Afzal Butt elected President of RIUJ
JournalismPakistan.com | Published: 1 February 2017
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Afzal Butt was elected President of the Rawalpindi-Islamabad Union of Journalists in a successful election for the Journalist Panel. Key positions were filled during the polling held at the National Press Club, where over 1400 journalists participated.Summary
ISLAMABAD - Journalist Panel made a clean sweep of the Rawalpindi-Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ) elections held Tuesday, Afzal Butt (pictured) and Ali Raza Alvi being elected President and General Secretary respectively.
The polling took place at the National Press Club with just over 1400 journalists casting their votes. Iqbal Jaffri, Chairman of the election committee announced the results.
Butt polled 872 votes and Alvi had 789 while their opposite numbers Sheharyar Khan and Shakeel Qarar of Azad Panel got 506 and 597 votes.
Nasir Hashmi, representing Journalist Panel got elected as the Senior Vice President with 854 votes and Sagheer Chaudhry became the Vice President polling 765 votes.
Asghar Chaudhry bagged 835 votes, becoming the Finance Secretary beating his rival Shahid Sara of Azad Panel who managed 404 votes.
The Joint Secretaries, both from Journalist Panel, were Javed Soomro (862) and Khalid Gardezi (735).
The following were elected members of the governing body: Aamir Abbasi (981), Asim Yasin (858), Fahim Abbasi (844), Mudassar Raja (839), Shahzia Nayyer (891), Samar Abbas (890), Talat Farooq (799), Tariq Virk (802), Waheed Rasool (763) and Zain Hashmi (810).
KEY POINTS:
- Afzal Butt elected as President of RIUJ with 872 votes.
- Ali Raza Alvi appointed General Secretary, securing 789 votes.
- Polling occurred at the National Press Club with over 1400 voters.
- Nasir Hashmi and Sagheer Chaudhry elected as Senior Vice President and Vice President, respectively.
- The elections resulted in a complete sweep for the Journalist Panel.
