KARACHI: Progressive Panel won annual elections of Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ) 2023 for sixth consecutive time.

Faheem Siddiqui of Progressive Panel won election of President bagging 330 votes while Imtiaz Faran of Democratic panel secured 191 votes, according to results announced by election committee headed by Karamat Ali. Qazi Asif and Naeem Khokhar of Progressive Panel were elected as Vice Presidents by obtaining 305 and 262 votes respectively. Candidates of Democratic Panel for Vice Presidents, Mian Tariq and Naimatullah Bukhari obtained 167 and 169 votes respectively.

Liaquat Rana obtained 308 votes and was elected as Secretary. He defeated Shazia Hasan who was polled 207 votes. Javed Qureshi was elected as treasurer with 318 votes against Qamar Khan who bagged 180 votes. Faizan Lakhani and Sameer Qureshi were elected joint secretaries with 301 and 284 votes respectively against Majid Khan and Shah Fasihuddin who secured 197 and 145 votes respectively.

 Lubna Zeeshan, Ismail Dilawar, Sajjad Khokar, Muddasir Ghafoor, Kashif Siddiqui, Zahid Iqbal Bhutta and M Azhar were elected as members of KUJ executive council.

Sindh Ministers Sharjeel Memon, Saeed Ghani, members of business community and other prominent political figures congratulated newly eledted KUJ body.

Published in The Daily National Courier, January, 30 2023

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