Raza Al Rehman elected President of Quetta Press Club

JournalismPakistan.com | Published: 31 March 2017

Raza Al Rehman has been elected President of the Quetta Press Club after the Journalist Panel won against the Worker Journalist Panel. Abdul Khaliq Rind was also elected as General Secretary.

Summary

QUETTA – Journalist Panel made a clean sweep against Worker Journalist Panel in elections of Quetta Press Club with Raza Al Rehman and Abdul Khaliq Rind being elected President and General Secretary respectively.

Others elected from the Journalist Panel were Afzal Mughal (Senior Vice President), Saadia Jahangir (Vice President), Khalid Gujjar (Senior Joint Secretary), Atmi Roger (Joint Secretary) and Zafar Baloch (Finance Secretary).

Mir Nadir Chalgari was the chairman of the election committee and announced the results.

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Key Points

Raza Al Rehman elected President of Quetta Press Club.
Abdul Khaliq Rind becomes General Secretary.
Journalist Panel won against Worker Journalist Panel.
Election committee chaired by Mir Nadir Chalgari.
Other officials include Afzal Mughal and Saadia Jahangir.

Relevant Topics

Quetta

Press Club

Raza AL Rehman

Elections

Journalists

Leadership

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