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Provisional list of candidates for NPC polls

 JournalismPakistan.com |  Published: 11 December 2012

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Provisional list of candidates for NPC polls
A provisional list of candidates for the National Press Club elections has been issued. The election committee has outlined the nominees for various positions.

ISLAMABAD: A provisional list of candidates contesting the National Press Club polls was released Tuesday by the election committee headed by Nasir Zaidi.

The list has three candidates running for president – Farooq Faisal Khan, Matiullah Jan and Tariq Mehmood Ch.

There are four in the run for the post of secretary – Afzal Butt, Arshad Mahmood Malik, Shabbir Hussain and Shahryar Khan.

The election committee comprising Khalid Azeem, Zafar Qazi, Imran Naeem Ahmad and Rizwan Ehsan Ali as members has set December 13 for withdrawal of nomination papers.

The provisional list:

President: Farooq Faisal Khan, Matiullah Jan, Tariq Mehmood Ch.

Vice Presidents: Abdul Qayyum Siddiqui, Abdul Razzaq Sial, Asim Ali Rana, Ghulam Ullah Kiyani, Imran Alam Chaudhry, S. Ejaz Ahmed Shah, S. Waqar Kazmi, Shahzad farooqi, Syed Aamir Sajjad

Secretary: Afzal Butt, Arshad Mahmood Malik, Shabbir Hussain, Shahryar Khan

Joint Secretaries: Atta Ullah Rajar, Farukh Nawaz Bhatti, Nasir Mahmood, Rao Rizwan Arshad, Saghir Ahmed, Sajjad Ali Qureshi, Zulfiqar Ali Khan

Treasurer: Afzal Javed (Ajjoo), Asadullah Malik, Irfan Tariq

Governing Body: Aasia Parveen, Abdul Rashid Khan, Anwar Raza, Asghar Chaudhry, Asif Bashir Ch, Asim Yasin, Aslam Butt, Asma Chaudhry, Azhar Abidi, Bashir Usmani, Ejaz Mahar, Hamid Habib, Inamullah Khattak, Javaid Idrees, Khawaja Nayyer Iqbal, M. Rizwan Khan, Malik M. Ejaz Ul Ishaq, Mubarik Zeb Khan, Mubashir Zaidi, Muhammad Waheed Murad, Nawabzada Khursheed, Qazi Muhammad Asif, Rao Salman Arshad, Rizwan Malik, S. Ali Haider Zaidi, Sardar Iftikhar, Shahid Mehmood Malik, Shahid Sultan, Shamim Anwar Khan, Shehnaz Tatari, Syed Gulzar Saqi, Syed Ibrar Kanwal, Terence J Sigamony, Tikka Khan Sani, Waheed Yousaf, Waqar Abbasi, Yasir Malik and Zulfiqar Malik.

KEY POINTS:

  • Provisional list released for NPC polls.
  • Three candidates contesting for president.
  • Nomination withdrawal deadline set for December 13.
  • Multiple nominees for secretary and vice president positions.
  • Election committee includes established members.

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