SCBA elections under way as Asma Jahangir, Hamid Khan groups vie for key posts

ISLAMABAD: Polling is underway in the Supreme Court Bar Association’s annual elections on Thursday, with the Asma Jahangir and Hamid Khan groups expected to face a close contest for key positions, including the president and secretary.

Syed Amjad Shah is contesting the presidential election on behalf of the Asma Jahangir group, while Sardar Aman Khan is the candidate backed by the Hamid Khan group.

The secretary’s position is being contested by Arif Awan of the Asma Jahangir group and Mian Irfan Akram of the Hamid Khan group.

The candidates for vice-president include Abdul Malik Baloch and Muhammad Ibrahim Lehri Baloch for Balochistan, Hazrat Saeed and Moeenuddin Humayun for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Chaudhry Arshad Hussain and Muhammad Yasin Bhatti for Punjab, and Abdul Wahab Baloch and Jam Asif Mahmood for Sindh.

Qazi Shehryar Iqbal and Saira Khalid Rajput are contesting for additional secretary, while Muhammad Tanveer Chaudhry and Rai Azhar Iqbal Kharl are vying for the finance secretary’s position.

For the executive committee, Chaudhry A Masood Gujjar, Rana Javed Iqbal and Safia Noreen are contesting for Punjab’s seats.

The Sindh candidates are Aamir Jamil Warik, Arshad Mubeen Ahmed, Ijaz Ahmed Awan and Ghulam Mujtaba.

Four candidates — Ismatullah Mandokhail, Muhammad Hassan Mengal, Muhammad Ali and Shamsur Rehman Rind — are contesting for the four Balochistan executive committee seats.

In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Ijaz Ahmed Malik, Kashif Jan and Syed Azizuddin Kakakhel are competing for executive committee representation.

For the Multan-Bahawalpur executive committee seat, the candidates are Pirzada Niaz Mustafa Qureshi and Sardar Ashiq Hussain Baloch.