. The girls tried to convince their father but when he did not relent, the three consumed sulphas tablets kept in the house on Friday and died within an hour.

The panchayat of Choonsa village, where the incident took place, was informed and the elders of the village asked Tejpal to cremate the bodies without further delay.

The panchayat members, apparently, did not wish to call the police because the incident could have had an adverse impact on other girls in the village.

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Dawood aide gets 7 years

Rajkot, June 1: Mammumiya Panjumiya, considered a close associate of mafia don Dawood Ibrahim, was awarded seven years rigorous imprisonment in two different cases by a fast-track court in Porbander district, source said on Sunday.

Judge B.M. Mahida on Saturday awarded seven years imprisonment to Mammumiya for firing at police team and attempt to escape during a police raid, sources said.

He was also awarded one year jail term for possession of arms and explosives, sources said, adding, both sentence will run consequently. Besides, a fine of Rs 10,000 and Rs 5,000 was also slapped and in case of non-payment the jail term will be increased by one year for each offence. -PTI