Hafiz Muhammad Shoaib Qureshi has been elected Vice President after defeating his three contestants Shahid Hussain Ghallu, Ahmed Kabir Khakhi, and Munir Ahmed Shahid Rajput.There were 12,714 registered voters.Of them 6478 exercised their right of vote. Turn out was 50.95%
Syed Muhammad Hanfia Abbas Bukhari(2242) and Sumaira Anjum(3499) have been elected as Finance Secretary and Library Secretary respectively. Executive members elected unopposed.They are Ahmed Yar Shehzad Baluch, Manzar Bilal Malkani, Ch.Muhammad Tanvir Shehzad, Shamshir Ali Ansari.Ms.Nadira Noor, Abdul Hafeez and Abdul Majid
In Bahawalpur, Nadeem Iqbal and Imran Nazir Channer have been elected as President and General Secretary of High Court Bar Bahawalpur. Samina Qureshi lost the presidential election with the margin of 350 votes. While Imran Nazir Channer defeated Chaudhry Afzal Deval. Saba Ajmal won the seat of Joint Secretary by defeaing Abdullah Iqbal, Vice President ,Finance secretary and executive members elected unopposed.There total registered voters were 5300.
The annual elections of the Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) concluded with Malik Asif Niswana of the Professional Group securing victory as the new president.
He won the race by securing 7,050 votes, defeating Asma Jahangir Group's candidate, Saqib Akram Gondal, who received 6,460 votes.
According to the official results, Abdul Rehman Ranjha was elected as vice president after securing 8,255 votes.
Farrukh Ilyas Cheema won the secretary position with 6,833 votes, while Ham bin Shoaib Kamboh was elected unopposed as finance secretary. A total of 13,602 votes were cast in the elections.
As soon as the results were announced, young lawyers supporting the victorious candidates erupted in celebrations, chanting slogans, dancing bhangra, and lifting the winners onto their shoulders in excitement.
Hamid Khan Group’s Malik Asif Naswana was elected as president Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) by defeating Asma Jahangir Group’s Saqib Akram Gondal while the group’s candidate also grabbed top slot of the Islamabad High Court Bar Association.
According to the LHCBA annual elections result, PTI-backed Asif Naswana obtained 7050 votes while Abdul Rehman Ranjha was elected as Vice President of LHCBA by getting 8225 votes.
Similarly, Farrukh Ilyas Cheema became the Secretary of the Bar by obtaining 6833 votes.
Earlier, the voting timing for annual elections of the Lahore High Court Bar Association (LHCBA) has ended which began at 9am and continued uninterrupted until 5pm.
Seven candidates were vying for three key positions, including the president. A tight contest is expected between presidential candidates Saqib Akram Gondal of Asma Jahangir Group and Asif Naswana from Hamid Khan Group. For the seat of LHCBA Secretary, Farukh Ilyas Cheema and Qasim Ijaz Samra are facing each other, while for vice president, three candidates – Sheikh Haseeb Bin Yousaf, Abdul Rehman Ranjha, and Abdul Razzaq Chadhar are in the race.
Hassam Bin Shoaib Kamboh has already been elected unopposed as finance secretary. Election Board Chairman Shahzad Ahmed Mand said that out of the total 44,232 members, 30,763 registered voters were eligible to cast their votes in a biometric system. He added that 2,287 women and 28,476 men will exercise their voting rights. Seven polling booths have been set up, equipped with 120 computers to facilitate the voting process.
Wajid Gillani elected as President IHCBA
Meanwhile, PTI-supported candidate Wajid Gillani was elected as President of Islamabad High Court Bar Association (IHCBA) by obtaining 976 votes, against Abdul Wahid Qureshi who bagged only 704 votes.
Azam Nazir Tarar-backed Manzoor Judge was elected as Secretary of Islamabad High Court Bar, by grabbing 844 votes against Qasim Nawaz Abbasi who got 828 votes.
Ifthar Ahmed Bajwa won the seat of vice president by getting 896 votes. The runner up Raja Manzar Ali Kayani got 673 votes. Bushra Haque Raja won the seat of Additional Secretary by obtaining 825 votes. Palusha Ayaz Khan stood second with 815 votes. Imran Ashfaq won the seat of joint secretary by getting 955 votes. The runner Syed Zahir Shah got 655 votes. Fazal Moula won the post of Finance Secretary with 966 votes, the runner up Mohsin Abbasi came got 604 votes.
Islamabad High Court Bar Association elections underway
Meanwhile, elections for the Islamabad High Court Bar Association are still ongoing, with vote counting in progress.
So far, Abdul Wahid Qureshi is leading with 756 votes, followed by Wajid Ali Gilani in second place with 715 votes. The final results are expected soon.
