Amjad Aziz elected Secretary General of AIPS-ASIA

 JournalismPakistan.com |  Published: 13 February 2016

During the 18th AIPS-ASIA Congress, Amjad Aziz Malik was elected Secretary General, marking a significant milestone for Pakistan. Mohammed Qassim was elected president, with both leaders set to serve for four years.

Summary

MANAMA - Mohammed Qassim the head of the Bahrain Sports Media Committee was unanimously elected the new president and Pakistan's Amjad Aziz Malik (seated, second from right) as Secretary General of the Asian sports journalists body AIPS-ASIA at the continental election held during the 18th AIPS-ASIA Congress.

Qassim and  Malik  were elected unopposed for the next four years. Malik is the first Pakistani to be elected the secretary general of this body.

Qassim replaces Kuwait's Faisal Al Qanai, while Malik takes over from Iran's Seyed Abdolhamid Ahmadi.

Raymond Chiu of Hong Kong was elected the first vice president while Niranjan Rajbanshi from Nepal was elected to the post of treasurer uncontested as Husein A.F. Alian of Palestine withdrew.

Talal Umer of Saudi Arabia, Muhammad Hijju of Qatar, Tu Xiaodong of China, Ahmad Khawari of Malaysia and Meisam Zamanabadi of Iran were elected vice presidents.

The Executive Committee members elected were Hee Don (Republic of Korea), Shinsuke Kobayashi (Japan), Otgonbaatav (Mongolia), Ilyas Omarov (Kazakhstan), Nim Seong (Macao), Abadullah Ibrahim (Untied Arab Emirates), Sattam Al Saihli (Kuwait), and Hussein Alian (Palestine).

During the Congress Sri Lanka was affiliated to the AIPS-ASIA after the recently held AIPS Congress in Qatar approved their membership application.

AIPS President Gianni Melro and the Interim Secretary General Evelyn Watta were also present at the 18th AIPS-ASIA Congress.

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KEY POINTS:

• Amjad Aziz is the first Pakistani elected as Secretary General of AIPS-ASIA.
• Mohammed Qassim was elected as president of AIPS-ASIA.
• The election took place during the 18th AIPS-ASIA Congress in Bahrain.
• Several vice presidents and an executive committee were also elected.
• Sri Lanka was officially affiliated to AIPS-ASIA during the Congress.