Shazia Marri greets KPC, NPC Presidents

Jamili elect President, Khanzada Secretary: Democrats panel sweeps KPC elections

Fazal Jamili and AH Khanzada of the Democrats Panel were respectively elected President and Secretary of the Karachi Press Club (KPC) in the annual elections held on Saturday. The other candidates of the panel, including Nawab Qureshi, Muhammad Hanif and Rizwan Bhatti were respectively elected Vice President, Treasurer and Joint Secretary , while Agha Karam Ali Shah, Hina Mah Gul, Kafeeluddin, Siddiq Chaudhry, Manzoor Chandio, Sajjad Abbasi and Tariq Abul Hasan were elected members of the governing body. Federal Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage Senator Pervaiz Rashid on Sunday congratulated Fazli Jamili, the newly elected KPC president. He also felicitated Shahryar Khan on his election as President of the National Press Club Islamabad. In his message, the minister also congratulated other office-bearers of the press clubs elected on Saturday. He said the government considered the media an important partner in the development of the country and strengthening democracy in the country. The present democratic government would continue to facilitate media in the performance of their professional obligations, he added.

KPC Governing Body Visited Chief Minister House

KPC Governing Body Visited  Chief Minister House on 12th May, 2014

Tahir Hasan Elects as President of KPC, Moosa Kaleem as Secretary

Tahir Hasan Khan, a senior reporter of The News and a candidate of The Democrats panel, was elected president of the Karachi Press Club (KPC) by polling 493 votes as the panel made a clean sweep of the annual elections of the press club on Saturday.

All candidates of the two rival panels — The Panel and The Panel (Green) — were defeated. As many as 996 out of the total 1175 members cast their votes.

According to the results, the first runner-up for the post of president was Khalid Farshori, who bagged 275 votes, and the second runner-up, Khurshid Abbasi, received 203 votes.

The post of vice president went to Fazil Jamili, who polled 561 votes, followed by GM Jamali with 292 and Zaheer Ahmed with 107 votes.

Mohammad Anwer Khan became treasurer by receiving 537 votes. The first runner-up was Ihtishamul Haq Mufti with 279

Moosa Kaleem

votes, while Jamshed Gul was the second runner-up with 151votes.

Moosa Kaleem was elected general secretary of the KPC. He polled 521 votes, followed by Faheem Ahmed with 347 votes and Shahid Ghazali with 117 votes.

The slot of joint secretary was won by M Arif Khan, who secured 479 votes. Iqtidar Anwer got 249 votes and Bilquees Jehan polled 211 votes.

The following seven candidates were elected to the Governing Body: Shams Keerio, 560 votes; Arif Jiaja, 557 votes; Shakeel Salawat, 508 votes; Noman Rafiq Khan, 507 votes; Ghazala Fasih, 487 votes; Hamid Nazir, 419 votes; and Syed Shahzad Ali Shah Jillani, 439 votes. (The News)