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Journalists' Panel sweeps NPC polls again

 JournalismPakistan.com |  Published 11 years ago

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Journalists' Panel sweeps NPC polls again

ISLAMABAD: Journalists' Panel reaffirmed its dominance for the eighth year running, sweeping the annual elections of the National Press Club Thursday.

 

Shahryar Khan (picture) polled 1206 votes to become the new president for a one year term defeating rival candidates Muhammad Nawaz Raza (Grand Journalists' Panel, 262) and Matiullah Jan (Jago Panel, 203).

 

The results were announced by Nasir Zaidi, Chairman of the Election Committee.

 

Tariq Mehmood Chaudhry with 1090 votes was elected the secretary leaving his opponents Rehan Khattak and Shakeel Ahmed trailing with 283 and 234 votes respectively.

 

In the past eight years, the Journalists' Panel has never lost a single seat.

 

Full results:

 

Total Votes

Standings

PRESIDENT

 

 

Shahryar Khan

1206

1

Muhammad Nawaz Raza

262

2

Matiullah Jan

203

3

VICE PRESIDENTS

 

 

Abdul Razzaq Sial

1043

1

Baqir Sajjad Syed

980

2

Shakir Solangi

861

3

Zahid H. Mashwani

358

4

Abubakar Mushtaq

346

5

Masroor Gillani

177

6

Khalid Chaudhry

177

7

Raja Liaquat

152

8

Rahat Munir

148

9

Zarar Khan

147

10

Faheem Akhtar Raja

119

11

SECRETARY

 

 

Tariq Mehmood Ch.

1090

1

Rehan Khattak

283

2

Shakeel Ahmed

234

3

JOINT SECRETARIES

 

 

Syed Aamir Sajjad

1080

1

Anwar Raza

1074

2

Shafqat Hussian Saba

925

3

Haroon Kamal Raja

282

4

Irum Abbasi

228

5

Farrukh Nawaz

211

6

Hanif Khattak

206

7

Jamshed Khan

203

8

Syed Gulzar Saqi

199

9

Sohail Ahmed

131

10

FINANCE SECRETARY

 

 

Waqar Satti

1128

1

Farhat Abbas Turabi

231

2

Malik Asad

210

3

Syed Fida H. Shah

90

4

 

 

Governing Body

TOTAL VOTES

Basharat Abbasi

1118

Saadia Sehar

1111

Ejaz Hussain Malik

1055

Waqar Kazmi

1052

Wasim Khan

1023

Samar Abbas

1013

Sohail Shahzad (Cheeta)

1007

Syed Nasir Abbas Naqvi

996

Syed Shahryar Hussain

991

Muhammad Qaisar Mirza

962

Raja Khalil

947

Malik Qasim

937

Kashif Rafique

926

Nawabzada Khursheed

908

Hadi Abdul Manan

840

Abdul Shakoor

405

Rana Ghulam Qadir

373

Khawar Nawaz

364

Sana Ullah

342

Rubab Hussain

339

Hamid Habib

312

Zulfiqar Ali Khan

300

Faisal Kamal Pasha

298

Tikka Khan Sani

272

Syed Mehdi

267

Numan Maqsood

264

Nasir Nawaz Abbasi

258

Yasir Bhatti

258

Arshad Aziz

255

Raja Javed Akhtar

247

Rana Abrar Khalid

247

Khudayar Khan Mohla

232

Terence J Sigamoni

230

Abid Ali

226

Sajjad Ali Qureshi

219

Syed Muqaddar Shah

210

Imran Alam Ch

205

Sahar Aslam Khan

204

Rao Salman Irshad

200

Nadeem Adil

196

Syed Ali Haider Zaidi

161

Raja Ghulam Farid

145

 

 

 

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