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Ali Raza Rind elected president of Dalbadin Press Club

 JournalismPakistan.com |  Published: 2 December 2018 |  Ali Raza Rind

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Ali Raza Rind elected president of Dalbadin Press Club
Ali Raza Rind has been elected as the president of the Dalbandin Press Club. The election saw all members of the Democratic Panel winning unopposed.

CHAGHI – Ali Raza Rind was elected president of the Dalbandin Press Club on Sunday as the entire Democratic Panel he represented won unopposed for a three-year term.

Others elected were Sattar Kashani (patron-in-chief), Haider Aajiz (senior vice president), Zahir Shahzad Notezai (junior vice president), Mir Ahmed Muhammad Hassani (general-secretary), Ali Ahmed Mengal (deputy general-secretary), Farooq Aadil Siapad (finance secretary), Qamar Zaman Gorgaij (press secretary), and Shabir Mengal (office secretary).

Head of Chaghi Bar Association Shakoor Badeni Advocate, All Pakistan Clerks Association President Asadullah Ghalib, and Government Teachers Association President Nazeer Ejbari supervised the elections held in the conference room of Dalbadin Press Club.

KEY POINTS:

  • Ali Raza Rind elected president of Dalbandin Press Club.
  • Entire Democratic Panel won unopposed for three-year term.
  • Sattar Kashani appointed patron-in-chief.
  • Elections supervised by key local leaders.
  • Held in the conference room of Dalbandin Press Club.

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